Mount Tamborine company Outland Denim worn by Meghan Markle to help rescued women

Their jeans caught the eye of the Duchess of Sussex, who wore a pair during her first official tour Down Under. Now Mount Tamborine ethical company Outland Denim is supporting another project.

MEGHAN Markle loves these jeans and now youngsters have an opportunity to support a community event using their denim offcuts.

Outland Denim is an ethical clothing brand, based at Mount Tamborine, that provides sustainable employment and training opportunities for women rescued from human trafficking and sexual exploitation.

The Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle wearing the Outland Denim jeans in Dubbo during her Australian tour. Picture: Toby Zerna

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Their jeans caught the eye of the Duchess of Sussex, who wore a pair during her first official tour Down Under, and now Outland Denim is supporting artist Belinda Smith and her Blue Jean Sisters project to raise awareness of human trafficking and sexual expolitation.

Outland has donated the denim for a community art workshop organised by Ms Smith on January 16. Youngsters aged 12 and over are invited to come along and make denim dolls out of reused or recycled denim — all for a good cause.

Artist Belinda Smith, of Blue Jean Sisters, with some of the denim dolls to be part of an exhibition to raise awareness of human trafficking and sexual exploitation. Pic: Briony Walker.

The denim dolls will be displayed at an exhibition in Brisbane, entitled A Fierce Hope, and then donated to orphanages and rescue homes overseas.

Ms Smith said the aim of the project was to raise awareness of the exploitation of human labour and the environment in the fashion industry.

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“Modern slavery affects 45.8 million lives in many of the poorest countries and three quarters of these are women and girls,” she said.

At the workshop, participants will each make a doll out of recycled denim jeans — every one unique with its own variations in colour and workmanship.

“The demographic we are targeting with this workshop is perfect for the message of this project. Teens who are highly fashion-conscious can be taught to be thoughtful consumers,” Ms Smith said.

Artist Belinda Smith, of Blue Jean Sisters, with some of the denim dolls to be part of an exhibition to raise awareness of human trafficking and sexual exploitation. Pic: Briony Walker.

Outland Denim made international headlines when Ms Markle used her fashion power to champion the Aussie brand, which employs survivors of the sex and human trafficking trade.

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On day two of her visit, the new Royal wore a pair of high-rise “Harriet” black jeans by Outland Denim, which sparked a 1000 per cent spike in traffic on its website.

The $199.90 skinny jeans, cut from organic denim and ethically made overseas by local women, sold out fast but will be back in stock in April.

Last year, Outland Denim was awarded the highest A+ rating in the Baptist World Aid fashion transparency index.

James Bartle, jeans designer: Pic: Russell Shakespeare

Every doll made at the Blue Jean Sisters workshop will contribute to the goal of installing 2000 dolls for A Fierce Hope, which will be the keynote exhibition at Brisbane’s newest art and cultural hub, Adderton, which will open in July.

The free workshop will be held at The Strand at Coolangatta’s new Level Up Studio + Gallery between 12pm and 3pm on Wednesday, January 16.

For more details, click here or for workshop information, click here.