Resources
Buyer guides to knitwear manufacturing
Fabric
Fabric and materials
What is GSM in clothing?
GSM - grams per square metre - is the single number that most affects how a garment feels, how it drapes and what it costs. Here is how to read it and choose it.
In preparationFrench Terry vs Fleece
One process step separates these two fabrics, and it changes warmth, weight, breathability and cost. A direct comparison for hoodie and sweat programmes.
Read nowHow to choose the right fabric
Five questions - garment, season, hand feel, target price and decoration method - that settle most knitwear fabric decisions.
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Process
Development and production
What should a clothing tech pack include?
A complete tech pack shortens sampling and reduces revision rounds. This is what a manufacturer actually needs to see in one.
Read nowSample vs Bulk Production
Why the sample stage exists, what it is genuinely testing, and why approval is the point at which a specification becomes binding.
Read nowScreen Printing vs DTG
Two very different printing routes with different strengths in artwork detail, fabric compatibility and volume economics.
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Buying
Buying and working with a manufacturer
What is MOQ?
Minimum order quantity is not an arbitrary number. Here is what drives it, and why it can move depending on style, fabric and customisation.
In preparationHow private-label manufacturing works
What private label actually means, what the buyer supplies, what the manufacturer supplies, and where the responsibility line sits.
Read nowHow to choose a clothing manufacturer
What to ask, what to look for in the answers, and which warning signs are worth walking away from.
In preparation
Guides marked in preparation are being written. The material they cover is already published across the Fabrics, How We Work, Quality Control and Private Label pages - and if you have a specific question now, ask us directly.
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