With nearly 20 years of global experience spanning industry and academia, and a PhD from the University of Technology Sydney, I support leaders to embody regenerative approaches in their fashion-textile practices, businesses and organisations.

My work helps move the industry from extractive to regenerative—shifting systems at the root rather than applying band-aid fixes. Through my research, I've developed frameworks and methodologies that help brands integrate regenerative ecological principles into how they create, relate, and do business.

This means building thriving, reciprocal businesses grounded in care, reciprocity, and reverence—honouring people, place, the more-than-human world, and future generations. My approach weaves practical strategy with embodied & experiential practices, helping leaders integrate their full selves into their work without compromising wellbeing.

Services include strategic mentoring journeys, workshops and retreats, fashion-ecology immersions, academic collaborations, and speaking engagements.

This work is for visionaries and leaders ready to create and embody more beautiful worlds through their fashion-textile practices, communities, and culture.

It’s all about ME You and Design - MEYD.IT - the matchmaker for conscious citizens who want to wear their values. Connect with slow fashion creatives who make dreams real: who refashiona and make hyper-personal looks . Support your local, creator and circular economy. Be part of the solution not the pollution. Channel your passion into the world of slow fashion. Build your atelier on Meyd.it to collaborate with like-minded community.

ICMS is an award-winning higher education institution with campuses in Sydney, Australia.

“NicolaNicola” was founded in 2024 by Vicki Nicola who continues to share her expertise and knowledge with all facets of the industry, including business, individual mentoring, masterclasses for students, individuals and organizations, patternmaking and grading, and custom bespoke work. With over 30 years of creative and technical knowledge, Nicola Nicola continues to develop and contribute to the industry. industry education & development.

The Curated Wardrobe, is a styling business that goes beyond traditional styling advice to help women redefine their relationship with clothing. I’m passionate about empowering my clients to look incredible, dress authentically, and break free from the fast fashion cycle. I work with women to decouple their personal style with consumption and save their precious time, money and energy for something more important. I believe in sustainable fashion as a form of self-expression and empowerment, helping clients embrace their unique identity while making mindful choices that support a circular economy.

I offer personalised 1:1 styling sessions, masterclasses in sustainable fashion, and Sustainable Style Tours that guide clients through secondhand shopping. Additionally, I work as a preloved runway stylist, speak at various events and on media platforms as a Sustainable Style Expert, sharing insights on mindful fashion choices and wardrobe empowerment.

Digital design & product presentations

Co-Sew is a sewing collective run by 3 friends, who each have 8-10 years experience working in the fashion industry in Melbourne. From our sample room in Brunswick, we offer fashion industry services to individuals and small businesses. We have expertise in both local and offshore production models, and we can help you with the many steps associated with these models, including:

— local sample making
— local pattern making
— Boutique local production
— Off-shore manufacturing
— tech + spec
— sewing + alterations (including B2B)

We are passionate about community and we love to share our knowledge - we also host regular group sewing classes and also offer private mentorship.

Provide cultural information induction teaching cultural learning programs healing on country , advice around indigenous people and bush food, research opportunities for young indigenous Australians and disadvantaged indigenous people introducing young indigenous people to new opportunities from cultural backgrounds to guide them to their future taking old learning and creating new opportunities from them ,showing them what is possible for our next generation of indigenous peoples ,healing on country by visiting country and learn bush medicine and practice, work towards a better understanding what can be achieved through western cultures using cultural ways and practices creating better future opportunities for all people and all cultures, experimenting with cultural materials to blend together with new ideas and products

Fleurieu Made taps into my Italian heritage in textile manufacturing and connects this with digital technologies that slow highly crafted designs to be manufactured locally and sustainably.

Apparel & Textile manufacturing and sourcing. - Fashion circularity & Zero waste management. - Tech Platforms for supply chain traceability and smart factory implementation. - Advisory, Consulting & Resource Centre. - Industry Stakeholders Collaboration Hub & Slow fashion hubs

Where knit design, innovation and manufacturing intersect.

Access state-of-the-industry knit innovation, design and manufacturing to enhance and streamline your own knit development.

Through consulting, ideation & planning services and through our advanced production and prototyping technology, we can help you get to market quickly and effectively.

Our experience spans a range of industries from fashion to furniture, sports, medical and consumer products.

Let us help you develop knit solutions that are practical, economical, and uniquely able to meet your business needs.

Knovus, for all things knit.

UTS is the top-ranked young university in Australia. Our vision is to be a leading public university of technology recognised for our global impact. We’re known for our innovative teaching. We’re committed to practical innovation and research that benefits industry and society. We believe in social change to create a more just and equal world. We are creating Australia's first Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Fashion + Textiles with TAFE NSW.

Sample Room has been partnering with both startups and well-established fashion brands since 2009, providing comprehensive end-to-end development and production solutions.
Our services encompass precise and innovative pattern making, sample creation, grading, specifications, and production for a wide range of sectors, including sports, swimwear, woven fabrics, fashion, and bridal wear. We are proud to be ethically accredited and offer educational resources and mentoring to further support our clients.

Fashion Smart is your dedicated partner for turning fashion ideas into reality. We specialize in assisting start-ups and businesses with comprehensive design room services, guiding you from concept to product development. Our team provides unwavering support throughout, including small-run manufacturing for precise and high-quality results.

Beyond design services, Fashion Smart is a leading training provider. We empower individuals to enhance their digital skills in patternmaking, grading, and CAD operation. Countless participants have successfully upskilled to CAD, CLO3D, and Adobe Illustrator through our proven training programs.

Our 6-week pre-accelerator program ensures that our designers can confidently showcase their work at our retail pop-up. It acts as a launchpad to connect them with consumers, buyers, the media, and the broader fashion community.

Melbourne Fashion Hub provides a safe and supportive environment for Melbourne fashion design students to help them determine which future direction they’d like to take themselves and their practice within the fashion industry.

Dr Alison Gwilt is an author, researcher and Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales, Australia. Her work examines the innovative design methods and approaches that enable the fashion and textiles community, from educators, to producers, and consumers, to adopt more sustainable and ethical practices. Alison is a consultant/advisor to industry, an active researcher and workshop facilitator.

UNSW Integrated Design, based in the School of Art & Design, unites studio learning, research and industry to address real problems with creative, sustainable outcomes. Fashion and Textiles sits within this area, enabling exploration of fashion design, materials, construction and systems thinking alongside circular economy practice.

At undergraduate level, students build skills from concept to prototype, including patternmaking, knit and stretch, textiles, digital workflows and 3D visualisation. Multidisciplinary studios mirror professional settings, so students collaborate across design fields and apply critical thinking to live briefs, work-integrated learning and potential internships in Australia and overseas.

Across all levels, Integrated Design champions environmentally and socially responsible practice. Graduates emerge with a future-focused portfolio and the confidence to contribute to Australia’s fashion and textiles sector, backed by UNSW’s strong partnerships and commitment to societal impact.

At ICMS we believe in a curriculum that blends a thorough understanding of the theoretical principles of management with innovations in hands-on, practical education. You will discover how successful fashion and luxury brands are built, managed and experienced. Learning from business experts, and through extensive industry exposure, you will master the latest marketing and retailing strategies used to engage customers in this exciting global industry.

The CULTURAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS INITIATIVE® is designed to be a worldwide movement supporting the recognition of Cultural Intellectual Property Rights® for craftspeople who are the custodians and transmitters of traditional garments, traditional designs and traditional manufacturing techniques.
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This Initiative was born in April 2018 from the need to eliminate culturally appropriative behaviour in the fashion industry with a vision to create a system that nurtures, sustains and protects Traditional Knowledge (TK) and Traditional Cultural Expressions (TCEs).

The Initiative's mission is to act as a mediator in relationships between different stakeholders in the fashion and craft ecosystem, and to support Cultural Sustainability as a form of education and promotion of cultural heritage and Traditional Cultural Expressions (TCEs).

IDES sells digital blocks and other 3D assets to help individuals or brands get started in 3D. They provide free tutorials focusing on CLO 3D and pattern making. IDES will launch the first of their CLO 3D courses in 2025.

We offer nationally accredited courses designed to blend practical skills with up-to-date industry knowledge. Our small class sizes create a personalised learning environment where students receive tailored support from experienced trainers who are active industry professionals.

At Orana, we pride ourselves on being inclusive, welcoming students from diverse backgrounds, including interstate students studying online, as well as international students from all across the world. Our courses cater to different interests within the fashion industry, such as styling, visual merchandising, digital marketing, fashion buying, business and more, ensuring everyone can find their unique path.

One of Orana’s standout features is our network of industry connections. We help students build real-world experience through internships and job opportunities, preparing them to step confidently into their chosen careers.

Our facilities include a fully equipped creative studio, encouraging creativity and hands-on learning. Combined with flexible study options, we make it easy for students to balance their education with other commitments.

Whether you’re starting fresh or upskilling, Orana provides the tools, knowledge, and support to help you thrive. Join a community where your future in fashion can flourish, and your ambitions can become reality.

We are clothing manufacturers with a difference, providing trafficking survivors and other at risk and vulnerable workers in Cambodia with training, support and safe employment in our ethical and sustainable factory.
We aim to disrupt the global clothing manufacturing model where thousands of workers are forced into unsafe, overcrowded workplaces to mass produce low quality garments, worn for a season and tossed.
This large scale “take make discard” model is not ethical for workers, nor sustainable for the planet. Instead, we are creating a network of small, localised digitally enabled sewing hubs with 30-50 workers each supporting a team of outworkers sewing from home in neighbouring communities. All producing quality garments, adopting good environmental practices and paying workers a living wage.
Our subsidiary, Avodah Manufacturing (Cambodia) works with Cambodian social justice and rescue agencies who rescue women from trafficking and exploitation and provide counselling, education and health support. When these women are ready to be reintegrated into the community and take on full time employment, they require training and a nurturing, supportive work environment. This is what Avodah Manufacturing (Cambodia) offers.

We offer courses like no other, collaborating with a panel of over 40 leading industry experts who have created a curriculum that can’t be studied anywhere else in the world. Our bespoke content is designed and delivered by respected fashion industry leaders, our theory is centred around industry-relevant information, resources, case studies, activities, and discussions.

Our global team consists of over 50 years of combined experience in GOTS and Textile Exchange standards and several other sustainability standards. We are currently operating in Australia, New Zealand, China, Indonesia, Thailand, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Turkey and to commence operations in Pakistan, Morocco, Germany, and the USA from 2021.

With a sister company in the UK, we ensure that all our course materials use the latest global best practice thinking. Our courses wholly relate to the skills and competencies required to work in a buying department, without the constraints of academia. We have three courses to choose from:

• The Essential Buyer's Toolkit - 6 weeks
• The Essential Planner's Toolkit - 6 weeks
• The Ultimate Buying & Planning Launchpad - 6 months

Each program is undertaken online, with weekly live tutorials with industry experts. Students on the Ultimate program work as an intern in a buying office for 1-2 days per week for the duration of the course allowing them to build valuable work-ready skills.

On completion, our students have access to a careers mentor for a six-month period.

Mind your Fashion is a Not for Profit organisation. Our purpose is to raise awareness, create change and support those who work in the fashion and creative industries and experience mental illness and mental health issues relating to anxiety, depression, stress, eating disorders, gender identity, drug and alcoholism.
At Mind your Fashion, we see the value in everyone. We are the catalyst for positive change. Mind your Fashion supports and empowers progress. Our services include professional counselling though our partner the Australian Association of Psychologist inc (AAPi), speaking engagements sharing experiences and strategies to manage mental illness and effect change, workshops and events all designed to raise awareness and change the behaviours of the fashion and creative industries.

Sample Room services established designers, designers returning to Australian manufacturing and start-up designers develop their styles. With a very experienced team of pattern makers, cutters and sample machinists all under the one roof in our new workroom in Collingwood, Sample Room can help with patterns, samples, grading, markers, detailed specs, etc.
Sample Room has invested in the latest technology to allow us to provide stand alone grading and marker making services for those with paper or card patterns.

Together with their business partners they have a fully transparent circular system offering logistics, repairing, re-making and recycling service. Working closely with A Fitting Connection team, they can support your brand to redesign and remake products for the business to sell or help organise a social good collaboration.

The team at A Fitting Connection can support your brand turn waste into a win for your brand and Mother Earth.

Textile Clothing and Footwear Resource Centre of WA Inc. (TCFWA | TCF Australia | TCF Global)
Providing opportunities, support and resources for the Fashion & TCF Industries across WA, Australia and globally
The Textile, Clothing and Footwear Resource Centre of WA Inc. (TCF Australia | TCF Global) established in 1998, is a not-for-profit community based association that provides a valuable resource of support and assistance to fashion, textile, clothing, footwear, creative and manufacturing industries for new and existing small business through business skills training, mentoring, support and global trade opportunities.

TCFWA | TCF Australia | TCF Global also provide a member helpline service and development of specialised industry webinars and workshops to better equip those operating in the industry and is recognised as a leader and role model organisation across Australia and overseas. TCF has assisted many Indigenous and culturally, linguistically diverse (CaLD) fashion and textile designers for over 24 years and has delivered many workshops in regional, remote Australia and global communities.

TCFWA www.tcfwa.com TCF Australia www.tcfaustralia.com and TCF Global www.tcfglobal.com has delivered a number of projects and programs supporting the fashion and TCFL industry.

30 years of expertise, condensed into an innovative creative education collective. The Masters Institute of Creative Education brings together five of Australia's leading institutes to offer a creative learning experience like no other.

Melbourne School of Fashion, Holmes Institute Fashion, HeadMasters, BeautyMasters and MakeupMasters.

We have founded a voluntary Mentoring program for individuals and a Business Mentoring program for businesses.

We deliver Industry specific programs as well as provide Consultations and Product development services for early stage, emerging and growing fashion business.
We strive to be the ultimate Fashion Business Program provider for creatives wishing to run their own fashion businesses alongside recognition for our ability to deliver the highest quality in our product development services
Our USP include detailed information provided by relevant industry experts who span over three decades of experience, and are genuinely invested in the best outcomes for participants, hence always going the extra mile.

All our products are made by hand in our design and production studio on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. They are products of meaning that are an extension of the customer's personality and self expression. We offer a unique experience to individuals and other brands, involving them in the design and production process to sustainably create something unique that combines style, comfort and durability.

We produce quality fashion garment and products for brands with our Ethically certified factories. We manage the whole process from sourcing, sampling to production and logistics - saving our clients time and money in trying to navigate the process themselves. We work with many well known and successful brands, assisting them in their launch and business growth with our highly experienced and knowledgeable team.

We provide a niche, personalised service, and specialised industry and technical knowledge to our government, corporate and industry clients. We liaise closely with industry while operating independently of suppliers and manufacturers.

Products we work with include uniforms, performance and protective clothing (PPC), corporate wardrobes, promotional clothing, accessories and footwear, and health, hospitality and institutional textiles.
We facilitate better procurement outcomes by analysing, simplifying and systemising how our clients identify, purchase and manage their TCF requirements.

IMAGEWORKS uses proprietary and proven tools and templates to address each organisation's specific requirements, and ensure efficiency, transparency and accountability.

We are very hands-on and guide our clients through every step, enabling them to understand and manage priorities and risks, and take control of their procurement processes, outcomes and contracts.