[kalesh]

Not my experience. I was working on my clothing startup with initial investment of about ~$30,000 USD.

INDIA - Met at least 12-15 manufactures in India (medium to large scale, $1m ARR to $50m ARR). Only a 1-2 of these had any catalogs or samples of different fabric compositions. Most wanted an advance to kick-start the process. Sampling was a total failure with three of these.

CHINA - Contacted about 10 manufactures in China via Alibaba. Each one of them had a very detailed catalog of anywhere in between 10-50 fabric compositions. Shipped to my home in a week for just $100.

It was Peru where I got the garments manufactured. It did cost me about 20-30% more but it was very satisfactory.

[esperent]

Surprising twist at the end there. How did the professionalism and quality in Peru compare to the other places?

[nequo]

Why did you end up going with a Peruvian supplier instead of a Chinese one?

[kalesh]

Peruvian supplier could produce the pima cotton fabric.