'Buy Australian, or we may be gone in six months': Fashion's plea

Nikki Campbell, of SIR The Label, said at first she was "really positive about the whole thing then the last two weeks have hit quite quickly".Janie Barrett

"It’s taken a lot more work and focus [to get results]," Campbell says. "We have shifted in our crisis management. We are sitting on a lot more stock. Online, thank god for it, but it’s not enough to maintain our entire business.

Ms Naja Hibri remains positive that the crisis response to the pandemic could be a "propeller" for positive change within the industry, and business more broadly. The We Wear Australian campaign is the brainchild of industry figure Richard Poulson and is encouraging the public to support Australian-owned fashion brands wherever possible through special offers running throughout April.

Its not Australian if its produced of shore might be a australian registered buisness in australia but not aussie made so all money is going into sweat shops not the aussie system please educate me if i am wrong

Not interested in Australian owned, they’re a cop out. Give me Australian made thanks - Cue, Nigel Lincoln (recently shut 😔), Woolerinas, Redback Boots, Bowral Boxers to name a few.

If you’re receiving any of the stimulus, including the $750 handout, and spend it outside Australian biz, you are borrowing from your future tax dollars to send it overseas. BuyAussie

Is there anything made in Australia?

just like they supported Australia by getting the clothes manufactured in china/Thailand/India/pick your slave labour country of choice. And they'll bleat on about how expensive it is, blah, blah, blah

Lol it's their business right. Try living in Penrith if it's too expensive to live in tamarama. Try selling your product at an affordable price and sell more for less. Marketing 101. Excuses is all I can here.

Nothing new in 20 years

Move manufactuting back to Australia, make it known its made un Australia and Aussies will bqck the indusrty. . Don't jack uo the prices either. 50% of something is better than 100% of nothing.

We should have been doing this all along. Supporting our own businesses.

Like the car industry. Another one bites the dust.

' Buy Australian' has to be the go to business position right now & into the future. Lets get manufacturing back here.

Stop making over priced shit

Unless you sell PJs - sorry!

Not everyone is a twig

Produce high quality readywear in a wider size range and stop using booble head bordering on anorexic catwalk models who look like clones and commission some textile designs from Australian designers that are not retro geometric or floral

You will be gone in 6 months because won’t let us see the article

Who’s buying anything besides lounge wear?

This initiative MUST be heralded as the new NORM, and we can bring back MANUFACTURING across All industries PROVIDED THAT unions relax their high demands eg. The Auto industry that they destroyed by their RAPACIOUS demands (REMEMBER?) AlboMP AustralianLabor ScottMorrisonMP

Being on trend or fashionable isnt at the forefront of the Nations mind at the moment. I'd think this would be obvious. Go and get the jobkeeper.

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