Women's Wholesale Clothing: Women's Clothing Wholesaler Directory

What Women's Wholesale Clothing Means

A fashion or apparel wholesaler is also often called a distributor. The wholesaler typically purchases product from manufacturers - the factories that make the clothing - and then sells that product to others. Normally a fashion wholesaler sells clothing to retailers, and the store in turn sells the garments to consumers, although some wholesalers also sell direct to consumers. Apparel wholesalers typically do not produce the clothing themselves: they are the middle step between the producer and the retailer or final consumer. That middle position is why the directory is organized by category - the wholesaler who is right for bridal or eveningwear works very differently from the wholesaler who supplies jeans, t-shirts or hosiery.

Please understand that there is a difference between looking for women's wholesale clothing and looking for women's clothing wholesalers. The clothing is the product; the wholesalers are the companies. This page is a directory of the companies, organized by the clothing they sell, so a buyer can start from the garment category she needs and reach the suppliers of exactly that garment. You can also view more wholesalers at the main apparel wholesaler section, or by audience - men's and children's apparel wholesalers are linked in the resources below the directory - and the handbag wholesalers page covers the accessory side of a women's department.

Who This Directory Is For

This section serves trade buyers. If you are a consumer shopping for wholesale clothing, try a website geared toward consumer purchases instead - wholesalers in this directory sell to retailers, and most require reseller documentation before opening an account. If you are looking for reliable sources of women's wholesale clothing or wholesale fashion accessories for women to stock in a store, begin with the category pages: check each wholesaler's minimums, size ranges and reorder terms, request samples of the lines you expect to carry in depth, and compare how missy, petite, tall, plus-size and juniors ranges are graded, because women's sizing systems differ between suppliers more than almost any other department in the store.

Two habits separate profitable wholesale buying from expensive guessing. First, buy the category specialists: a dress wholesaler's fit knowledge, a lingerie wholesaler's sizing discipline and a swimwear wholesaler's seasonal calendar are each worth more than a generalist's small price advantage. Second, keep the seasonal calendar in view - resort, swim, bridal and eveningwear each have ordering windows that close months before the selling season, and the category pages are the quickest way to reach the suppliers who work to those calendars. Thank you for utilizing Apparel Search to learn more about women's fashion wholesalers.

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