If you’ve ever called Nancybird, you’ve probably chatted with Steph! Our star office manager, taking care of most aspects of the nitty gritty of our office and warehouse operations, as well as looking after all our wonderful wholesalers.
Approach
Passionate about good making and good design, our approach and design philosophy emphasises longevity and quality.Â
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We mindfully consider the environmental impact of our products and celebrate the hands that make them.Â
Approach
Our Founder Story
Our Staff
Practices
Progress
Nancybird was established in 2002 in Naarm/Melbourne as a handmade range of bags and purses by founder Emily Wright.
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Our collections have evolved to include apparel and homewares, along with collaborations with emerging and established Australasian artists.
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We are represented in stores by about 100 beautiful stockists throughout Australia and New Zealand.
Meet our Team
Emily Wright – Creative Director and Founder
Stephanie Hurd – Office and Wholesale Account Manager
Colette La Fontaine – Production and Wholesale Sales Manager
Sarah Kourim – Design Manager
Monique Plunkett – Marketing Manager
Claire Murphy – Customer Service and Fulfilment Co-ordinator
Michelle Francis and Simone Deckers – Customer Service and Fulfilment Team Members
Steering the Nancybird ship since inception in 2002, Emily also designs the in-house textiles, HOME collection and leathergoods, as well as managing our artist collaborations.
Wearing two important hats at Nancybird – selling our collections to our wholesale customers and as our production specialist. Managing the technical aspects of our apparel range, Colette specs this collection so that our clothing fits, quality and finishing are of the highest level.
Designing our beautiful apparel collection from concept to photoshoots, Sarah’s super talent is bringing our textiles to life, creating stunning pieces that work with the lives of our customers and that sit harmoniously together as a collection and as stand alone pieces.
Our Marketing Queen, Monique manages all aspects of our marketing and social media presence, from creating our seasonal catalogues to dreaming up feel good campaigns for our audience.
A star member of our small warehouse team, Claire works across dispatch, customer service and returns. She’s also a talented illustrator in her spare time!
The lovely Michelle and Simone process our online orders, picking and packing with care to get your order out the door to you!
The commitments of a business like ours extend to our staff, our makers, our customers, our wider community and ultimately, to the planet.
1% for the Planet
We are members of 1% for the Planet - a network committed to donate 1% of gross sales to environmental organisations and charities such as Bob Brown Foundation, Bush Heritage, Seed Mob and Fitted for Work. The organisation certifies all donations and reviews sales and donation details annually.
Shipping and HQ
- we ship the bulk of our products via sea freight - this emits 100 times less carbon than air freight
- we use minimal plastic in our production packaging, and we recycle this plastic waste through local social enterprise Reground
- we use corn starch bags for all garment packaging and mailers
- we use a green cleaning business to clean our studio and warehouse that only uses natural, low-tox cleaning products.
Diversity
We show our designs on people that represent our wider community - a variety of sizes, ages and heritage. We are committed to size inclusivity, and are happy to say that almost our full collection has a size range from 6 to 22.
Solar Powered
We have solar power in our two Melbourne spaces - our studio and warehouse. We have a 5.3kW and a 6.6 kW system that almost fully covers our electricity usage, as well as feeding green energy back into the grid.
