Tulum Fashions Brand Film — The fashion world rewrote its map this year. Medellín is on the new one.
Act One · February 2026
In one signature, the rules of fashion sourcing changed overnight.
New tariffs swept across every sourcing country. China brands — carrying the heaviest rates — kept bleeding margin. Vietnam slowed.
The brands that were planning for the next ten years stopped looking east, and started looking south.
They found us in Medellín.
U.S. Apparel Duty, typical cotton knit · Sep 2026
- 🇨🇴Colombia12.5%
- 🇻🇳Vietnam~29%
- 🇮🇳India~26.5%
- 🇧🇩Bangladesh~26.5%
- 🇨🇳China36–52%
Base MFN rate + Section 301 duties in force since July 24, 2026 · Colombia with certificate of origin · Varies by HTS code · Subject to change
Source: USTR, CBP
Cutting floor · Medellín, Colombia
Act Two · The Cluster
Medellín didn't ask to become the fashion capital of Latin America.
It earned it.
people in the Antioquia textile cluster
buyers at Colombiamoda · 50 countries · USA #1
of Colombia's grid runs on hydroelectric
time-zone gap with New York, Miami, Dallas
Medellín doesn't manufacture clothes.
Medellín manufactures the people who manufacture clothes.
In-house plant · Carrera 84, Medellín
Act Three · How We Work
One plant we run. A network we have spent twelve years curating.
In-house plant, Medellín
Development — pattern making and technical design — cutting, sewing, sample room and QC. Twelve years of operating history.
Specialized partner network
Digital print, sublimation, screen print, embroidery, dye houses — coordinated through long-standing relationships across the Antioquia cluster.
Allied workshops for scale
When your order outgrows a single floor, we coordinate allied production lines by category, keeping accountability single and quality consistent. 70,000+ garments/month across our own plant and partner workshops.
Act Four · The People Who Make It
Every garment that lands at your warehouse
carries the work of someone's first job, second chance, or new chapter.
women on Colombia's textile production floor (2023)
↑ from 36% (2020) · DANE / El Tiempo
new textile-sector hires in Colombia are women
El Tiempo / Álvaro Narváez
free SENA garment programs launched 2025
Centro Diseño, Confección y Moda
The work, in pictures
Twelve years on the floor.
Every garment carries a name.
Act Five · Your Move
Every season is a story you tell your customer.
This is the part where you decide who tells it with you.
3–5 days by air, Medellín to your US warehouse · MOQ from 150 units per style · English-first communication · Tech-pack to first sample in ~4 weeks