Made in USA production
From 100 units per style · 80 documented US factories
We place your production with US factories, from 100 units per style. Your label can say “Made in USA”. Your stock ships by truck in 1–5 days. No customs, no import tariffs.
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Hub 01Los AngelesCut & sew, denim, knits
Hub 02New York Garment DistrictSampling, womenswear, small runs
Hub 03The CarolinasKnit fabric, fleece, socks
US production only
Built into every brief
From 100 units per style. A label you can print, stock that arrives by truck, and no border in between.
“Made in USA” is allowed when all or virtually all of the garment is made here. With imported fabric, the label says “Made in USA of imported fabric”. We check the wording before bulk.
Finished stock goes by truck to the lower 48. No ocean freight, no weeks at sea.
Garments made here never cross a border. No customs entry and no import duty on the finished order.
Every factory we place you with is a drive or a domestic flight away. Check fit at sampling. Watch your run.
Los Angeles for cut and sew and denim. New York’s Garment District for samples and small runs. The Carolinas for knits, fleece and socks.
Our team reads every brief and replies within 24 hours. Our fee is quoted in writing first. The factory bills you directly.
Free brief · Reply within 24h · The factory bills you directly.
Plain-English summary, not legal advice. Source: the FTC’s Made in USA standard and textile labelling guide.
How it works
Your order runs through a documented US factory built for your product, fabric and quantity. The factory bills you directly. We coordinate the timeline with you from the first sample to delivery.
Skip the cold emails and the four-week silence. We read your brief and place it with a documented factory in Los Angeles, New York or the Carolinas that already makes your product at your quantity.
Construction details, measurements, grading and finishes, so the first sample lands right and the quote comes back tight. Delivered as a PDF your factory can cut from on day one.
The US factory quotes you and invoices you directly for production. Our fee is quoted in writing after we read your brief, before any work starts, and it is never tied to the size of your order.
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American production, step by step
Every step of your run happens here. These are the steps a first order goes through.
01 · FabricPick fabric from US mills and fabric stores
02 · PatternPatterns and first samples
03 · CuttingCut on long tables, in bundles
04 · SewingSewn by US operators
05 · KnittingKnit fabric from Carolina mills
06 · LabelYour “Made in USA” label
07 · FinishingWashed, pressed and checked
08 · ShippingPacked and trucked in 1–5 days
Made in USA labelling, explained
“Made in USA” is a legal claim, not a slogan. The wording depends on where the fabric was made and where the garment was cut and sewn. US-made clothing usually ends up with one of these three labels.
Cut and sewn in the US from fabric knitted or woven in the US. The textile rules look one step back, to the fabric. Yarn or fiber origin does not have to appear on the label.
Any “Made in USA” claim in your marketing must also meet the FTC standard: all or virtually all of the product made here.
A tee sewn in Los Angeles from jersey knitted overseas, labelled plain “Made in USA”. The sewing is local. The fabric is not. That needs label 02.
Cut and sewn here, from fabric made abroad. Common for linen, silk and many technical fabrics that no US mill produces.
You may name the country instead: “Made in USA of fabric made in Japan”. Both are correct.
Dropping “of imported fabric” because it looks less appealing on a hang tag. The qualifier is required on the label, and on the product page too.
Panels are cut abroad and only sewn together in the US. “Assembled in USA” is the FTC's general term. For clothing, the label says which step happened here and that the parts were imported.
A finished garment imported, then printed or re-tagged in the US. That is still “Made in [country]”. At most it can add “finished in USA”.
Label 01 · Made in USA
Label 02 · With imported materials
Fiber, origin and careEvery garment label also needs
Selling online?
Your product page must state the origin too: “Made in USA”, “Imported”, or “Made in USA and imported”. We check your label and listing wording before the first bulk run.
Plain-English summary, not legal advice. Source rules: the FTC's textile labelling guide and Made in USA standard.
Where your order gets made
American apparel production is concentrated in a few places. We send your brief to the hub that already makes your product, so you are not paying a factory to learn it.
34.05° N, 118.24° W
Hub 01
The most cut-and-sew capacity in the country. Right for knit tops, fleece, denim and streetwear, with washing, dyeing and printing nearby.
40.75° N, 73.99° W
Hub 02
Pattern makers, sample rooms and small factories within a few blocks. Right for development, womenswear and wovens in short runs.
North & South Carolina
Hub 03
Knitting mills and fabric producers. This is where you get US-made fabric, which is what a plain “Made in USA” label needs.
Visit the floor
Every factory we place you with is a drive or a domestic flight away. Book a visit before you sign off the sample, and see your own production running.
Flat fees, agreed before any work starts. No commission from factories, ever.
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TECH PACK SERVICE · PER STYLE
Everything a US factory needs to quote and sample from.
Construction notes included. Sent by email, no calls needed.
Get your tech pack for $79Secure Stripe checkout. No hidden fees.
Not sure which one you need? Send the brief anyway. We reply within 24 hours and tell you honestly if US production fits your product.
What US factories make for you
Each family goes to the hub that already makes it. Open a family to see what its US factories make. Every family starts at 100 units per style. Lead time is confirmed in writing with the factory quote.
T-shirts & knit tops
Los AngelesCarolinas
MOQFrom 100 units
Lead timeWith your quote
Hoodies & fleece
Los AngelesCarolinas
MOQFrom 100 units
Lead timeWith your quote
Denim
Los Angeles
MOQFrom 100 units
Lead timeWith your quote
Activewear
Los Angeles
MOQFrom 100 units
Lead timeWith your quote
Dresses & wovens
New YorkLos Angeles
MOQFrom 100 units
Lead timeWith your quote
Outerwear & tailoring
New York
MOQFrom 100 units
Lead timeWith your quote
Socks & US-made fabric
Carolinas
MOQFrom 100 units
Lead timeWith your quote
Samples & patterns
New York
MOQPer style
Lead timeWith your quote
Product photos are style references from other brands and the last one an example tech pack page, not runs from the factories we place with: cotton tees in a flat lay (Pinterest user malak waleed); fleece hoodies in a flat lay (Pinterest user Floraxshop); washed jeans after the wash (Pinterest user MD NAWAB); a fleece zip hoodie and joggers set (Instagram); a woven shirt and wide trousers (Instagram); a woven chore jacket (Instagram); flag-pattern knit socks (etsy.com); a tech pack cover page with measurements (Pinterest user Munique Rodrigues).
Making something else? Tell us in the brief and we will say honestly if a US factory fits. No tech pack yet? We build one for $79 per style in 3–5 working days.
No inflated factory counts. These are the figures we work to on every brief, before you pay anything.
100units
Minimum per style in every product family, so you reorder what sells.
24h
Reply to every brief
1–5days
Ground shipping to the lower 48
3hubs
Los Angeles, New York, the Carolinas
3–5work days
Tech pack delivery, per style
An overseas quote looks cheaper per unit. Then freight, brokers, duty and bigger minimums land on top. A US quote already carries most of that.
Cut and sewn in Los Angeles, New York or the Carolinas.
Costs that land after the unit price is agreed.
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Minimums, cost, duties, labels and timing: what brands ask before they send their first brief.
Question not covered here?
Email it with your product and quantity. We reply within 24 hours.
oneaimapparel@gmail.comFrom 100 units per style in every product family, denim, activewear and socks included. Put your quantity in the brief and we only place you with factories that take it.
The factory price per unit is higher: US labor costs more, and there is no way around that. The gap closes when you compare landed cost: no ocean freight, no customs broker, no import duty on the finished garments, and a 100-unit run instead of 500 or 1,000. You sell sooner and hold less stock. For a small brand doing short runs, that often matters more than the unit price.
Not on garments made here. Nothing crosses a border, so there is no customs entry on your finished stock. If the fabric is imported, duty is paid when that fabric comes in, and the mill or factory normally builds it into their price. Ask for the fabric origin on every quote so you know which label applies.
Only if all or virtually all of the garment is made here, which for clothing means US-made fabric as well as US cutting and sewing. If it is cut and sewn here from imported fabric, the FTC rules require “Made in USA of imported fabric”, or the country named, for example “Made in USA of fabric made in Japan”. The same origin wording has to appear on your product pages. We check your label and listing wording before the first bulk run.
Usually 2 to 4 weeks from a complete tech pack, depending on the product and fabric availability. Without a tech pack, add 3 to 5 working days for ours. New York sample rooms are the fastest option when speed matters more than cost.
Bulk production usually runs 4 to 6 weeks after you sign off the sample. Then ground shipping takes 1 to 5 days to anywhere in the lower 48: no port, no customs broker, no weeks on the water. Fabric is usually the longest wait. Stock fabric from a US mill keeps you at the short end; custom-dyed or imported fabric adds time before cutting starts.
Yes. It’s one of the main reasons to produce in the US. Every factory we place you with is a drive or a domestic flight away, so you can check fit, quality and the line running your order, at the sampling stage or during bulk.
Not to send a brief or get a quote: a sketch or photo is enough to start. Factories quote tighter and sample right the first time from a complete tech pack, though. If you don’t have one, our tech pack service is $79 per style, delivered in 3 to 5 working days with 2 to 3 revision rounds.
Sending a brief is free. After we read it, we quote our fee in writing before any work starts, and it is never tied to your order size. We take no commission from factories, and the factory bills you directly for production.
Sending a brief is free. Our fee is quoted in writing before any work starts, never tied to order size, and the factory bills you directly.
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