Middlemost
Good. Shows the people who make its products are paid and treated fairly.
Last researched 2 November 2026 · 4 sources
Wagga Wagga label making one-off womenswear and homewares.
Middlemost makes its products in its own factories in Australia and carries the Australian Made label.
Also worth knowing
Ethical Clothing Australia checks that every worker in its Australian supply chain is paid award wages and entitlements.
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Why it's graded Good
- Met: Meets all 6 Good requirements.
- Met: No red flags.
- Met: Earns 3 stars for going above and beyond.
| Star | Awarded for | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Open supply chain | Earned | |
| Pays above a living wage | Not earned | |
| Gives workers a real voice | Not earned | |
| Finds and fixes problems, or invests in communities | Not earned |
3 stars for the first way it goes above and beyond, and one more for each further way, up to 6. About stars
Good requirements 6 of 6
- Met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: award wages independently checked (Ethical Clothing Australia)
- Met: Respects worker rights
- 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
- Met: Names the factories or farms that make its products, or is fully certified by a scheme that holds and audits that listMakes its products in its own factories
- Met: High-risk raw materials (cotton) traced or certified, or not a major part of its rangeTraced or certified: cotton
Red flags 0
None found.
Accreditations 2
- Ethical Clothing AustraliaCounts as proof of a living wage for products made in Australia, because it checks workers get the legal pay rates for their job, and in Australia those are about a living wage.
- Australian MadeCounts as made in Australia for the final stage. For Good, the brand also needs to show where its materials and parts are made.
Estimates for its products
Our rules applied to one kind of product at a time, using Middlemost's evidence and, where it has product lines, that line's countries. They're estimates: we don't know which factory made any single item.
Jackets & coats, Shirts, Pants & trousers: Good, the same as Middlemost overall, because nothing we know differs between them.
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Where it's made
From Middlemost's own disclosure: it makes its products in its own factories.
| Country | Worker rights | Legal minimum wage | Forced labour risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | Strong protections | About a living wage | Low |
Evidence
What we found
- Passes the raw-material check for clothes and shoes: traces or certifies all of its cotton.
- Owns or runs its own production
- Upcycled, deadstock or remade materials
- Traces all of its cotton to the country of origin or beyond, or buys all of it certified
Research notes Middlemost garments are designed and sewn in its own Wagga Wagga studio, largely by founder Janine Middlemost, from vintage and rescued fabrics. Ethical Clothing Australia currently accredits the label and lists all of its products as made in Australia, so its local production is checked for award wages and entitlements. It publishes no figures on staff numbers or pay beyond this, and no labour complaints about the label have been reported.
What independent sources say
| Source | Result | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Ethical Clothing Australia | Certified | Currently accredited by Ethical Clothing Australia with 100% of products made in Australia. View |
| Fair Wear | Not covered | No indication of Fair Wear membership; not expected for a small Australian studio label. View |
| B Corp directory | Not listed | No indication of B Corp certification. View |
| Business & Human Rights Resource Centre | Not listed | No labour allegations found in news or NGO reporting. View |
Sources and actions
Sources 4
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- Ethical Clothing Australia: Middlemost · search the archive · Accredited (checked Nov 2026); 100% made in Australia; handmade at 45 Tompson St, Wagga Wagga; one-off pieces from vintage textiles.
- Ethical Clothing Australia brand sitemap · search the archive · Middlemost is among the 57 currently listed brands (page updated October 2026).
- Region Riverina: Janine scours op shops to turn vintage fabrics into one-off upcycled garments (2023) · search the archive · Janine Middlemost makes garments herself from op-shop sheets, tablecloths and curtains at her Tompson St studio, so all fabric is reused.
- Handmade Canberra: Middlemost · search the archive · Janine Middlemost designs and makes clothing and accessories from vintage and rescued fabrics; each piece one-of-a-kind.
Company details
- Headquarters
- Australia
- Last researched
- 2 November 2026
- Cite this page
- Labour Lens, "Is Middlemost ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/middlemost, last researched 2 November 2026, accessed [date].
- Method
- Researched with AI assistance against published rules. How we check · What Good means
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