Hello and welcome to our 5th Fashion Revolution Week at Flare Street!
Over the coming week, we'll be focusing on so many aspects of our business from our Ethical Clothing Australia accreditation, to diversity, casting & sizing updates, to our carbon neutral partners, Pay the Rent partners and our future commitments. We're so excited, let's jump in!!
- Fun fact, our thread makers produce every month enough thread to stretch all the way to the sun…
- So we’ve switched our thread to the first globally available 100% recycled sewing thread. They create this by collecting waste plastic & used plastic bottles (PET), sorting, cleaning, grounding to flakes and then melting down and extruding it into the fibre and filaments from which their sewing threads are made.
- It is a stronger, more durable thread with a higher strength core. This means our flares have an even lower repair rate, even lower manufacturer faults, lower irregulars, and increased productivity. We’ve been sourcing this thread since last year, and within the first week of using it our Melbourne factory was amazed by it’s quality! It’s stronger and better for the environment, what’s not to love!
- It’s all Vegan
Melbourne Organic Cotton over Recycled Polyester
- We choose local, oh so local! and organic fibre over recycled polyester. We have the opportunity to use recycled polyester in a lycra or matt finish for our flares however, we decided that switching to a fibre that will one day completely breakdown was more important for our long term goal of earth-loving. We love that the whole process is completed in Melbourne, from cotton ball to fibre to printing to flares!
- We know our flare-lovers love our velvet and so do we, but for the sustainable fibre lovers, we're committed to offering you a more sustainable fabric option, so Organic Cotton is here to stay!
- It’s all Vegan
Velvet – our favourite Classic Colours are being dyed just for Flare Street!
- Our Velvet is still polyester based, and one day this will change, but we don’t have the opportunity to meet the same standard in quality just yet. We like to say our velvet is the ‘Rolls Royce of velvets’, it’s durable, soft and will pass the test of time. We focus on creating garments that will last a life time and be able to be worn daily for a long time, without tarnishing or needing any repairs. That’s the quality of the velvet that we work with, we love it!
- In the past year, we’ve been working directly with our Australian supplier and their factory to create the perfect Flare Street colours in velvet. After a number of lab dips, we’re happy to say that we’re now going to be able to source Flare Street’s own Olive Green, Golden Mustard and Copper! These colours have proven hard to find in the past, and we’re thrilled that we’re able to create them to the exact colours and tones that we know our flare-lovers love to wear!
- It’s all Vegan
Made in Melbourne – we’re part of the Australian Made Campaign
- Last year, we received so many wonderful notes on orders saying that flare-lovers were purposefully choosing to support locally made items. This warmed our hearts, it kept us grooving and our Melbourne makers making!
- At Flare Street we strive to support local Australian companies. We buy all our products used in production from Australian businesses, we like to keep that Australian rag trade and economy going!
About 3 years ago, we stopped importing any products ourselves and elected to support only Australian companies. This goes for everything, not just fabric! It also means, we now get the use the Australian logo below… you’ll soon see this little badge (the Australian Made, Australian Grown logo) on all of our flares!
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Sourced from |
Family owned business |
Location it's made |
Years we’ve been working with our supplier |
Years they’ve been in business |
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Base Velvet for our exclusive designs |
Australia |
Yes |
Korea |
5 |
Since 1950’s
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Base Organic Cotton for our exclusive designs |
Australia |
No |
Australia |
1 |
Since 1990’s |
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Classic Velvet fabrics |
Australia |
Yes |
Korea |
5 |
Since 1950’s
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Deadstock Fabrics |
Australia |
Multiple, most yes. |
Italy, Australia, China |
8 |
- |
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Non-exclusive fabrics |
Australia |
Multiple, most yes. |
USA, China, Korea, Italy |
8 |
- |
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Elastic |
Australia |
Yes |
Taiwan |
8 |
Since 1970’s |
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Bra Straps |
Australia |
Yes |
China |
5 |
Since 1950’s |
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Recycled Thread |
Australia |
Yes |
Across 6 continents |
1 |
Since 1970’s |
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Flare Street Tags |
Australia |
Yes |
Hong Kong |
8 |
Since 2000’s
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Size Tags |
Australia |
Yes |
China |
5 |
Since 1970’s |
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Compostable post satchels |
Australia |
Friend-owned |
China |
1 |
Since 2020’s |
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Compostable post labels |
New Zealand |
Friend-owned |
USA and China.
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2 |
Since 2010’s |
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Flare Street Post Cards & Swing Tags |
Australia |
No |
Australia |
5 |
Since 1990’s |
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Fabric Printers |
Australia |
Yes |
Australia |
5 |
Since 1990’s & 2010’s
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