Question 1

What is included in packaging and dispatch for clothing orders?

Accepted Answer

Packaging and dispatch is the seventh and final stage: garments go into custom poly bags with labels, then into cartons, then travel by air or sea. What is put on the bag and carton is agreed at the approval stage, before production starts, so it is not something added at the end.

What gets agreed beforehand
Labels and packaging are part of the approval gate alongside fit, fabric and colour. Approving them at that point is what makes the packing consistent with the rest of the order - the labelling is cut to the same specification as the garment rather than being chosen afterwards.

What the order is packed into
Custom poly bags, labels and cartons, as specified in the brief. Packaging is also where sizing and style information has to stay accurate across a mixed order: cartons usually hold several sizes of the same style, and one order can carry t-shirts, hoodies and jackets side by side, each needing the right size and style mark. That is why packing is treated as part of the specification rather than as freight handling.

Air or sea
Both are available, and the choice belongs to the shipment rather than the factory. Air shortens the journey; sea lowers it. Either way it affects the tail of the schedule after production has finished, not the 30-60 day production window itself.

After the first order
Repeat orders still run through packing and dispatch, but they take 15-25 days overall because the development stages in front of production are already approved.

Tell us the destination and whether the shipment is going by air or sea, and dispatch gets built into the schedule from the start.

Question 2

What types of jackets can a manufacturer make?

Accepted Answer

Celebstitch manufactures bomber, puffer, windbreaker and varsity jackets, which is the outerwear range for the category. Construction is what drives the minimum order quantity, so a structured jacket is scoped differently from a simple layer, and the figure is confirmed per style at 100-500 pieces.

The four styles
A bomber is a short, close-fitting jacket, usually with ribbed cuffs and hem. A puffer is insulated in quilted panels, and the insulation is what separates it from the rest of the range. A windbreaker is a light outer layer built to block wind rather than hold warmth. A varsity jacket is a bodice-and-sleeve construction with contrasting panels, which is the most trim-heavy of the four.

Fabric and outerwear
Denim is one of the fabrics the range is cut in, alongside raw, selvedge and stretch variants, and it covers jeans, jackets and skirts. Wool families sit with winter wear more generally. The fabric choice follows what the jacket has to do rather than the style name.

Lead time
A standard order runs 30-60 days across the seven stages, and a repeat runs 15-25 days once fit, fabric, colour and labels are approved. A jacket has more operations than a t-shirt, so sampling is worth allowing for properly rather than compressing.

Send the style, the target quantity and the fabric you have in mind, and the minimum order quantity gets confirmed against that specific construction.

Question 3

What is private label clothing manufacturing?

Accepted Answer

Private label is production where your own label goes on the garment instead of a reseller's. The programme runs from tech pack to packed carton for brands, retailers and exporters, at a minimum order quantity of 100-500 pieces and a lead time of 30-60 days for a first order.

What is actually yours
The label, the packaging and the specification. Fabric, construction and the production schedule are ours to run; the brand identity that goes on the finished garment is yours, agreed at the approval stage alongside fit, fabric and colour.

Where it sits in the process
Private label runs through the same seven stages as any other order: design and tech pack, sourcing, sampling, approval, production, quality control, packaging and dispatch. There is no separate track for it. The difference is that labels and packaging are part of what gets approved before the line starts, not added afterwards.

Who it suits
D2C clothing brands placing a first production run, retailers who need their own label on stock, and exporters sourcing from India. Schools and institutions ordering bulk uniforms and organisers ordering group apparel work the same way, at institutional quantities.

After the first order
Once fit, fabric, colour and labels are approved, repeats take 15-25 days instead of 30-60, because stages one to four do not run again.

Send a design brief or an existing tech pack with a target quantity and the programme gets scoped from there.

Technical Insights

What is included in packaging and dispatch for clothing orders?

What types of jackets can a manufacturer make?

What is private label clothing manufacturing?