CAQA Loom and Last
Made here, made well
CAQA Loom and Last is an Australian design and manufacturing business that makes apparel, printed textiles and footwear for uniform programs, independent fashion labels and its own small retail range. The business takes a product from a client brief through design, patternmaking, sampling, grading, cutting and sewing to finished, labelled and dispatched stock. The footwear workshop produces short runs of welted and cemented shoes and boots and carries out repairs for retail customers and hospitality clients. Customers value local manufacturing because it shortens lead times, allows small minimum order quantities and keeps the supply chain visible from fibre to finished garment.