ABOUT

Jasmin Agency, JA was established in 2002 by Yeşim Gülsel as a premier textile, sourcing and merchandising agency. Yeşim was born and raised in Heidelberg, Germany. She values ​​punctuality, integrity and has high work-ethics. She started her career working first as merchandiser assistant at Orion, a textile agency owned by a German group of companies. A year later she has been transferred as merchandiser to PAGI, the producer for German brands like  Taifun, Samoon, Gerry Weber . She has been in charge to oversee collections and productions for high-end brands like  Escada  and  Cerrutti 1881 . Starting JA enabled her to work with other German, Swiss and Austrian clients who have been successful ventures in the contemporary apparel market.

From the very beginning JA was and still is to connect a network of professional makers, suppliers, communities, industrial factories in Istanbul to European fashion & lifestyle brands in the international market.

Since then, at Jasmin Agency we have successfully overseen thousands of various textile productions and promotional items for our European customers, including  Walt Disney Europe, William F1 Team, Bayern Munchen, Hertha Berlin, Seat, Mobilkom, Ferrari, Generali , and many others. We are experts that help brands grow and manage their reputations; agile, quick, courageous, and invested in our client’s success.

We value quality over luxury and find that our customers do as well. We work only with factories and ateliers based in Istanbul in order to have better control over operations.

Since 2010 we also provide productions for medium and high-end boutiques in Italy, France, Denmark and other European countries. Our clientele include world’s most recognizable brands like ZAPA, Roberto CAVALLI, SCERVINO Street, RARE, PATRIZIA PEPE, MOSCHINO, D&G just to mention a few.

We are well known as fashion manufacturing agency who’s most significant service include providing European apparel companies who search for medium and high quality to luxury production in Turkey, either in casual or fine garment categories.

Depending on how fine the craftsmanship is, what kind of accessories we use determines how long the production takes. With our wide and assorted range of production, we are able to produce top-quality orders of woven, knitted and jersey articles for women, men, and children.

Integrity, transparency and efficiency is our core value. We say what we do, and we do what we say.

We are passionate about our work since more than 25 years, we love and enjoy every step of our remarkable journey, no matter the challenge.

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Expertise, Quality And Reliability

We share our experiences, knowledge and communication skills in production we’re able to empower our clients to achieve the high standard of quality. We are committed to working only with clients & factories who share our values and intentions.

Transparency & Sustainability

We are committed to work in a sustainable, fair and transparent ways, where our clients are encouraged to come and visit us and our factories.

Mutual Growth & Flexibility

We believe that your success is our success, your growth is our growth. Therefore we are committed to think as genuine partners with mutual benefit. We do our part as best as possible to deliver your products on time and in great conditions.

Sustainable & Profitable
Our Vision

JA’s vision is to support and empower fashion designers and brands to have access to trusted supply chain partner who can guide them trough the process of manufacturing high quality products in the most environmentally and social manner

Our Values

We do not own the factories that produce our orders, but we work with carefully selected suppliers who only work with European customers which many of them are more than 30 years in business. We work to ensure that your products are made with respect for the environment, in good working conditions where workers rights are respected.

Certified Production

JA is very careful when choosing business partners. We believe in an industry that, besides profit, also values the environment, people they work with, creativity, and innovation. Certifications held by our manufacturers:

Sustainable & Profitable
Our Vision

JA’s vision is to support and empower fashion designers and brands to have access to trusted supply chain partner who can guide them trough the process of manufacturing high quality products in the most environmentally and social manner

Our Values

We do not own the factories that produce our orders, but we work with carefully selected suppliers who only work with European customers which many of them are more than 30 years in business. We work to ensure that your products are made with respect for the environment, in good working conditions where workers rights are respected.

Certified Production

JA is very careful when choosing business partners. We believe in an industry that, besides profit, also values the environment, people they work with, creativity, and innovation. Certifications held by our manufacturers:

FAQ

Here are some answers to some of our most asked questions relating to our services

We are one of the oldest, most experienced textile sourcing agency in Istanbul. We are connecting brands in apparel market as well as product branding and promotional product developments with matching and compatible production facilities and follow up all process.

  1. To start, we will schedule an Intro Chat via Zoom Meeting or Google Chat to understand your needs and answer any questions you may have.
  2. Complete the development checklist which details all the design elements we require from you to start development.
  3. Before development we need to know your target prices to choose the right factory.
  4. Product Development conversation to discuss your designs and complete the factory handover sheet.
  5. Sample stage: you will receive and review your samples. We will provide all pics and videos during the whole process and keep you informed on a daily basis if needed.
  6. Protos will be made based on your spec sheets and if possible on original samples. You send them to you for corrections which we need them back to start the SMS’s.
  7. Before production..we always let do pre-production samples and size-sets from production material and send to you for approval.
  8. We start production upon your approval.
  9. We do many Quality Checks during production as well as Quality Control when all are packed in boxes.
  10. Yeşim always does herself 2 between checks and the Final Quality Check by herself. No shipment ever left so far without having seen and approved by her.

Yes, we do. Ethical and sustainable fashion is our priority, and we are able to source anything you need in our market.
We would be very happy to have more requirements in this field from new clients.

It depends of the product and how many each fabric/color you have in your collection group. Usually it is:

  • Style qty: minimum requirement of 5 styles for our development & production services.
  • Production order minimums: standard minimum requirement of 500 pieces per style.

Generally speaking, the minimum order quantity we start at is 800 pieces per style/color. If your order quantity is 800 pieces you more or less have enough fabric quantity to meet your minimums for dyeing. In some cases where fabric has a lower minimum, or fabric is shared with another style, we can also do a lower minimum of 500 pieces per style/color.

Yes, of course. We even take you to as many as possible facilities for your products and price range so we all can discuss directly with the producers. Then you can pick yourself at which factory you would want to have your orders placed. It really help to solidify a strong relationship with the manufacturers. We regularly visit factories on behalf of our clients – it creates a great bond and often helps to make things happen quicker.

Yes, we inspect all pre-production samples as well as size-sets before we send them to you. We make sure that all is worked according your spec sheets and confirmed samples.

Often, all fabric is inspected before and after printing, any flaws are marked and if number of flaws exceed our standard grade it is returned/re printed. Our markers are computer nested and a coding system ensures the correct styles are cut.

We see an entire garment through from start to finish therefore any marks or flaws are quickly picked up. Our QC team will measure, check for flaws, stains and test pull stress areas of the garment.

The production manager & assistant manager will conduct random spot check through out the order cycle.

We’ll send you photos & videos of everything, and can perform regular QC inspections to assess your products each time you make an order.

A tech pack is the blueprint of your design, which includes you CAD drawings, garment details (e.g. stitching, trims, etc.), size grading specifications and measurement charts. All the information we receive from you and we don’t develop the spec sheets for you.  A good quality should contain all the information required for the manufacturer to develop your patterns and stitch your samples. Tech packs are updated through the sample process, any changes in design should be reflected in the tech pack.

You can either send us your physical samples (with any alteration instructions) or you can take pictures of your samples and edit these images to include your seam measurements, then include them in your tech packs. Often, client send us original samples for either a detail or measurement or fabrics.

We only share your spec sheets with ethical and reliable factories who used to work with European brands for very long years. Your property is stored off-site for protection any level.

On average 4-6 weeks from placing the orders to delivery ex Istanbul. Sometimes it’s 6-9 weeks depending of which stage of the process you begin with us, the complexity of the product, the lead time of the fabric production. Once the fabric and all material are in-house we can deliver 5.000 pcs/weekly from a single factory.

We pledge to work with ethical and sustainable manufacturers and suppliers that put the planet first. Our factories have the following certifications:
ISO9001
GOLD RATED AUDITED AGAINST LWG STANDARTS SEP002
QA TECHNIC ISO 45001:2018
Stahl Europe D.V. NEN-EN-ISO 9001:2015
Stahl USASA8000 Standard certification in 2016
Sedex registered
Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS)
OCS Blended – Organic Content Standard
OCS 100 – Organic Content Standard
Global Recycle Standard
Better Cotton Initiative participant