FASHION DESIGN TEAMS
Designing capsule collections for 200–5,000 unit runs. Sample the AOP positioning, the cut, the brand fit before locking the production order.
SOLUTIONS — SAMPLE PRODUCTION
Test fit, hand, and colour on the finished piece — not on a swatch.
Small-batch production-grade samples before you commit to a bulk run. 1 to 10 finished units of the actual SKU you’d be ordering, made on the same line, with the same cotton, the same reactive print, the same QC. Designed for fashion-design teams, bedding manufacturers, retail buyers, and procurement teams who need to evaluate a finished product, not a swatch book.
1–10 UNITS · PRODUCTION-GRADE · 5–10 DAY SLA · CREDITED AGAINST FIRST PRODUCTION
THE PROBLEM
Fabric samples don’t tell you whether the finished product works.
A 20×20 cm swatch tells you about the cotton. It doesn’t tell you about the cut, the seam quality, the AOP positioning, the wash behaviour on a finished garment, the way the print sits across panels, the way a duvet drapes on an actual bed. Bulk-committing to a production run on a swatch alone is how procurement teams end up with 5,000 units they don’t want.
Pre-production sampling closes three risk gaps:
- CUT & FIT Whether the silhouette wears the way the brand wants. A T-shirt’s drop, a hoodie’s shoulder, a duvet’s drape only show on the finished piece.
- AOP POSITIONING How the artwork sits across the cut panels. Print boundaries, repeat behaviour, focal-point placement — only visible on a constructed sample.
- COLOUR-IN-CONTEXT How the print colour reads in the room or on the body. Lighting, scale, peripheral colour cues all change perception. The sample lets you check.
THE FABRIXA ANSWER
Production-grade samples on the same line that runs bulk.
Sample-production runs go through the same Spanish or Portuguese print line that produces our finished-goods orders. Same cotton, same reactive print, same cut-and-sew, same QC, same packaging. The only difference is volume — 1 to 10 finished units instead of 100 to 10,000.
That means the sample is a true production-grade unit: what you see is what you’d get at scale. Cost-credited against your first production run, so sampling effectively costs zero if you proceed.
HOW IT WORKS
Brief to delivered sample in 5 to 10 business days.
Sample-production runs share the same SLA as Sample-tier finished orders — typically 6 to 9 days for apparel, 6 to 10 days for home textiles, 2 to 3 days for sublimation accessories. Plus dispatch.
01
BRIEF
Tell us the SKU, the spec (fabric base, sizes, colours), the artwork file, the destination. Quoted within 24h, sample slot scheduled.
02
PRINT & FIX
Reactive (or pigment / sublimation depending on substrate) print. Same chemistry as production runs.
03
CUT & SEW
Cut to the final sample spec, sewn under EU labour standards, custom labels added if specified.
04
QC
Single-unit QC pass with hand-inspection bias — the sample is what your team will assess against the bulk decision.
05
DISPATCH
White-label packaging by default. Direct dispatch to the address specified in the brief. Tracking via webhook.
WHO RUNS SAMPLE PRODUCTION
Five archetypes for pre-production sampling.
All five are managing the same risk — bulk-committing to a SKU before they can physically inspect the finished product — from different angles.
BEDDING MANUFACTURERS
Running their own cut-and-sew but evaluating Fabrixa as an alternative. Sample one duvet on each base (Percale / Sateen / blend) before specifying.
RETAIL BUYERS
Buying-team sampling for a house-line tier review. Sample the SKU at production-grade quality and circulate physically through the buying committee.
INTERIOR DESIGNERS
Validating cushion / curtain / table-linen artwork on the actual fabric base before committing to a residential or hospitality project order.
PROCUREMENT TEAMS
Multi-supplier vendor evaluation. Sample the same SKU at the same spec from each candidate supplier; compare physically against quality standards.
CONTENT & PHOTOGRAPHY
Brand teams needing finished-product samples for product photography, marketing imagery, and press packs ahead of production launch.
WHAT YOU GET BACK
Production-grade pieces with full documentation.
Sample-production output isn’t a prototype quality with caveats — it’s the same finished-product quality as bulk. The documentation that comes with the sample is what comes with bulk too.
FINISHED UNITS
1–10 of the SKU
The actual SKU you’d be ordering at bulk. Same fabric, same print, same cut, same labels, same packaging.
SPEC SHEET
Per-unit detail
Composition, GSM / TC, dimensions, applications, care label, OEKO-TEX certification reference.
PRODUCTION RECORD
Batch reference
Per-sample production batch reference for traceability. Lets you reorder the exact spec by reference, not by re-spec.
CARE GUIDE
Translated
Care instructions translated to the destination market. Lets your downstream team finalise care-label work in parallel with sample evaluation.
PRICING
Sample-tier pricing, credited 1:1 against your first production run.
Sample-production runs price at the standard Sample-tier per-unit rate (the same pricing that applies to any 1–9 unit order on the standard product listings). The full sample cost is credited against your first production order at the same per-unit tier — if you proceed to bulk, the sample effectively shipped for free.
PRICING STRUCTURE
Standard Sample-tier per-unit rate.
Same per-unit cost as the published Sample tier on the standard product listings. Volume is ≤ 10 units; production-grade quality is the same as bulk.
- No setup fee, no minimum-order surcharge
- White-label packaging included
- OEKO-TEX / GOTS docs included
CREDIT MECHANIC
Full credit against first production order.
If you proceed to bulk production after sampling, the full sample cost is credited 1:1 against your first production order at the same per-unit tier. You effectively pay zero for the sampling step.
If you don’t proceed, the sample units are yours to keep. Either outcome, the cotton you’ve received is real and useful.
READY TO TALK?
Brief the sample run.
Tell us the SKU, the fabric base, the artwork, the count, the destination. We quote within 24h, produce within 5–10 business days, and dispatch the finished samples direct to the address you specify. Cost credited against your first production order if you proceed.