Sri Lanka's garment manufacturing industry is one of the biggest and best in the world, supplying branded high street fashion to clothing stores here and abroad.
With the liberalization of Sri Lanka's economy in 1977, the one industry that benefited instantly from the Government's move was the country's garment manufacturing industry. According to a study made by Saman Kelegama, author of "Ready-Made Garment Industry in Sri Lanka: Preparing to Face the Global Challenges," Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Review (April 2005), "The export-led expansion of the industry led to the replacement of tea by garments as the nation's largest foreign exchange earner." It has also become one of the main sources of income for women in the rural areas, where the factories are located, "under the so-called 200 Garment Factory Programme (GFP)" launched by the Government.
Though a big bulk of all manufactured products, such as women's and children's apparel, men's or boys' suits, winter wear and lingerie are scooped up by foreign buyers from Europe and the United States of America, the local clientele still get to enjoy high-quality clothes and accessories carefully selected for the local market.
Here is a list of clothing stores and malls where budget- and fashion-conscious shoppers may go to take their picks from export-quality women's, men's and children's wear, for less than US$ 10 or higher, depending on one's choices.
House of Fashion for Affordable Ready-to-Wear Clothes
Mondy for Classy Casualwear and Branded Shoewear
Odel, Sri Lanka's Topmost Fashion Store
Hameedia Mens Fashion
Sri Lanka's Biggest Fashion Chain NOLIMIT Fashion Store
Romafour for Special Occasion Clothes
Colombo Malls: Crescat Boulevard, Majestic City (MC), Liberty Plaza
Clothes Stores in Pelawatte, Battaramulla: Cool Planet, Shades, High Casual, JD Fashions
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