Karachi, Pakistan
KEPZ
Primary sorting and grading. Receives containers from the Americas and Europe, grades and labels every piece, and ships to buyers in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
About
We buy it, we grade it, we stand behind it.
Most of the vintage trade runs on trust in a photograph. We built the opposite: we take ownership of every container, open every bale in our own hubs, and put our own grade on every piece before it is offered.
Our story
ONE OF A KIND began on the buying side. We were the ones opening bales that did not match the description, paying for freight on stock we could not sell, and arguing over what “A grade” was supposed to mean. Every trader we knew had the same complaint, and nobody was fixing it.
So we stopped brokering and started buying. We take ownership of the container, bring it to a hub we run, and sort it ourselves. That costs more and it ties up capital, but it means that when we tell you a bale is Grade A denim from the USA, somebody on our team held every piece in it.
Today that same business runs two ways. Wholesale supplies traders worldwide by the piece and by the kilogram. Retail takes the rarest single pieces we find and sells them individually. Same stock pipeline, same grading, two very different customers.
The ownership model
This is the part that makes everything else possible. Follow a container from a supplier's warehouse to a buyer's door.
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We buy the container outright
Suppliers in the USA, Australia and Europe submit what they have. We review it, agree a price and buy it. No consignment, no commission split — once we buy, it is ours.
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It ships to our hub
Freight to KEPZ Karachi or Jebel Ali Dubai, tracked from collection to arrival. Logistics cost is recorded against the lot so every piece carries its true landed cost.
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Sorted, graded, labelled
Our hub teams open every bale, sort by category, grade each piece A, B or C against a fixed standard, and label it with a QR code tied to its lot and origin.
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Priced and published
We price per piece or per kilogram, publish to verified buyers, and group the best pieces into curated drops and auctions.
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You order, we ship
Order online or bid in an auction. We confirm, invoice on Net 30 terms, and ship from the hub nearest you with full tracking.
Our hubs
We do not rent space in someone else's warehouse. We run these.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Jebel Ali Free Zone
Re-export hub for Middle East and European buyers. Free-zone handling keeps duty and transit time down on outbound orders.
How we grade
Three grades, defined once, applied everywhere.
Retail-ready
Shop-floor condition, no repairs needed.
No holes, no stains, no fading beyond what the piece is meant to have. Hardware works, seams are sound, labels are intact. These go straight onto a rail with a price tag.
Typically bought by: Vintage boutiques, curated online sellers, premium market stalls.
Commercial
Sound and sellable, with honest wear.
Light wear, small marks, or fading consistent with age. Nothing structural. Most buyers sell these as-is at a lower price point, or clean and press them into A-grade stock.
Typically bought by: Market traders, high-volume online sellers, regional wholesalers.
Workwear, rework and upcycle
Material value: repair, remake or cut.
Damage, heavy fading or missing hardware. Bought for the fabric, the hardware and the cut. The denim and workwear in this grade is often the most valuable to the right buyer.
Typically bought by: Rework studios, upcyclers, textile recyclers, repair-and-resell traders.
What we hold ourselves to
We own what we sell
Every piece is bought outright before it reaches a buyer. Nothing is listed on behalf of someone else, so there is no one between you and the stock.
One grading standard
Three grades, defined in writing, applied by trained teams in our own hubs. The same words mean the same thing in every shipment.
Buyers and suppliers stay separate
Suppliers never see who buys their stock and buyers never see where it came from. Both relationships are with us.
Say what is wrong with it
Vintage has flaws. We would rather describe them accurately and keep a buyer for ten years than oversell one container.
Come and see the stock.
Request a trade account and we will show you what is graded and available right now.