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Capabilities

Everything between an idea and a delivered order.

Eight capabilities, run in one house. You can use all of them or only the ones your product still needs.

01

Product Development

We take a reference, a silhouette or a partly-formed idea and develop it into a garment that can actually be cut, sewn and repeated — without flattening the intent behind it.

02

Technical Development

Construction decisions, seam types, internal structure, closure engineering, measurement specifications and a tech pack your future factories could also read.

03

Pattern Making

First patterns drafted or draped to your fit standard, corrected through fitting, then graded across your size set with rules recorded.

04

Material Sourcing

Fabric, lining, interlining, thread and trim sourced against hand, weight, drape, performance and price — with alternatives proposed when the first choice will not hold up.

05

Sampling

Proto, fit and pre-production samples, each with a written comment sheet, so approval is a documented step rather than a conversation.

06

Manufacturing

Cutting, sewing and assembly of complex garments in low to medium volume, planned so that the last unit matches the sealed sample.

07

Quality Control

Inline checks at defined points in the line and a final inspection against an agreed standard, reported before the goods leave.

08

Finishing & Delivery

Pressing, hand finishing, labelling, tagging, polybag and carton packing to your specification, then handover to your freight forwarder or ours.

09What Each Stage Produces
Product development
Developed silhouette, resolved design, material direction
Technical development
Tech pack, construction notes, measurement spec, BOM
Pattern making
First pattern, corrected pattern, graded size set, grading rules
Material sourcing
Fabric and trim options with hand, weight, width, price and lead time
Sampling
Proto sample, fit sample, pre-production sample, comment sheets
Manufacturing
Production units built against the sealed sample
Quality control
Inline check records and a final inspection report
Finishing & delivery
Pressed, labelled, tagged and packed goods, handed to freight
10Working Zone

Low to medium volume. High complexity. High value.

This is a deliberate position, not a limitation. Complex garments in small runs need a different line, different planning and different people from a high-volume basics programme.

Good fit — a boned occasion dress with hand-finished hem, ordered in a small graded run across a size set.
Good fit — a tailored jacket with canvassed front and set sleeve, repeated season on season.
Poor fit — a single-construction jersey basic in very large quantity, where price per unit is the only variable.

If your programme is closer to the third example, we will say so early and, where we can, point you somewhere better suited. That is a faster answer than a quotation neither of us is happy with.

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Tell us which capabilities you need.

Development only, production only, or the whole route from reference to delivery.