The cheapest place to fix a children's garment is the sketch
Most problems with kids' clothes are caught at the end, which is the most expensive possible moment. We moved the check to the beginning.
A designer draws a hood with a cord because it looks right. A spec is written. Fabric is booked. A sample is made and approved by a buyer who is looking at proportion, not at that cord. Nobody checks until an inspector does, weeks later, with thousands of finished garments in a warehouse.
Three things we changed
- Every kids' style carries its age band on the drawing, so the rule is visible before a line is drawn
- Our library holds ready-made alternatives — elasticated channels, internal adjusters, sewn-down tabs — so the designer has a solution rather than only a prohibition
- One named person signs the garment off between the spec and the sample. It takes twenty minutes and has never once been what delayed a programme
The alternatives are better anyway
An elasticated hood holds its shape through the wash better than a cord a child has pulled out and lost. An internal adjuster does not catch on a climbing frame. Parents do not have to rethread anything.
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