I’m Rachel, mother of two, founder of Raid My Wardrobe, and a lifelong advocate for living with intention, connection, and conscious choice.
Raid My Wardrobe began in 2010, born from a personal desire to refresh, recycle, and reinvent not just my wardrobe, but my life. At a time of major transition balancing motherhood, passion, and purpose I saw a simple yet powerful opportunity: to create a space where women could pass on what no longer served them and find beauty in preloved treasures.
My love for second-hand clothing was seeded early during my university years, where resourcefulness and creativity went hand in hand. Later, my work as a primary school teacher and in charity management deepened my belief in community, connection, and purposeful living.
In more recent years, I’ve expanded my creative vision beyond fashion, pivoting into the world of living spaces. I help people to create beautiful, nurturing spaces that support well-being, connection, and intentional living, through decluttering, organising, energy clearing, and reiki healing and mentoring as The Life Alchemist.
When motherhood reshaped my priorities, I was drawn even more strongly to simplifying, slowing down, and aligning my everyday choices with my core values sustainability, authenticity, and sovereignty.
I’m passionate about slow fashion, eco-styling, clean living, natural health, and inspiring others to make choices that honour themselves, their community, and the earth.
Raid My Wardrobe was founded on the idea that fashion can be meaningful, sustainable, and deeply personal. What started as a dream one big hall, full of women selling and shopping preloved fashion became a movement. Our first event in 2010 drew over 1,000 people and proved that a simple idea, aligned with heart and community, can create lasting change.
“The idea of giving new life to preloved clothes and also passing on pieces of my own to new homes holds a very real appeal to me and I want to educate and inspire everyone to do the same.” – Rachel
Today, Raid My Wardrobe is more than a preloved fashion event, it’s a movement. A celebration of women in all their diverse shapes, styles, and stories. It’s a melting pot of slow fashion, living simply, eco-styling, and preloved treasures inspiring a lifestyle where fashion, home, and self are beautiful, sustainable, and soul-aligned.
AS SEEN IN
Over the years we have featured in many media publications – TV, radio, newspaper, magazine, blogs most notably Channel 9 Mornings, That’s Life, mX newspaper, Newcastle Herald, ABC radio, NBN News.
To view a current, full list of online and offline publications, we’ve been featured in, click here.
GIVING BACK
I love to give back to the community in ways that benefit humanity, community and the environment.
Over the years we have supported Vinnies, Lifeline, Samaritans, Wesley Mission, Salvos and Red Cross with hundreds of kilos of clothing donations. We’ve conducted a Bra Drives for Uplift Project, partnered with women’s domestic violence charities like Got Your Back Sista. For a current list of all the organisations we have supported over the years click here.
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MEDIA & PRESS and COLLABORATION ENQUIRIES
I am available for interviews and speaking engagements and I’d love to hear from you!
Contact me directly at info@raidmywardrobe.com.au or via the contact page.
