Top Brands Made in China
More than 89% of clothing found in South Africa is manufactured in China.
As born and bred South Africans, we mostly do not really realise or care that just about every clothing store in South Africa either carries Chinese branded clothing or has their specific label of clothing manufactured in China.
Having travelled to China on various occasions, this did not really worry me much as I personally realised that while China is probably best known for it’s poor quality and is notorious for it’s human rights violations, there are a few very high quality manufacturing facilities available which do produce some fantastic clothing.
However, when I started to travel to Ukraine, one thing that did stand out to me was that the clothing that the average people wore for everyday seemed to be of a much higher quality and style than what us South Africans are used to.
It is not that the people in Ukraine are out buying designer outfits to wear everyday as the average income in Ukraine is far below that of South Africa and as such the average “Joe” on the street simply can not afford expensive designer outfits.
The answer came fairly soon when I discovered that very little of the clothing available in Ukraine came from China. Ukraine lies in close proximity to Turkey and the majority of the clothing available in the markets and in the local stores is made in Turkey.
I think that as South Africans, the only sort of real experience that we have had of Turkish Clothing has been that of the occasional leather jacket that has been manufactured in turkey and somehow found it’s way to the South African Retail stores shelves.
Boy have we been missing out. Turkish Jeans are simply in a class of their own when it comes to fabric quality, style, comfort and durability. The minute that you first touch the denim material, you straight away realise that there is something different, a quality that we are not accustomed to.
100% Cotton Top from Turkey
Turkey is a key cotton growing area and so the cotton raw material used in their clothing is of exceptional quality and mostly the garments are 100% pure cotton – not synthetics or cotton mixtures like the garments that come from China and to which we are accustomed.
The Photo on the left is an example of a high quality 100% cotton ladies top manufactured in Turkey.
The real difference between this top and a “Made in China” ladies top comes when you touch the garment and try it on. The fit is perfect and the once on, you simply do not want to take it off again.
Turkish Clothing in South Africa
As a result of the high quality clothing that we found which originated from Turkey, we at Ruslana Clothing decided that we are going to make every effort possible to introduce Turkish Clothing to the South African Market.
As as small and humble beginning, we have a small selection of Turkish Jeans, Denim jackets, and ladies tops which are manufactured by Vigoss in Turkey.
Vigoss is a high quality brand which has really taken the market in both Europe and USA with most buyers commenting on just how comfortable the Vigoss Brand is.
As time progresses we hope to be bringing a whole lot more Turkish Clothing into South Africa and hopefully you will soon be as hooked on Turkish quality as we are.
