Fast fashion clothing manufacturers or fast fashion manufacturers are clothing manufacturers who can turn around clothing production in a maximum of 15 days time from the date of issue of Purchase order. Basically clothing brands in the fast fashion industry requires fast fashion clothing manufacturers who can turn around clothing production quickly because they need to sell their products before the fashion industry copies their innovative design for the mass market.

Do the fast fashion clothing manufacturers really exist in Indian clothing manufacturing centres such as Tirupur or Chennai? Yes, they do exist but these clothing manufacturers are actually not an exclusive Fast fashion clothing company but rather as per the need of a particular fast fashion clothing brand, they have setup a merchandising and quality control team, which is setup to turn around clothing production quickly. These fast fashion manufacturing factories are usually vertically setup companies, which has in-house clothing production such as knitting, dyeing, printing and stitching. Clothing factories that outsource some of their manufacturing process cannot become a fast fashion clothing manufacturers.

Therefore, fast fashion clothing brands that requires a fast fashion clothing manufacturer in India should have perseverance and patience to first identity a vertically set up clothing manufacturer and then for a strong partnership with them and help them to create a team for fast fashion clothing manufacturing.

Earlier in the clothing industry there were three categories of clothing buyers - 1. Buyers from expensive clothing brands such as Prada, Chanel, Ralph Lauren or Burberry, 2. Clothing buyers from middle brands & 3. Clothing buyers for less expensive private label clothing brands - these brands were ready to compromise on quality for cheap pricing. But third category clothing brands does not exist anymore and they have consolidated in to second category. Therefore, If you are a clothing buyer from brands like Louis Vuitton or Dior or Gucci or Hermès, then there is no question of choosing cheapest clothing manufacturers in india or elsewhere in the world, you only choose high quality clothing manufacturer.

The dilemma starts if you are Clothing buyer & importer from the second category because these brands needs cheap priced clothing manufacturer who can deliver t-shirt or clothing with high quality. Hence, it is very important for these clothing buyers to have an approach and method to either find a 

• ​Clothing manufacturer who gives cheap and affordable prices. Train these cheapest clothing manufacturer to delivery high quality. This is a gradual long term process and needs trust. After a few seasons they could become high quality clothing manufacturer with affordable cheap pricing.
• High quality clothing manufacturer, who is willing to offer cheaper price. This is also gradual long term process, where you are willing to train them in costing and help to source quality products at a cheaper cost.

Current fashion clothing industry demands a high quality clothing with cheapest cost therefore it is essential to find and work with Cheapest high quality clothing manufacturer in tirupur in India or for that matter anywhere else in the world.

​It is always a great challenge for clothing retailer, clothing buyer and a Clothing importer from different country to find a reliable good clothing manufacturer from another country they wish to manufacture clothing. Few of the probable reasons to find a reliable good clothing manufacturer is because,

• Because of the cultural differences between the two countries, it is always hard to understand for the buyers to understand the factory owners. For example:- Some Clothing buyers may be very aggressive and this aggression may be part of their culture and they might expect the same aggression with the clothing factories. This difficulty will make it very hard for the clothing buyer to find a reliable good clothing manufacturer because the term "reliable" is relative in nature.
• Geopolitical scenarios also can make it difficult to find a reliable good clothing manufacturer in a particular country. For example:- Recent unrest in Sri Lanka, inflation issues in Pakistan, will make it extremely difficult for the clothing buyer to find a reliable clothing manufacturer in that country.

Then how do you find a reliable good and best clothing manufacturer in India especially apparel manufacturer in tirupur? You can read my article on different methods of how to find a clothing manufacturer in India - here. But To find a reliable good clothing manufacturer, apparel manufacturers in tirupur - takes patience, perseverance, trust and time. Though there are methods to find a clothing manufacturer, there are no methods to find a reliable good clothing apparel manufacturer in Tirupur in India. After finding a suitable clothing and apparel manufacturer, you have to work with them for several seasons, understand their problems and differences, be a good partner - then you will see they will become a reliable clothing apparel manufacturer over a period of time.

,Recession for clothing manufacturing industry in simple terms means decline in clothing sales all over the world and in turn resulting in reduction of quantities from the clothing buyers - which results in reduced clothing manufacturing activity. Recession can happen for any number of reasons but the World recession 2022 has happened mainly because of Covid-19, Inflation, Russian - Ukraine war & the subsequent sanctions made by Europe and Russia.

Now the question is, will the entire clothing manufacturing industry, which includes clothing manufacturers in tirupur, clothing manufacturers in bangalore, chennai, mumbai and rest of India will be affected by the world recession 2022. Answer is no. Not every clothing manufacturer will be affected by the recession. If a clothing manufacturer has portfolio of buyers from varieties of different countries and continents, then that clothing manufacturer might not necessarily be affected by the recession - the reason being that different buyers caters to different markets and different countries react to recession differently. For Example:- Even during the Great 2008 Recession of the US, India's economic growth was not affected substantially, after a slight tip, India's economy bounced back. But if a clothing manufacturer is dependant on one single clothing buyer and also manufacturers only for a particular country then there is every chance that he will be affected by the World recession 2022. 

Therefore it is very important for the clothing manufacturer in India to work with several buyers and also several countries so that effect of the world recession 2022 will be very low. Now also is the time to use digital marketing as a primary tool for your marketing efforts because with recession will not allow the clothing buyers to travel often and they will use the internet as the medium to start a relationship with the clothing factory.

International overseas clothing manufacturing is a process through which clothing manufacturers, retailers and clothing brands of a particular nation choose to manufacture their clothing in different countries rather than their own countries due to many reasons such as Higher costs to manufacture clothing in their own countries, Infrastructure unavailability, etc.,

For a small clothing manufacturer or a bespoke custom clothing manufacturer with very low minimum order quantity, it is not advisable to manufacture clothing in a different country because of the hassled involved in merchandising, importing & quality control of the clothing. But if you are a clothing manufacturer with large buying requirement from a developed nation then it is necessary to choose a overseas international clothing manufacturing destination country, which has a strong clothing manufacturing infrastructure because the advantages of choosing a overseas international thirty party custom clothing manufacturers are:-

• The most obvious reason to choose an overseas international clothing manufacturer is the low costs involved in manufacturing clothing. The difference of costs in manufacturing clothing in your own vs manufacturing apparel in an international overseas location is usually very huge and especially if you are from a developed nation.
• The other important reason to choose an overseas international clothing manufacturer is the clothing manufacturing infrastructure available in that country. Many developed nations such as United Kingdom was one of the pioneers in manufacturing clothing through its flagship clothing manufacturing city - Manchester. But over a period of time due to increase in wages, it was not possible to manufacture clothing in Manchester.

Therefore it is definitely worth your time and effort if you to choose to manufacture clothing overseas international clothing if you have enough minimum order quantity.

2022 Inflation - Which has caused unusual increases of food prices, clothing prices and other essential commodities all over the world including in Tirupur, India, is mainly caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and Ukraine-Russia War. This inflation even though has not affected India in severe way, it still has a negative effect on raw materials prices for the clothing manufacturers in tirupur. Some of the negative effects of Inflation 2022 on the clothing manufacturers in Tirupur are:-

• Cotton/Yarn Prices:-

Inflation 2022 has caused a severe increase & fluctuation in the prices of cotton and yarn. This has severely affected the clothing and apparel manufacturers of tirupur in India to confirm prices with the buyers and importers.

• Accessories Prices:-

Most of the accessories used by the clothing manufacturers in tirupur in India are based on plastics and Global hike in crude oil prices has directly affected the prices for accessories such as hanger and labels.

• Labour Costs:-

Due to the increase of essential commodities including groceries, petrol & diesel, labour costs for clothing manufacturers in Tirupur, India has gone up as well.

• Shipping & logistics costs:-

Container shortage due to Covid-19 has caused gradual increase in the shipping and logistics cost for clothing manufacturers in Tirupur in India. Inflation 2022 has increased the shipping & logistics costs upto 3 times.

All these factors has caused immense pressure on the clothing manufacturers in tiurpur india. But even with these Inflation 2022 challenges, the clothing manufacturers in tirupur are confirming the best prices in line with the recent inflation.

• How to Contact a Clothing Manufacturer in Tirupur, India:-

I have written a detailed article on How to find the best clothing manufacturers in tirupur in India, you can read my linkedin article here:- ​https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-find-clothing-manufacturers-india-karthik-shan/ - This method to find the clothing manufacturers can be applied to finding clothing manufacturer in Europe and also clothing manufacturers in USA as well as the method is very common.

• ​How & What to Email a Clothing manufacturer company:-

Once you find the right clothing manufacturer, you need to find out their email address either using their website or B2B websites so that you can send an introduction email with the following details and in a neat email format so that the email looks professional and the clothing manufacturer replies to your query quickly.​

1. Give a brief introduction to your company and about yourself.
2. Clearly communicate about your requirements (i.e) - Designs required, Measurement specs, Quantities per color.
3. If you have tech pack ready, attached the tech pack with the email.
4. Also give details about the accessories required, extra charges thats needs to be added and whether the accessories can be locally sourced.
5. Email about your approval procedures, deliveries and also be clear about payment terms.

• What questions to ask a Clothing Apparel Manufacturer Company?

1. Ask them about their manufacturing capacity (i.e) how many pieces of garments they can manufacture per day from their clothing factory.
2. Ask them about their Social compliances (i.e) whether they have any third party social compliance audits like SA8000, Sedex or WRAP and whether these audits are upto date and valid for the current year.
3. Also check with them about their Minimum order quantities. Some clothing manufacturers will not accept low MOQ's hence if this does not match you can take a quick decision whether to proceed or not.
4. Give them a sample tech pack and ask them to cost and see if the pricing is workable.
5. Ask them to send some samples from their current production so that you can check their product quality and if it matches your expectation.

Clothing manufacturing process is one of the worst pollution making process in the world. Clothing manufacturing companies and factories emit up to 10% of human's carbon emissions through usage of coal based electricity, which emits carbon-dioxide to the environment directly resulting in Global warming & Climate change.  Clothing manufacturers also gobble up millions of litres of fresh water, ground water resources and pollutes rivers and streams.  

On this World Earth Day, as the clothing manufacturers in India, Asia, here are the pledges we can take to help mitigate Global warming & Climate Change and be a part of Sustainable and Eco-friendly clothing manufacturing process and help to build a better world for our future generations,

• We can suggest our clothing buyers & consumers to move on to Cotton based clothing from Man-made fibre clothing. Man-made fibre clothing such as polyester, nylon and acrylic is one of biggest polluter as just washing these clothing, millions of micro plastics and are sent in to the ocean, which results in heating up of ocean thus directly causing Global Warming & Climate change.
• We can also suggest our customers to opt for OEKO-tex certified Organic cotton based clothing. Organic cotton is grown from Soil without the usage of chemical fertilisers. Healthy soil can mitigate global warming and thus help in reducing the climate change.
• If available, Opt for Renewable energy such as Wind energy & Solar Energy for your clothing manufacturing process.
• Donate a part of your profits to plant more trees through non-profits near you location because Trees is one of the cheapest ways to tackle global warming as trees stores the excess carbon in the atmosphere and releases oxygen. For Example:- Eastman exports, one of the largest exporters of knitting clothing in tirupur, India, has pledged to support "Cauvery calling" initiative by donating Rs.5,00,000 per year for the next 12 years. This will help in planting 150,000 trees.
• Be a part of the Save soil movement, which is requesting the governments of the world to create policies that helps in protecting and nurturing our soil. Soil degradation & desertification is a major issue in causing Global Warming & Climate change. Healthy soil can suck back the carbon emissions from the atmosphere thus mitigating the climate change effect.

Cotton Yarn prices are soaring like never before mainly due to cotton availability - demand for cotton clothing is exceeding the supply of cotton yarn. Demand for cotton clothing has gone up because of Covid-19 pandemic forced people to stay home, due to this, clothing consumers needed comfortable clothing like t-shirts, pajamas, cotton sleepwear and loungewear. Moreover, global clothing consumers had extra income at their disposal because of Covid-19 travel restrictions, did not allow them to spend money on holidays - which was one of the main expenses for a family.

On one hand, demand for cotton clothing went up, on the other hand, cotton yield has come down especially in India for a variety of reasons. This has caused raise in cotton prices, ultimately resulting in garment price increase and a great disadvantage for cotton clothing apparel exporters of India because countries like Vietnam and Bangladesh has zero duty to their cotton imports and also enjoy duty free access to the European markets.

Now that Government of India has completely waived off 10% duty for cotton imports, this is an great advantage for cotton clothing apparel manufacturers in India especially in tirupur because the duty waiver has the possibility to curtail the monthly price increase resulting clothing buyers confirming more orders to the cotton clothing manufacturing factories in tirupur in India.

11 years in the making - India Australia Economic Cooperation & Trade agreement took a decade to come to a successful conclusion, where in Australia enjoys a duty free access to 85% of its manufactured products to one of the largest consumer market in the world and in turn India enjoys a duty free access to 96% of its manufactured products including fashion clothing, apparel & textiles.

Before the agreement was signed, Indian clothing exported to Australia had a duty of 5%, which was a great disadvantage for Indian clothing manufacturers because Australia is in Free trade agreement with (a) China - ChAFTA, (b) Brunei, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam called Regional comprehensive Economic partnership - RCEP. Both these Free trade agreements meant that for Clothing retailers and importers of Australia, it would be a dis-advantage to buy fashion clothing from Indian Manufacturers. Because of this disadvantage, overall clothing exports from India to Australia was 2% of its total apparel exports.

Now that IndAus ECTA or India Australia Economic cooperation and Trade agreement has been signed by both the countries, this immediately removes the 5% duty for clothing retailers, clothing importers and clothing buyers of Australia, if they choose to import men's, women's or children's clothing from India. Not only that, India is definitely an advantage for the Australian clothing importers, retailers and buyers because,

• Under the leadership of Prime minister Narendra Modi, India has a stable and law-abiding democratic government.
• Young and skilled labour force.
• Stable supply of cotton as India is the second largest producer of cotton in the world.
• Good infrastructure to manufacture all kinds of fashion clothing especially cotton knits, jerseys, pullovers
• Possibility to manufacture low minimum order quantities.

So YES, it is an ADVANTAGE for Australian clothing importers, retailers and fashion buyers, if they choose to buy clothing from India.