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Sourcing guides — page 9
Page 9 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.
China vs Domestic: Cost-and-Risk Framework for Bulk Orders
Choose a China or domestic clothing manufacturer by arithmetic, not emotion. EXW, FOB and DDP costs, three buyer scenarios, and when not to pick us.
Inline vs Final Inspection in Clothing Manufacturing
Inline and final inspection compared: what each can do, the cost curve between them, DUPRO vs FRI vs PSI, and the loop that makes in-line control work.
How Dress Silhouettes Affect Fabric Consumption
See how column, fishtail, A-line, swing, bias and lined dress styles consume fabric by the metre, and what it does to your quote and MOQ.
How Sequin Dresses Are Manufactured
The four production routes behind a sequin dress — pre-sequinned fabric, all-over and placement embroidery, and hand application — plus what happens at the seam.
How a Factory Creates a First Garment Sample
Inside first-sample development: what is settled before the pattern is cut, which round you are in, how comments are managed, and how a sample is signed off.
How Evening Dresses Are Made: Inside the Factory Floor
A station-by-station walk through how an evening gown is made, from pattern and toile to hand embellishment, with the lead times buyers plan against.
How Fabric Weight Affects Garment Fit and Drape
Learn how fabric weight and GSM affect garment fit, drape, sampling and bulk production, with practical guidance for womenswear buyers and fashion brands.
How Hand Embellishment Is Done on Womenswear
Hand embellishment as a production stage: how the techniques differ, how an artwork is specified, attachment testing, and where handwork costs most.
How Size Grading Works From One Approved Sample
Garment size grading from a single approved sample: where grade rules come from, grade breaks, petite, tall and plus ranges, and which sizes to sample.
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Every topic we publish under. Some have full guides already; the rest are areas we cover in client conversations and will publish as they are written.
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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