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An OEM clothing enquiry should establish how your designs and specifications will become an approved garment, and who is responsible at each stage. For a womenswear brand, the practical division of work matters more than the supplier’s use of the term OEM.
Use this guide to agree the inputs, approvals and quality checks before requesting production. TUER supports custom womenswear projects; the development scope is reviewed against your brief.
In This Guide
1. Identify the Design Inputs
List what you will provide: technical drawings, patterns, measurements, fit references, fabric or trim specifications and artwork. Mark anything still provisional. Ask the manufacturer which missing elements it can help develop and how those services are quoted.
For shirts, for example, a useful brief defines collar and cuff construction, placket, buttons, fabric and measurement points. A mood image alone will not settle those details. For other categories, use the womenswear catalogue to identify the relevant development requirements.
2. Agree Who Handles Each Stage
- Materials: who sources fabric and trims, submits options and approves substitutions?
- Development: who prepares patterns, comments on fit and approves revisions?
- Production: which facility makes the garments, and who coordinates specialist processes?
- Quality: who defines criteria, conducts checks and reviews issues?
- Delivery: who provides packing instructions and confirms shipping arrangements?
Record the answer for the actual order. “Full service” should be explained through these responsibilities, not treated as a promise that every decision or process is included. See TUER’s service stages.
3. Connect Sample Approval to Bulk Instructions
Review fit, measurements, internal construction, closures, finish and appearance against the agreed brief. Keep one dated comment list and identify the approved sample version.
When you change a material or detail, update the tech pack and confirm whether the price, timeline or sample needs revision. Agree one approval contact so that conflicting comments do not become competing production instructions.
4. Evaluate Evidence for Your Garment
Request relevant samples and a proposed inspection plan. Define tolerances and workmanship criteria, and discuss any required material or garment tests. A factory audit and a material certificate serve different purposes; check the holder, scope and applicability rather than treating them as automatic proof of finished-garment quality.
Review the quality assurance overview. A supplier may need to protect customer confidentiality; authorised samples and anonymised records can support the discussion without disclosing another brand’s private work.
5. Align Quantity, Quotation and Timing
Confirm the cost basis, included services, payment arrangements and the specification version used in the quotation. Ask for production start conditions as well as a lead-time range. Keep transport separate from manufacturing time.
TUER’s standard MOQ is 200 pieces per style in one colour, or 150 pieces per colour for a style using two or more colours. Up to four sizes can be included when MOQ is met; additional sizes require discussion. See the FAQs for working-day timelines.
Prepare Your OEM Enquiry
Send your design pack, fabric preferences, quantities by style and colour, size range, destination and required delivery date. Add the list of development tasks you need help with.
Discuss your womenswear project with TUER. For the broader choice of customisation scope, read our custom manufacturing guide.
