Photo: Ross Mitchell
Ross Mitchell drives thousands of miles across Australia each year in a van full of brand-new clothing that offers dignity for people in crisis who have lost everything. Thread Together uses last season, end-of-line brand new stock donated by fashion brands to set up mobile wardrobe stations where people can go shopping, for free. Thread Together was founded in 2012 by Andie Halas, who, while running the Australian fashion brand Seafolly, saw that excess stock could simultaneously address clothing insecurity in underprivileged areas and waste in the fashion industry. Since then, 1.7 million items from nearly 2,000 retailers have been saved from landfill. In 2024, nearly 106,000 individuals received clothing. Thread Together also offers brand-new clothing to vulnerable people as well as disaster survivors.
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