A look inside our owned and operated factories...

We are incredibly fortunate to make the majority of our clothing in factories that we own, giving us direct control over our footprint and social and environmental management. This is very unusual in our sector where the majority of brands rely on third party facilities.

61% of the styles we sell are manufactured in our production facilities in Saldus and Aizpute, Latvia.

Through our close relationship with our Latvian factories, we have the great advantage of knowing each step of our production processes - from material inputs, to product management and traceability. Both factories are visited every 8 weeks by our production team as well as visits from our design and development teams throughout the year.

Our facilities are run under EU regulations relating to labour laws and workplace health and safety.

World supplier network

The next best thing to owning your own factory, is working with longstanding, trusted suppliers. We have known all of the suppliers who produce the remainder of our lines for a decade or more, in all cases. We only work with partners that ensure employee well-being and follow the labour, health and safety regulations of their own country.

(Accessories)

(Knitwear)

Porto, Portugal

Borås, Sweden (Down)

Povoa de Varzim, Portugal

(Wool & Accessories)

Campina, Romania

(Wool) Hong Kong, China

All suppliers receive an annual questionnaire to engage them on continuous improvements and adherence to internationally accepted environmental and social standards and compliance. This includes a safe and healthy work environment as well as environmental and social responsibility. The purpose of these questionnaires is to establish a measurable path within the company’s supply chain, identify gaps and offer education and share best practice.

We are also working hard to strengthen our auditing of third-party suppliers. Currently auditing and inspection relates primarily to product quality. Portugal: Both factories undergo an external audit when production takes place Sweden and Romania: Ad hoc auditing China: Ad hoc auditing with additional quality control inspection