About Wolf & Mishka
Wolf & Mishka is a Melbourne-based design label passionate about creating unique hand illustrated printed fashion, accessories and jewellery.
Our approach when designing and producing each collection is slow, with small local production runs while staying waste conscious. We think very seriously about the amount of fabric we order, print and how many styles are made. Meaning we don’t overproduce, instead, our focus is on quality, not quantity while designing for transeasonal and wardrobe mainstays as opposed to fast, trend-driven fashion.
Wolf & Mishka pieces are made with love, are unique and designed to be treasured for years to come. We hope you find your must-have item; when you do, you’ll know you’re one of a small group of people in the world who has it.
Made In Melbourne
Slow Fashion
Did you know fast fashion is the second most polluting industry in the world?
Our approach when designing and producing each collection is slow, with small production runs while staying waste conscious.
We think very seriously about the amount of fabric we order, print and how many styles are made. In some cases, this could be only 10 in total!
This helps in the fight to prevent large amounts of unwanted textiles being dumped into landfill, and ensures your item stays one of a kind.
Recycle. Re-use.
Our intention when producing all garments is not to waste anything!
We try to use every scrap of fabric in
production. We often use deadstock and end-of-the-roll fabrics that other, larger producers have left unused, allowing us to divert material from landfill, giving them a new life and reducing environmental impacts.
Our larger scrap pieces of fabric are saved for later ranges, using them for trims, binding and or facings. And smaller scrap pieces are collected and given to a local Thornbury kindergarten and local Melbourne craft/sewing workshop.
Transparency
We endeavour to always keep bringing you more about our brand, who makes our garments, where our fabrics are bought and printed, and where our fabric scraps go for continued craft and educational use.
Currently we are trying to grow this area, so if you are a school, craft school, sewing school etc, please get in touch we would love to hear from you!
Aiming for a healthier fashion industry is top of our list!
Make sure you follow us to find out what sustainable materials we're switching to, and what procedures we endeavour to adopt for our business in order to reduce our carbon footprint. It's important we share this with our customers, and try to encourage others to support the make small, shop small community.
Keeping It Local
We ❤︎ to support local businesses, and that’s why all elements of our supply chain, from pattern makers to graders, cutters and makers, are right here in Melbourne.
We have strong personal relationships with our makers, and by taking a hands-on approach we can ensure the quality and integrity of our garments. It also means we can be certain all our production practices are ethical.
W & M Prints
All our prints are exclusive and designed in-house by designer and owner, Natalia!
Our Fabrics & Trims
It is important to us that our fabrics come from trusted sources.
That’s why we purchase our fabrics through Australian textile agents, which allows us to support local businesses and the fashion industry here in Australia.
Aside from our printed fabrics which are designed in house and printed using GOTS, all our plain fabrics are deadstock fabric. Meaning fabric that has been left over by larger companies, often only having small amounts left on the roll, which is perfect for us as we only do small production runs.
We limit the use of unnatural fabrics such as polyester, acrylic and nylon. Instead, we focus on natural fabrics such as linen, cotton and silk, and also use regenerated wood fibres, which are much more environmentally friendly, such as Tencel and viscose.
Last year we also introduced a 100% Organic Cotton fabric, which uses Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) approved water-based inks and dyes.
We also use all recycled hemp and Forthorn recycled poly buttons in production.
Our Packaging
All our packaging is completely compostable, recyclable and reusable.
Our mailer satchels are from ComPOST by Better Packaging and are made entirely from corn starch and are completely biodegradable.
We also use Sellotape’s biodegradable sticky tape, which is made from regenerated wood pulp.
Our garments are wrapped in paper tissue and then folded into a cotton canvas drawstring bag. Which is great to use for travel, laundry, or just for keeping bits and bobs in!
All our swing tags and postcards are also made from recycled paper stock.
Meet our amazing pattern and sample maker Steven!
Steven has been an integral part of our business since the very beginning. Working from his home studio in Melbourne, Steven works closely with any new designs we may have and helps to create beautifully made patterns for production.
Steven’s fantastic eye for detail and remarkable problem solving skills makes us feel very lucky to have him on board with us!
