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LK Bennett launches repair service with The Seam

London-based womenswear retailer LK Bennett has revealed a new partnership with The Seam, which will allow its customers to access the repair and transformation platform’s services for their own products. Through the new deal, customers will be able to utilise The Seam’s repair service, basic and complex alterations and bespoke “reimaginings”...

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The Seam wins Circular Fashion Innovator’s Fund grand prize

The Circular Fashion Innovator’s Fund, launched in December 2022 by Ebay UK and the British Fashion Council, has named on-demand clothing repairs and alterations service The Seam as the grand prize winner. In December, the fund awarded six businesses with circular fashion solutions, including social fashion rental app By Rotation and the...

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Net-A-Porter teams up with The Seam to offer repair service

Luxury online retail group Yoox Net-A-Porter is launching its first dedicated customer care and repair service in partnership with clothing repairs and alterations service The Seam. The ‘Repair & Rewear’ scheme will offer clothing alterations and repairs, bespoke customisations, and care and repair for handbags, footwear, and jewellery, as the...

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By Rotation among winners of the new Circular Fashion Innovator’s Fund

The British Fashion Council (BFC) and eBay UK have announced six winners of the first Circular Fashion Innovator’s Fund, awarding 100,000 pounds to small businesses with circular fashion solutions. The fund is designed to help support the growth of small businesses providing more sustainable solutions for the fashion industry, with each winner...

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Alteration business The Seam secures 250,000 pounds in funding

The Seam, the digital platform aiming to revolutionise clothing care and repair services, has raised 250,000 pounds in a pre-seed round with Jenson Funding Partners as the lead investor. The investment will allow The Seam to fight fast fashion and scale its bespoke online alterations business by increasing the speed of its product offering,...