Proof at 100mm.
In this category quality is not a claim. It is a detail seen close up: the inside of a bodice, the return on a hem, the tension of a bead, the exit of a pleat.
Draping
Shape developed on the stand before it is flattened into a pattern, so the fall of the cloth drives the pattern rather than the other way round.
Corsetry
Boning channels, waist tapes, panel seams and internal structure that hold shape under tension without printing through the outer cloth.
Pleating
Knife, box, sunray and released pleats set and held so the repeat stays true across the size set.
Embroidery
Placement, density and backing chosen so the ground fabric is not distorted and the motif survives finishing.
Beading
Hand and tambour work secured for wear, with attention to weight distribution, thread tension and repair-ability.
Appliqué
Layered cloth applied with clean edges and a chosen edge treatment, aligned to the garment seams rather than to the panel.
Structured Construction
Interlinings, stays, underlinings and support layers specified per style so the garment holds its intended silhouette.
Delicate Fabric Handling
Fine silk, chiffon, tulle, sequinned and coated cloth cut, sewn and pressed with the settings and tools each requires.
Hand Finishing
Hand-rolled hems, hand-felled linings, hand-sewn closures and invisible stitching used where the machine result is not good enough.
Hand work is not decoration. It is a planning problem.
A hand-rolled hem on one sample is craft. The same hem on a graded run is minutes per unit, a trained pair of hands, a place in the sequence and a consistency standard. Brands are usually quoted the first and delivered the second.
We cost hand work in minutes and state who does it, because that is the only way the price holds when the quantity changes.
- Costed as
- Minutes per unit, per operation
- Consistency
- Judged against the sealed sample, not against the last unit
- Placement
- Fixed in the sequence so it is never the rushed final step
- Repair
- Embellishment secured so a single failure can be repaired, not scrapped
Ask us to prove it.
Send a reference for the finish you want. We will make a sample of that detail and show you the inside as well as the outside.