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Han Ates

May 29, 2026

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Let's spend a little time with Han now as he explains to us why he pivoted from making clothes for high street brands to launching his own label, making the very finest jeans.
4:44
Then, uh, in 2004, four or five years later, again, my customers, they said, "Turkey's expensive.
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Competition is fierce.
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Can you produce it in China?" I said, "Okay." So I went to China, Hong Kong.
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We created a sourcing office there.
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So for two years, I was flying in and out of China for every other eight weeks, I would say, and staying three weeks, four weeks at a time.
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Also, I had a young family.
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Was there that moment or was it a more gradual kind of-

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