Direct answerYes — at agreed milestones. The four that matter are: after fabric inspection (shade and weight confirmed), after cutting (quantity and panel check), at in-line sewing (first finished pieces), and before packing (final quantity and carton status). Each update should include photos plus a number, because a photo without quantity cannot tell you whether you are on schedule.Why mileston...

Direct answerEvaluate on evidence, not presentation. Ask for comparable production photos or video from the actual line, a live video walk-through of the workshop, the QC checkpoints written down, and a reference customer who can answer specific questions about defects and delays. Then place a paid sample order and judge the spec sheet against what arrives. At VANRD this is the same path every ne...

Direct answerClose all four approvals before cutting starts, in a fixed order: fabric quality first (quality code, GSM, composition), then colour (lab dip or bulk swatch under D65), then decoration (print or embroidery standard on the actual fabric), then trims (zippers, cords, labels). At VANRD this is the pre-production approval gate — bulk timing starts from that approval, not from the PO date...

Direct answerGrading converts the approved base size into the full range by applying measured increments to each point of measure. Before bulk, VANRD issues a size set (usually the smallest, base and largest sizes) and a measurement sheet with tolerances; the set is measured again after a wash cycle when the fabric shrinks. Bulk is then inspected against that sheet, not against the base sample al...

Direct answerBecause a sample carries all the fixed costs of a style on one garment. The pattern, the marker, the cutting setup, the machine settings, the artwork setup and the finishing are the same whether you make one piece or five hundred — but at one piece they land entirely on that sample. Add small-quantity fabric and the sample price is several times the bulk unit price by arithmetic, not...

Direct answerYes. No bulk run starts without an approved sample. The sample is produced as a separate development item — typically 7–10 days after the spec and materials are confirmed — and it is charged separately because it carries its own pattern, cutting and finishing. One to three rounds is normal; each revision round adds roughly 7–14 days.What the sample actually provesThe sample is not a ...

Direct answerOur minimum is 100 pieces per style and color. It is a per-colour minimum, not a per-order minimum — a two-colour programme starts at 200 pieces, four colours at 400. Sizes can be mixed inside a colourway as long as the total for that colour reaches 100. Different colours cannot be combined to reach the minimum, because each colour is a separate dye and cutting lot.Why the minimum ex...

Direct answerYes. A full-package factory sources fabric, trims and accessories as part of the order: shell fabric, lining, rib, zippers, drawcords, eyelets, labels, hangtags and polybags. The important questions are not whether it can be done, but who carries the mill minimum, who approves the trim standard, and whether every component is recorded on one spec sheet. At VANRD these are consolidate...

Direct answerTo get a firm number rather than a range, send six inputs: the style or reference garment, fabric and GSM (or accept the factory's recommendation), the number of colourways, quantity per colour, the decoration method and artwork, and packaging plus delivery date. At VANRD a quote is built from those six; if one is missing we quote a band and flag the assumption in writing.The six inp...

Direct answerStart with a written brief, not a price question. Send the garment type, quantity per style and colour, fabric and GSM direction, size range, artwork and target delivery date. That one document drives the quote, the sample and the production plan. At VANRD the sequence is: brief and quantity confirmed, fabric and trims selected, sample produced in 7–10 days, then bulk production in 2...