Established in 2009, The Social Studio is a recognised leader in arts-based social enterprise. We offer free training in garment-making to people from refugee and new migrant backgrounds through our education partner RMIT, delivering Cert III and pre-accredited programs within a flexible and supportive learning environment.

Our school shares space with our ECA-accredited manufacturing studio, giving students first-hand exposure to the industry as well as the opportunity for paid internships with our talented team of makers. We offer CMT across a range of apparel and homewares products and can also provide additional pattern making, product development and textile design services.

Our online and bricks and mortar retail stores exclusively stock BIPOC makers and brands and is a training and community space for culturally diverse young people. We collaborate with brands and artists across a range of art forms and also create our own in-house label from upcycled and donated fabrics.

All profits from our retail and manufacturing social enterprises support our education programs for refugee and new migrant young people.

Established in 1993, Merino Country is one of Australia’s leading manufacturers of Merino products and was founded by Kerrie Richards in the shearer’s quarters on her family’s sheep and cattle station, “Clareborough”. Vertically integrating the supply chain from sheep to shop, Merino Country has developed an easy care, soft 100% Merino fabric & garments for comfort, performance & durability.
The Queensland Made Merino underwear and outerwear comes in a wide range of styles for wear all year round including active & travel wear, thermals, kids gear, and the famous WUNDIES. They’re comfortable, totally machine washable and ideal for work, travel and play in hot and cold climates. As well as supplying direct to the public, Merino Country has a number of government contracts supplying 100% Merino thermals. Merino Country is a licensed user of the Australian Made trademark & is accredited with Ethical Clothing Australia. Their fabric is processed in Australia and garments manufactured in Queensland, supporting local jobs, industry & communities... Naturally!

As sport evolved, the need for athletes to reach a personal best became more apparent, and albion’s competitive desire ensured it was part of the winning formula. After pioneering the first ever cricket helmet in the late 1970’s which enabled batsmen to perform at the elite level, albion quickly became the answer to sports protection globally. By understanding that each human’s anatomy is unique, albion’s full attention is on the voice of the athlete. The ability to translate feedback to the laboratory, and to design an exclusive, unprecedented product enables the brand to ‘raise the bar’ in sports performance and protection, providing the athlete with confidence, strength and comfort for competitive advantage.

CGT AUSTRALIA, is a family run clothing manufacturer, operating since 1983.
we have a strong focus on ethical and sustainable practice

Start to finish manufacturing, pattern making, grading, sampling, cutting, placement cut, block fusing, bonding, buttonholes, buttons, studding, pressing, finishing, packing are done in-house at our factory in Brunswick by our experience team.

CGT is well known in the textile industry as a reliable trusted, high quality clothing manufacturer, they can manufacture any product required and are highly skilled and specialize in all fabrics, including but not limited to; knits, woven, linens, silks and velvet's.

All designs are made ethically and responsibly in Melbourne with a focus on productivity and sustainability. Anto Apparel is especially passionate about supporting the local fashion and manufacturing industry.

Melbourne Sewing and Patternmaking is a small, locally owned and operated business, offering a variety of industrial machines for anything from sample development to small scale bulk production runs. With 10 years of industry experience, the owner, Karin, has experience managing everything from mass offshore manufacturing down to developing local prototypes for RFT for the Aus Defence Force. She now enjoys a more hands-on approach, and loves getting to know the legends behind local labels; championing a more sustainable approach to our supply chain and the business of fashion as a whole.

We are a clothing manufacturing compnay with 4 modern facilities producing over 250,000 pcs of different types of products every month for export to Australia, New Zeland, UK, Europe and to Canada. We take pride in offering complete door to door solutions for all our customers with a very efficient fabric, trims development team and also offering very competitive prices with short lead times as well. Due to the geological situation of Sri Lanka we offer short shipping transit times as well. We do manufacture from an very basic garment to the most complicated structured tailoring products for all these markets. Also we take pride to offer our customer very small MOQ's as well.

Pathfinder is an Australian manufacturer of advanced cutting room technology. Automated knife cutting technology, Fabric Spreading Machines, Fabric Spreading tables and Computer Software for pattern digitization and pattern nesting.

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.

Fashion designer and couturier, specializes in occasion wear, also does bridal customization and alterations, costumes designer and styling.

Agile Sourcing is a sourcing specialist and buying agent business for Australian and NZ importers/buyers. In close collaboration with our clients, we manage your buying requirements from procuring products, design work, sampling, MOQ's, pricing negotiation, inline QCI and final QCI and logistics, through our network of vetted partners and manufacturers in India. We pride ourselves on innovation - re-generated fibres, natural fibres, sustainability, traceability and biodegradable fabrics and products.

We offer professional Garment Manufacturing in Australia over the past 20 years, in the same location.

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.

ABMT Textiles is a Melbourne based, Australian manufacturuer and wholesaler of sustainable circular knits for Fashion, Lifestyle, Sports-Active/Outdoor and Government contracts. Key focus areas and Organic Cotton, Merino Wool, Australian Cotton, Supplex and Recycled fibres.

Image Digital is your local digital eco-friendly fabric printer. Printing on a wide range of fabrics or you can supply your own. We also offer textile laser cutting and local ethical manufacturing as well as a wide range of marketing and promotional products to assist with your business needs. We are registered with the Australian Made campaign for fabric printing and apparel manufacturing.