Game Changers: In Conversation | Brisbane Fashion Month

Gain first-hand industry insights into innovation, culture, community, creativity, responsibility, and the economic realities of fashion. 

Speakers feature: 

Jane Milburn OAM (founder) Textile Beat, a sustainability consultant, Slow Clothing pioneer, TEDx speaker, Churchill Fellow, upcycler, and agricultural scientist. Jane established Textile Beat as a purpose-driven business in 2013 to inspire a creative approach to the way we dress, to embrace natural fibres and upcycling for pleasure, reward and sustainability. 

Troy Casey (co-owner) Magpie Goose, which creates unique and wearable garments designed to make a statement while generating economic opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through creative industries.

Jessie Sadler (founder) Christina Stephens, one of Australia’s most recognised adaptive fashion brands which exists to disrupt disability stereotypes which combines colourful and elevated designs, with smart innovations.

The session will be facilitated by Melanie Finger, Senior Lecturer in Transdisciplinary Design at the QUT School of Design. 

QUT is a founding partner of this event series.