A conscious clothing collective has opened in former Newtown church

Meet Offspring Collective: a curated pre-loved clothing not-for-profit fighting human trafficking and modern slavery.

Slow fashion shopping to support stopping slavery – Kristi Davidson is fighting two problematic social issues with her new pre-loved boutique, Offspring Collective.

Adopting the tagline, “Turning second-hand into second chances”, Offspring Collective’s mission to create a space, a movement, a community encouraging sustainable fashion and fighting modern slavery is underway having opened the doors to their new home on Saturday 26 July. Taking over a former Newtown white weatherboard church on Pakington Street, Offspring Collective have curated a store full of pre-owned designer labels and pre-loved fashion finds.

Offspring Collective

Where: 377-379 Pakington Street, Newtown

When: 10am – 5pm Wed – Fri, 10am – 3pm Sat

Explore all things fashion, beauty, shopping and lifestyle here.

 

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The not-for-profit was birthed from Geelong local, Davidson’s lived experience, working with survivors of human trafficking and modern slavery in India. As proud members of Be Slavery Free and Freedom Business Alliance, Offspring Collective goes further than the boutique, through the overarching Offspring Project. Davidson established the foundation in Geelong to directly help women in Kolkata, India where Offspring provides young women who have survived sex trafficking with safe homes, trauma recovery, education, vocational training and a pathway to independent living. Davidson, alongside a team of Geelong locals, contribute to giving these women a second chance through the direct sales of garments in store at the boutique and also through the products that the women make during their vocational training. The fabric items include cushion covers, bags, blankets, and laptop cases.

 

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For Offspring Collective, the model is simple. Items are donated to the store and resold to new homes. The model contributes to the discouragement of fast fashion, an industry riddled with issues including dangerous long-term environmental factors and ethical dilemmas pertaining to the working conditions and wages of international factory worker. By buying pre-loved items, garments are given a second life and saved from landfill. This sustainable method of shopping focuses on the quality of products with Offspring Collective stocking racks of premium wear, including labels like Sass and Bide, Scanlan and Theodore, Scotch and Soda, Spell, plus vintage leather and handpicked vintage gems.

 

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“It is about quality pre-loved fashion that feels good and does good,” says Offspring CEO, Kristi Davidson.

“We aren’t just a thrift store. We are a movement, a community, and a daily fight against modern slavery. Every sale directly supports the restoration of a young woman’s life.”

When shopping feels this good, it would be rude not pay Offspring Collective a visit.

Offspring Collective is open from Wednesday to Friday, 10am – 5pm and Saturday’s from 10am – 3pm.