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Samples, Colour Cards & Lab Dips Before You Commit
Stock samples, colour cards and lab dips are three different deliverables. Here is how to use low-MOQ styles to evaluate hand-feel and approve a master.
Three different deliverables
A stock sample shows you a real construction. A colour card shows the available shades of that construction. A lab dip is a new dyeing made to match your target. They are not interchangeable, and confusing them is the most common cause of a delayed approval loop.
Use the low-MOQ styles properly
324 of our products carry a 1-yard MOQ and 201 a 1-meter MOQ. Use them to test hand-feel, drape, stretch recovery and how the fabric behaves under your own sewing conditions.
Before you sign off a master
- Three different things: stock sample, colour card, lab dip
- What a 1-yard / 1-meter MOQ lets you test at home
- Evaluating hand-feel, drape, stretch and recovery
- Viewing colour under D65 / daylight and your store lighting
- How to brief a lab dip so it is reproducible
- Approving a physical standard and keeping a signed master
- Common causes of shade variation between dip and bulk
- Sample charges, courier cost and lead time
- Recording approvals in the tech pack
- When to re-sample: mill change, season change, substrate change
Send the model number printed on the product page together with your target shades; we will confirm what is in stock and what needs a lab dip.
Real styles to start from
Six live listings from the catalogue, each with its own Key attributes table, FOB range and MOQ.
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Related questions from buyers
What shipping methods do you use?
We quote door-to-door and port-to-port options by order size — express courier for samples, air or sea freight for bulk rolls. Freight is quoted separately from the FOB fabric price shown on the product page.
Can you customise colour, print, width or GSM?
Customisation is handled per product. Send the model number, your target specification and a reference image or physical swatch; we will confirm feasibility, the development charge and the revised MOQ before sampling.
How do I get a formal quotation?
Send the model numbers, required quantity, target colours and destination port. We will reply with FOB unit price, MOQ, available quantity, estimated making time and freight options.