COURTNEY
HOLM
Courtney is the founder of A.BCH, a Melbourne based circular fashion label re-engineering the entire lifecycle of a garment. A.BCH designs garments for biological circular systems whilst flipping the status quo across traditional fashion functions including collections, seasons, pricing, gender, marketing, material innovation and producer responsibility.
From the sourcing of fibres, to novel design methodology, extending into post-purchase care and localised fibre to fibre recycling, Courtney is passionate about seeing change in the industry for good. A systems-thinker, Courtney believes the design phase is where solutions to environmental and social problems can be planned and made. She also runs Circular Sourcing, a platform where A.BCH sells and shares excess raw materials with startups, small businesses and home-sewers normally unable to access high MOQs of innovative materials. In addition to this, she is an educator passionate about the future generation, lecturing on Sustainable Innovation in Fashion + Textiles at RMIT and guest speaking across the country.
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What is one thing you would change/create to make the world a better place for women?
Just because things have been done a certain way for a long time does not mean they are right, kind or just. I think we must individually and collectively challenge ourselves and be open to learning, changing and growing in order to see a more equal and fair world for women.
