Australian fashion company thriving on Paris catwalks but struggling at home

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The fabrics this company makes locally end up on the catwalks of Paris, Milan and New York but the business is struggling because it can't find skilled workers.

"Yes, well you said it, I didn't," he laughs.

Manufacturers can't keep up: They're knocking back major Australian brands, telling them they just can't make the clothes here. There are some promising signs from the new federal government. It's pledged to overhaul how funding for apprenticeships is decided.

 

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This is actually a really good story and the video with it is excellent. Australia needs to get serious about its manufacturing base. We might be on our own in a few years ...there could be some massive supply chain issues /wars going on and we need to be independent of China.

‘You can’t make money on catwalks.’ Any decent fashion designer...Dear oh dear...

1st world problem...

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