What should a designer deliver for production?

A tech pack the factory can work from: points of measure, construction, materials, trims, colourways and placement. Sketches alone are not enough.

Who owns the patterns and files?

Whatever you agreed in writing. Without an agreement it is contested, and it is the usual reason a brand cannot move to a second factory.

Fashion Designers · Italy

Fashion Designers in Italy.

Where you go when the fabric and the finishing are the product.

What SERVEOT holds in Italy

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Counted a few minutes ago. There is no list to browse: you describe what you need, it gets searched, and at most two come back with the reason each one fits.

Italy is not a cheaper Portugal, it is a different proposition. The mills are the reason: Biella for wool, Como for silk, Prato for recycled and woollen yarns. If the story of your garment is the cloth, this is where the cloth is, and the finishing houses around those mills are correspondingly good.

Minimums and prices are the highest in this list, and Italian suppliers generally expect you to know what you are asking for. A vague brief gets a slow answer. A specific one — the yarn count, the finish, the reference you are trying to match — gets taken seriously.

For most first collections Italy is the wrong answer and the right one is Portugal or Turkey. For a small run of something where the material is genuinely the point, nowhere else is close.

Every search

Nothing suitable, and the credit comes back.

What it costs

No subscription. You pay per search.

Afterwards

No commission on what you agree yourself.

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Frequently asked questions

Can a small brand produce in Italy?

Yes, but expect high minimums and prices, and expect to be specific about materials and finishing.

Why is Italian fabric worth the money?

Because the mills sit next to the finishing and the expertise, and much of what defines a premium garment happens at those two steps rather than at the sewing machine.

The same question, elsewhere

Looking for designers in Italy?

One brief, at most two names back, each with the reason it fits. If nothing suitable turns up, the credit comes back and it costs you nothing.

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