Custom Apparel Collection Planner

Start with an established style. Add your artwork. Plan your next step in U.S. production.

Use this worksheet for an independent clothing store, resort boutique, yoga or Pilates studio, fitness business, festival, artist product line or clothing brand. Arizona retailers and businesses elsewhere in the U.S. can use the same planning process.

Whether you are moving away from overseas ordering or want to manufacture in the United States from the beginning, identify the product and quantity you need first. Copy this brief into your notes and complete what you know. No account is required to read or copy it.

This is a planning guide, not a quote, order form or production approval. Read the small-batch U.S. clothing manufacturing guide.

1. Choose your starting path

Existing Yoganastix collection: 6 per matching style, design and color; sizes may mix.

Logo or placement artwork: 12 initially on an eligible existing style, with the same color and design; sizes may mix. Exact reorders start at 6.

All-over printed collection: 100 minimum, with style, size allocation and artwork scope confirmed in the proposal.

New garment or accessory development: request a project review. A new pattern, material, fit, scarf format or labeling requirement is not automatically covered by a placement-artwork offer. Compare current ordering paths.

2. Choose the product and the fit

What will you sell, and who is buying it? Describe your store, resort, studio, festival business or artwork line. Identify the starting product: for example, a premium non-boxy tee, a tank, a scarf or another eligible style.

Record the neckline, length, shape, fabric feel and drape you want. An established style may already meet the need without a new pattern. For scarves, record finished dimensions and how the artwork should fill the surface; confirm the available material and construction options.

3. Explain your sourcing goal

Are you starting with U.S. production, bringing an existing overseas program back to the U.S., or developing another product with a domestic supplier? Note the current product specifications and the reason you are exploring a different manufacturing route.

Share only samples, designs and specifications you own or are authorized to reproduce. A supplier change does not transfer another business's intellectual-property rights.

4. Plan each style, color and artwork combination

Record quantities separately for every line item. Different styles, colors or designs do not automatically combine to meet a placement or stock minimum.

Illustrative garment line: 3 Small + 4 Medium + 3 Large + 2 Extra Large = 12. This is arithmetic, not a recommended assortment. For scarves or other accessories, use the product-specific format and minimum confirmed in the quote.

5. Prepare artwork and material questions

Identify the files available, print size, placement and whether the design is a single placement, repeat or engineered composition. State what artwork preparation you need and confirm reproduction rights. A digital preview is not a final production specification.

Ask for the actual fabric composition, origin information, care guidance and applicable supporting documentation. The material and print method must suit the selected product. Review artwork and printing guidance.

Keep confidential artwork out of public comments and social threads. Use an agreed project channel for private files.

6. Compare the full project commitment

Opening cash = development and samples + production + additional printing or labeling + packaging + shipping + applicable duties and taxes.

Ask which charges are included so you do not count them twice. Compare equivalent specifications and the total quantity commitment, not just unit prices. Record your budget range and target retail price, with room for your selling costs and margin.

7. Plan the launch and the next order

Record the required arrival date, event date where relevant and any flexibility. Ask which material decisions, samples and artwork approvals must happen first. Custom-production timing is quoted separately from retail shipping estimates.

Decide what you need to learn from the first order: fit, size demand, artwork response and sales. Expansion might mean an exact reorder, another eligible style, an all-over collection or new development. It does not have to mean changing a successful garment.

8. Copy and complete your project brief

Business and buyer:
Independent clothing store / resort boutique / yoga, Pilates or fitness studio / festival or vendor / artist / clothing brand / other

Sourcing goal:
Start in the U.S. / move overseas production to the U.S. / expand an existing domestic program

Product and starting path:
Existing assortment / placement artwork / all-over print / new garment or accessory development

Style, material, color and fit:
Sizes or scarf dimensions; quantities for each line item:

Artwork:
Design direction, placement, files, reproduction rights and preparation needed:

Budget and timing:
Budget range, target retail price, required arrival date and flexibility:

Next-order plans and open questions:
Reorder, additional styles, all-over prints, labels, samples or other requirements:

Before you approve production

Confirm the product and fabric, artwork proof, dimensions and placement, quantity and size mix, quote inclusions, total charges, required approvals or deposit, and production/shipping plan. Keep those records together for future orders.

Create your vibe.

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