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Design and fit
Design details, pattern and fit, and the size chart and specifications the run will be measured against.
Service — Small-batch production
Short runs, taken seriously
Small-batch gown production for labels and boutiques that cannot commit to a large run but still need the craft level the style was designed around.
Quantities
What short runs mean here
There is no single minimum that applies to every style. Quantity is assessed per project.
What a run can be depends on how complex the style is, which materials it uses and how much craft it carries. A heavily beaded gown with hand-placed work loads differently from a plain crepe sheath, and the two are not judged on the same assumption.
Quantities are quoted in tiers. Larger quantities usually carry a lower unit price, and small runs carry a higher one. The tier that applies to your order is confirmed in the project quote.
A short run can be commissioned on its own, and it does not have to follow a development program. Quantity, unit price, schedule and which materials you supply are set in the quote, and a first order can be quoted in tiers before you commit.
Confirmed before the line starts
Before production starts
Production follows a sample you have approved and checked. These are the points that are then confirmed, in writing, before anything is cut for the run.
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Materials and craft
Fabric, color and trims, the embellishment technique, and the decisions on lining, corsetry, boning and internal structure.
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Quantity and packing
How the quantity splits across colors and sizes, and the packaging and labels your garments ship in.
Pricing position
Focused on craft, not on the lowest unit price
If the brief is to find the cheapest possible unit price, this studio is not the right partner, and we would rather say that early than after a quote.
The work here is built around gown craft: structure, finish and handwork that a low-cost line cannot carry. Projects that compete only on price are not the projects this studio is set up for.
What we can do is tell you plainly what a given style costs at the finish level you want, and where that cost actually sits.
Related work
If your project sits elsewhere
Short runs are one way of working with us. Two others cover the case where you own more, or less, of the development.
CMT production
You hold the patterns and the materials. We cut, make and trim, and the trim scope is agreed per order.
CMT productionOEM production
You own the design and the specification. We source, build and produce to your standard.
OEM productionSampling and handwork
Where the reference piece is made, checked and approved before a run is committed.
Sampling & handworkQuestions
Before you plan a run
Is there a minimum order?
There is no single minimum that applies to everything. The quantity that can run depends on the style, the materials and the craft involved, and it is assessed per project.
Why is a small run more expensive per piece?
Setup, pattern work, sampling and material handling are spread across fewer pieces. Larger quantities usually carry a lower unit price and small runs carry a higher one, and both are quoted in tiers.
Does the style have to be sampled first?
In most projects, yes. A physical sample is made, checked and approved before the line starts, and it becomes the reference the production floor works to.
Start
Tell us the run you have in mind
Send the style, the quantity you are planning and the sizes and colors you need. We will tell you what the run can be and how it prices.