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Sourcing guides — page 4
Page 4 of the Luxudress knowledge centre: practical guides for fashion buyers on manufacturing, sourcing, cost structure, sampling and production planning.
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Womenswear Sourcing and Production Guides
Explore practical articles on choosing manufacturers, defining specifications, managing costs, developing samples and planning production.
Stretch and Recovery: How to Specify Elastane in a Dress Fabric
Stretch and recovery in dress fabric explained: how the two properties differ, how to test them without a lab, and what to write in the tech pack.
When Bulk Is Wrong: How Defect Claims, Rework and Cost Are Actually Split
Garment defect claims explained: which faults belong to the factory, which belong to the spec, and how the approval record decides who carries the cost.
Sequin Fabric vs Hand-Applied Sequins: Cost, Weight and Failure Modes
Sequin fabric compared with hand-applied sequins for dress manufacturing: where each route's cost sits, how weight changes the drape, and how each one fails.
What Landed Cost Really Means When You Import Womenswear
Landed cost clothing manufacturing: FOB is not what you pay. How a womenswear order is built up — freight, duty, clearance and inland charges.
EXW, FOB, CIF, DDP: Which Incoterm Should You Actually Agree To?
FOB vs DDP clothing manufacturing: where risk transfers, who controls the freight, and why the cheapest term is rarely the cheapest outcome.
Payment Terms in Garment Manufacturing: Deposits, Milestones and Red Flags
Payment terms clothing manufacturer guide: what a deposit buys, when the balance falls due, how letters of credit differ, and requests worth pausing on.
How to Protect Your Designs When You Manufacture Overseas
Protect clothing designs from manufacturer risk: what an NDA does and does not do, which rights exist in a garment, and the controls that actually work.
Apparel Labelling Requirements for the US and EU
Clothing label requirements US EU: what a garment label has to carry — fibre content, care instructions, country of origin — and who is responsible.
The Womenswear Production Calendar: Working Backwards From Your Delivery Date
Clothing production calendar planning: work back from the day goods must land through development, materials, production, inspection and freight.
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Fashion Manufacturing
How garments are actually made, and where the risk sits in a production run.
OEM & ODM
The two engagement models, what each one shifts onto whom, and how to choose.
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