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Sampling & Custom Design

Develop your design from just one piece.

Want to see your idea made before you commit to production? We make development samples of your own designs, from one or two pieces, so you can check the style, fit and fabric first. Here’s how sample pricing works, and exactly what is and isn’t included.

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Washed hoodie sample on a dress form with a tape measure, ready for a fit check

Sampling: 1 to 2 pieces

For trying out your own design before production. You pay a sample fee per style, quoted for your design.

Production: from 200 pieces per colour

The per-piece prices on our Collection page are bulk prices for production orders, not sample prices.

Sample Pricing

How your sample is priced

Every design is different, so we quote each sample individually and confirm the price in writing before you pay. Prices are per style and include delivery to a UK address; delivery outside the UK is quoted separately.

Hoodie sample laid out with its tech pack sketches, tape measure and fabric swatches

What affects the price

  • The garment: a T-shirt takes less work than a lined jacket or a pair of jeans.
  • Fabric: the type, weight and whether you need a custom colour.
  • Decoration: prints, embroidery, rhinestones or other details.
  • Finishes: garment dye and wash effects such as acid, mineral or oil wash.

Send us these for a quick quote

  • Your design: a tech pack, sketch or reference photos.
  • The fabric and colour you have in mind.
  • The size you’d like the sample in.
  • Any print or embroidery artwork, with sizes and placements.
  • The country we’re delivering to.

Sample fees are paid upfront and are non-refundable. If you go ahead with a production order, we deduct 50% of the sample fee from your order.

What You Get

What’s included, and what isn’t

A development sample is about getting the garment itself right. Your full branding comes later, on the pre-production sample once you’ve ordered.

Included

  • Your garment made to your style, so you can check the style, fit, fabric and features.
  • Standard zip pullers and buttons on styles that need them.
  • Delivery to a UK address.

Not included

  • Your final brand labels or tags.
  • Hang tags and custom-printed polybags.
  • Custom or name-printed zip pullers.
  • Custom shank or snap buttons.

Confirmed in your quote

  • Prints, embroidery or other decoration.
  • Custom fabric colours.
  • Help with design or a tech pack.
  • Delivery outside the UK.

We always confirm the full cost in writing before you pay, so there are no surprises.

How It Works

From your idea to an approved sample

1

Send your idea

Share your design, tech pack, reference photos or even a sketch, and tell us the fabric and fit you have in mind.

2

Get your sample quote

We confirm the sample price and what’s included in writing. You pay the sample fee upfront by bank transfer.

3

Development sample

We make one or two pieces and send them to you by parcel, so you can check the style, fit and fabric.

4

Your feedback

Tell us what you’d like changed, and we agree the final details with you before production.

5

Place your order

Order from 200 pieces per colour with a 50% deposit. We deduct 50% of your sample fee from the order.

6

Pre-production sample

One sample of each style with your real labels, prints and fabric, at no extra charge. Once you approve, we make the full quantity.

Two Kinds of Sample

Development vs pre-production samples

Development samples help you try out a design before you order. Pre-production (PP) samples are made with your real labels, prints and fabric once you’ve placed your order, so you can approve them before we produce the full quantity.

1

Development samples before you order

  • A trial run of one or two pieces, to check the style, fit, fabric and features before you commit.
  • Made without your final brand labels or tags. Branding is added at the pre-production stage.
  • Hang tags, custom-printed polybags, custom or name-printed zip pullers and custom shank or snap buttons aren’t available at this stage. We use our standard pullers and buttons.
  • The sample fee is paid upfront and is non-refundable. If you go ahead with a production order, we deduct 50% of the sample fee from your order.
2

Pre-production (PP) samples after you order

  • Once you place your order and pay a 50% deposit, we make one sample of each style using your actual labels, prints and fabric, at no extra charge.
  • You check that the label position, print, body colour and fabric quality are exactly right.
  • Once you approve, we produce the full quantity. For example, three styles at 100 pieces each: one approved sample of each, then 100 of each.

Your labels

  • T-shirts, polos & tops: your brand name, logo and care details printed inside the back of the neck.
  • Hoodies & sweatshirts: the inside of fleece is brushed and fluffy, so it can’t be printed on directly. We sew a “half moon” (a small crescent-shaped piece of fabric) inside the back of the neck and print your details on it.

Extra branding for production

For your production order we can apply the extra branding you specify, such as hang tags, printed polybags, branded zip pullers, custom shank buttons and snap buttons (for example the main button on denim jeans) and any other custom branding. These are quoted with your order.

These terms are also set out in our Privacy Policy & Terms.

FAQ

Sampling questions

Yes, as development samples of your own design. You pay the sample fee for each style. Production orders start from 200 pieces per colour.

The Collection prices are bulk prices per piece for production orders. A sample is made individually, so the pattern, cutting, sewing and setup are all done for just one or two pieces.

The development sample fee is non-refundable. If you go ahead with a production order, we deduct 50% of the sample fee from your order.

Development samples are made without your final brand labels or tags. Once you order, the pre-production sample is made with your real labels, prints and fabric, at no extra charge, for you to approve before bulk production.

Yes. The sample price includes UK delivery, and delivery to other countries is quoted separately.

Request a Sample

Tell us what you’d like sampled

Send us your design, tech pack or reference photos, and we’ll confirm your sample price and what’s included.

Ready for production?

List each item with quantities, colours, sizes and your target price, and we’ll send you an itemised DDP UK quote.

Request a Quote