Why Los Angeles brands choose Tulum
Direct route Medellín → LAX. Pacific time zone overlap allows real-time Slack and Zoom collaboration with your in-house team.
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Colombia apparel imports carry a flat 10% tariff under Section 122 (effective Feb 24, 2026) — competitive against China at 30–70% effective rates and aligned with Mexico and Vietnam.
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Air freight Medellín → Los Angeles CA. Fast enough for restocks. Reliable enough to plan a season around.
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Development, patternmaking, cutting, sewing, finishing, QC and shipping coordinated from our Medellín plant. Digital print, sublimation, screen print and embroidery handled through a curated network of specialized partners — single point of accountability, scaled capacity per category.
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Native English-speaking team. Slack, Zoom, email — same tools and time zones as your in-house team.
By the numbers
50,000 garments per month. 12+ years in production. Full-package operation: in-house development, cutting, sewing and QC, with strategic partners for sublimation, digital print, screen print and embroidery — and allied factories for scaled capacity by category.
— Tulum Fashions · Medellín, Colombia
Los Angeles Industries We Serve
We specialize in fashion startups, indie swim brands, athleisure, performance wear. Whether you're emerging DTC, established wholesale, or scaling production — we adapt to fit.
Performance fabrics, sublimation, custom prints, bonded seams.
Linen, gauze, premium cotton, signature drape and finish.
Compression, 4-way stretch, performance jersey, technical knits.
Tees, polos, button-downs, shorts — premium executions on classic silhouettes.
Your brand, our production. Full OEM and white-label capabilities.
Hospitality, medical scrubs, branded uniform programs.
Sample runs from 50 units. Production MOQ from 100 units per style and colorway.
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles is the largest apparel manufacturing hub in the United States, anchored by the LA Fashion District downtown and the design studios spread across the Arts District, Vernon and the South Bay. It is the home of California casual, premium denim, contemporary womenswear, streetwear and a swim and activewear scene that sets trends the rest of the country follows. LA brands move fast, drop often and live and die by fit, fabric and turnaround. The challenge is that local cut-and-sew capacity has thinned out, labor costs keep climbing, and minimums for quality work have crept out of reach for emerging labels.
Nearshore Colombia closes that gap without sending you to the other side of the world. Garments ship from Medellin to LA in 3 to 4 days by air, and apparel from Colombia enters the USA at a flat 10 percent tariff under Section 122, which is far cleaner to plan around than the stacked duties on Asian imports. We work English-first and keep the same business hours as your team, so a question at 9am gets answered the same morning, not the next night.
We serve the kinds of brands LA produces best: swimwear and resort labels, activewear and athleisure startups, contemporary womenswear lines, and streetwear and casual brands that need consistent quality across repeat drops. Whether you are a founder shipping your first collection out of a studio in DTLA or an established label outgrowing your local sewers, we slot in as the production partner behind the label.
If you design in Los Angeles and want the speed of local without the cost or the capacity ceiling, Medellin is closer than you think.
Who we are
Tulum Fashions is a full-package apparel manufacturer in Medellin, Colombia, with 12+ years of experience, 60+ skilled employees, and capacity for 50,000+ garments per month. We exhibit at MAGIC Las Vegas and serve brands across the USA, Canada and beyond, and we are proud to employ and empower single mothers in our community.
For Los Angeles brands, that means one partner from first sketch to final delivery, with English-first communication and the same business hours.
We produce swimwear (our flagship), resort wear, activewear and sportswear, casual wear, uniforms and medical scrubs, for both men and women. MOQ is 120 units per style, with 6-8 week lead times.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Tulum Fashions produces in Medellín, Colombia, and ships full-package orders to Los Angeles in 5-7 business days. Under Section 122 (effective Feb 24, 2026), Colombia apparel imports carry a flat 10% tariff — competitive against China at 30–70% effective rates.
Focus areas for Los Angeles: fashion startups, indie swim brands, athleisure, performance wear. We also produce uniforms, medical scrubs, casual wear, and sportswear. Both men's and women's lines.
Standard production MOQ is 100 units per style and colorway. Sample runs from 50 units. For Los Angeles indie and DTC brands, we offer flexibility on first production runs.
Air freight from Medellín to Los Angeles, CA in 5-7 business days. Flat 10% tariff under Section 122 (Feb 2026), vs 30–70% effective on Chinese apparel. Full customs documentation included. Door-to-door logistics available on request.
We own and operate the production plant in Medellín — development, cutting, sewing, QC and shipping run in-house. For specialized finishing (digital print, sublimation, screen print, embroidery) and to scale capacity per category, we coordinate a curated network of long-standing manufacturing partners. Single point of accountability, full quality control, IP protection, and a relationship that compounds over multiple seasons.
Nationwide
Tulum Fashions ships full-package production from Medellín to fashion brands in every major US market. Find apparel manufacturing for your city:
Book a 30-minute Zoom with Jose Olarte, founder, or send your tech packs. We reply within 24 hours, in English, with concrete next steps.
Prefer to message? Reach Giuseppe, Client Coordinator, on WhatsApp +57 319 265 1926 or email internationalsales@tulumfashions.co
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