Don't fear raising prices to your buyers...
The unfortunate reality is that clothing prices are rising. If you have not already felt the pinch from your factories I would be surprised. The cost of cotton has gone thru the roof.
Here is a cotton price chart. I am NOT an expert on commodity prices but this chart appears to show a significant increase in cotton pricing from 2009.
I obtained this chart from http://futures.tradingcharts.com/chart/CT/M You can use it to get cotton price charts for ad