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Anna October

Ukrainian womenswear label · Online-only · Paris studio, Kyiv production

Anna October sells slip dresses through Selfridges, Galeries Lafayette and Revolve, with no shop of its own. Estonia's business registry shows the designer holds 100 percent of the company and is its only director. The clothes are still made in a Ukrainian atelier.

Founder-run

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Genuinely Independent

Estonia's business register shows Ganna Oktiabr holding 100 percent of Anna October's shares and serving as its only director, with no fund, parent company, or outside investor on the record. Very little about how the clothes get made is verifiable: the brand names no factory or supplier, publishes no audit, holds no environmental certification, and its production sits in a country where most labour inspections have been suspended under martial law. Accountability runs to the designer whose name is on the label, and to nobody else.

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Local ownership
9/10
Founder involvement
10/10
Worker pay & benefits
5/10
Environmental impact
5/10
Sourcing & labor
6/10

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Company data last updated August 2026

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