Melbourne Fashion Festival Industy Roundtable Wrap Up
If you missed our Fashion.Business.Mindset LIVE Industry Roundtable, then you don’t have to worry.
By Elizabeth Formosa, Fashion Equipped
You can access the full replay and take your virtual FROW seat while we chat to the industries best leaders, changemakers, designers, brands, entrepreneurs and mentors. We’re also going to be covering off a full wrap up of the event here, so you’ll feel like you’ve come away with some gold.
Effie Kats
First off, let’s introduce our incredible speaker line-up:
Graeme Lewsey – CEO of Melbourne Fashion Festival
James Bartle – Founding CEO of Outland Denim
Richard Poulson – Founder of Showroom-X and Co-Founder of Morrison
Effie Kats – Melbourne Designer and Founder of Bayse Brand
Charlotte Hicks – Founder of Esse Studios
Sammy Cashen – Founder of Unzipped Fashion Management
Julie Shaw – Founder & Creative Director of MAARA Collective
Simon P Lock – Chairman & CEO of Ordre
Lessons from the last 12 months
Melbourne Fashion Festival marked it’s 25th anniversary this year, making it the longest-running consumer fashion event in the country. This year included a program full of fashion, arts, ideas, events which were accessible in person and online. It’s all about listening to the consumer and putting them in the centre and celebrating fashion in all its forms.
Charlotte Hicks | Founder of Esse Studios
Follow your gut and intuition.
James Bartle | Founding CEO of Outland Denim
Lean into opportunities to refine the business.
Julie Shaw | Founder & Creative Director of MAARA Collective
The need to be flexible and adapt to situations.
Richard Poulson | Founder of Showroom-X and Co-Founder of Morrison
Listening to mentors and shaping decisions around their advice.
Effie Kats | Melbourne Designer and founder of Bayse Brand
To reorganise, rethink, restructure and redefine their strategy.
Sammy Cashen | Founder of Unzipped Fashion Management
Always ensuring there was a plan B and C.
Simon P Lock | Chairman & CEO of Ordre
Realising the effectiveness of what they’re doing right now by embracing video.
Graeme Lewsey | CEO of Melbourne Fashion Festival
Focus on better, focus on less.
Key Takeaways
What does your business mean?
Purpose-lead business and sustainability
Key areas of innovation
Consumerism as the future
Non-negotiables to reduce an exploitive supply chain
The power of collaboration
Advocating for the Australian fashion industry
Giving back and having a purpose
Carving out your niche
Being an influencer for your brand
The diagnosis of Australian wholesale
The future of online connections
Biggest growth opportunities for 2021
Being nimble and flexible in business
We are proud to be donating 100% of the proceeds from the replay of this event to www.ijm.org, an organisation that works tirelessly to combat slavery, violence against women and children, and police abuse of power against people who are poor. They are one of the vital partner organisations working alongside Outland Denim.
