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Drape, coverage and proportion.
Long panels and fitted shapes ask different questions of a knit. Bring pattern, opening construction, movement and coverage into the same development review.
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T-shirt dress: Fabric selection
A T-shirt dress combines a recognisable jersey upper body with enough length to function as a complete outer garment. That changes the selection discussion. Decide the intended shoulder line, sleeve…
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T-shirt dress: GSM, width & consumption
A T-shirt dress consumes material through long front and back panels, not just through a wider version of a short jersey top. Before comparing kilogram prices, send the intended finished length, hem…
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T-shirt dress: Colour & print development
A T-shirt dress gives colour and decoration a longer vertical field than a short top. Decide whether the intended effect is a plain colour, a compact upper-body image, a large illustration or a…
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T-shirt dress: Sampling & garment checks
The sample needs the planned dress length, sleeve and neck construction if the review is to reveal the important balance questions. A shortened prototype can help with one early detail but cannot…
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T-shirt dress: Wholesale sourcing brief
Tell the fabric supplier that the programme is a T-shirt dress, giving the planned length, shoulder line, sleeve shape and fit intention on front and back drawings. Identify the adult end use and…
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Bodycon knit dress: Fabric selection
A bodycon knit dress follows the body, but the word bodycon does not specify how much ease belongs at the chest, waist, hip or hem. Ask the pattern developer to mark those decisions on the full dress…
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Bodycon knit dress: GSM, width & consumption
A bodycon dress estimate needs the entire pattern and its intended ease distribution, not a fitted T-shirt marker extended by an assumed amount. Provide front, back, sleeves where present, edge…
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Bodycon knit dress: Colour & print development
A bodycon dress presents its colour and motifs across areas that may be extended by different amounts. Show chest, waist, hip and hem landmarks on the actual pattern before positioning a graphic or…
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Bodycon knit dress: Sampling & garment checks
Record the body article, offered weight and finish, full pattern version, size and intended garment length before fitting. Add the proposed seam construction, edge finish and any lining or…
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Bodycon knit dress: Wholesale sourcing brief
Supply a full front-and-back technical drawing with dress length, neckline, sleeves where present, seam layout and any specified walking opening. Explain the intended close shape and the areas where…
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Wrap dress: Fabric selection
A true wrap dress closes by overlapping two fronts and fastening around the body. A fixed faux-wrap front creates a different development problem because the overlap is secured rather than adjusted…
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Wrap dress: GSM, width & consumption
A wrap dress needs more than a front-and-back body estimate. Its outer front, underlap, ties, sleeves and edge finishes must appear in the marker calculation. Begin with a component list from the…
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Wrap dress: Colour & print development
A wrap-dress print is read through a moving overlap, not a single uninterrupted front rectangle. Decide whether the outer edge should deliberately interrupt the motif, align a border or create the…
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Wrap dress: Sampling & garment checks
The most useful sample review asks whether the dress stays in its intended position while remaining adjustable. Establish the approved fastening route and the intended underlayer before fitting. Have…
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Wrap dress: Wholesale sourcing brief
A wholesale fabric enquiry should say whether the product is a true wrap, a fixed faux-wrap or a skirt with an overlapping decorative panel. Add the intended length, sleeve shape and target wearer…
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Knit shift dress: Fabric selection
A knit shift dress needs a deliberate line from shoulder to hem rather than an automatically close fit. Show the intended ease through the chest, waist and hip, together with garment length and…
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Knit shift dress: GSM, width & consumption
The marker request should identify the actual front, back, sleeves where included and neckline or armhole finishing pieces. State whether a centre-back seam or opening is part of the design. A…
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Knit shift dress: Colour & print development
A shift dress often relies on an uninterrupted body outline, so establish whether colour or artwork should reinforce that line or deliberately interrupt it. Use the actual front and back drawings,…
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Knit shift dress: Sampling & garment checks
Identify the sample's body article, offered weight and finish, pattern version, garment length and entry construction. Show the intended front, back and side outline with the relevant ease decisions…
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Knit shift dress: Wholesale sourcing brief
Send a technical drawing that defines the clean shoulder-to-hem outline and the intended ease at chest, waist and hip. Identify length and whether the design is sleeveless or uses a specified sleeve.…
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Jersey maxi dress: Fabric selection
A jersey maxi dress needs an explicit hem position, not only the word long. Specify the intended wearer reference, footwear and clearance above the floor, together with the planned body shape and…
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Jersey maxi dress: GSM, width & consumption
Provide the cutter with the actual maxi front and back outlines, sleeve pieces where relevant, neckline components and any specified lining or walking-opening detail. Identify the intended dress…
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Jersey maxi dress: Colour & print development
A maxi dress offers a long continuous visual field, but not every part remains flat or equally visible when worn. Put the actual front and back pattern outlines beside the artwork at full scale. Mark…
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Jersey maxi dress: Sampling & garment checks
Identify the sample's body article, offered weight, finish, pattern and full dress length, then record the wearer reference and intended footwear. Mark the hem position used for assessment and…
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Jersey maxi dress: Wholesale sourcing brief
Send front and back technical views showing the maxi length, body shape, shoulder and neckline construction, sleeves where specified and actual walking-opening detail. Include the intended hem…
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Jersey skater dress: Fabric selection
For this jersey skater dress, the design proposition is a fitted upper body joined to a flared skirt. Draw the bodice ease, waist position, skirt length and intended sweep rather than letting the…
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Jersey skater dress: GSM, width & consumption
Separate the bodice, skirt panels, sleeves where specified, neckline pieces and any lining in the pattern list. Show where the waist seam falls and how the skirt obtains its flare. A gathered skirt…
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Jersey skater dress: Colour & print development
The bodice and skirt present artwork differently: the upper section follows the fit while the lower section forms the approved flare. Show both actual pattern groups before positioning a graphic,…
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Jersey skater dress: Sampling & garment checks
Label the sample's body article, offered weight, finish, size, bodice and skirt pattern references and waist position. Include the actual skirt construction, seam, hem treatment, neckline finish and…
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Jersey skater dress: Wholesale sourcing brief
Provide front and back technical drawings that identify the fitted bodice, waist-seam position, skirt length and intended sweep. State whether flare is formed through shaped panels, gathering or…
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Long-sleeve jersey dress: Fabric selection
A long-sleeve jersey dress combines an extended arm covering with a complete dress body, and the fit of one can influence the appearance of the other. Specify the actual dress length and silhouette;…
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Long-sleeve jersey dress: GSM, width & consumption
The material estimate needs the complete dress front and back, both actual long-sleeve patterns, neckline pieces and any specified wrist components or lining. Do not cost a sleeveless dress and add…
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Long-sleeve jersey dress: Colour & print development
A long-sleeve dress presents separate moving surfaces beside a larger body panel. Decide whether the sleeves should extend the body design, carry a distinct motif or remain plain. Show the actual…
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Long-sleeve jersey dress: Sampling & garment checks
Label the sample with the actual body article, weight, finish, supply identity, pattern and dress length. Record both sleeve references, armhole construction, wrist finish and any specified lining.…
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Long-sleeve jersey dress: Wholesale sourcing brief
Send the garment maker an alignment investigation, not a fresh generic fabric quotation. Start its case record with sample identity, body and sleeve pattern versions, size, dress length and trial…
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Printed jersey dress: Fabric selection
A printed jersey dress begins with two identities: the fabric article and the design carried on it. Keep them separate in the selection notes. PR-111 or PR-112 identifies a material route, not a…
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Printed jersey dress: GSM, width & consumption
A printed-dress material estimate must say whether panels may be cut freely within an all-over repeat or need a controlled motif position. Show the dress pattern, ordered size ratio and actual…
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Printed jersey dress: Colour & print development
Record the design reference, colourway, repeat or placement version and its actual dimensions before reviewing the dress. The archive includes individual references such as ALT-PR-1007, but that code…
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Printed jersey dress: Sampling & garment checks
Begin the sample record with the actual print design, substrate, offered weight, colourway and supply identity. A digital archive picture can establish which visual was discussed but cannot serve as…
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Printed jersey dress: Wholesale sourcing brief
Send the relevant parties one identified dress pattern and a named print reference, not a request to reproduce whatever appears in a thumbnail. The case should state whether the buyer wants an…
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Waffle lounge dress: Fabric selection
A waffle lounge dress uses its textured surface within a complete relaxed garment, rather than a wrap robe with a belt and collar. Define the actual neckline, armhole or sleeve construction, length…
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Waffle lounge dress: GSM, width & consumption
List the actual front, back, sleeves where included, neckline or armhole finishing pieces and hem construction. Do not bring collar, belt or large wrap-front components into the estimate unless the…
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Waffle lounge dress: Colour & print development
A waffle surface should be reviewed as an actual textured material, not flattened into the colour field of a smooth-dress mockup. Identify the outward face and intended panel orientation, then view…
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Waffle lounge dress: Sampling & garment checks
Record the actual body article, offered weight and finish, pattern, garment length and outward face used in the sample. Label the intended cell direction on the pattern reference rather than guessing…
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Waffle lounge dress: Wholesale sourcing brief
Build the comparison around the actual texture decision. TX-802 records 100% cotton, 220, 240, 260, 280, 300 g/m² and Enzyme + soft hand finishing. SJ-101 records 100% compact combed cotton, 130,…
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Textured knit dress: Fabric selection
A textured knit dress starts with an actual fabric feature and a garment shape, not a generic promise of a luxurious surface. Put the offered material beside the dress drawing and identify what the…
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Textured knit dress: GSM, width & consumption
List the actual front, back, sleeves where included, shaping pieces and opening components from the current dress pattern. Identify which seams are essential to the accepted shape and which may still…
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Textured knit dress: Colour & print development
Identify whether the dress's visual identity comes from the offered knit itself, an actually proposed decoration or both. Do not treat a jacquard reference as a printable artwork file whose scale can…
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Textured knit dress: Sampling & garment checks
Give the sample a material identity that includes article, offered weight, finish, actual design reference and trial supply. Mark the intended face and direction on the pattern and identify the…
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Textured knit dress: Wholesale sourcing brief
Give the pattern developer the actual offered material reference and identify the dress area where a shaping seam conflicts with a visible surface feature. Ask for a concrete design choice: retain…
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Texture with a considered fit
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A coordinated component story
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Build the right everyday layer
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Shape, volume and finishing details
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Fabric decisions in motion
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Drape, coverage and proportion
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