Designed in the USA versus Outsourced
Not every fashion label has its own design team. Especially in wholesale many brands and companies buy pre-designed clothing from China or other foreign countries. It is the more cost-efficient way, but do we lose our integrity by doing that? At Baciano we design in Los Angeles and even if there are some contradictions to do so, it is worth it. Here are the pros and cons of designing in the USA.
Cons:
Having an in-house design team can be more expensive than just picking out clothes from a catalog. Often an in-house design team is not only hired when it’s time to design the next collection but is working year-round on improvements, new design, and other things.
Once the designs are done, receiving the final samples usually takes a while as well. When the first batch of samples comes in, almost 90% of the time there will have to be alterations done on almost all of the pieces. It can take up to 3 runs until the final samples are good to go.
American standards and other countries standard vary in most cases. What means quality to us doesn't mean quality to them. Maintaining standards is an important part of a business