Rosie Dobby

Rosie Dobby and Jennifer Graham, Founders of Freed Fashion Ltd

Freed Fashion exists to release people from a life of poverty and is a company focused on improving production standards and people management within all areas of the fashion industry.

The company was co-founded by Rosie Dobby, 21, and Jennifer Graham, 22, in the summer of 2007 after Rosie had returned from a Gap Year in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. This summer they intend to return to Phnom Penh and start a training programme alongside an NGO called Daughters who develop skills in the lives of young people who have been caught up in human trafficking.
Daughters aim is to help restore dignity and self-worth, and to help girls find viable alternatives for their lives. Daughters have allowed Rosie and Jen to use part of their premises as a base for a fashion house and they will also be employing two young women who attend Daughters classes where they are supported in their efforts to leave the sex industry. These women will be fully trained in T Shirt production and other aspects of fashion design and afterwards the T Shirts they produce in the months ahead will be sold in the UK through the Freed Fashion website, and on stalls throughout the country. When someone buys a T Shirt they will be directly investing in the lives of the disadvantaged people who produce them.