Could it be? Yes it could. Something’s coming. Something good.

Jo has this West Side Story number in her head right now and fellow musical nerd Ali wants to know why.

If you're a designer, educator, alterations expert, repairer, stylist or creative entrepreneur working in the slow fashion space, and you live in/near Sydney, Newcastle or Melbourne, read below and book yourself into one of the meetings via this link. We really want to hear from you so we can make this venture the best it can be.

https://www.x-u.com.au/

What’s the Slow Fashion Hub?

Slow Fashion Hubs, powered by Xu (short for To the Power of You), is an ambitious new platform that will connect Australia’s slow fashion community through both digital tools and shared physical workspaces. Think co-working but for fashion – complete with sewing tech, design software, e-commerce integration, and peer learning. It’s designed to reduce your costs, extend your reach, and give consumers a real alternative to fast fashion.

The meetings are 2, 3 and 6 June (Sydney, Newcastle, Melbourne respectively). Book your spot today.

Email: questioningfashionpodcast@slogue.com.au

We’d love a review on Apple Podcasts

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From wrinkly leather to a 'lost online' slow fashion maker who finds comfort in our little pod, we catch up over a virtual mailbag of lovely comms that some of our surprisingly loyal listeners have penned.

We loved recording this one so tell us some stories and we’ll do more!!!

Wish we had a Locked Bag address but sadly it’s just the same boring old email…

For your convenience, below are links to the old episodes our listeners refer to.

(May we recommend, madames, that you also check out the Oleg Cassini episode while on a trip down Archive Lane? It is one of Jo’s all-time faves.)

Why do we care so much about our weddings?

Is it unethical to profit from op-shop bargains?

Ali and Jo’s sustainable fashion dictionary corner

Fashionable Fandoms

Email any questions or comments and please use the codeword ‘Acorn’ in the subject line (we’ll explain later…)Email: questioningfashionpodcast@slogue.com.au

We’d love a review on Apple Podcasts

And follow us here..instagram.com/questioningfashionpodcastinstagram.com/jogambaleinstagram.com/alidibleytiktok.com/@bellstreet

Regular listeners would know that we at QF are avid op shoppers. We like nothing more than to rifle through $1 baskets of stale smelling Lycra at our local Noffs in the hope of finding an original Donna Karan bodysuit.

But that’s because we have the choice. We have the leisure time, the energy and even the funds to cover those pesky op shop inflations..

For those one in eight adult Australians who live below the poverty line, and for women in shelters who have escaped domestic violence, choice of any kind is a luxury, and actually so is being gifted the chance of a fresh start with a carefully curated wardrobe of never worn - never sold clothes courtesy of Thread Together.

Just a few years ago Burberry was famously caught burning its excess stock for fear it’d end up in the hands of the poor (if you’re British you’ll know how ironic this is, given the chav check and the old adage that style can’t be bought, but that’s another story for another episode) ..

Impressive, then, that Thread Together has managed to successfully convince 2,000 fashion brands to be less mean (and toxic) about their unsold stock.

Overproduction to the tune of 30 per cent is the norm now. According to Thread Together CEO Anthony Chesler, for our planet’s eight billion people there are now $100 billion units of clothing being produced annually.

No wonder the TT warehouse is so vast.

We opened this can of wriggling worms after a tour of the place last year with the man himself…

… and while we’re none the wiser about overproduction, we wholeheartedly concede that Thread Together is a great service making the best of a bad situation.

Find out about teambuilding and volunteer opportunities here.

Remember to email any questions or comments and please use the codeword ‘Acorn’ in the subject line (we’ll explain later lol…)Email: questioningfashionpodcast@slogue.com.au

We’d love a review on Apple Podcasts

And follow us here..instagram.com/questioningfashionpodcastinstagram.com/jogambaleinstagram.com/alidibleytiktok.com/@bellstreet