So we thought let's just jump on a plane and go to a trade fair and we just researched as many companies as we could before we left and we were like these mad women for two weeks.
Until you can start to manufacture in numbers you really are grabbing what you can find where you can find it, explains Bell. We were buying pieces from markets – just picking up anything that we liked.
That taught them a lesson about freight. We'd gathered up all these things that were taking up our entire hotel room and we didn't know how to get them back to Australia, says Read.
Now,Men's Nike San Francisco 49ers 42 Ronnie Lott Elite Lights Out Black Super Bowl XLVII NFL Jersey, with about six buying trips under their belt, they've streamlined their approach. We still source a few pieces but we're mainly working in with our block printers and some leather-makers; a woollen mill and machinist,man united home and away jersey, says Read.
These days they start with a trade fair and a few meetings with suppliers in Delhi before heading to their block-printed clothing supplier in Jaipur.
We take our patterns and our ideas for our colour palette and then we spend a good few days with them going through what we want for the next season and then we're in Jaipur for about another seven days to be available to see samples,aaron rodgers jerseys child, says Read.
She says suppliers appreciate the face-time and it makes communication easier:
Designer Yoshi Jones also regularly heads overseas on buying trips for her eponymous clothing and homewares shops. She sources fabrics and curios in Japan and hand-loomed cottons and handiwork in Delhi, India.
Kalman Polak, general manager at Grocery Run website, is another one who jets overseas on buying trips, spending about eight weeks of the year in Europe,messi youth jersey medium, Asia and the US. Some people in the office think of it as a holiday but the truth is it's really hard work and it requires many hours in the day. His average day includes many one-on-one meetings with factories and suppliers while evenings are often spent having dinners or drinks with suppliers.
So what makes their trips work?
Planning ahead
We spend all year looking at trends and colours so the two weeks is really just the culmination of what we've done all year, says Bell.
Jones says it's important to be clear about what you want and quantities before jetting off. But also be open to something new and make time to just wander around.
Removing the language barrier
Read says they provide suppliers with plenty of visual references,lionel messi framed signed shirt, compiling look books,aaron rodgers framed jerseys, mood boards and colour references before they travel.
Check yourself
Jones learnt the hard way to double-check orders. Once I thought I'd ordered 30 metres and I ended up with 300 metres because I didn't double-check.
Take care
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Where possible manage the risks. Be selective about where you eat and stay. Read says they are conscious of safety and stay where locals stay.
Try to stay close to where you are buying as hours travelling to a place can be tiresome,Reebok San Francisco 49ers 46 Delanie Walker Red Team Color Premier EQT NFL Jersey, says Jones. I once stayed in the northern part of Delhi and had to get to somewhere south of Delhi and it took me 4.5 hours one-way in horrendous traffic.
Allow time for fun
Jones always tries to go somewhere new. Even if it's just for one day,chelsea fc home and away kit 2013 14, or to an exhibition,jual jersey liverpool 2014 away, to keep it interesting. On her last trip to Japan she went to Takayama for a day and a night.
Bell says they allow time for dinners and some personal shopping,Limited Davon House Mens Jersey - Green Bay Packers 31 Home Green Nike NFL, adding the travel is what makes all the hard work worthwhile. If we were just sitting here ordering stuff on the internet all day I'd be totally bored.
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