Textile & apparel sourcing in China
Fabric, fit, finish: textiles punish guesswork.
From fabric to finished garment, Chinese textile covers an immense range of qualities and prices.
The difficulty is not finding, it is qualifying: compliant material, consistent cut, deadlines met.
We approve materials and pre-production runs, follow production and offer a pre-shipment inspection. On a product where each batch can drift, fieldwork is what makes the difference.
Textile clusters split by specialty: knitwear and ready-to-wear around Guangzhou and Zhejiang (Keqiao, the world's largest fabric market), home linen in Jiangsu, technical and outdoor elsewhere. That specialisation is an advantage, provided you pick the factory whose craft truly matches your product, not the one that says yes to everything.
Textile drifts batch after batch: weight, dye lot, drape, sizing. You do not secure a programme on a good sample, but on a protocol: approved material, sealed pre-production sample, in-line control and an AQL inspection before shipment. That net, laid on the ground, is what turns a good price into a good delivery.
- Ready-to-wear
- Home linen
- Fabrics & materials
- Accessories
- Technical textile
300 to 1,000 pieces per colour in garments; fabrics are ordered by the roll, with a minimum per dye lot.
Development and sample 3 to 6 weeks, production 30 to 60 days, then transport.
Colour drift between dye lots, weight below spec, sizes off the European block, and poor wash colourfastness. We lock each point with a sealed sample and an AQL.
- OEKO-TEX Standard 100
Certifies the finished product is free of harmful substances. A benchmark expected by most European distributors.
- REACH
Azo dyes, formaldehyde, heavy metals: EU rules restrict several substances common in dyeing and finishing.
- Labelling (EU 1007/2011)
Fibre composition and care must be labelled per EU regulation. Build it into the spec, not at the end of the line.
- GOTS (organic)
For organic-cotton ranges, GOTS certification covers material and processing chain.
- Flammability (childrenswear)
Some categories, sleepwear, childrenswear, carry flammability requirements depending on destination markets.
ROUDE sports box
Textile items for the box, sourced and produced in China.
LGB caps and embroidered towels
Caps and embroidered towels produced to a written specification.
Services for a clothing range
A brand launching a capsule or a subscription box has to hold the pattern, the fibre content printed on the label and its industry obligations at the same time.
Within 10 working daysSupplier search · full
Knitwear, woven fabric and embroidery each have their own workshops. Eight to twelve factories are put in competition, and the samples are ordered and consolidated.
Within 72 hIn-depth supplier check
Before a pattern and a brand name go to a workshop, we look at litigation, penalties and intellectual property, and we write a verdict.
On loading dayPre-shipment inspection
A capsule is checked before loading: sizes actually produced, fibre content labels, packing by size and by carton.
Within 20 working daysProduct technical file
Pattern, grading, bill of materials, multilingual labelling: the file fixes exactly what the factory has to reproduce on the next run.
Work starts within 24 hLevel II · Produce and deliver
For a full range or a complete box: pre-production sample signed off, in-line inspection, freight booked, delivery duty paid.
Excluding tax · Launch pricing until 31 December 2026
01How do you keep colour consistent batch to batch?
With a signed sealed sample as the reference, and dye-lot control in production. A dye-lot gap is the number-one textile dispute: it is prevented, not fixed afterwards.
02Is the stated fabric weight reliable?
Not always: it is a classic cost lever on the factory side. We measure actual weight at pre-production and inspection against the written spec.
03Will sizing match the European market?
Only if the pattern and measurement chart are fixed and checked. We approve a block and verify measurements per size before shipment.