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First fit, second fit, sign-off. The garment is not cut at scale until you have a sample you would be proud to ship. This is where most projects either succeed or fall apart, and we take the time to get it right.
A sample is a literal physical object that you can hold, photograph, send to friends for feedback, and take notes on. It is the moment the design stops being theoretical and becomes something you can adjust. We sew the first sample to the tech pack we wrote together. You wear it, or put it on your fit model, and we go through it together, sleeve length, body length, neckline depth, fabric drape, button placement, every decision that mattered when we wrote the tech pack and a few that didn't.
Then we sew a second sample with your adjustments. This is the version we expect production to match. We do not move into production until you sign off on a sample you are happy to put your label on.
Sewn on the bench, to the tech pack we wrote together. Same fabric and hardware as production.
In person or by video. Every adjustment recorded with notes and measurements.
With your adjustments applied. This is the version we cut production from.
Once you say yes, the second sample becomes the production reference. Every piece in the run gets compared back to it.
About two to three weeks from tech-pack hand-off to a signed-off sample. Most of that time is bench work.
The first sample is sewn to the tech pack. We do not adjust anything yet. The point is to give you a faithful first version so you can see what the spec actually produces. We photograph it from multiple angles before it leaves the atelier.
A fit session, in person at the atelier or by video with a model on your end. We go through every decision, take notes, mark adjustments on the sample with chalk and tape. Most fit sessions take about ninety minutes.
A second sample is sewn with every adjustment from the fit session. We send it to you. If we got it right, you sign off and we move into production. If not, we sew a third, usually included, sometimes quoted separately if the design has changed substantively.
At the end of the design phase
Five lines about what you want made. The founder writes back in two business days with a fixed quote.
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