Free menswear sample
Four Istanbul menswear suppliers. Free.
Three Merter showrooms whose cards I was handed, plus a shirt manufacturer in Osmanbey. Instagram, Telegram and WhatsApp for every one. Nothing blurred.
- Three Merter showrooms, all within walking distance of each other
- Merter is where most Turkish menswear actually comes from — so that is where the first three are
- Plus one Osmanbey manufacturer who does nothing but shirts, wholesale only
- Every one of them on Telegram as well as Instagram
- Direct WhatsApp numbers, not a website contact form
- Three business card photos with the street address printed on them
- Six pages, opens on your phone
Where should I send it?
One email, one PDF. The download starts the moment you press the button.
The download starts straight away and a copy goes to your inbox. No payment, no card, no trial. Your address is used for the file and for occasional notes — nothing else, and never passed on. Privacy.
Why these contacts work
Collected on foot, not scraped
Every supplier in my lists was found in person, in the wholesale streets of Istanbul. The business cards in the file were handed to me across a counter. That is why there are hundreds and not thousands.
The contact that actually answers
WhatsApp and Telegram, not a website contact form. This trade runs on messaging apps, and a showroom that ignores email will usually reply to WhatsApp the same day.
If one goes dead, I replace it
Suppliers move, change numbers and occasionally close. Reply to the email the file arrives in and I will send you a replacement. That is how these lists stay alive.
I am Erland. I have been buying clothing in Istanbul since 2014, mostly in small quantities, and I kept the contacts because I needed them myself. People started asking for them, so I wrote them down properly.
Take the free file first. If the format is no use to you, you have lost nothing and I would rather you found that out before paying for anything.
These four are 4 of the 53 menswear suppliers in the paid file. I am telling you that rather than hiding it, because the point of the free one is to let you judge the format before you spend anything.
If it is useful, the full menswear list is €29, or €79 for all five files together. See what is in them — but take the free four first.