We're A&A Exports — a manufacturer specializing in handmade womenswear and hand-embellished accessories. We've been on the production side for years. Now we're expanding our bag and accessory sourcing capabilities and need freelance help from people who know this category inside out.
Here's the situation. We work with mid-sized fashion brands — the ones doing real volume but without massive sourcing departments. A lot of them want to add bags to their line or improve what they're already doing, but they run into the same problems: wrong factories, MOQ mismatches, QC surprises, timelines that fall apart after the sample stage. We've seen it from the manufacturer side. We want people on our team who've seen it from the brand side too.
This is freelance, remote, and project-based. Some projects might be short — helping a brand find the right production partner for a specific collection. Others might be ongoing advisory work. It depends on what comes through and what fits your experience.
Who this is for: you've actually sourced bags or leather accessories for fashion brands. Not fast fashion, not luxury houses — the mid-market. Brands doing roughly $2M–$30M revenue who take product seriously but can't throw money at problems. You've dealt with factories directly, you understand production timelines from development through delivery, and you know what QC looks like in practice, not just on paper.
You communicate like a professional. When something goes wrong — because it always does — you flag it early instead of hoping it resolves itself.
If this sounds like your world, we want to hear from you. One question with your application:
What's the #1 supply chain failure you see mid-sized brands make when sourcing bags?
No right answer. We're building something here and we want to work with people who've formed real opinions from real experience.