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Clothing Manufacturers: How They Help Fashion Designers Bring Their Visions to Life

Published On: July 16, 2021

Starting your own clothing line is an exciting time in and fashion designer’s life. It’s filled with creative ideas, ambitious projects, and, of course, fashion design. Perhaps the most crucial aspect of starting a clothing line is choosing a skilled clothing manufacturer to create your apparel.

Sure, you can have a solid business plan. But choosing a clothing manufacturer that doesn’t gel with you or your creative vision is a serious mistake. And when you’re beginning to design and produce garments, you can ill afford to make any serious missteps.

But what makes clothing manufacturers so unique? How do you know who to choose to get your clothing line started with?

Let’s look closer at clothing manufacturing companies, the work these businesses do, and how they contribute toward your creative visions in the fashion industry.

What is a Clothing Manufacturer?

clothing manufacturer working on measuring clothingA clothing manufacturer is a business that works hand in hand with a fashion designer to create fashion lines. For example, a fashion designer will bring a design or idea to Jennifer Evans and her team at The Evans Group (TEG). This could be an order for ten unique samples or a complete fashion line for New York Fashion Week.

With TEG, independent, emerging fashion designers are the focus. Jennifer Evans has a healthy creative partnership with established designers like Guess, Banana Republic, and Kate McDonald. However, Jennifer Evans and TEG are all about allowing first-time clothing designers to launch their own fashion brands.

How Do Clothing Manufacturers Work?

Clothing manufacturers help customers by sourcing fabric and materials, then beginning to produce custom order clothing. Professional seamstresses, pattern makers, and textile workers get to work creating custom order clothing, known as couture.

Clothing manufacturers need to take every idea and want a fashion designer has to launch their collection.

In short, these professionals take custom orders and create clothing in studios and factories to appear in stores, online, and on runways.

How Do I Choose the Right Clothing Manufacturer?

two clothing designers discussing dressmakingAs we’ve gone over before, you need to look for a few key features from specific clothing manufacturers. After all, you’re starting an exciting (and sometimes intimidating) journey into a creative field. Plus, launching a brand isn’t something to take lightly and trust with just any company.

Choosing a clothing manufacturer should come down to a few things, like good communication, experience, and results. Can these businesses deliver results in line with your ideas? Remember to do your research,

How The Evans Group (TEG) Offers Great Clothing Production Services

So, how does the clothing manufacturing process work at TEG’s Los Angeles garment factory?

After receiving a clothing order, Jennifer Evans personally meets with the client to discuss wants, needs, and visions for a clothing brand.

The Creative Process with Clothing Manufacturers

The TEG creative design team goes through an extensive discussion process before production begins. This includes the use of mood boards, in-depth sketching, and pattern drafting. It also means working out possible roadblocks in the development process.

This step of the manufacturing process is essential, as it defines how smoothly the rest of the process goes. It could also change how your final product looks.

The Next Step: Developing Clothing

Once ideas and creative visions are put to paper (with the help of TEG Specification Sheets), the design process starts in a big way.

Seamstresses and tailors sew, pattern makers choose the best patterns for the design, and project managers set timelines and deadlines.

Meanwhile, an independent fashion designer will always be in constant contact with the creative and production teams. This is essential to performing quality checks and collaborating with emerging designers.

Wrapping Up Designs

Two clothing manufacturers examining fabricAfter all the fabric is cut, apparel crafted, and deadlines met, the manufacturing process finally ends. The results? A unique and stunning set of clothing samples that sets apparel apart from other couture.

Final Thoughts on Clothing Manufacturers

These masters of fashion development guide customers through the fashion design process. Most importantly, they’re creating a one-of-a-kind product to sell in stores, display in art installations, or stun the world of fashion.

Overall, they take a client’s wants and needs into account and get to work creating a clothing brand.

With The Evans Group, a fashion designer can rest easy knowing they picked one of the best clothing manufacturers to craft collections. A customer’s collection will receive ample quality checks and attention by using talented individuals like seamstresses, dressmakers, and production managers. Most importantly, it’s about building bonds with independent designers, allowing them to launch fashion labels and brands in the USA.

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