Seven Indigenous artists with strong links to the Wiradjuri country of Central Western New South Wales have been chosen to attend a custom designed textile training workshop at the Textile & Fashion Hub in Richmond, Melbourne. The workshop is the result of a partnership between the Wiradjuri Condobolin Corporation (WCC) and Kangan Institute and is the first step in the WC...
The Australian fashion industry is expected to be among the sectors most impacted by lost sales as a result of Federal Budget announcements that take money out of the retail economy. ARA executive director Russell Zimmerman said the elimination of the baby bonus was likely to have a negative effect on sales generated in the maternity and children’s clothing sectors.“Fashio...
The Federal Government’s commitment to assisting outworkers in the clothing industry has been further reinforced by a decision announced this week in the Federal Budget. Under an extension of the Gillard Government’s Fair Entitlements Guarantee, outworkers in the TCF sector will have their unpaid entitlements protected if their employer goes into bankruptcy or liquidation....
Quality fashion is enjoying a renewed strength in the current market, according to Diana Gibbs Collection managing director Diana Gibbs. “I feel the top end of the market is going quite well,” Gibbs said.“The high street stuff is still probably suffering a bit but the top end is benefiting from a renewed desire to get very good quality.”An upsurge in sales was particularly...
Designer Morgan Marks will open a second store in Perth while continuing her strategy not to sell to pureplay online retailers to give consumers a reason to go to the label’s bricks-and-mortar stockists. The self-named label wholesales to 125 stockists across Australia and Marks was convinced that consumers needed to have a reason to visit their stores.If the product wasn’...
