Update on Molly’s Sewing Unit – the producers of our Secret Sari Dress



Update on Molly's Sewing Unit - the producers of our Secret Sari Dress

 9th May 2022 |  Blog |  Margaret Ring


Update on Molly's Sewing Unit – the producer of the SSD (Secret Sari Dress)
Molly, as many of our Customers and Friends know, heads up her own sewing unit in West Bengal, where there is an alarmingly high rate of human trafficking and provids young women with stitching work, who without an income are more at risk of falling into the hands of trafficking gangs.

When we met Molly, (a number of years ago now) through an NGO, we knew that she was the perfect person to begin making our Secret Sari Dresses (SSD) and we worked together productively for over 2 years. She is very special to us, along with the young women.
The effects of the pandemic for Molly and the unit
When the pandemic hit, things became difficult for Molly and she had to temporarily close her unit to work as a Quality Controller in a garment factory, between lockdowns to provide money for her family. Throughout this time, we have kept in touch with Molly to support her.

Molly has now been able to reopen her unit and has had some orders, which is great but things are still tough. She has been granted an export licence, which is no mean feat in India and we are so proud of this massive achievement. Our Finance Director, Banke is coaching her in how to effectively use this license as it will be hugely beneficial to her business.
Future plans...
We really want to be able to give Molly and the young women orders for more SSD's but before we are able to do this, we need to clear the current stock we have. So we can give work to Molly as soon as possible, we are offering 2 for 1 on all Secret Sari Dresses. Choose one for yourself and one for a friend (or keep both!).
How it works...
Choose your dress and go to the checkout and in the note box tell us the size and ideal colour way you would like for your second and free of charge SSD and we will do our best to match! It's like a managed lucky dip!!! The offer is available on all SSD's.

Please note, the offer is currently only available for delivery to UK addresses with payment in Sterling.

To shop, please click here
What happens next...
Once we have cleared the stock, we will work with Molly towards putting together brand new Collections of SSD's, which is such an exciting prospect and we all can't wait.

Molly sends her love to everyone.

Photo: Selfie taken by Molly (on far left) with some of her Makers. (Photograph used with permission.)

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