We focus on working with $3M – $10M grossing companies to help develop their import manufacturing and help take them to the next level of profits. We provide fabric and trim manufacturing including sourcing/development to full package manufacturing. We work very closely with customers from the beginning of development when concepts are being formulated to delivery of goods. Our QC team is local in China and is thorough with all QC inspections. You can also nominate a 3rd party QC team if you wish for final QC inspection.
Our specialty is contemporary and designer garments using all types of materials from synthetics to leather to silk, cashmere, denims from solid to print, cut and sew and a full range of accessories. Almost all the time we provide the fabric for the productions, since we are primarily a vertical company. We have years of experience in dresses and tops made from finer fabrics.
We are flexible and can work either way. Of course, if we do develop samples, it will be a more seamless transition into bulk production.
Primarily by email. If there are urgent or time sensitive matters, we will call you.
Development can start in different ways. We prefer a sample or pattern along with a spec. However, we have top rate patternmakers that can interpret sketches. Again, it’s all about the timeline. The less submitted in the beginning will push out sample delivery time. But we always try to work with our customers knowing the support may not be there to create submission materials. We are very flexible as long as time allows…
Yes we can work with a sketch accompanied by some measurements.
In our case, it would be China or India. No, it is not required but as or relationship grows, we would hope your designer could meet and work with our staff in India and China and do hands on development. This is particularly helpful if timeline is short.
If your line is designer level and if your fit is really specific, we suggest to bring in your own model. We cannot guarantee there will be a local fit model that will fit your specifications in China or India.
We do production in China & India. India minimums could be as low as 50-100/style/color; Our factories are equipped for these quantities. A surcharge may apply if you cannot reach a particular minimum but we want to assist in GROWING your company so will work with your production quantities best we can.
Yes. Generally some leather and woven bags. We also handle trims and can ship anywhere.
All different types of machines which is too broad to list. We have a number of factories we outsource to in order to meet the special needs of our customers.
We outsource trims and leather if customer requests it from Italy for instance. We have sample rooms both in India and China. Pricing structure varies from contemporary to designer – as low as $15 up to $6,000. Upcharge is normally 100% for sampling.
We can price out garment FOB, CIF OR DDP. Some companies just beginning their import production may not be familiar with or have experience in import logistics, so we would provide delivery to their door. Otherwise pricing is FOB or CIF. We can give CM or CMT pricing if you choose to supply all fabric and trim.
There are many variables to sms lead time. If fabric and trim are available, usually 2-3 weeks. If fabric and trim need to be developed, it could be up to 8 to 12 weeks (from fabric approvals to sms x factory). That is why we really emphasize doing all trim and fabric (solid & print) development with us, so we can move seamlessly into bulk production with less lead time. Production lead time is 60-90 days x-factory. Leadtime can be reduced based on availability of raw materials.
If we cannot provide trim and fabric ourselves either internally or via outsourcing, we will require client to provide materials. This is normally in the case for leather but if you place an order for fabric with a mill for bulk, we will buy from your nominated vendor. However, we do prefer (but do not require) providing fabric ourselves.
See my reply above.
Absolutely. We have excellent trim vendors our factory has access to. We will counter-source any materials you request. Please note any special trim development needs to be started with sufficient lead-time.
New customers deposit and balance before shipment. For continuing customers (after 2 seasons) we can negotiate better payment terms based on completing credit memo.
Computerized programs: Gerber and Lectra. We also do patterns by hand since we have a highly skilled patternmaking and draping staff with years of tailoring experience.