12 Brands Like AYM Studio for Body-Skimming Dresses
You found the dress. It fits at the waist, it doesn't need a separate bra, the lining means you can stand in front of a window without thinking about it, and it cost £159. Then you wear it to three weddings in a row and start wanting a fourth one that isn't the same dress.
That's the AYM Studio problem. The label designs in Sussex, sews in London, prices its dresses between £89 and £229, and builds the bra and the shorts into the garment so you don't have to solve those separately. Finding a second brand that does all of it is harder than it looks. Here are 12 that get close, with what each one claims about how its clothes get made.
One column below is doing unusual work. Plenty of fashion brands look sustainable because their websites list certifications that belong to a mill, a printer or a fibre company rather than to the brand. So the last column records what each company claims in its own name, on its own site. An empty-looking entry there isn't an accusation, it's an absence of published information.
| Brand | Dresses (GBP) | Size range | Eco claim on its own site |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never Fully Dressed | £89 to £149 | UK 6 to 28 | None published |
| Nobody's Child | £49 to £300 | UK 4 to 18, some to 24 | B Corp, plus GOTS and GRS scope certificates in the brand's name |
| OMNES | £59 to £175 | UK 4 to 24 | Living Wage Employer for direct staff, producer list published |
| House of CB | £149 to £349 | XS to L+, two cup fits | Self-described only, no certification named |
| TALA | £59 to £82 | 2XS to 4XL on selected styles | Self-declared fibre mix, certificates held by factories |
| Baukjen | £59 to £269 | UK 6 to 18 | B Corp, held by House of Baukjen, which also trades as Isabella Oliver |
| Ninety Percent | £55 to £70 | UK 4 to 18 | 90% profit share, self-declared |
| Lucy & Yak | £59 to £72 | UK 4 to 30 | Living wage for its UK team, supplier audits published |
| RIXO | £215 to £295 everyday | UK 6 to 26 | None published |
| Aligne | £115 to £169 | UK 4 to 22 | Factory SMETA audits, material terms undefined |
| ME+EM | Premium, £150 example | UK 4 to 18 | RWS, RMS and RAS certificates in the brand's name |
| Reformation | £128 to £398 | UK 4 to 16, knits XS to XL | bluesign partner and FLA member, both memberships |
For reference, AYM Studio itself sits at £89 to £229 for dresses in sizes XXS to 3XL, with petite, regular and tall lengths. Its own claims are that pieces are "sewn locally in London by family-run factories", that its making partners "pay above the Living Wage", and that it works with Living Wage Brighton for its internal team. The GRS, OEKO-TEX and OCS marks on its fabrics belong to the mills, and the ISO 14001 and EcoVadis Gold ratings it cites belong to its warehouse partner.
Never Fully Dressed
Never Fully Dressed is the closest price match here, with dresses at £89 to £149 and a size range of UK 6 to 28. The London label leads with print where AYM Studio leads with solid colour, so its Una and Aria shapes turn up in tile mosaics and poppy florals rather than block black.
Sizing is where it goes further than AYM. AYM stops at 3XL. Never Fully Dressed grades the same dress from a 6 to a 28 and puts that on its own size chart, and the Black Poppy Aria Mesh Dress (£99) is one of the pieces still stocked at a 24.
What you won't find is a supply chain story. The site carries no sustainability page, no ethics page and no factory list, and the only certification marks anywhere on its product pages are the LENZING ECOVERO trademarks, which belong to the fibre producer Lenzing AG rather than to the brand. We've looked at the label in more depth in brands like Never Fully Dressed.
Nobody's Child
Nobody's Child holds more of its certifications in its own name than any other brand on this list. Its materials page states that "Nobody's Child is certified to Global Organic Textile Standard and Organic Content Standard, certified by GCL International 303196", which is a company-level scope certificate rather than a mill's paperwork quoted second hand.
The London brand is B Corp certified too, and publishes the score behind it, 100.6 against an 80-point threshold. Dresses run £49 to £300, the widest band here, and the factory list names names, from Athos Pallas in Thessaloniki to Radnik Exports in Gurgaon.
The trade-off against AYM Studio is geography. Nothing is made in Britain, core sizing runs UK 4 to 18 with a shorter run up to 24, and the OEKO-TEX marks you'll see quoted sit with two of those factories, Chottani and Radnik, not with the brand. Our fuller write-up is at brands like Nobody's Child.
OMNES
OMNES is the best-value pick here, with dresses from £59 to £175 across a size run of UK 4 to 24. The London brand shares AYM Studio's taste for a clean line, though it works in softer fabrics and looser shapes rather than sculpted jersey.
It's also the only brand here besides AYM Studio that puts any of its making in Britain. OMNES publishes a producer list naming Fashion Enter and Repeat Clothing in the UK alongside factories in Hong Kong, India, Bangladesh and China, so the British share is partial rather than total.
The accreditation it holds in its own name is Living Wage Employer, and it states the limit itself: "We are proud to be a Living Wage Employer, ensuring all our direct employees receive a liveable wage for their region", with suppliers only encouraged to follow. It has worked with the climate group Earthly since 2020 and offsets 125% of its measured footprint.
The fabric paperwork sits further up the chain, and OMNES publishes it that way. GRS, GOTS and OEKO-TEX belong to the individual factories on that list, the FSC certificate belongs to its Bursa mill, and LENZING ECOVERO is Lenzing's fibre trademark. A B Corp badge appears in the site footer with no written claim anywhere alongside it, so we've left it out.
House of CB
House of CB is the closest match to AYM Studio on silhouette. Corsetry, boning and built-in structure do the shaping that AYM gets from its jersey, and the London label goes one better on fit by offering a Regular Cup A to C and a Bigger Cup D to E on the same dress, plus mini, longer mini, midi and maxi lengths. Dresses run £149 to £349.
Founded in 2010 by Conna Walker and trading as Sirens Design Limited, House of CB describes itself as designed in-house at its London studio and runs stores in London, Los Angeles and Atlanta. If you own an AYM dress for weddings, this is the shelf next to it, priced a tier up.
Sizing in the conventional sense is the sticking point. House of CB grades XS to L+, narrower than AYM's XXS to 3XL and much narrower than the UK 6 to 28 you'd get from Never Fully Dressed. Its sustainability page carries no certification, no audit scheme and no named supplier, and the site never says which country a dress was made in. That's the reverse of AYM's position, where the factory address is part of the pitch.
TALA
TALA is the jersey specialist of the group, and the one brand here that thinks about fabric the way AYM Studio does. Its sculpting knits do the same job as AYM's built-in shaping, and the 365 Rib Racer Mini Dress (£59) comes in a size run from 2XS to 4XL. Leggings sit at £52 to £64, sports bras at £22 to £44.
The London company is upfront about where that comes from. TALA's product page lists 22 tier one factory units across China, Cambodia, India, Taiwan, Turkey and Vietnam, accurate as of May 2025 by its own dating.
Read the certifications carefully. The ISO, Sedex and WRAP standards TALA cites are held by those factories, and its Turkey mill is described as "Certified by HIGG with Sedex audit". TENCEL Modal belongs to Lenzing. TALA itself holds none of them, and its own claim is a self-declared one, that every product is made with at least half sustainable fibres. The size expansion is partial as well, with the 2XL to 4XL grades on roughly 110 of its styles. More options sit in brands like Tala.
Baukjen
Baukjen is the grown-up end of this list, with dresses from £59 to £269 and a wardrobe built around tailoring rather than party shapes. The Valleta Satin Lace Trim Midi Dress (£219) is the house look, cut long and lean in dark chocolate satin.
Its B Corp certification is real and unusually high scoring, at 153.6 in 2024. One detail matters if you're comparing like for like. The certificate belongs to House of Baukjen, the single UK-registered company that trades as both Baukjen and Isabella Oliver, so it covers the business rather than the Baukjen label on its own.
Manufacturing is European, though the site never names a country, and sizing runs UK 6 to 18 with a petite line. GOTS appears nowhere on the site, which is a point in its favour given how often that acronym gets borrowed. The FSC and PEFC licence numbers Baukjen quotes are Lenzing's, covering the wood its viscose comes from, and the living wage language in its supplier code sets the floor at national legal minimums rather than at an accredited living wage.
Ninety Percent
Ninety Percent gives away 90% of its distributable profits each year, split between the people who make the clothes and five charitable causes. That's the whole proposition, and the brand is clear that it's a promise it makes rather than something a third party audits.
Dresses are the surprise here at £55 to £70, which undercuts AYM Studio by a wide margin. The Ines Maxi Dress in Black (£70) runs UK 4 to 16 and shows the house style, which is soft, drapey and closer to loungewear than to occasionwear.
Everything is made in one factory, EchoTex in Gazipur, Bangladesh, and the London brand says plainly that its co-founder Shafiq Hassan owns it. The OEKO-TEX and Bluesign certifications cover EchoTex's dyeing and wet processing, not the brand, and the GOTS on the cotton belongs upstream at the mill. Sizing stops at UK 18, so it's a step back from AYM's 3XL.
Lucy & Yak
Lucy & Yak has the broadest sizing of anyone here, UK 4 to 30, with petite and tall grades on top. Dresses are a small corner of a catalogue built on dungarees and trousers, priced £59 to £72, and the Aimee Cotton Midi Dress in Tulip Stripe (£72) is the shape most people start with.
The Brighton brand publishes a supplier list with addresses and headcounts across India, Turkey, Cambodia, Vietnam and the UK, and prints each factory's audit status next to it. Those GOTS, GRS and OEKO-TEX certificates belong to the factories and mills, not to Lucy & Yak, and six of the listed suppliers carry no certification at all.
Its own commitment is narrower than it first reads. The brand pays the living wage to its UK team and uses SMETA audits for the rest, which is a different claim from paying a living wage through the supply chain. Aesthetically this is the furthest from AYM Studio, all cotton and colour rather than sculpted jersey.
RIXO
RIXO is the occasionwear splurge, and the one to look at when an AYM dress isn't dressy enough for the wedding. Everyday dresses land around £215 to £295, with Maddison in Antelope Spot Black at £215 and Eleanora at £245, climbing to £1,450 for bridal.
Size range is the real draw. RIXO grades UK 6 to 26 across much of the collection and runs a separate petite fit, which is broader than AYM Studio manages and broader than most brands at this price.
On making, there's nothing to report, and that's worth saying plainly rather than implying otherwise. RIXO's site has no sustainability page, no supplier code, no impact report and no modern slavery statement, and it names no country of manufacture on its product pages. RIXO Pre-Loved resells past-season pieces, and the RIXO Recycle leftover-fabric story is told as brand history rather than a current programme. If you want the vintage-print look with more disclosure behind it, start with brands like Rixo.
Aligne
Aligne does the thing most brands on this list don't, which is tell you on the product page itself where the piece was made and by whom. The Darcy A-Line Mini Dress (£115) says "Designed in London. Made in China" and names the factory as PFG. Monroe Denim Maxi (£169) points at Chantuque in Turkey.
The Shoreditch brand sits close to AYM Studio on price, with dresses running £115 to £169, and covers UK 4 to 22. Its cut is looser and more relaxed than AYM's, which is the main styling difference.
Two claims need reading closely. The SMETA credentials Aligne prints next to each factory belong to those factories, and SMETA is an audit method rather than a certification. And the site describes using "a B-corp certified waste collection service", which certifies the waste contractor, not Aligne. Its headline material claim, that every piece is at least half "conscious materials", isn't defined anywhere on the site, so there's no way to check what counts.
ME+EM
ME+EM holds the most checkable certification of any brand here. Its own page states "ME+EM is RWS, RMS and RAS certified, Control Union CB-CUC-897092", which is a certificate number you can look up, covering responsible wool, mohair and alpaca.
This is the premium tier. The Tie Front Maxi Dress is £150 on the UK site in Lyocell and organic cotton, made in Portugal, and the American storefront runs dresses from $195 to $845. The London design studio sends work out to European makers, and each product page names the country.
Sizing is the catch against AYM Studio. ME+EM runs UK 4 to 18 with no petite, tall or plus grades, so it's narrower than AYM's XXS to 3XL with three leg lengths. Its Living Wage Employer accreditation is scoped to "our ME+EM employees" rather than to the factories, and the LENZING ECOVERO and TENCEL fibres it names are Lenzing's, as is the certification behind them.
Reformation
Reformation is the American comparison point, and it ships to the UK with duties included over £100. Dresses came up at £128 to £398 for a British reader on the day we checked, and US shoppers see a different set of numbers on the same pages, so check your own storefront before you budget.
Origin is stated per product, from "Sustainably made in Los Angeles" on the Esmeralda to "Sustainably made in El Salvador" on the Adela, with a note that it reflects the most recent production run. Woven dresses run UK 4 to 16, knits XS to XL.
The certifications are worth untangling. Every OEKO-TEX mark on Reformation's sustainability page attaches to a fibre rather than to the company, TENCEL Lyocell and ECONYL among them, so those belong to Lenzing and Aquafil. What Reformation holds in its own name is a bluesign system partnership and Fair Labor Association participation, both memberships. RefScale, its carbon and water tool, is internal, and the annual third-party review covers the methodology rather than the published figures. We compare the label further in brands like Reformation.
Pick the Constraint That Binds You Hardest
Work out which part of the AYM dress you're replacing. If it's the fit above a UK 18, go to Lucy & Yak at a 30, Never Fully Dressed at a 28 or RIXO at a 26, because most of this list stops at 18. If it's the built-in structure, House of CB and TALA get you closest, and House of CB is the only one offering two cup fits on the same dress. If it's the price, Ninety Percent and OMNES undercut AYM by a long way.
If what you're replacing is the made-in-London part, only OMNES comes close, and it splits production between two UK workshops and factories across Asia rather than sewing everything here. AYM Studio is unusual in making all of it in Britain at this price. On paperwork, Nobody's Child and ME+EM are the two brands holding certificates in their own names. Everything else on this list trades one axis away to gain on another. Our full article library has more comparisons if none of these lands.
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Written by
Spencer Lanoue
