Welcome to our community!

Empower women, change lives.

This End of Financial Year, help shape a woman’s next chapter.

Every woman’s journey is different – but with your support, we can help ensure it leads to opportunity, confidence, and financial independence.

Since opening our doors in 2009, Dress for Success NSW & ACT has supported more than 30,000 women through our free services including professional styling, job search support, career development, and confidence-building workshops. These are women rebuilding after setbacks, pursuing new opportunities, and stepping into the next chapter of their lives – and they’re doing it with strength, resilience, and the right support.

With branches in Sydney, Western Sydney, Illawarra and Newcastle-Hunter; each year Dress for Success NSW & ACT supports more than 3,000 women into employment across New South Wales. Our signature Styling service and suite of Career Support offerings aim to help women overcome bias and discrimination when entering or re-entering the workforce - at no cost to the women needing our services.
 
Here, you’ll find ways to support our life-changing services and programs; donate to empower a woman, buy tickets to our upcoming pop-up fashion sales and events, host a fundraiser or clothing drive, and share our campaigns.

Welcome to our community!

Book A Styling Session

Dress for Success NSW & ACT offers free clothing, styling, and presentation skills to women wanting to enter or return to the workforce or needing good clothes to present themselves well at an important life event. The clothing is theirs to keep, and there are no eligibility criteria—our services are open to any woman who feels she needs them.

Get styled for:

Interviews

Got the Job

Training/Education

Court Appearance

Other Occasions

All services and clothing are FREE for the women we serve and is theirs to keep.

With locations in Summer Hill, Western Sydney, Illawarra and Newcastle - Hunter.

3,000+ women supported annually

19,000+ Volunteer hours donated

50,000+ items saved from landfill

$5.11 social ROI for every $1 spent

Pre-loved fashion sales

We operate a sustainable clothing model where donated items are used to provide beautiful outfits to our Clients to support them on their journey to employment. Where the donation is surplus to current needs or not suitable for the occasion, we recycle the item via a series of vital fundraising fashion sales.

Bubbles & Bargains Sydney

31 May & 1 June

SBHS Moore Park

The best of pre-loved designer fashion, from $10 an item. 

Fashion Frenzy Sydney

4 & 5 July

Marrickville Town Hall


Where style meets savings, $5 an item.

Tickets on sale Friday, 13 June 

Bubbles & Bargains Sydney

26 & 27 July

SBHS Moore Park

The best of pre-loved designer fashion, from $10 an item. 

Tickets on sale Friday, 4 July

Fashion Frenzy Sydney

22 & 23 August

Marrickville Town Hall


Where style meets savings, $5 an item.


Tickets on sale Friday, 1 August 

Fashion Frenzy Newcastle-Hunter

11 & 13 September

NCH DFS Boutique

Where style meets savings



Tickets on sale Friday, 15 August

The Art of Fashion Mosman

20 September


Mosman Art Gallery

Choose a new way to shop, from $20 an item.


Tickets on sale Friday, 29 August 

Fashion Frenzy Illawarra

19 October 


The Fraternity Club 

Where style meets savings, $5 an item.

Tickets on sale Friday, 26 September

Bubbles & Bargains Sydney

22 & 23 November

SBHS Moore Park

The best of pre-loved designer fashion, from $10 an item. 


Tickets on sale Friday, 31 October

Fashion Frenzy Sydney

12 & 13 December

Marrickville Town Hall


Where style meets savings, $5 an item.


Tickets on sale Friday, 21 November 

Bubbles & Bargains Illawarra

Dapto Ribbonwood Centre

The best of pre-loved fashion, from $10 an item.




Returning in 2026!

Upcoming events

Support Dress for Success NSW & ACT through fundraisng events hosted by our community!

More ways to get involved

The Dress Circle

Dress Circle donors' annual support enables us to keep our services accessible to all women seeking employment during challenging times.

Small Business Big Impact

Small Business, Big Impact corporate supporter program is a group companies committed to sustaining our Styling service and Career Support Programs.

Fundraise for Success

Whether you’re an individual, school, sports club, community or networking group, retailer or company – there are so many ways to get involved and help raise much needed funds for Dress for Success NSW & ACT programs and services in Sydney, Illawarra and Newcastle-Hunter.

DRIVE IT

Style our clients for success; host a clothing drive in your community or workplace.

Get Started

HOST IT

Host an event or fundraiser; choose from these popular options or create your own.

Get Started

SHOP IT

Donate a % of sales or proceeds from a service, shop, business or campaign.

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SWEAT IT

Raise more than a sweat! Join a race or challenge event or create your own.

Get Started

Empowering women to thrive in work and life.