I Flew To China To Save Clothing Brands

If you're building a clothing brand and want help with manufacturing, sourcing, or strategy, everything I do is here 👇 🔗 https://caspartremlett.com Follow the journey: Instagram →   / caspartremlett   I flew to China for 2 weeks, visited over 10 clothing factories, and built my own brand from scratch — while helping two of my clients build theirs. Most people think manufacturing in China is about finding the cheapest factory. After 5 years of walking these floors, including the same production lines used by Prada and Casablanca, I can tell you the product is only half the game. The other half is knowing exactly who you are as a brand, and showing up prepared enough that a factory takes you seriously. In this video I take you inside premium knitwear, streetwear, and denim factories, the Zhongda fabric market, and the parts of a sourcing trip nobody films: the hotel-room spreadsheets, the sample lists, the trust building that happens over lunch instead of on camera. You'll also hear directly from a factory team on what separates the brands they fight for from the ones they regret taking on. CHAPTERS 0:00 Why I'm not excited about this trip 0:31 The factory floor Prada orders from 1:53 What clothes actually cost vs what they sell for 2:13 The unsexy truth: hotel rooms & spreadsheets 2:45 The footage you won't see (and why) 3:26 Building my clients' brands (Cygnet & Sage Avenue) 4:07 A day off with the locals 4:44 The honest lows 5:04 Zhongda fabric market 6:04 Double factory days 7:39 What factories wish every brand owner knew 9:50 The denim factory 11:01 What 2 weeks in China taught me #clothingbrand #manufacturing #china