Maldives Clothing Industry

Maldives Clothing Industry Directory: learn about apparel, fashion & textiles from Maldives.

Hand-Painted T-Shirts and Corporate Orders

The making side of the Maldives clothing trade on this page is represented by Axton International Transportation Maldives Pvt. Ltd. in Male'. Axton describes itself as one of the leading manufacturers of hand painted T-shirts of different scenery of Maldives. That product is closely tied to the islands themselves: a shirt painted with Maldivian scenery carries the lagoons, palms and island views that visitors come for, so the garment works both as clothing and as a keepsake of a trip. Axton has large extents of varying designs of hand painted T-Shirts, which means a buyer is choosing from an existing range of scenery designs rather than starting every order from a blank shirt.

Beyond the ready designs, Axton's studio is fully compatible to carry out all your designing and printing of your corporate orders. That is a different kind of enquiry from buying a single souvenir shirt: a company, resort or organisation that wants its own design printed can take the order to the same studio that paints the scenery shirts. The practical questions to settle by e-mail to axton@dhivehinet.net.mv are the design itself, the number of shirts, the sizes needed and the timing, since hand painted and printed work is produced to order. The listing gives the studio's address at G. Anbuge, Fashanakilege Magu, Male', together with telephone (00960) 324319 and a fax number, in the full listing below.

A Buyer Looking for Garments and Stock Lots

The second listing is a buying enquiry rather than a factory. Platinum Investment, at H.Neel Villa in Male, is looking for garments for women and men, stock lots of brand names, lingerie, t shirts, shirts, ladies tops and any designer names. Read plainly, that is a Maldivian buyer in the market for finished clothing to sell on, including branded stock lots, and its interest is not limited to apparel: it is also interested in ladies handbags and shoes of any kind. Suppliers with suitable garments, handbags or shoes can reach its contact, LMZ Hussain, by e-mail at Lubnacrash@hotmail.com.

Platinum is especially interested in Sri Lankan wholesale or factories and merchandise agents to sell them in medium quantities. Sri Lanka is one of the Maldives' nearest neighbours across the Indian Ocean and has a large garment industry of its own, so that preference points readers to a natural companion directory: the Sri Lanka Clothing Industry page, linked at the top of this page, lists the factories and suppliers on that side of the route. A Sri Lankan factory or agent reading this page in reverse will find in Platinum a named Maldives contact looking for exactly the medium-quantity wholesale trade such suppliers handle, across women's and men's garments, tops, shirts, T-shirts and lingerie, plus handbags and shoes.

About the Maldives and Its Clothing Trade

The Maldives is an island nation in the Indian Ocean, south-west of Sri Lanka and India, made up of chains of coral atolls and small islands, with its capital at Male'. Most addresses in this directory are in that capital, which is where both Axton and Platinum Investment are based. Island geography shapes the clothing business here in two clear ways that the listings illustrate. First, a strong visitor economy creates demand for clothing that shows the place itself, and hand painted T-shirts of Maldivian scenery answer that demand directly, made locally in Male'. Second, a small island market draws much of its general clothing stock from larger producing neighbours, and Platinum's search for garments, brand name stock lots and designer names, with a particular interest in Sri Lankan wholesale factories and agents, is that importing side of the trade stated in one listing.

Taken together, the two listings give a compact picture of the Maldives end of the regional fashion trade: one Male' studio making and printing shirts to its own scenery designs and to corporate order, and one buyer in Male' looking outward for garments, handbags and shoes in medium quantities. Anyone contacting either business should confirm current details, quantities, prices and delivery directly with the company, using the addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses preserved in the listings below.

Maldives Fashion Industry Companies

Listings are given with the descriptions, addresses and contact details supplied for each business.