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The Council of Textile & Fashion Industries of Australia (TFIA) has been successfully representing Textile, Clothing and Footwear (TCF) industries since the 1940s

Design is much more than the aesthetic. It encompasses thinking, innovation and process.

Our focus is on high value added products

TFIA is focused on workplace learning in highly specialised and advanced technology areas to deliver flexible, formal and customised solutions for managers, workers and professional educators

Through TFIA, Australian firms have access to the latest market intelligence - both at a national and international level

TFIA began when the Textile Council of Australia was formed as an umbrella organisation to provide a focal point for a number of sector-specific associations

TFIA engages in many activities on behalf of its members and the wider TCF industry

TFIA contact details

There are many competitions available to Australian fashion and textile designers and design students

Australian fashion festival schedule

Over the years, TFIA has devoted a lot of resources to lobbying Government for TCF funding and support programs

TFIA plays a number of important roles in advocating the need for quality standards in the TCF industry

There are many labelling requirements for Australian TCF products

TCF Review

Initiatives

Were you aware that amendments were made on 22 March 2012 to the Fair Work Act (FWA), TCF provisions? The modern award TCFAI MA000017 is also under review.

As highlighted in the 2008 TCF Review by Professor Roy Green, the survival of the TCF industry is reliant on businesses being innovative - both in new technologies and business models

Australian & international TCF conferences

TFIA supports innovative research and development in the TCF industry through the ISS Institute Fellowship program

Information + Industry = TFIApp

Technology + Product Development = Future Materials

Creativity + Innovation = Design

Choice + Flexibility = Fair Work

TFIApp - MOBILE SOURCING APP

Our mobile sourcing app connects organisations & government departments looking for TCF products with businesses that provide them

TEXTILE & FASHION HUB

An exciting project between the Australian Government/Ausindustry, Kangan Institute and the TFIA

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Save Australian Fashion

Save the Australian Fashion Industry: grass roots industry campaign against the unfair TCF labour regime that stamps out independent contractors

TFIA BLOG

Read up on all that's happening at the TFIA and the Textile & Fashion Hub

FEATURED ARTIST - LEO GREENFIELD

Illustrator Leo Greenfield is the featured artist of the Textile & Fashion Hub

[ECO]LOGICAL EVOLUTION VIDEOS

TFIA & Sustainable Fashion Australia ran a series of sustainability workshops at Fashion Exposed Melbourne 2011

About TFIA

TFIA has been successfully representing the Textile, Clothing and Footwear (TCF) industries since the 1940s - from big business to small and medium enterprises.

TO PUT IT SIMPLY

WE ARE AN ADVOCATE FOR TCF INDUSTRIES