Sampling and hand embellishment
Sample making, fitting revisions and the handwork that is proved on the sample.
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How do sample rounds and approval work?
We make a physical sample and send it to you. You fit it or check it against what was agreed. Production follows your confirmation, and that approved sample becomes the reference every later check is measured against.
The round
One round, start to finish
What a sample has to prove is agreed before it is made, so a round is a check against a target rather than a first look.
Scope confirmed
We agree what the sample must demonstrate: fit, silhouette, construction, materials, and where the embellishment sits.
Sample made
The sample is built to that scope and sent to you with the details you need in order to check it.
You confirm
You fit or inspect it and send your feedback. The sample you approve is settled as the reference for production.
Between rounds
What can change between rounds
Revisions inside the agreed direction usually cover fit, proportion, construction detail and the placement of embellishment. This is where a sample earns its place: problems are found and corrected while one garment is on the table, not after a run has been cut.
A change that moves the design, the materials, the sizes or the craft beyond the agreed scope is a new decision. It is re-assessed for cost and timing, confirmed with you, and only then executed.
Cost
How samples are charged
The scope, the revision rounds and the deliverables are confirmed before work starts. A sample fee is quoted separately from development work and is not credited against later production.
Extra samples are costed at the actual material and labour they take. Routine materials are included in the agreed sample quote; special or expensive materials are priced on their own.
Per project
Where this varies by project
Whether a project needs a physical sample at all, how many rounds are included, and what written form your approval takes are all confirmed per project. Some styles can be settled with documents; others are only understood on the body.
What does not vary: nothing moves into production until you have confirmed the sample.
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Tell us what the sample has to prove
Send the style, the craft and the fit questions that matter. We confirm the scope and the rounds before any work starts.