Resources
Below is a collection of some of our favourite resources to help you stitch a brighter future made by us and our favourite sustainable wardrobe champions. We’re working on producing more Thread Shed resources especially for our community, so if there’s something you’d love to see please let us know here.
LEARN> Sustainable Wardrobe Workbook
DIY a sustainable wardrobe with the help of Thread Shed’s very own Dr Rachael Wallis.
Written by Clare Press. A crystal-ball look into tomorrow's wardrobe: conscious, fair, slow, upcycled, biointelligent, digital ... the fashion industry is undergoing some radical reimagining.
Best bought at your local bookstore.
The world’s largest fashion activism movement, mobilising citizens, brands and policymakers through research, education and advocacy. Head to this website to learn more, become an advocate and access their amazing resources.
Podcasts
PODCAST> Check Your Thread,
Sewing more sustainably, Zoe Edwards
Recommended by Rachael. Available via apple, spotify and wherever you get your podcasts.
Clare Press is a fashion journalist, former editor-at-large for Marie Claire Australia, and author of Wardrobe Crisis: How We Went From Sunday Best to Fast Fashion.
This is Clare’s ethical fashion podcast which she says, “unzips the real issues that face the industry today, with a focus on ethics, sustainability, consumerism, activism, identity, and creativity.”
Available via apple, spotify and wherever you get your podcasts.
WATCH>
Director: Meghna Gupta
Producers: Meghna Gupta, Gigi Berardi
When people in the West throw their clothes away, their cast-offs often go on a journey east, across the oceans, to India’s industrial interior. From the Kutch District of western India to the northern city of Panipat, garment recyclers turn into yarn the huge bales of clothes that come from people and places distinctly strange. With little exposure to Western culture other than the Discovery Channel, the garment recyclers rely on their imagination and the rumours that travel with the cast-offs to create an an intriguing perspective on the West.