ELEVATE YOUR STYLE, EMPOWER OUR PLANET
Welcome to Kelli Donovan Studio - where sustainable design, ethical fashion, and mindful living converge. As a sustainable designer, ethical fashion pioneer, artist, educator, change-maker, environmentalist, activist, storyteller, mother, sister, and yoga well-being instructor, Kelli brings a wealth of experience and passion to redefine your fashion and creative journey.
November 6-7th
Clothing the Loop: Circular Design Festival
is a meeting point for fashion, activism, performance, and
purpose. A multi-faceted event celebrating sustainability across industries, Australian Dance Party and
co-producer Keli Studio are reinventing this event for its new venue at the CIT Woden Campus.
Held on the opening weekend of the Craft + Design Canberra Festival, Clothing the Loop will include
runway glamour, edgy contemporary dance, sensorial music and stimulating conversation, inviting
powerful dialogue towards change. Now over two days, the festival re-imagines our relationship with our
clothes, our home, and the world around us. Clothing the Loop asks what it means to design, use and
value our everyday items, re-framing them as a medium for care, creativity, and collective action.
The Friday Evening Spectacular will be a glamorous event, showcasing sustainable fashion collections
from leading local and national designers, including First Nations label, Corella & Crow and Australia
fashion icon, Linda Jackson OAM. Explore captivating displays and circular design stalls, hear from
inspiring change makers, watch stunning contemporary dance by Australian Dance Party, and dance the
night away.
On Saturday, we invite you to get hands-on with the future of design. Workshops explore repurposing
materials, building basic sewing skills, and creative textiles. Panels discuss sustainable practices across
fashion, architecture / interiors, and performance. Key speakers include Linda Jackson OAM, Clodagh
Crow (ABC Play School), and Thor Diesendorf (Thor's Hammer). The full day pass includes
Auslan-interpreted talks, tours of the CIT campus, family activities, a clothes swap, participation in the
Great Global Mend, and circular designer market stalls.
Clothing the Loop celebrates Canberra’s place as a City of Design, innovation, and climate-conscious
culture and is presented in partnership with Canberra Institute of Technology. The festival gathers
diverse designers, artists, and the community in a shared act of creative dissent, it highlights how art and
design can challenge systems, inspire dialogue, and spark real change.
Alison Plevey, Australian Dance Party’s Artistic Director looks forward to seeing how
Click to see and read more about our amazing inaugural event.
Welcome, I’m Kelli
Immerse Yourself in Thoughtful Design
Kelli Donovan weaves a creative journey that spans the past, present, and future. Rooted in slow fashion techniques, Kelli’s slow fashion designs, sustainable consulting and innovative workshops embody a spirit that goes beyond aesthetics – it’s about elevating women to live their most creative and healthiest lives by igniting their passion to care for their communities, families and creativity in their businesses and learning journeys.
Why Sustainable Fashion Matters
Time to Rewind, Rethink, and Redefine
In a pivotal moment in human and environmental history, we stand at the crossroads of change to prevent further damage to our climate and eco systems. Kelli embraces the wisdom of her female ancestors, drawing on their tailoring techniques and artistic pursuits to create clothing and purpose driven education by encouraging clothing and textiles that can be cherished and cared for longer time frames. It’s time to slow down our consumption, savouring the simple joys of slow living and creativity and respect of what we have already have made in commercial manufacturing and retailing excess to be reused and recycled by embracing the UN - Sustainable Development goals to protect planet, people and ignite our passions for creativity again.
SERVICES
Embark on a transformative journey with Kelli.
Fashion Industry Support
Guidance from a Sustainable Fashion Pioneer
Creative Workshops
Inspiring Collaborative Learning
Fashion & Art Design
Where Beauty Meets Purpose
Enhancing Our Heritage
Crafting Pieces to Last and Be Loved
Kelli believes in enhancing our female family heritage in the art of textiles and fashion. Her creations are not just garments; they are stories, meant to be cherished and loved for decades. Specialised techniques are handed through the weaves of each generation from one to the next.
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