ABOUT DRESS FOR SUCCESS
Dress for Success Worldwide, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, was founded in New York City in 1997 as an answer to the needs of low-income women who are seeking employment and self-sufficiency. Dress for Success has responded to the needs of the women that we serve by providing professional attire, career development tools, and a network of support to help women succeed in work and in life.
Over the past 12 years, Dress for Success has grown into a thriving international not-for-profit organization that has supported more than 500,000 disadvantaged women at over 100 affiliates worldwide. Our organization serves more than 30,000 clients each year throughout the United States, Canada, Jamaica, Mexico, Poland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Scotland, and the United Kingdom.
Dress for Success serves clients referred to us through our network of partner agencies, each of which has a job training component. These agencies include a variety of educational institutions, reentry programs for the formerly incarcerated, homeless and domestic violence shelters, rehabilitation programs, job training programs, and more. More than 3,000 partner agencies around the world refer women to Dress for Success for professional apparel, career development services, and ongoing employment retention programs.