Notes from a plus-size atelier in Istanbul

Turkish size 50 is not a guess — it is a defined set of body measurements. Here is the full 34–60 conversion to EU, UK and US, plus the ease, tolerance and size-curve logic that keeps your returns low.

The difference between a profitable order and a stuck one is rarely the supplier — it is the 80 kg carton sitting at Murtala Muhammed while your paperwork catches up. Here is what Istanbul to Lagos really costs, takes and requires.

$1,000 is enough to open a plus-size boutique properly — if you spend it on six models with depth instead of thirty models with one piece each. Here is the arithmetic, the mix and the four-week plan.

A $14 dress is not a $14 dress once it lands in Lagos or Mexico City. Here are realistic 2026 wholesale price bands from Istanbul, the cost drivers behind them, and how to calculate your true landed cost before you commit.