Bethany Jakob from Bethany Alice Fashion Design on the joys of alterations and collaborating with Lois Hazel | Episode 6 | Seam Change Podcast

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This is the interview is the recording of episode 6 of the podcast, Seam Change, featuring Bethany Jakob. You can also listen to the full episode wherever you find your podcasts.

Episode Notes:

Bethany Jakob is the designer behind Bethany Alice Fashion Design, and in this episode we are chatting about her collaboration with Lois Hazel. Having trained in fashion design at RMIT and after working in bridal for a few years, Bethany was shocked by how women expected their bodies to fit their clothes, not the other way around. She started offering alterations to friends and family around 6 years ago to help them feel confident in their wardrobe and her business grew from there. She now travels around Victoria meeting with clients and offering alterations packages to transform their wardrobes. As well as alterations, she creates upcycled styles to help inspire her clients to see the potential for their unworn clothes. After connecting with Lois Hazel, a local Melbourne brand, the two worked together to transform Lois’s unsold stock through adding panels to create voluminous sleeves and adjusting the design to enable reversibility.

We start by talking about her journey into doing alterations, and the early stages of her work with Lois, from the first meeting, to how they worked together to design the project. Next Bethany dives into the nitty gritty around the materials and processes involved, as well as how she structured the financial side. We then talk about trust and what makes people attractive to work with before wrapping up with what drives her to keep going, from both a big picture perspective and her daily motivations.

PhD Research Information:

This podcast is part of Julia English’s PhD research at RMIT University. This research project has had ethics approval through RMIT University (2021-24506-15223).

Contact Information:

Email: julia.english@student.rmit.edu.au

Instagram: _julia.english_

Credits:

Music by Frank Henry.

This PhD research is funded by an Australian Research Training Program Scholarship.

Transcripts:

See attached PDF and Text files for transcripts.