Dress For Success helping disenfranchised women look and feel confident at work

Charity Dress For Success WA is gearing up for a regional tour to help women without the means to purchase work attire feel their best in the workplace. Dress For Success is a not-for-profit that helps women who may not have access to professional clothing feel and look the part to help get them back into employment. The charity is hosting regional sessions in Albany, Busselton and Bunbury where they’ll help dozens of women with styling, interviews and resume work. Dress For Success WA chief executive Kelli Evans said the charity was all about giving women the confidence to re-enter the work force. “We help all women, those who may be disabled, Indigenous women in remote communities, carers who are just returning to the work force, those transitioning. We help them to look and feel the part while they’re looking for work,” she said. “We provide them with donated clothes and styling for interviews, and provide them with five outfits for their first week of work if they’re successful in landing a job. “There’s this confidence we women feel when we feel like we look good. There’s a confidence inside and out, and it’s so important that all women get to feel that going into something as daunting as a new job.” The team will be in Bunbury on April 17-18 at Stirling St Arts Centre, and in Busselton on April 16 at Forrest Personnel.