ZIESHINE · DONGGUAN ZIESHINE APPAREL CO.,LTD.
Your old factory kept the pattern. Your customers kept the fit.
A brand moves its best-selling legging and bra. The previous supplier will not hand over patterns, and the measurement chart does not reproduce the garment customers reorder.
What this page is
A reconstruction of the programme — not a named client's results.
An established activewear brand changing suppliers on its two highest-volume styles. Reviews already say “true to size” — the transfer has to keep it that way.
- Market
- Reorder business Repeat customers buy the same size without trying on. Fit drift shows up as returns.
- Product
- High-rise legging + support bra Matched to PowerForm™ or AirTouch™ by hand and recovery.
- Mode
- Full OEM Pattern rebuilt in-house. Pattern time sits before the 7–9 day sample clock.
- Bulk
- 25–30 days after PPS After the size set and PPS are signed.
- Colour
- Pantone / lab dip Matched on proto. Each colour carries its own 150 pcs gate.
- Logo & labels
- Print, transfer, embroidery, woven label Care label and hangtag are locked on the proto, not at packing.
- Packaging
- Polybag, hanger, carton mark Artwork sits on the PPS pack-out sheet.
- Grading
- XXS–3XL in-house Extra lengths add markers. They do not replace the colour MOQ.
We do not publish another brand's name, sell-through, margin or inspection score. Every number on this page is a ZIESHINE term, also on the Company Fact Sheet. Standard MOQ is 150. 100 is not sitewide.
Changing factories is where good brands lose their fit. The risk is not the sewing. It is that nobody can say which measurements were intended and which were the old factory’s habits.
What the buyer brought
Retail garments in three sizes, a measurement chart exported from the old supplier, and a deadline set by the next drop. No paper pattern, no grade rules, no tolerance column. The chart turned out to be one sample’s finished measurements — not a specification.
Why this is harder than it looks
- A chart is not a pattern. Waist and hip numbers say nothing about the crotch curve, the waistband angle or the seat shape that customers actually feel.
- Production garments disagree with each other. Two pieces of the same size can differ. Copying one piece copies its error.
- The measuring method was never written. Relaxed or extended waist, rise along the seam or straight — a different method produces a “wrong” number on a correct garment.
- Grading was never written. The middle size fits; the outer sizes are where the old factory improvised.
- The bra is a trim problem as much as a pattern problem. Support comes from underband elastic width and tension, strap elastic and cup pad shape. Matching the measurements with different elastic changes how it holds.
- Fabric changes the result. A different mill’s shrinkage and recovery move the finished size even on a perfect pattern.
The gates we install
- Measuring method first. Points of measure defined with photos and agreed before any comparison.
- Counter-sample analysis. Several production pieces per size measured point by point. Where they agree is the intended fit; where they scatter is the old tolerance.
- Golden sample. The buyer picks the piece customers like. It becomes the signed reference.
- Fabric and trim analysis. Composition, weight, construction and stretch of the retail fabric; width and stretch of every elastic; cup pad shape and thickness. Matched from our library or sourced, then signed.
- Wash test before pattern correction. Shrinkage of the locked fabric is measured and built into the pattern, so the corrected size is the size after washing.
- Specification with tolerances. Points of measure, tolerance per point, and grade rules from XXS to 3XL, written by our pattern room.
- Size set before PPS. Every size sewn and measured; fit checked on a body at the base size and one size either side.
- PPS from bulk fabric, then bulk. Pattern ownership written into the contract.
What to send us first
- Two or three retail pieces per size in the base size and the smallest and largest sizes you sell.
- The old measurement chart and any tech pack, however incomplete.
- Return reasons by size — they show where the old grading drifted.
- The fabric content label and, if known, the mill or fabric reference.
The result we will sign
A size set approved against the golden sample and a written tolerance chart, before PPS. Pattern files owned as the contract states. Sample US$50–100 per garment piece in 7–9 working days once pattern work is done. MOQ 150 per style per colour; two styles are two MOQs.
What we will not promise
A “pixel-perfect copy” of another factory’s garment, or a fit claim we have not measured. If production pieces disagree, we show you where and you choose. We rebuild garments whose design belongs to you — not another brand’s product.
Related: grading and fit approval · legging fit development · tech pack checklist · mutual NDA · how to verify a factory.
Other rescues: Sheer leggings in bulk · One colour across three fabrics · Pilling and colour transfer · First wholesale account · all reconstructions.
FAQ
Our old factory will not release the pattern. Can you still match the fit?
Yes, from approved production garments. We measure several pieces per size, separate the intended fit from the old factory's drift, and rebuild the pattern against a golden sample you sign.
Why do our new measurements not match the old chart?
Often the garment is fine and the method differs: waist measured relaxed or extended, rise along the curve or straight, from a different reference point. We write the measuring method with photos before comparing a single number.
Will the new fabric change the fit?
It can. Shrinkage and stretch recovery differ between mills. That is why the fabric is locked and wash-tested before pattern correction, and why a full size set is approved before PPS.
Who owns the new pattern?
Pattern ownership is written into the contract. A mutual NDA is available before you send garments or tech packs.