Closing Down - everything must go

It is with great regret and sadness that I must inform you that today a decision has been taken which means that Who Made Your Pants? is ceasing trading once the existing completed stock has been sold.

We started in 2008 with a mission to create jobs for marginalised women. While we have achieved some remarkable things for individual women over the past seven years, we have been unable to generate enough sales to match our cost base.

Our aim was to become profitable and self-sufficient and to move away from the need to survive using charitable grants and loans from supporters.

We have struggled to achieve sustainable levels of production and this coupled with inconsistent supply of raw materials has meant it was always a struggle to sell the pants at a high enough margin to pay for our overheads and therefore cash flow has been a constant issue for us.

We would not have got this far without the help from our incredible supporters, customers, and suppliers who have either invested in us, given their time for free or bought our pants.

I personally remain committed to the vision of empowering women through work. My passion for this has not diminished but has grown. I have seen the profound impact Who Made Your Pants has had on the women we have worked with and I am immensely proud of that. Women have told me explicitly that their lives are better because of the jobs they have had here. I am more determined now than ever to work with more women, create more jobs and change their lives. At some stage I hope to be able to bring a business based on my passion and values back to the market in a more sustainable format and achieve our long term aim.

The last Pants made by our team are all available for sale on our webstore. They have 10% off as we start a closing down sale. Your support is still valuable to us. Please give them good homes and remember and, I hope you can treasure, the work that went into them.

Today has been a very difficult day for us all here and so we hope you will understand that we will not be responding to any social media, emails or phone calls over this weekend.

Thank you to everyone who has been part of the story so far. We hope you will join us for the next chapter.