Flip Fashion Forever

The original freestyle upcycling workshop for young creatives.

As seen on Better Homes & Gardens, Flip Fashion Forever is a totally different kind of sewing workshop — no patterns, no pressure, and 100% made from rescued textiles. Kids and teens thrift their own “project starters” from Re Place, Sydney’s huge secondhand clothing warehouse, using the Thrift Vouchers included in their ticket.

From there, it’s pure creative play: unpicking, reshaping, hand-sewing, embroidering, mending, adding trims, reworking T-shirts, turning jeans into skirts, or inventing something entirely new. Think finger-painting — but with textiles. There’s no “right” stitch and no one-size-fits-all preset projects. Kids learn by doing, experimenting, making mistakes, problem solving.

Each day’s workshop is guided by our team of Gen Z fashion talents — emerging designers, HSC and Uni textiles students, fashion-school grads and circular fashion advocates. Mentors include Eden Maytal, Samara Darling, Daisy Rose Cooper, Emily Hon (all AFW Innovators), and Siobhan Killen (UTS FESS), alongside 20+ young creatives who make slow fashion feel exciting, accessible and cool.