Semi-custom

Semi-custom production from an existing style number

For buyers who already know the garment: start from a style in the range, change what the buyer can see and feel, and keep the pattern block that has already been produced. Full custom starts from a tech pack instead.

What semi-custom means here

Semi-custom keeps the pattern block, grade rules and base construction of an existing style, and changes the parts that carry your brand: fabric, colour, trims, decoration and labels. The garment is still cut and sewn to a spec sheet, but the fit work is already done.

It is the shorter route when your product is a T-shirt, polo, sweatshirt, hoodie, jacket, short or pant that the factory already runs. Where a change moves outside the block — a different sleeve, a new panel, a fit that does not exist yet — the brief is handled as full custom.

What you choose

Fabric and colour

Choose from the fabrics the factory already runs, or supply your own. Colour is matched to a physical standard or a supplied swatch.

Trims and finishing

Neck tape, drawcords, zips, buttons, ribbing and stitching are written onto the spec sheet before costing.

Decoration

Screen print, embroidery or heat transfer, placed to your artwork. The method is quoted per position and size.

Labels and packing

Woven or printed labels, care labels, hangtags and carton marks to your artwork.

What stays fixed: the pattern block, grade rules and base construction. Moving any of them is a development job and is quoted as full custom.

How a semi-custom order runs

  1. 01

    Choose style numbers

    Send the style numbers you are considering, or a reference garment. We confirm which ones the factory can run in your fabric and quantity.

  2. 02

    Confirm spec and cost

    Fabric, colour, trims, decoration and labels are written onto one spec sheet. The quotation states unit price, MOQ and lead time for that sheet.

  3. 03

    Approve the sample

    A prototype is made against the approved sheet. Measurements are logged before you review it, and comments go into one revision round.

  4. 04

    Bulk and inspection

    Bulk starts after written sample approval. Finished goods are checked against the approved sample before packing and handover.

What the quotation states

One sheet, one price, per style and colour.

What the quotation states
Style reference Factory style number
Fabric and colour Mill reference or supplied swatch
Decoration Method, position and size
Labels and packing To your artwork and carton marks
Minimum order Per style and colour
Unit price Per style and colour, spec sheet attached

Semi-custom questions

Can we use our own fabric on a semi-custom style?
Yes. Customer-supplied fabric is inspected and documented before cutting. If it is lighter, heavier or less stable than the fabric the block was developed on, we say so before sampling rather than after bulk.
Is our colour exclusive?
No. Stock fabrics and standard colours are shared across buyers. An exclusive dye lot is a separate arrangement and is priced in the quotation, not assumed.

Send a style number and your target quantity

We reply with feasibility for that style and colour, an indicative price, and the next sampling step.

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