T he first time I heard the word regeneration applied to fashion was at a sustainable fabric conference in London. It was January 2020. We had just wrapped Paris Fashion Week at my showroom and I’d moved to an apartment in the heart of the Marais, but things were bittersweet.
Weeks before I'd been in Sydney while record-breaking bushfires destroyed vast expanses of the Australian landscape. When I swam at Bondi Beach, tiny specks of ash clung to my skin while I stood on the sand drying in the sun. I'd been living in Paris for years and returning to Australia for Christmas had become routine, but this time
