Recent years have witnessed capital and labor intensive operations move from developed countries to less developed ones. From manufacturing for the mass-market to information technology, large companies have shifted operations to reduce costs. The fashion industry has not been spared: first the production of cheap and simple items of clothing, then icons like the high end "Made in Italy" started to outsource. Outsourcing, in fact has become common practice in every field and in every corner of the world.

 

From academia, the business magazines or the remotest corner of the blogosphere, people have depicted outsourcing anywhere from the best to the worst thing that ever happened to mankind.  Those arguments don't need to be relived here.

 

We should focus on the fact that outsourcing favors large fashion houses. Large fashion houses with substantial purchasing power combined with complex entrenched production and distribution networks have mastered the art of low cost production offered by low wage geographies. The independent designers could never dream of attaining such production cost and service.

 

Often, there is a feeling of despair among up-and-coming designers, independent manufacturers and suppliers. They have accepted higher production costs, inexistent margins and poor service as the bane of their existence.

 

Xaxii is a revolutionary alternative to this outsourcing model.

 

At Xaxii, we are enabling a model of global collaboration and not outsourcing that gives an opportunity to independent designers, manufacturers and suppliers. It is not based on seeking to squeeze out the lowest price but creating a team that builds upon complex and complementary sets of expertise and experience to maximize rewards.

 

Xaxii is a hub where ideas, capital, products and skills can be exchanged, integrated and build upon to enable unique collaborative teams. Teams that enable products and services such as “customization” that were once a purview of only rich and famous. We believe that these teams will bring most creative products to market at a speed and price unparalleled within fashion industry.