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Vintage Clothing Wholesale Showroom in Europe!
Dust Factory Vintage Clothing Wholesale would like to announce the opening of a Vintage Showroom/Distribution center open in Rotterdam, Netherlands with a special selection of premium vintage items from the USA available to our European customers.
The warehouse will be open for visits and to ship to the EU & UK for a limited time only!
If you have a vintage clothing shop in Europe and would like us to ship you an order from our Rotterdam location, or if you would like to set an appointment to visit the location to please fill out your contact information below and one of representatives will get back to you:
Below is a list of premium wholesale vintage items that will be available at the Rotterdam Vintage Warehouse for a limited time only!
Vintage Outerwear:
- College Jackets
- Sweatshirt
- Mohair Jackets
- Railroad Jackets
- Branded Jackets
- Faux Fur
- Leather Jackets
- Army Jackets
- Heavy Winter Mens’ Mix
- Jean Jackets
- Cardhart Jackets
- Nylon Baseball Jackets
- Vintage Sweaters / Cardigan, Pull-over, Holiday
- Members Only
- Track Jackets
- Hoodies
Vintage Pants:
- Polyester Pants
- Vintage Jeans
- Vintage Levis
Vintage Clothing Women:
Vintage Tops & Dresses:
Vintage Dresses 50′s-70′s
Womens’ Blouses
Secretary Blouses
Vintage T-shirts
Vintage Clothing Men:
- Western Pearl Snap Shirts
- Men’s 50′s-70′s button Downs
- Vintage T-shirts
- Vintage Flannel Light
- Heavy Flannel Shirts
- CPO’s
Vintage Accessories:
- Cowboyboots
Vintage Wholesale Extras:
- Thermals
- Vintage Blankets
- Vintage Mix Boxes
For more information about Dust Factory Vintage Wholesale European Vintage Clothing Distribution Center please contact a sales representative or fill out the shop information request above.
Ugly Sweater Holiday Parties
Winter Vintage Party Outerwear
Holiday Party Season: This season don’t miss out on hosting or sponsoring a few winter parties through your vintage shop. Each year the ugly sweater and funky winter outerwear parties have been popping up all over the place. Not just at fun bars and private parties but at workplace functions, fraternity parties and more.
Don’t be left in the cold!
How to take advantage of Holiday Sales by Sponsoring Parties!
With Retail Mark-ups being some of the highest in the industry it is easy to improve your bottom line this holiday season!
Dust Factory Vintage Faux Fur Wholesale are on sale for $16 a jacket online now when purchasing a pack of 12.
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Dust Factory Vintage Ski Sweaters Wholesale are on sale for $10 a sweater online now when purchasing a pack of 12.
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Offers Valid for a limited time, or while supplies last. If you are outside of the USA you may be unable to process an order through our Online warehouse , FEAR NOT!! If you are having difficulty with the Online warehouse, you can always email an order into an account representative and they will get back to you with availability and freight rates. . It is that Easy!
The Passion Behind Wholesale Vintage Clothing
Article Originally Published At Born Activist.
For over 12 years now the skilled team of designers and buyers at Dust Factory Vintage Clothing Wholesale has been processing thousands of pounds of clothing a day in attempt to recycle the clothing before it hits the landfills. Each piece that can be used in a vintage retail outlet is sent their wholesale division, pieces that are damaged or stained are sent to the re-construction division and items that are modern or too contemporary for the vintage market are sent to charities.
“The formula took a while to put together, but after a few years of supplying retail stores it all started to come together.” said John Charles, one of the founding members of Dust Factory.
It all started out with a vintage clothing store for the creative team at Dust Factory. Nearly fifteen years ago they opened their first retail store in Dallas, Texas. After studying the market and coming up with a retail formula that worked almost right from the get go, the next obstacle that they had was finding enough product to meet their growing customer demand. At the time there was a small vintage clothing wholesale warehouse in Atlanta, Georgia that was supplying their own chain of retail stores along with a handful of other vintage clothing shops. With a keen understanding of trending products and passion for recycling, Dust Factory purchased the small wholesale vintage clothing company in Atlanta and began developing a plan to wholesale vintage clothing to the far reaches of the world.
“The move from vintage retail to vintage clothing wholesale wasn’t easy, hell, It still isn’t easy, you have so many factors that are uncontrollable that if you don’t have passion for what you are doing you might as well shut the doors and think of something else to do” said John Charles when asked if they were still as passionate about recycling clothing as when they started.
“The buyers and graders have their own set of obstacles, sometimes they can process a hundred pounds of t-shirts and they are lucky to use 60% of them, other times they process a thousand pounds and can only use 20%. There is no telling, it’s not like calling your manufacturer rep in China and saying, double the production on item blah blah blah… We have realy strict criteria that each piece needs to meet as far as quality and style before it makes our grade. Many of our accounts understand how the used clothing industry works and do very well with out vintage mixes, but the more you grow, the more accounts you open, the more accounts you open the more you open yourself up to buyers who have no clue what they are doing.”
Dust Factory produces quality wholesale vintage clothing grades for bulk buyers offering them the convenience of ordering vintage products similar to that of a contemporary brand. Over the years Dust Factory has perfected buying options making it easy for buyers to cater orders to meet their specific needs. As the company continues to grow and takes on new accounts in different markets they often expose themselves to some buyers that attempt to take advantage of their company and service.
“Every brand and company for that matter has to deal with these type of customers,” said Sandy Johnson, one of the International sales rep’s with over 15 years experience in the fashion industry “Imagine selling products sight unseen, you know that the grades are great, your existing customers know that the grades are great but Suzy Q. over here that has no idea how the industry or marketing works thought that she should get a whole batch of 1970′s ACDC and Led Zepplin concert tee’s, I wish it was that easy. If a vintage item sell’s for over $100 on ebay it is most likely rare, when we get them they go straight to our mixes, but we don’t get them in all the time…nor should we if it is rare. Suzy Q. probably needs to call a target vendor not a vintage wholesaler. What is interesting about Dust Factory is they don’t advertise these items nor did they develop a business around the them. They knew that there was larger market for the urban vintage style as opposed to the trendy this opened the door to ‘save more clothing‘ as JC puts it, something they learned in their retail days. When it comes to selling vintage clothing wholesale, what might be common sense to some buyers was a get rich quick scam gone bad for another. This makes all the time recycling, grading, cleaning, repairing, sizing, itemizing, shipping and consulting a lot of work for each piece, much much more work than a $1.00 t-shirt with a logo on it made at sweat shop in South America, without a passion for what we are doing none of us would be here.”
Never before has such a passionate and eco-conscience team of designers and buyers worked together with the same goal in mind to educate people about recycling clothing and provide a way for people to open a sustainable business in their communities. If you would like to find out more about wholesale vintage clothing check out Dust Factory Vintage.
Milo – Born Activist “The Passion Behind Wholesale Vintage Clothing” October 31,2011
Shades From Broken Skateboard
The guys over at Shwood make a great pair of shades from a broken skateboard deck. What a great way to recycle and reuse materials! “These sunglasses aren’t for sale, we just wanted to try something new and show people what’s possible,” Shwood’s Taylor Murray wrote in an email to GOOD.
Shwood is a eye-wear company that makes wood sunglasses born out of a philosophy that we can all connect with nature a little bit more, and in more creative ways. Their goal is for us to appreciated the natural beauty of things around us and wear it.
Watch the entire video below, a little skate secsion in downtown LA, then a trip to the work-room to build a cool pair of shades out of a broken deck.
Experiment No. 1 – Skateboard Shades from Shwood Eyewear on Vimeo.
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