Talking about slow clothing and natural fibres is part of what we do.
Jane believes that regenerating our agency in the wardrobe enables us to become independent of the fast-fashion supply chain, saving money and helping to reduce textile waste. She shared these views in an article written by ABC journalist Holly Tregenza.
Jane Milburn chatted with Wandering Journo Nance Haxton for her Streets of Your Town podcast about Jane’s recent Churchill Fellowship investigating the way we dress and how to make better choices to become independent of fast fashion.
Jane Milburn featured on the Remarkable Women, Powerful Stories podcast with Zonta International in October 2023.
Jane Milburn talked about Slow Clothing on the Textiles & Tea podcast as Edition 144. LISTEN HERE
Jane Milburn spoke with The Guardian’s Karishma Luthria about how developing agency and a personal relationship with clothes can improve wellbeing.
Jane Milburn chatted with Crispina ffrench on her Rags to Riches podcast. LISTEN HERE
In Moree for Painted River Project, Jane spoke with Lauren Marer from The Guardian
Jane Milburn at Keytah farm. Photo by Lauren Marer, The Guardian
Queensland Country Life reported Jane Milburn OAM for service to fashion sustainability
Jane chatted with Alexx Stuart from Low Tox Life about her forever strategy. LISTEN HERE
Sense-making in a changing world is Morag Gamblé’s new podcast and it was great to chat with her about slow clothing, which Morag described as a ‘beautiful everyday practical philosophy that is accessible to everyone everywhere, that brings us wholeness through living more simply, creatively and fairly’. TUNE IN HERE
Jane wrote about Embracing the unusual in the Summer edition of Ruth magazine
Jane Milburn, left, and Elizabeth Kingston, right, wear their own style.
ABC’s Lucy McDonald interviewed Jane Milburn for a story about sustainable fashion actions
Slow Clothing featured in ABC Organic Gardener Magazine Issue 113, early summer 2019
Slow clothing in ABC Organic Gardener magazine OG113_066-0
Robyn Cook hosted Jane Milburn in her Stories from the Red Couch series
ABC Radio Brisbane’s Rebecca Levingston chats to Jane Milburn about her slow clothing advocacy, Churchill Fellowship and the WornOUT?2019 refashion showcase, listen below (October 10, 2019)
Commenting on sustainable clothing and waste issues, with ABC RN Drive‘s Patricia Karvelas
Sewing outside the lines, a video about our upcycling masterclass session at The Edge, SLQ
Chatting clothing in a permaculture context with Robyn Rosenfeldt PIP Magazine May 2019
ABC News story about dumping on charities highlights our issue with stuff, January 2019
In December 2018, Slow Clothing was profiled by The Fashion Advocate
The Great Lakes Advocate featured Slow Clothing in September, and we did TV interviews with 7 and 9.
Worn OUT story in Your Time magazine by Styleboomer Kay McMahon about Mending our Ways
We were at the Sunshine Coast Council’s fabric festival in June and featured on Living Smart
Revive story in August by Peta McEachern in The Source News
Slow Clothing was featured in The Land’s 2018 Merino Annual in August.
In Perth for the Common Threads project, we were interviewed by the Hills Gazette
Sydney Observer magazine featured Jane Milburn and Slow Clothing Sydney Observer story
Wagga Weekly wrote Everything old is new again wagga weekly
Ahead of a visit to Wagga Wagga, The Daily Advertiser wrote featured Slow Clothing
Jane Milburn was interviewed for The Conversation about visible mending.
Jane Milburn chatted Slow Clothing with Angie Ayers of Spirit Radio Breakfast, Western Australia
Kay McMahon wrote about Slow Clothing in Your Time magazine
Queensland Country Life story about slow clothing: Dressing is an agricultural act
Jane Milburn was interviewed by Nina Gbor for RiotACT about the slow clothing philosophy
Ahead of a talk at Artisan, Jane Milburn chatted slow clothing with ABC Weekend’s Loretta Ryan
Jane Milburn talked upcycling on ABC National Evenings with Tatjana Clancy
Slow clothing culture, journal article – Jane Milburn HEIA_Vol 24 No2 FINAL
Jane Milburn chatted sewing and slow clothing with Sam Stove on Talking Lifestyle radio
Living lightly in everyday practice – State Library of Queensland Design Online article by Jane Milburn
Slow clothing in a material world – Jane Milburn at TEDxQUT 2017
Yours magazine featured Textile Beat and other craftivists in September 2017.
Ruth Magazine slow clothing column (Spring 2017 edition) featured Emma Williamson
Ruth Magazine (Winter 2017 edition) gets slow clothing and plans for a regular column
West End Magazine featured slow clothing in the Winter 2017 issue
Creative over Capital – ABC online interviewed Jane Milburn about valuing our creativity
Jane Milburn talked with ABC Capricornia’s Jacquie Mackay ahead of a Women as Leaders talk and Slow Clothing workshop series in Isaac Regional Council in March 2017
Changing the fabric of life – Honestly Woman magazine featured Jane Milburn’s story in the March 2017 issue – Jane Milburn (4)
Seven Sunrise interviewed Jane Milburn about the environmental footprint of clothing
The environmental impact of clothing – Jane Milburn was interviewed by ABCNews24
Our clothing habits are hurting the environment – Jane Milburn spoke with ABC Online News
Journal of the Home Economics Institute of Australia published paper by Jane Milburn Valuing old skills in a new world milburn-j-heia_vol23no2
Jane Milburn talked slow clothing with Alex Sloan on ABC 666 Canberra 13 September 2016
Jane Milburn interviewed on recycled fashion in the Newcastle Herald, 9 September 2016
Textile Beat talked about natural fibres in the September 2016 issue of National Geographic Kids Wild Cities article National Geographic Kids
Jane Milburn was invited to write a comment piece for SBS The Feed’s report on Slow Fashion.
Textile Beat was included in ReNew magazine feature Mottainai vs Methane: The case for textile recycling. ReNew magazine textile recycling article 2016
Jane Milburn chatted with Mel Kettle on A Great Recipe for Life podcast
Jane Milburn spoke with ABC 702 Sydney’s Wendy Harmer about slow clothing
Jane Milburn chatted to Emma Griffiths ABC612 about slow clothing and Fashion Fix-Up.
Central Coast Gosford Express Advocate featured slow clothing on April 15 2016
Fibreline published Jane Milburn’s story dress with creativity in March 2016 issue
The Parkes Champion-Post wrote about upcycling workshops in Parkes NSW on March 22 2016
Peppermint Magazine linked into Jane Milburn’s The Slow Clothing Project on March 1 2016
Jane Milburn spoke with Kerry Harris from ABC Online about The Slow Clothing Project.
ABC Sunshine Coast’s Jasmin Midgley talked with Jane Milburn about slow clothing.
In this 2UE interview, Jane Milburn talked about a more mindful approach to clothing.
Jane Milburn’s story featured in Down Under Textiles Issue 22 downunder textiles article
Jane shared her wardrobe story with The Sunday Mail’s U on Sunday magazine Jane Milburn U on Sunday Q&A 3 January 2016
We loved working with students at Fairholme Fashion Week, as reported in Toowoomba’s The Chronicle newspaper.
This ABC onine story 9 September 2015 reported on the global movement to slow clothing.
Turning trash into flash was a recent story on 7 Local News
Mackay Mercury reported how Clothing with conscience takes little more than creativity
Grass Roots Magazine features Sew it Again: read Grass Roots June July FINAL with cover
- Listen to Jane with ABC Rockhampton‘s Breakfast announcer Jacquie Mackay
- Read ABC Online and the Morning Bulletin‘s stories from Yeppoon workshops
- Ahead of Fashion Revolution Day on April 24, Jane spoke with ABC Drive’s Rebecca Levingston
Clothes have stories and hold memories
The genesis of Textile Beat is a History Skirt with a story to tell.The skirt was created as a way to use a collection of lace remnants (including white cotton bobbles) leftover from childhood clothing made by Elizabeth Capon for her daughter Jane Milburn.
After holding on to these off-cuts for decades after her mother passed away, Jane conceived an idea to put them to good use – by sewing them as frills on two panels of a gored skirt, with the other panels created from a number of unworn garments (linen jacket and shorts, silk dress etc).
This History Skirt, right, demonstrated the potential for using existing unworn clothing to refashion and repurpose ‘new’ clothing for pleasure, reward and sustainability – and so Textile Beat and the 365-day Sew it Again campaign arrived.
Among other slow fashion projects, Jane Milburn writes a column for Fairfax Agricultural Media.
Stitch in Time column by Jane Milburn in Smart Farmer magazine, December 2014
Stitch in Time column by Jane Milburn in Smart Farmer magazine, October 2014
Stitch in Time column by Jane Milburn in Smart Farmer, August 2014
Stitch in Time column by Jane Milburn in Smart Farmer June 2014
Stitch in Time column by Jane Milburn – Smart Farmer magazine – February 2014