ReCreate Clothing

ReCreate Clothing

Organic cotton clothing designed in New Zealand and sewn at ReCreate's own workshop in Cambodia, with all profits returned to the community.

Made in
Cambodia
Based in
Te Awamutu, New Zealand
Founded
2013
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Vetted by The Labour Movement · last reviewed October 2026 · How we vet brands

ReCreate sets out to transform lives through fashion, with fair employment, training and support for the women who make its clothes.

The story

Erica Gadsby founded ReCreate in 2013, when the Dey Tmey sewing centre opened on the edge of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in a community that had been relocated after evictions in 2007. The label is based in Te Awamutu, New Zealand, where its collections are designed.

The workshop's small, mostly female team is paid a living wage for a 32.5-hour week and receives sewing and literacy training, plus help with childcare and schooling. ReCreate also works with other Cambodian makers, including Dorsu and Daughters, and sources fabric from suppliers in Cambodia and Thailand.

ReCreate runs alongside a Cambodian NGO and a New Zealand charitable trust, and all of its profits go back into the sewing centre and community programs. It is GOTS certified; GOTS covers organic textiles with social criteria based on ILO conventions but isn't a fair trade label, so The Labour Movement also vetted ReCreate against our fair trade standards.

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About ReCreate Clothing

Is ReCreate fair trade?

ReCreate is GOTS certified. GOTS covers organic textiles through every processing stage and sets social criteria based on ILO conventions, but it isn't a fair trade label, so The Labour Movement also vetted ReCreate against our fair trade standards before listing it. We review every brand each year.

Where is ReCreate clothing made?

In Cambodia, at ReCreate's own sewing workshop on the edge of Phnom Penh and with partner makers such as Dorsu and Daughters. The collections are designed in New Zealand.

Where do ReCreate's profits go?

All of them go back into the Cambodian sewing centre and community programs, through a Cambodian NGO and a New Zealand charitable trust.