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AFC supports Yes with #FashionForYes
TOGETHER, WE CAN HELP MAKE HISTORY: This is our chance to ‘walk the talk’ and act on our industry’s commitment to diversity and inclusion.
18 September 2023
AFC Talks, Voice to Parliament
On October 14, Australians will be asked to vote Yes or No on a proposed law to enshrine an Indigenous representative body in the Constitution. The referendum on the #VoicetoParliament will provide a historic opportunity for Australians to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. The AFC invites our community […]
4 September 2023
Meet Nathan Mattock
Nathan Mattock is an AFC Board Member and a Partner at Marque Lawyers.
25 April 2023
Marianne Perkovic, Chair of AFC Board
Marianne Perkovic is the Chair of the AFC Board.
26 April 2023
Transitioning from physical to digital sampling
AFC’s FashTech Lab helps Australian fashion brands transition from physical to digital sampling and the results from the first pilot program are in, with participants reducing sampling costs by 50% and sampling time from 12 weeks to just 4 weeks.
2 March 2023
Our transformation journey
Looking forward to the year ahead with AFC CEO, Leila Naja Hibri
2 March 2023
Australian fashion industry to move towards circularity by 2030
The new National Clothing Product Stewardship Scheme aims to transform the way we make, consume and recycle clothing.
23 February 2023
Make it Melbourne | The skills, education and demand needed to rebuild a thriving local manufacturing trade
After decades of off-shore manufacturing, the pandemic revealed the lack of sovereign manufacturing here in Australia and highlighted the need to revive the industry.
7 November 2022
An evening with Esse Studios | Edit Collection
The evening saw friends of the brand, media and industry players gather to eat, drink and take in the serene landscape that her clothes and accessories breathed into the space.
26 August 2022
Second Town Hall Meeting Notes | National Clothing Product Stewardship Scheme
Over 250 attendees from all facets of the fashion and textile eco-system tuned in to hear insights from the consortium.
4 August 2022
Watch the final Knowledge Exchange Session of the AFC FashTech Lab
Fashion brands Bianca Spender, Matteau and Palasade were excited to continue on their digital sampling journey post program, reflecting on the benefits of adopting the workflow including improved time to market and achieving hyper-realistic, ready to sell digital samples.
21 June 2022
Meet Style Atlas & ORDRE | Tech Partners for the 2022 AFC FashTech Lab
Meet AFC FashTech Lab Technology brands Style Atlas & ORDRE, who throughout the program's duration will be guiding the nine fashion businesses through every step of their digital sampling strategies and workflows.
1 June 2022
First Nations Fashion + Design opens at Edit Collection
First Nations Fashion + Design celebrates independent Indigenous designers and supports their growth and development in the fashion industry.
23 May 2022
Fashion 3.0, it’s sustainable | Watch the third Knowledge Exchange Session of the AFC FashTech Lab
How can Australian technology and Fashion brands develop solutions to lessen environmental impact, increase resilience, build networks, create jobs and return value to the local community?
23 May 2022
Meet neuno & Ponz Studio | Tech partners for the 2022 AFC FashTech Lab
Meet AFC FashTech Lab Technology brands neuno & Ponz Studio, who throughout the program's duration will be guiding the nine fashion businesses through every step of their digital sampling strategies and workflows.
18 May 2022
Stronger Together | Industry Modelling Report and Australian Fashion™ Launch
The Australian Fashion trade mark will be a driving force in building the industry’s growth trajectory to deliver substantial economic, social and environmental gains over the next ten years
9 May 2022
Meet Bandicoot & Couture Cad | Tech Partners for the 2022 AFC FashTech Lab
Meet AFC FashTech Lab Technology brands Bandicoot & Couture Cad, who throughout the program's duration will be guiding the nine fashion businesses through every step of their digital sampling strategies and workflows.
29 April 2022
The journey so far with our AFC FashTech Lab participants
Thank you to our technology partners who shared insights into their incredible technologies whilst demonstrating the transformation from ideation to creation.
21 April 2022
A night of balance | My General Store at Edit Collection
The sustainable, less waste ethos is carried on throughout the store from clothing to fit out; with all hangers crafted in post consumer ocean plastics courtesy of Arch & Hook.
6 April 2022
The 3D digital design and sampling process with our AFC FashTech Lab participants
Thank you to our technology partners; Bandicoot Imaging, CoutureCAD, Ponz Studio and Style Atlas; who demonstrated how their software and services work together to tackle a new, more sustainable sampling process.
8 March 2022
Product Stewardship Scheme Town Hall Meeting Notes
On 2 February the AFC and Consortium members held our first open industry session to start the conversation around co-designing a National Clothing Product Stewardship Scheme: A Roadmap to Clothing Circularity in Australia.
10 February 2022
AFC FashTech Lab: Sustainable digital design workflows accelerate more fashion brands into the metaverse.
By removing friction points and collaborating with technology partners, the AFC FashTech Lab will create an industry-backed, commercially-viable pathway to help small businesses to increase sustainability through digital design workflows.
17 December 2021
Home to four of Australia’s top emerging designers | Edit Collection
The store launch at Chatswood Chase saw industry, media and the creatives behind the brands come together to celebrate a moment that felt victorious after enduring months of restrictions and lockdowns
11 November 2021
A letter from Leila, CEO of the AFC | June 2021
On the 11th of May, a couple of hours before the official announcement of the Federal budget, we found out that, for the first time in decades, our industry would be allocated $1m in Federal funding to “support the design and development of an Australian fashion certification trademark promoting and endorsing the high quality of locally designed and produced products to key overseas markets”
10 June 2021
AFC Virtual on ORDRE | AAFW Edition
We are proud to announce the launch of the AAFW edition of AFC Virtual on ORDRE, which has been developed in partnership with Afterpay Australian Fashion Week (AAFW) and ORDRE to support Australian designers during AAFW.
2 June 2021
AFC Launches New Membership Program
With a renewed and evolved focus, we are very excited to share with you that the new AFC Membership Program is now live!
17 May 2021
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