Textiles: VCE Textiles

The website of the Design Institute of Australia has non-member pages that give information about the design industry, careers in design, a timeline history of design in Australia from 1789 and a select bibliography of materials about Australian design.

At Loomstate we work toward a shared vision, believing that whole
clothing supply chains from cotton farm to fashion house can support
sustainable clothing production.

This is clothing that goes beyond fiber and fabric, to include the
moral fibers we share and the community fabric that binds us.

Tiffany, daughter of renowned Australian designer Prue Acton is promoting better ways of living and working which has resulted in the development of PROJECT 332. The project is about researching and implementing ways to improve the sustainability of her collections through the use of more eco-friendly fabrics and textile printing techniques, with the assistance of a grant from AusIndustry.

Read an online biography of Rebecca Earley's life and work as a textile designer and researcher into environmentally sound fashion design and manufacture.

The mandatory standard for care labelling was initially introduced on 1 March 1980. It was then amended in 1 January 2004 and reviewed in 2009. The latest revision of the mandatory standard came into effect on 1 September 2010. It covers requirements for care labelling for clothing and textiles.

The aim of this section is to give you tips, tutorials and free downloads in fashion art. The purpose is to help you study current fashion, fashion drawing, body adornment and past costume.

The garment industry is one of the oldest and largest export industries, and it exemplifies the growth in global manufacturing.

The Textile, Clothing and Footwear Resource Centre of Western Australia Inc (TCFWA) is a not-for-profit national support centre for the Textile, Clothing Footwear and Leather industry providing support and specialised resources, services and training.

Major kind of fabrics used for clothing, home furnishing and industrial usages - the page briefly describes almost all commonly used fabrics.