About Us

How Two Mums Flipped the Script on Sun Shirts

We’re Kat & Tish — two mums who started Hillson Apparel back when we had four kids under four. Now they’re a little older, two in school and two well nearly in school… and somehow more chaotic.

We live in North QLD. The sun’s fierce, the adventures are endless, and we struggled to keep up with the sunscreen demands especially when you feel like you're wrestling a crocodile! 

And don’t get us started on the “women’s” shirts!

We hunted for a sun shirts and rompers but all we found was:

❌ Kids’ shirts starting at size 4 (what about the babies?!), thick, ugly and not even cuffs. 
❌ Women’s shirts clearly not made for actual women — too tight on the hips, baggy up top, zips that quit over the boobs, and hems that made us look like we’d borrowed Dad’s shirt for dress-ups.

So, in true sleep-deprived mum style, we added more chaos to our lives and made our own. With trial and error, testing, tweaking, and bribing the kids to “just try it on” — and well we finally had the perfect combo, that's when Hillson Apparel was born.

We pride ourselves on:

✅ Kids’ shirts in bright, fun prints they want to wear — so you can spot them from a mile away, last longer than one summer and wash really well!

✅ Women’s shirts that actually fit women — hips, boobs, and all — and make you feel good, look good and not frumpy.

✅ Sun safe, lightweight, and built for beach days, park hangs, camping trips, fishing, or chasing the kids around the backyard.

✅ Rompers with zips, not buttons who has time for that! elastic legs, covers the nappy and gorgeous prints. 

No more fishing shirts that make you feel like a sack of potatoes. Just good gear for real adventures, made by two Aussie mums who get and may also be fuelled by caffeine!