Kristy Barber Founder of Slow Fashion Lable Kuwaii

MAKE GOOD

Make Good is a monthly conversation with Australian artists, designers and entrepreneurs that examines the role of design in shaping society and culture.

Kristy Barber is a pattern maker who started Melbourne slow fashion label Kuwaii as a response to the waste and philosophy of fast fashion. Over it's 14 year life Kuwaii has evolved to be an industry leader as a zero waste, locally made, ethical brand. Kuwaii's approach to making clothes centres around designing for forever and is a human centred process that imagines how every person involved in the lifecycle of the garments from supply chain to purchaser can benefit most from the decisions made by the design team.

In this episode we discuss how Kristy's core values of durability and timelessness and have shaped the brand, the criticism that the brand attracted as they developed a more inclusive size range and the perception that many fashion brands are moving away from sustainability and transparency in the post pandemic world.