Applique Fabric Wholesale: What Bulk Buyers Should Check
Sequins are plastic. Katdana is metal-plated bead. Mirror discs are moulded acrylic. Thread is thread. In every one of those categories the...
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PGF Insider Story: Wholesale Fabric Insights for Boutiques and Labels
Sourcing notes from our wholesale floor: what boutiques are reordering, how to plan season stock, MOQ and pricing basics and how to cut sampling costs. Written for boutique owners, labels and designers.
Fancy Lace Wholesale: A Trim Buyer's Reference Guide
Everything else on a fabric counter is sold by area. You buy a thaan, you get a width plus a length, you...
The Bulk Buyer's Guide to Cutwork Fabric Wholesale
Every other kind of surface work in this trade puts something onto cloth. Sequins go on. Beads go on. Mirrors go on....
The Bulk Buyer's Guide to Faux Mirror Work Fabric Wholesale
A Chandni Chowk buyer once brought me a lehenga panel with eleven empty stitch rings on it. The mirrors were gone. Not...
The Bulk Buyer's Guide to Katdana Embroidery Fabric Wholesale
A label sent back forty gowns last winter. The complaint on the docket said the beadwork was falling off. It was not...
The Bulk Buyer's Guide to Chikankari Fabric Wholesale
Two buyers stood at the counter last month holding pieces that looked identical from arm's length. Same white thread, same floral butis,...
The Bulk Buyer's Guide to Printed Muslin Fabric Wholesale
Two buyers stood at my counter last month holding what they both called printed muslin. One had a soft cotton mulmul that...
The Bulk Buyer's Guide to Georgette Jacquard Fabric Wholesale
A buyer came back to the counter last season with a returned kurti and a customer complaint written on a slip. A...
The Bulk Buyer's Guide to Printed Organza Fabric Wholesale
The most common complaint I hear about printed organza has nothing to do with the printing. A buyer approves a design on...
The Bulk Buyer's Guide to Chinon Chiffon Fabric Wholesale
Ask ten boutique owners in Delhi what chinon is and eight will tell you it is a type of chiffon. That is...
The Bulk Buyer's Guide to Imported Fabric Wholesale
A label owner in Chandni Chowk once launched a bridal capsule on an imported embroidered net. It sold out in eleven days....
The Bulk Buyer's Guide to Shimmer Georgette Fabric Wholesale
A boutique owner came back to my counter in March carrying two sarees from the same lot. One had been worn once...
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