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INTRODUCTION

The primary goal of Original Apparel is to enable our stakeholders to work as a team to create the most desirable apparel for the world at large, based on a unrelenting determination to ensure the highest quality at all times!

Our story of weaving dreams and making them come true!

Our venture started with a factory established in 1996, which was re-branded in 2015 under the name-style Original Apparel with a new Directorate now at the helm of this enterprise. Joint venture between local directorate & Original Marines, a childrenswear retailer based in Italy has brought togheter the combined strength in finacial & management expertise required to propel the growth in capacity & turnover.

Original Apparel comprises of three (4) Production Units with a 2,000+ strong work-force that produces over six (6) million pieces per year. Plans are now afoot to expand capacity rapidly to more than 12 million pieces in next two years.

Compliance

Certifications

Maintaining the highest quality standards is the bedrock on which our activities are conducted every minute, each day. Thus, creating a highly ethical environment remains a cornerstone of our efforts, with regular independent audits that conform to SMETA & ETI standards as well as accreditation with the renowned Oeko-Tex 100 ISO 9001 2015 quality benchmark. Not Only that we have obtained the following certificates.

  • Global Recycled Standard(GRS) - Global Recycled Standard (GRS) is a voluntary product standard for tracking and verifying the content of recycled materials in a final product.
  • Sustainable Viscose Chain Of Custody(SVCOC) - Organic Content Standard(OCS) to prove that our products contain only 90% - 100% organic material
  • Global Organic Textile Standard(GOTS) - to prove that we use only organic fiber in our products.

Board of

Directors

                      
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Rehan Lakhany

CEO

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Annesly De Fonseka

Managing Director

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Thejana Moonasinghe

Operations Director