You may encounter a situation where you have great designers who can create very unique and beautiful knit dress, but it is very complicated and difficult to make the sample. And the order quantity is small – a new style with only one or two hundred pieces. The knit dress factory needs to invest a lot of time and money into the sampling, very often few factories are willing to try to sampling for you at a low cost, or they might charge a sample fee but fail to produce a good sample. You end up feeling very frustrated because a lot of time and money has been wasted without achieving the desired result, and your new product launch plan are delayed, severely impacting the business. Therefore, I believe that as a clothing brand, if you can not find a factory who is very skilled & experienced in sampling and very cooperative, you will be in a lot of trouble.
In fact, a fashion brand usually needs several different factories to support in order to reliably complete the development of new design samples and ensure the production schedule of new products. These responsible factories that have certain advantages in quality, price, and delivery time, and are good at communication, are as valuable as your staffs to your brand. They will help you develop effectively. Factories tend to prioritise large orders and important clients, especially larger factories. Smaller factories are more flexible, but often lack professional translators or coordinators for communication with you. Those garment sample makers often do not understand English, and some are even reluctant to work on complicated styles because these styles are too difficult to produce, and the order quantities are usually smaller than simple styles. They can’t earn more bonus on these complicated styles.
But we think this is a good opportunity. In the current situation, global competition has become more intense. As a small factory, we are more willing to undertake these complex styles, offer better quality, service and price advantages, and develop together with your brand, moving towards a long-term cooperation and mutual benefit.