Archives: Production category

How To Keep Your Garments From Looking “Homemade” (Even If You Are Producing In A Home Studio)

Production

When someone says something looks “homemade”, it often implies that it doesn’t look professionally made. No brand wants their garments to look unprofessional – including brands who do produce their pieces in a home studio. So how do you avoid a homemade look and instead imbue a garment with polished quality?

How Your Factory Relationship Incentivizes Your Fashion Business

Fashion Business, Production

As a slow fashion brand, you’ve probably made a point to find production partners that align with your values and “get” what you’re trying to build. This is great, but I don’t think the conversation should stop here. What I don’t see discussed – that I think is equally important to finding a factory that […]

5 Design Details That Make Garments More Expensive To Make

Costing, Fashion Design, Production

Designers, do you know how your design decisions affect the garment production cost? Each detail you choose, fabric you select, or seam type you go with influences how much that garment will cost to make. When you are aware of the cost consequences, you have the power to fit both your vision and your budget.

The 4 Things That Affect Garment Cost The Most

Costing, Production

There is no one answer for how much a design will cost to produce. There are many factors in play and the top influences might not be what you think. In my experience, these are the four things that contribute the most to your production cost.

How To Figure Out What Production Pattern Format You Need

Patternmaking, Production

Each style needs to be onboarded to the factory and you want to ensure that the factory will be able to use the patterns that you and your patternmaker have worked so hard to perfect. Here are the different pattern formats that work for production and let’s figure out which one you need.

How To Know If The Problem Is With The Sewing, Cutting, or Pattern

How To, Patternmaking, Production

When something is not right with your garment or sample, how do you know what to fix? There are many steps in the production process that could be the cause. Here are signs to look for to know if you are dealing with a sewing, cutting, or pattern problem.

How To Evaluate Sewing Quality On A Garment Sample (with example pictures)

How To, Production

When you receive samples from your factory or samplemaker, it is an exciting time! It is also a time to get critical about the quality. Samples give you the opportunity to test the production quality before committing to your full order. So, grab your sample, turn it inside out, and let’s evaluate the sewing quality.

Ways To Produce Custom Garments As A Fashion Brand

Product Development, Production

There is a whole spectrum of customized clothing production options between one-off custom and mass-produced bulk. Each option requires a different amount of upfront development work and production time and offers a personalized, but slightly different experience to the customer.

What To Do If You Can’t Get Your Patterns From Your Factory

Patternmaking, Production

It’s a situation I see happen far too often to brands. I hate to see it. The brand has developed a design with a full package production factory, but the factory made them and they won’t release them. So, what options does the brand have if they decide to switch factories?

Onboarding Your Design To A Factory: What To Expect

How To, Industry Basics, Production

Working with a factory is a big step towards getting your designs made. I find that designers fall into one of two camps when it comes to this stage. They either are intimidated and are scared to move forward on their own or they underestimate what goes into onboarding a new design successfully.

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Archives: Production category

How To Keep Your Garments From Looking “Homemade” (Even If You Are Producing In A Home Studio)

How Your Factory Relationship Incentivizes Your Fashion Business

5 Design Details That Make Garments More Expensive To Make

The 4 Things That Affect Garment Cost The Most

How To Figure Out What Production Pattern Format You Need

How To Know If The Problem Is With The Sewing, Cutting, or Pattern

How To Evaluate Sewing Quality On A Garment Sample (with example pictures)

Ways To Produce Custom Garments As A Fashion Brand

What To Do If You Can’t Get Your Patterns From Your Factory

Onboarding Your Design To A Factory: What To Expect