Last Updated: September 2026
SeamLadies is committed to holding itself and its suppliers to high legal and ethical standards. This includes fair working conditions throughout our supply chain.
This statement is published for the financial year ending 2026 under the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015. It describes the steps SeamLadies has taken to prevent slavery and human trafficking in our business and supply chain. Forced labour, child labour, and human trafficking have no place in this work.
Our business and supply chain
The studio sits in the United Kingdom. Cutting, sewing, knitting, and finishing are placed with named CMT houses, mills, and specialist ateliers in our manufacturing network. Fabric, trim, and packaging are sourced through those partners and, where we buy direct, through mills we have visited or audited.
Our supply chain is short on purpose: block, mill, and factory are known to the same technical team. That does not remove risk, but it means we can name the floor a style will run on before we cut.
Policies and accountability
Responsibility for this statement sits with studio leadership. Day-to-day supplier checks sit with the manufacturing and technical team. Staff who place purchase orders are expected to raise a concern if a factory, mill, or agent cannot show how people are employed and paid.
We do not use informal labour brokers. New factories join the network only after a visit or a documented audit, and after we have a named contact on the floor. Whistleblowing can go to a manager or to the contact address on our Contact page. There is no retaliation for a good-faith report.
Supply chain risk assessment and due diligence
We assess risk by country, process (cut-make, knit, leather, embroidery), and how long we have worked with a house. Higher-risk processes get more frequent reviews. Before a first bulk order we ask for evidence of lawful employment and the right to work; confirmation that no worker has paid a recruitment fee to take the job; working-hours and wage records, or an equivalent audit summary; and the right to visit the floor with reasonable notice.
Where a third-party audit exists we read it. Where it does not, we rely on visits and on the technician who sits with the sample. We will not place a programme with a house that refuses access or cannot explain who is on the line.
Supplier management
Purchase orders name the factory. Subcontracting off the agreed floor is not allowed without written consent. If we find a breach, we expect a time-bound corrective plan. We prefer to stay and fix where workers would be harmed by a sudden exit; we will leave if the house will not engage.
Training for our team covers how to read a factory visit, how to ask about recruitment, and when to escalate. We do not claim a supply chain is risk-free. We claim we know who we buy from, and that we will not look away from a report of exploitation.
Board approval
This statement was approved by SeamLadies leadership for the 2026 year and will be reviewed annually. It should be read with our Terms of Use and with the manufacturing terms in any live programme.
Questions about this statement: Contact.
