I went back to the enormous fabric market outside of Shanghai, and this time I came back with a clear timeline in mind regarding how DressMonkey is going to proceed. We're going to be able to offer a lot more fabric types than we originally thought, and we will be able to guarantee quality fabrics that are from some extremely credible sources. And because of this and all other news regarding fabric that this gift-from-god fabric market has brought us, I am getting really excited about our upcoming launch.

The trip itself was pretty mundane, its about a 3 hour bus ride followed by endless rows of stalls of almost always the same stuff. But every so often, you find a gem of a store as we did. Some stores are absolutely dingy and look as if they are being used as a house/business. Others look like proper offices and are very inviting for e-commerce fiends such as myself. But you can never judge a book by its cover, as often times the best fabric was sold by the crappiest and off the beaten path stores. So I bought a large amount of sample fabric for us to use in our next Meet My Monkey round commencing sometime next week. So the moral of the story is, we're getting there in terms of fabric sourcing. I'm confident that the barriers to entry that once existed for us in this business (high fabric investment) are slowly dissipating as we work harder and harder. Below is a picture of me (looking like a total tool, I know) with my friend who is visiting from CT at the fabric market of kings.