History
Common Threads was established in July 2002 in Brisbane, Australia.

Forty second-hand men's business shirts from the St Vincent De Paul charity stores were revamped by forty top Australian fashion and mixed media designers.

The results were auctioned at a highly successful event for 1,500 leading lights of the fashion, media and design industries.

The evolving success of the Common Threads project has now expanded to include London and Tokyo in 2004.