About 300 pieces per style on stock fabric
Button-front shirts, shirt dresses, day dresses and embellished tops in woven cotton and linen. Send the brief and we place it with the factory in our group built for it.
What sets the minimum: the fabric. On stock fabric the roll length sets it at about 300; if the fabric is woven for you, the mill’s minimum pushes it to around 1,000.
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Minimum
300 pieces
On stock fabric. Commissioned fabric: around 1,000.
Sampling
3–5 weeks
Longer if the fabric is commissioned.
First bulk
12–16 weeks
From approved sample to shipped. Repeat orders 8–10 weeks.
Best cluster
Delhi NCR
Wovens, dresses, hand embroidery. See Delhi NCR
Flat sketch for illustration. Your tech pack carries the real measurements.
What we make
Pick the fabric and the detail; the factory built for woven work quotes. Stock fabric keeps the minimum and the lead time down.
Stock fabric keeps your minimum near 300. A fabric woven for you means around 1,000 pieces and a longer fabric lead time.
Where it’s made
Wovens follow the fabric and the detail. Three clusters cover most briefs.
Woven garments, dresses, embellishment and hand embroidery, with hand finishing that machinery cannot replicate.
Clothing manufacturers in Delhi NCRStructured and formal wovens for larger programs. Not the place for very small orders.
Clothing manufacturers in BangaloreHand block printed cottons for printed dresses and tops.
Clothing manufacturers in JaipurWhat it costs
Fabric is roughly half the factory price, and in wovens it also sets the minimum. Choose it first.
Typical cut, make and trim
$14–32 per piece
Cut, make and trim for a dress, before fabric. A market figure, not a quote; we have no live CMT figure for shirts.
Where the factory price goes
Share of FOB, market ranges from published industry sources. They won’t total exactly 100% on any one style. Fabric moves your price more than any haggling on the making charge.
Calculator estimate · USD per piece, ex-factory
Woven shirt, mid fabric, by pieces per style. The band is the low to high estimate, the dashed line its middle.
| Scenario | 100–300 | 300–500 | 500–1,000 | 1,000+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woven shirt, mid fabric | $18.00–$33.60 | $15.00–$28.00 | $13.20–$24.64 | $11.70–$21.84 |
| Dress, mid fabric | $21.60–$45.60 | $18.00–$38.00 | $15.84–$33.44 | $14.04–$29.64 |
| Dress, complex construction | $27.00–$57.00 | $22.50–$47.50 | $19.80–$41.80 | $17.55–$37.05 |
The 100–300 column is for comparison: most wovens start around 300 on stock fabric. Estimates from our cost calculator, not quotes: the factory quotes after reading your brief.
Before you send the brief
Tick what you already have. Anything missing, send the brief anyway and we fill the gaps together.
Missing some? Send the brief anyway. A rough number or a photo of a garment you like is enough to start; we ask for the rest.
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A factory-ready tech pack for $79 per style
Photo: Sampling machinists at work
Start your brief
Shirts and dresses are already ticked. Add anything else in your range, then pick pieces per style.
Questions about shirts and dresses
Minimums, cost and fabric for shirts and dresses made in India.
Ask us directly
Email oneaimapparel@gmail.com. A person on our team replies within 24 hours.
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Five questions brands ask before a first run.
About 300 pieces per style on stock fabric, where the fabric roll length sets the floor. If the fabric has to be woven for you, the mill’s own minimum pushes it to around 1,000. These are market ranges, not quotes.
Switch to a stock fabric. When a factory quotes 1,000, ask whether the constraint is the fabric: if it is, a stock fabric usually moves the number more than any negotiation will.
Typical cut, make and trim is $14–32 per dress before fabric. Our calculator estimates $18.00–$38.00 per piece ex-factory at 300–500 pieces with a mid fabric. These are estimates; the factory quotes after reading your brief.
Plan 3–5 weeks for sampling, longer if the fabric is commissioned, then 12–16 weeks from approved sample to goods shipped on a first order and 8–10 weeks on a repeat.
Diwali (October or November, date moves every year) closes most factories for 1–2 weeks; the monsoon (June to September) slows dyeing.
Send a brief
One short form, read by a person on our team. If a factory in our group is built for it, we place it. If not, we say so, free.
What to put in your brief
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