PAID INTERN OPPORTUNITY with THE MELBOURNE TEAM

Are you a fan of The Clothing Exchange and keen to join our friendly organisation? We have an opportunity for one 3 month intern placement in our Melbourne Office- in the wonderful old building of Curtin House. See the details below

Would you like to work for a  dynamic, green and playful organisation? APPLY NOW!

POSITION DESCRIPTION- 3 month paid Internship

Role-

Event planning and management, marketing and administration

Skills-

Great interpersonal and communication skills, organised (good at multi-tasking), enthusiastic, independently motivated, efficient, entrepreneurial, inventive and highly professional.

*a Victorian drivers license for a manual vehicle is essential.

Experience-

Event management experience, fashion-related experience and sustainability knowledge and experience are all a bonus. Being Apple MAC friendly is an advantage, as is having familiarity with Adobe Indesign.

Terms-

This is a part time internship for 2 full days or equivalent. This will include some evenings/weekends to work our lovely events.  One day will be in the Melbourne office (in Curtin House, CBD), the other will be independent (eg at home). You will be reporting to and working alongside director Kate Luckins.

You will be provided with a MAC laptop for the duration of this internship. Payment is based on the base requirements for Australian internships.

How to apply?

Please email you resume to kate@clothingexchange.com.au with a cover letter outlining why you are the ideal intern for The Clothing Exchange.

CLOSES ON THE 26TH FEBRUARY

We look forward to hearing from you, with thanks

Kate and The Melbourne Team

FREE SWAPPING for our Blog devotees- see below for details

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As we’re so excited to be swapping again in 2010- we are giving away 5 VIP entries to our next Melbourne Clothing Exchange event. This is the swap for guys and girls at BMW Edge on the 10th February at 6.30pm.

The FIRST 5 people to view the Blog and email “VIP123″ to info@clothingexchange.com.au will secure their VIP FREE ENTRY. You will be notified by email that you are the lucky one! Free passes are not transferable to alternative events.

We look forward to seeing you swapping soon!

The Clothing Exchange Team

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Sustaining Fashion Forum This February

To accompany our Sustainable Living Festival Clothing Exchange- this year we are hosting an open and friendly forum to explore sustainable and ethical fashion ideas. The panel for this event includes Cameron Neil (Fairtrade), Emer Divney (Ethical Clothing Australia) and Sue Thomas (RMIT University, Architecture and Design). Kate Luckins (The ClothingExchange) will be hosting the event. All the details are available on our website and the invitation here can be mailed around to all your pals, colleagues to your networks. We look forward to hearing our views and having all questions answered! CX_100219_Sustaining Fashion Forum Invite

Sustainable Living Festival

To kick start the 2010 swapping year, the Melbourne Team is putting on quite the show! Not only will they be holding a fabulous swapping event for the guys and girls as part of the Sustainable Living Festival on Wednesday 10th February from 6.30 at BMW Edge Federation Square (tix $20 book online),  but The Clothing Exchange will also be hosting a forum on Sustainable Fashion as part of the Sustainable Living Festival, lead by our very own Kate Luckins! This fashion forum will feature some of Australia’s leading ethical and sustainable fashion experts including Cameron Neil and Emer Diveney. They will be discussing the darker side of fashion, including fair trade, sweat shop labour and issues surrounding sustainable textiles. There will also be some handy tips on how to reduce your fashion footprints. And best of all this forum is free, to be held at BMW Edge Federation Square on Friday 19th February.

Perth Hits the Ground Running

The Clothing Exchange team in Perth is hitting the ground running this year with its first swap planned for Tuesday February 23rd. The event will be held at the Hotel Northbridge 210 Lake Street. Please note that the original date for this event has changed (used to be 2nd Feb). Tickets at $25 and can be pre purchased online. Looking forward to seeing you all there!

Sydney Starts Swapping

Watch out Sydney, The Clothing Exchange has just announced their upcoming dates for the first few swaps for 2010!

The first swap will be held at the fabulous Addison Road Centre, Marrickville on Saturday 6th February, check in commences at 5.30. This event is sure to be blast as it will run co-currently with the Makers Night Market which is held at the same venue, so be sure to book your tickets early through The Clothing Exchange Event page.

The second swap will be held at the Surry Hills Library  on Saturday 13th March. This event is free to members of the library, but if you’re not a member then that will be $15. To reserve your swapping spot please email library@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au

Remember to check out The Clothing Exchange website for guidelines on how the swapping will work and what to bring. Should you have any other thoughts/comments/queries for the Sydney team please send them straight through to sydney@clothingexchange.com.au and the lovely Kirsten will be able to reveal all!

Bris-Vegas, here we come

Last year The Clothing Exchange launched in Adelaide and Perth. The year before than we conquered Sydney. And a few years before that we took on Melbourne. This year we have our sights set on Brisbane. Brisbane, the tropical state, a city of fun, excitement, sand, surf and of course pineapples! (not to mention an amazing array of other amazing summer lovin’ fruit!)

There is actaully so much happening in Brisbane at the moment that we, down south, didn’t realise the hub of activity that is taking over our northern friends! Did you know Peppermint Magazine is based there? The family group of ‘Thousands’ subculture e-newsletters have already set up their 4000 cousins. There are more summer lovin’ music festivals on than you can poke a stick at including; Sunset Sounds on 6th and 7th January, Music by the Sea on 8th-10th January, and Summadayze on 9th January. There has been a major redevelopment of the Chinatown area which is expected to be finished in time for Chinese New Year, so that is sure to go off (Feb 14th for those who need reminding)! The Brisbane Powerhouse is turning 10 this year, so they too have an impressive line up of general amazingness including the Brisbane Comedy Festival on Feb 21st – March 23rd, The Jan Power’s Farmers Markets are on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month from 6am (just in case that talk to tropical fruit has gotten your taste buds flowing!), and The Festival of Tibet from Jan 27th-31st. Pecha Kucha is also planning on getting in on the action, launching in Brisbane with their first performance on March 24th… So as you can see there is SO much going on that The Clothing Exchange just needs to be part of all this fun! Last but in no way least, Brisbane has managed to trump all of the interstate rivals by implementing the first CityCycle sharing scheme similar to those already set up in Brussels and Seville – now that’s what we call progress!

So if you love swapping, have a flair for events, enjoy fashion, are passionate about saving the environment, and running your own events based business has been a dream of yours ….. then send The Clothing Exchange email at info@clothingexchange.com.au telling us why you would make the bestest ever host Australia has ever seen! Looking forward to hearing from you ….

Merry Consumer-mass

So the end of the year has come! The Clothing Exchange has had an amazing 2009 all thanks to the stack of support we have received from our eager swappers who are now spreading across the country in Sydney, Adelaide, Perth and Melbourne. Thankyou for all of your support over the past year and we look forward to offering you so much more swapping goodness in 2010! The most note worthy is The Clothing Exchange’s 5th year of swapping events with LOreal Melbourne Fashion Festival. So stay tuned for further updates as the website and blog get updated during the january chill out month… and remember don’t consume it hurts

Kate & Juliette

Overwhelming Numbers at Perth’s Second Swap!

A small but enthusiastic gathering of swappers came together on the evening of 24 Nov at Hotel Northbridge for the second Perth Clothing Exchange event.

Morph Me Image Consultants were on hand to dispense their invaluable style advice to the swappers and generously supplied the lucky door prize which was won by Jodie Ween – Congratulations Jodie!

We look forward to seeing everyone next year at the February swap, in the meantime, have a wonderful and safe Christmas and New Year.

Lovely Lydra clutches for Christmas

www.lydra.com.au

As Christmas is coming thick and fast, we thought it best to alert you all to the lovely clutches created by Melbourne Designer Linda Vydra. Linda is strongly driven and passionate about fashion and sustainability, while wanting to be a part of the movement towards a positive change for the environment. Linda is the creator of Lydra which was born out of a need for greater individuality in a world of increasing mass production and conscious disregard for nature.

Lydra is a bespoke clutch purse, which draws the eye & captures the imagination! All products are made from pre-loved fabrics such as shirts, bed throws, pillowcases, scarves and table clothes. Products are produced and sourced locally with a strong emphasis on the preservation of our environment.