Our story: Where it all began
Spending her twenties on building sites, farms and long-haul ships, brand founder and creative director Mimosa Schmidt knows what it means to get her hands dirty. Often working in hyper masculine spaces, at times being the only woman on site, during these formative years she also learnt what it means to be watched on the job. Her femininity, in the context of hard labour, was still wrongly seen to imply weakness, incompetence, and inexperience.
Dressed in standard-issue, ill fitting workwear, she felt overlooked from the get go. A feeling that was exacerbated by the harassment and isolation she endured, for which gender seemed to be the only catalyst. Slogging it out in sagging overalls and baggy workshirts, she started to dream up designs that would empower those who have to work doubly hard to earn the respect most others are given freely.
Enter SÜK Workwear. The culmination of years of research and inspired design prototypes, SÜK is built on the ethos of celebrating all workers as worthy.
Function, sexuality, fluidity, integrity and fierceness combine in these garments, whose design champions feminine expression, rather than attempting to dismiss and disguise under the usual workwear norm.
SÜK invites all bodies to have the confidence to be their most creative selves, the versatility to endure any task, and the freedom to look hot while doing it. A tongue-in-cheek homonym, SÜK is a wink to all the men on site who thought ‘the girls’ were subpar, an outright gift to all identities who’s power has, until now, been dismissed.
Every stage of garment manufacturing has been conducted to the highest ethical standard: from fabric sourcing to factory production.
Read Moreour commitment to quality, environment and community.
We are committed to regularly donating and working with charities and organisations that align with our values.
Tree Planting
We proudly make regular donations to Fifteen Trees.
Located in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Fifteen Trees works with local communities and nurseries to plant native trees. To date, 350,000 trees have been planted across Australia.
In November 2022, 160 trees and native bushes were been planted in Hopetoun Park, (Wadawurrung and Wurundjeri territories of the Kulin Nation) on behalf of SÜK.
You can read about our tree planting here.
Paying The Rent
Our HQ, store and warehouse are situated on the stolen lands of the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation. We would like to show our respects to the Traditional Custodians, to Elders past and present. We recognise their great knowledge and care of the lands and waterways we work and live on.
SÜK makes monthly donations to Pay The Rent Grassroots Collection. Visit their website to learn more and make a donation.
Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land.
Garment Recycling
Up to 100 billion garments are produced by the fashion industry every year. And each year, as much as 92 million tons of clothing ends up in landfills.
We've teamed up with Upparel to reduce our impact on landfill and we want to give you the opportunity to do so too.
Earn $25 store credit when you recycle 10kg of your old clothing, linen and shoes with Upparel.