Created for designers and garment technicians, our Circular Clothing Design Implementation course offers hands-on, practical training in circular clothing design. You'll redesign an existing garment using circular design principles - explore the resources to guide you along the way.
Book your coaching sessions
Throughout the course, your facilitators Courtney Holm and Teslin Taylor are available for one-on-one online coaching sessions. These are a chance to ask questions, work through challenges, get advice or simply talk through your progress.
Each session runs for up to 30 minutes, and you’re entitled to two sessions in total – one with each trainer. Bookings are essential. To book your sessions, click on the relevant link below:
Book a session with Courtney Holm
Book a session with Teslin Taylor (Tess)
Please note that Tess is available on Wednesdays and Thursdays until 1 October 2026.
Get ready for the final workshop
The course will conclude with an online workshop which will be held from 10:00am to 12:00pm AEDT on Wednesday 21 October 2026.
You’ll each give a five-minute presentation, followed by a short two-minute Q&A. The session will be held via MS Teams.
For your presentation, you’ll share your redesigned garment. Keep it short, sharp and engaging. We suggest you cover:
1. The challenges you set out to solve
2. Your planning process
3. The outcome: your redesigned garment
4. Your key learnings and insights
5. What’s next
Access useful resources
Download resources to support your learning.
Circular Clothing Design Implementation presentation
The presentation slides from the workshop on Friday, 7 August 2026 are yours to keep. They're a useful reference for the material covered in the workshop.
Refashioning circular clothing design guide
This training course leverages the ‘Refashioning: Accelerating Circular Product Design at Scale’ guide for clothing brands. It was produced by a collaboration led by RMIT University’s School of Fashion and Textiles and delivered in partnership with Country Road Group, A.BCH World and Julie Boulton Strategy and Sustainability.
Case studies
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is a global charity with the mission to accelerate the transition to a circular economy. Browse case studies on their website to be inspired by real life examples of circularity in action.
Circular Clothing Design Implementation course outline
Our course outline includes an overview of the course content and learning objectives.
