Fabletics
Harm on record. Has recent confirmed harm to workers that it hasn't put right.
Last researched 2 November 2026 · 6 sources
Los Angeles activewear brand selling leggings, sports bras and athleisure.
In 2021, supervisors at a Lesotho factory mainly supplying Fabletics subjected workers to invasive body searches, sexual harassment and assault.
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Why it's graded Harm on record
- Not met: Meets 2 of 6 Good requirements.
- Holds the grade back: It has 3 red flags: no evidence of a living wage, clear breaches of labour conditions and a hidden, unaudited supply chain, probably in high-risk countries. Two or more red flags means a poor grade.
- Holds the grade back: It's Harm on record because of a serious confirmed problem from the last 5 years that it has only partly put right: abuse of workers, last recorded in 2021.
Good requirements 2 of 6
- Not met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: no evidence
- Not met: Respects worker rightsA confirmed problem counts against it: abuse of workers, last recorded in 2021
- Not met: Supply chain independently audited or certified, or at least 80% made in countries with strong labour standards
- Met: No child or forced labour findings or links
- Not met: Names the factories or farms that make its products, or is fully certified by a scheme that holds and audits that list
- Met: High-risk raw materials (cotton) traced or certified, or not a major part of its rangeOnly in a few products: cotton
Red flags 3
- Red flag: No evidence it pays a living wage
- Red flag: Clear breaches of labour conditions
- Red flag: Hidden supply chain, probably mostly in countries with poor worker rights
Stars it would earn as Good
None yet. Stars only show on Good companies. About stars
Where it's made
We couldn't confirm where Fabletics makes most of its products, so this shows where clothes and shoes are usually made.
| Country | Share | Worker rights | Legal minimum wage | Forced labour risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 30% | No guarantee of rights | Below a living wage | Moderate |
| Bangladesh | 20% | No guarantee of rights | Far below a living wage | Moderate |
| Vietnam | 15% | Systematic violations | Well below a living wage | Moderate |
| India | 10% | No guarantee of rights | Well below a living wage | High |
| Cambodia | 8% | No guarantee of rights | Far below a living wage | Moderate |
| Türkiye | 7% | No guarantee of rights | Below a living wage | Very high |
| Indonesia | 5% | No guarantee of rights | Well below a living wage | Moderate |
| Pakistan | 5% | No guarantee of rights | Far below a living wage | High |
Evidence
What we found
- Uses cotton in only a few products, so the raw-material check doesn't hold it back for Good. It doesn't show where its cotton comes from. The "Open supply chain" star needs all of it traced, certified or upcycled.
Research notes Fabletics does not publish a supplier list or name its production countries; its disclosures say only that suppliers are audited at onboarding and annually by its own staff or third-party firms, against a code based on the ETI Base Code. It has one publicly known supplier, Hippo Knitting in Lesotho (LS), where serious abuse was reported in 2021. No living wage commitment is published.
What independent sources say
| Source | Result | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Business & Human Rights Resource Centre | Listed | Company profile shows Fabletics in the 2023 Fashion Transparency Index (listed as 4 of 250) but records no stories with response requests. View |
Confirmed issues 1
Only confirmed problems are listed, and old ones drop off after 10 to 15 years. A problem the company has fully put right no longer counts against it, and nor does one it finds and is fixing itself. How problems are counted
| Last recorded | What happened | Made amends? |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Workers at Hippo Knitting in Lesotho, a factory mainly supplying Fabletics, reported invasive body searches, sexual harassment and assault by supervisors, and degrading punishments; police opened cases and the HR manager was dismissed (Fuller Project/TIME, 2021). Source · archived copy | PartlySuspended orders while paying workers in full, then agreed a corrective action plan and gender-based violence programme with the factory and union IDUL, with on-site monitoring. |
Sources and actions
Sources 6
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- Fabletics - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre · search the archive · Subsidiary of TechStyle Fashion Group; listed in FTI 2023 as 4/250
- Fabletics probes Lesotho sexual abuse claims (Ecotextile News) · archived copy · Hippo Knitting, Maseru, mainly supplies Fabletics; production halted and wages covered (May 2021)
- Uncovering abuse at Fabletics factory (The Fuller Project) · search the archive · Abuse at Hippo Knitting; Fabletics suspended orders and paid wages; corrective plan, GBV agreement with IDUL, Africa Rising monitoring
- Buy from Fabletics USA with international shipping (Borderoo) · search the archive · Australian shoppers need a parcel forwarder to buy from Fabletics' US or UK sites
Published by Fabletics or its owner
- Fabletics California Transparency in Supply Chains Act statement · search the archive · Random unannounced audits by staff or third parties; no countries or supplier list given
- Fabletics Human Rights Policy (2021) · search the archive · Code based on ETI Base Code; onboarding and annual audits; no living wage commitment
Company details
- Owned by
- TechStyle Fashion Group
- Headquarters
- United States
- Last researched
- 2 November 2026
- Cite this page
- Labour Lens, "Is Fabletics ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/fabletics, last researched 2 November 2026, accessed [date].
- Method
- Researched with AI assistance against published rules. How we check · What Harm on record means
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