Our Story

Hi, I’m Zoe - founder and CEO of Flight Wear.

Flight Wear was born out of a love of travel and a love of birds!

It was an idea that originated a number of years ago, when searching for clothing to wear on the plane on an overseas trip. It’s hard to find something comfortable and stylish – and I’ve visited many stores and never been able to find exactly what I’m looking for. This had me thinking “why has no one thought of that?”. I jotted “travel wear” down in my phone notes back then and it was something I kept coming back to. The clear idea of Flight Wear was born in April 2022.

From a University Degree in Animal Science - I had forged a long-time
career as a Zookeeper, but found the need to be thinking of an interest outside
the zoo world. Over the next week of car trips, whilst sitting in traffic on
the freeway, the foundations of Flight Wear were born.

I always had a fascination with animals as a child, living
in the outer Eastern leafy suburbs of Melbourne and growing into an adult have
gained a deeper understanding of the impact’s humans have on the wild
environment, the need for ethical and sustainable thinking as well as
conservation and regeneration. Having a love of birds – surrounded by birds
where I live and where I had been working, I want to ensure that a portion of
profits will contribute to in-situ bird conservation and wildlife care. I also
have a love of travel, having explored a number of places both in Australia and
Overseas and a deep love of planes and aviation. Birds and planes and travel
clothing…Flight Wear!

Flight Wear was a business name available for me to register
as well, as well as the domain name here in Australia. From there the ideas
kept coming, the more I added, the more I thought of! I was then thrilled to
come across a company whom I could work alongside to manufacture right here in
Melbourne. To be a small Australian owned business, with garments designed and
made in Australia was the icing on the cake! (I also love to bake!) And as for
the logo – the aircraft I’ve most travelled on is the Boeing 737-800 and my favourite
Australian bird species is the Noisy Pitta!

As 2023 came around, the ideas of Flight Wear started taking
over my brain and in August 2023 I said goodbye to the Zoo world, after 13 and
a half years – finishing up as a senior bird keeper. That was not an easy decision,
but I had put a lot in place and knew that Flight Wear was my future. Goodbye
to Zookeeper Zoe, and Hello to CEO Zo!