Design - Create - Grow
Clothing manufacturing resources, factory communication guides, apparel production workflows, sourcing advice, and garment development strategies.
A practical look at what happens after you send a tech pack to a manufacturer — from technical review and pattern development to the first garment sample and revisions.
A page-by-page walkthrough of professional tech pack samples and examples — technical flats, construction details, BOM, measurements, colorways, and a t-shirt tech pack example.
Tech pack format is why factories misunderstand good designs. Learn the right page order, file types, and delivery format manufacturers expect.
Crewneck samples fail on the same specs every time. 7 sweatshirt tech pack templates compared, plus the manufacturing specs that prevent bad samples.
Knitwear forgives nothing. Gauge, rib tension, and shoulder specs your sweater vest tech pack needs for a clean first sample.
Launch without drowning in unsold stock. How pre-orders fund your production, plus the system to run them right.
Baffle widths, fill power, lining weights — the outerwear specs factories need to nail your puffer jacket on the first try.
Letterman jackets mix more materials than almost any garment. The varsity tech pack specs for wool bodies, leather sleeves, and chenille.
Sketches, measurements, materials, construction notes — every page a factory-ready fashion tech pack must include.
MOQ, FOB, CMT, grading, BOM — 50+ apparel terms defined in plain English, so factory emails stop being confusing.
