Guides for US production

OneAim guides · Made in the USA

From first sketch to a US factory floor

Guides on fabrics, garment categories, samples, costs and “Made in USA” labels, written for brands that produce in Los Angeles, New York and the Carolinas. Read what you need, then send us your brief.

Row of dress forms by tall windows behind an automatic cutting table
Sampling
Stacks of finished dark jeans on a packing table
Packing
Long sewing floor with US flags hanging from the roof beams and carts of cut work in the aisle
Sewing floor

100units per style

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Five things every US production run depends on

Fabric, the garment itself, the tech pack, the hub that makes it and the words on the label. Pick one to filter the guides below, or open a guide directly.

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How the guides fit together

From design to a US factory

Six steps from an idea to boxes at your warehouse. Each one has a guide. The orange steps are where our team does the work for you.

100units per style, minimum

24hreply to your brief

1–5 daysground shipping, lower 48

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  1. Before you startYou

    Design the garment

    A sketch, reference photos or a finished design. Decide the product, the fabric family and the quantity per style before you talk to a factory.

    How to make clothes to sell
  2. 3–5 working daysWe can do this

    Turn it into a tech pack

    Flats, measurements, bill of materials and label wording, so a factory can quote and sample without a round of questions. No tech pack yet? We draw one for $79 per style, with 2–3 revision rounds.

    Trims and labels for your bill of materials
  3. Reply within 24 hoursWe do this

    Send the brief, we place it

    Product, quantity per style (from 100 units), target price, fabric and the date stock has to land. We place your order with the US factory that already makes it, in Los Angeles, New York or the Carolinas. The factory bills you directly.

    Apparel manufacturers in the USA
  4. 2–4 weeksYou and the factory

    Sample and fit

    Fit sample, corrections, then a signed-off sample. This is the best moment to visit the factory: it is a domestic flight or a drive away.

    Sample rounds: proto, PPS, TOP
  5. 4–6 weeksThe factory

    Bulk production with the right label

    Fabric ordered, cut, sewn, checked and packed, with origin wording that meets FTC rules: “Made in USA”, or “Made in USA of imported fabric” when the fabric comes from abroad.

    Fabric sourcing for clothing brands
  6. 1–5 daysBy truck or parcel

    Ground shipping to your door

    Anywhere in the lower 48. No ocean freight, no customs broker, no import tariffs on arrival.

    Made in USA vs offshore: the real cost

From the guides to the floor

What the guides look like on a US floor

Fabric, patterns, cutting, sewing and labels: the topics in these guides, at US factories. Photos show the steps, not a specific factory.

  • Long fabric store aisle with bolts and rolls stacked to the ceiling on both sides

    01 · FabricFabric guides: picking the roll

  • Old garment workroom with sewing machines and racks of patterns under tall windows

    02 · PatternPatterns and first samples

  • Wall of colourful thread cones above wooden cutting tables

    03 · CuttingCutting and marker planning

  • Two operators sewing at single-needle machines in a bright workroom

    04 · SewingSewing and construction

  • Circular knitting machines with yarn cones overhead on a knitting floor

    05 · KnittingKnit fabrics and weights

  • Pile of white woven labels, each with a US flag and the words Made in USA

    06 · Label“Made in USA” labelling

  • Washed jeans hanging on a rail in a denim finishing room

    07 · FinishingWashes and finishing

  • Boxes full of cut fabric pieces sorted on the floor of a garment factory

    08 · ShippingGround shipping, 1–5 days

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Operator leaning in to sew at an industrial machine in a sample room Marking a pattern on fabric in a garment factory Product development studio

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Every guide here ends in the same place: a factory that already makes your product. Tell us what you are making and we find it for you in Los Angeles, New York or the Carolinas.

  • A sketch or a photoEnough for a first quote.
  • A finished tech packFactories can quote and sample from it.
  • No tech pack yet?We draw one: $79 per style.
Send a free brief US Factory Directory, $49

Reply within 24 hours. Our fee is quoted in writing after we read your brief, before any work starts, and is never tied to order size. The factory bills you directly. Prefer email? oneaimapparel@gmail.com

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