For Australian boutiques and stockists

Italian womenswear wholesale for the southern season

When Italy's summer winds down, Prato still has linen and warm-weather stock on the rails, right as your spring buying begins. Choose it on a video call in your evening and receive it in one shipment, on one invoice.

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How a session runs

Italian summer stock for your spring
Sessions in your evening or early morning
All your suppliers, one payment
Delivered to your door, DAP

Buying from the other side of the world

Great stock, wrong time of year

European collections are designed for a northern calendar. Preorder from a brand and your summer pieces turn up in their summer, which is the start of your winter. Local wholesalers fix the timing, but their ranges are the ones every other stockist in your area can buy as well.

Going direct to Prato solves both problems, except that it is a long flight away, the warehouses work Italian hours and each one wants its own payment and paperwork.

Collections that arrive a season late
The same local wholesale ranges as your competitors
An eight to ten hour time difference
Customs and GST on every import

We line up the Italian calendar with yours and do the running around in Prato for you.

The inverted calendar

Italian summer stock, ready for your spring

From late spring to early autumn in Italy, Prato’s warehouses are full of linen, viscose, printed cotton and resortwear. That is exactly what Australian shops need between September and February. The same works in reverse: Italian winter knits and coats are on the rails when your cool season approaches.

Prato largely shuts down in August, so we plan your sessions around it and around your delivery dates, then check every piece before it is packed for the long trip.

Summer ranges still in stock as your season starts
Linen and resortwear chosen for Australian climates
Sessions planned around the Italian August break
Every piece checked before it travels

Read the southern summer guide

What Australian shops buy

Linen first, then the rest of the wardrobe

We mostly buy Italian-made womenswear for Australian stores, with a strong lean towards natural fibres and easy summer shapes. For the cooler months there is lightweight knitwear and outerwear that suits a mild winter.

Womenswear

Linen Shirts, wide-leg pants and dresses in pure and blended linen
Resortwear Kaftans, maxi dresses and beach cover-ups
Viscose Fluid prints and soft, easy shapes
Sets Matching tops and bottoms in linen and cotton
Knitwear Fine knits and light layers for a mild winter
Outerwear Trench coats and unlined jackets
Occasion Dresses for weddings and the racing season
Accessories Straw and leather bags, scarves and belts

Ways to stock your store

Display of Italian resortwear wholesale styles including printed linen maxi dress and resort coordinate set in Prato showroom with natural light

Ready on the floor

Finished garments sitting in Prato warehouses, picked on a call or on a visit and dispatched once paid for.

Sourcing service

Sourcing agent showing boutique buyer a split seasonal rail with SS26 linen pieces and early AW26 transition fabrics in a Prato wholesale showroom

Custom collection

Existing pieces reworked to your brief in colour or fabric by the team behind our private label work.

Private label

Curated SS26 womenswear capsule laid out on a table in an Italian sourcing showroom

Private label

Your designs, your label, sewn in Italy. Sampling comes first; a production run needs 100 pieces per design and €3,000 in total.

Private label

Men's and children's clothing can be sourced too, in smaller ranges.

Buying from Australia

Prato in your time zone

From your store

Live Buying Session

Sydney is eight to ten hours ahead of Italy, depending on daylight saving. A morning session in Prato reaches you in the evening, and sessions held into the Italian evening, when showrooms agree, reach you early the next morning.

No spending minimum on sessions
Commission of 10%, never under €250 a session

In-Person Sourcing Day

Combine a buying trip with Europe: we collect you in Prato and spend the working day taking you through the showrooms that match your brief.

€250 for every working day, commission on top
Let us know ten days or more ahead

Plan a buying trip

Importing into Australia

Customs and GST, explained up front

Your order travels DAP. The courier clears it through Australian customs and invoices you for duty, GST and its clearance fee before delivery.

Formal declaration over $1,000

Shipments valued above AUD 1,000 need a full import declaration. UPS, DHL or FedEx lodge it for you with the documents we prepare in Italy.

GST at 10%

GST is worked out on the goods, freight and any duty combined. If your business is registered for GST, it can normally be claimed back on your BAS.

Duty depends on the garment

Customs duty, where it applies, depends on the tariff line of each item. The EU and Australia concluded a free trade agreement in 2026, which still has to come into force before it can lower costs.

Care labels in place

Every garment carries its composition and care label. We can add your shop’s own neck labels or swing tags in Prato. Labels and packaging.

Information checked on 21 October 2026

Shipping to Australia

From Prato to Sydney, Melbourne and beyond

The highlighted points show the Australian cities that received our orders in 2026, from Cairns down to Melbourne. Orders leave with UPS, DHL or FedEx as soon as freight has been paid.