Private label · Cut & sew · Prato

Cut-and-sew clothing manufacturing, with your brand

Anyone who wants their fabric garments made up is not after an anonymous factory: they want someone who turns a pattern into a finished garment and answers for the whole path. We direct this work in the Prato district, with a single contact.

Ready-made or built from scratchA garment that answers for its patternOne point of contact

Every brand comes with different needs: some already have the garment and just want it made up, others want to build it from the pattern.

That's why we work along two routes.

Two routes

The two routes

01 — READY-MADE

Base fabric garments, with your brand

We start from base garments already produced and turn them into your product with labels, tags and finishing. The garment already exists, so development is light.

The right route to move fast or test the market.
02 — BUILT FROM SCRATCH

A garment built on your pattern

The garment starts from your pattern or your references: fabric, fit and finishing are designed for you, in the Prato textile district.

More work, but a garment no one else has.
The path

Step by step

Each step closes with your approval.

01

We start from the retail price

Before costs, we ask what price you'll sell the garment at and how much you want to make on it. From there we work out what the making-up can cost and which route makes sense.

02

Sheet and pattern

Your sketch, or the reference garment, becomes a working sheet and a pattern. With the sheet we choose fabric and finishing.

03

The prototype

The first garment is made up, tried on and corrected. Development is always quoted separately, apart from the per-piece price.

04

The sample

The approved garment becomes the reference sample in size S. It is paid for separately and in advance, because it is real work. Only once it is approved do we move to the run.

05

Grading and production

The style is developed across all the sizes in its grade, then production with finishing, brand label, composition and care labels, tags and bagging.

06

Real numbers, not promises

Minimums, costs and lead times are given by our specialists after they have seen the project and spoken to the workshops. A number given without that work is a number that changes.

To get started

What we need to get started

  • A pattern, a sheet or a reference garment, if you have one
  • Which route: ready-made or built from scratch
  • The fabric you have in mind: viscose, cotton, linen, silk, wool
  • How many styles and how many pieces per style
  • Sizes and the size breakdown
  • Labels, tags and finishing
  • Your retail price and how much you want to make on it
  • When you need the garments: a date, not a season
  • Company name, address and VAT number
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Which fabrics can you make up in?
Viscose, cotton, linen, silk and wool are checked at quotation stage: availability, minimums and lead times change from fabric to fabric. We can also work on a fabric supplied by you.
Do I need to have the pattern already?
No. If you only have a sketch or a sample garment, we build the pattern from the technical sheet. If you already have your patterns, we start from those.
What is the minimum quantity?
There is no standard minimum. The MOQ depends on the garment, on the work involved and above all on the fabric. It is set in the quotation, before you spend anything.
Who actually carries out the making-up?
An affiliated textile company in the Prato district and, where the process requires it, specialist workshops in the chain. LUX LAB is not a factory: it directs the work and remains your single contact.
Do you also do knitwear?
Yes. Knitwear is a working of its own, with its own rules and minimums tied to the yarn: we cover it on the dedicated contract knitwear page.
Let's talk

Tell us about your making-up project

The more you tell us up front, the sooner we come back with something concrete.

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