Category: Manufacturing

TECH PACKS: WHAT ARE THEY AND WHAT’S INSIDE?

If you have ever needed to get a Tech Pack made for clothing, you’ll know that it’s quite a complex document. If you’ve never had a Tech Pack done for your product or collection, then you are about to discover how the professionals put one together. In this post I’m going to cover the contentsRead more ⟶

VIDEO: INSIDE A KNITTING FACTORY

For every person who wants to start a fashion brand of any kind, you’ll eventually have to produce some kind of product. There are different ways to do this and on various scales, but at some point you may be dealing with factories. Many people never get the chance to visit the factory they areRead more ⟶

4 TIPS TO HELP YOU CHOOSE A GOOD GARMENT FACTORY

For many people who start fashion brands, you probably have designs and ideas already. You may, if you know how to make clothes, have tried out a few samples yourself, even to the point of selling your items online or at craft markets. But if you have got to a point where you want toRead more ⟶

QC YOUR FASHION SAMPLES LIKE A PROFFESSIONAL GARMENT TECH

As a new fashion brand or even an existing one, you’ll need to get things made at some point. If you’re making your own products, then the garments or products you make have to still live up to your country’s legal standards and if you’re asking someone else to make them, like a factory, thenRead more ⟶

RESOURCE: 74 CARE SYMBOLS FOR FASHION LABELS

Labelling is a legal requirement for manufacturing fashion garments and although the symbols don’t change all that much across the world, there are a couple of differences depending on where you sell. However, if you are intending to sell across the world, I would always recommend going with either US or European symbols as theyRead more ⟶

RESOURCE: MEASURING BUTTONS – LIGNE

For most people, measuring buttons is a case of just giving a measurement or picking a design you like. In production, we measure the size of a button using something called “Ligne” Wikipedia describes the history of the word as: In the 9th century German button makers began to use the term ligne to measureRead more ⟶

WEBINAR: TECH PACKS FOR FASHION BRANDS

Do you know what a Tech Pack or Technical Pack is? Do you want to know? If you have a fashion business or are thinking of launching a fashion brand you really should On average, those who try to create garments with a rough sketch + image from the internet approach can waste up toRead more ⟶

LAW: FIT FOR PURPOSE UK

Law and legal issues are some of the parts that are forgotten about when starting a fashion business but are often the parts that cause the most problems and even getting people into a lot of legal trouble. It’s always important to ask a professional for your particular situation or seek advice for your ownRead more ⟶

THE SAMPLING PROCESS – RETAIL STYLE

When you are working with a factory, there is a lot more to do than a simple sketch that gets made a few weeks later. Actually there is an entire process from an initial sample through to production. When you are working with a factory, they have to simplify all processes to make sure that theyRead more ⟶

DRESSMAKING IS NOT RETAIL STANDARD

I was having an interesting conversation last week with someone looking to start-up a new fashion brand. They had no background in fashion or retail, which is quite common and actually not as big a problem as many people imagine. To get started, they chose to learn how to make clothes by going to dressmaking classes.Read more ⟶

WHAT DESIGNER SHOULD I CHOOSE? CHEAP OR EXPENSIVE?

So what designer should you choose? This is a great question, and one that most people would answer with ‘’the cheapest’’. If you are looking to start an idea or you’re developing an existing fashion company, cheaper makes sense on the surface. Maybe you’re tight on money or you already have a concept for your fashionRead more ⟶

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