clothing tech packs

Need help with tech pack design?

We can help your clothing brand make professional tech packs, making production smoother and more efficient by providing clear, detailed instructions for manufacturers. It ensures consistency, reduces misunderstandings, and helps bring your designs to life exactly as planned.

Do I need a tech pack?

A tech pack is a clothing design document outlining how a garment should be made. It details fabric, measurements, mockups, Pantone colours, branding and a full bill of materials to ensure accuracy.

  • Blueprint for clothing production

  • Clear specifications & accurate costing

  • Faster sampling & reduced revisions

How does tech pack creation work?

Working with our design team, we help you take your concepts and transform them into a clear and complete tech pack that factories can easily follow. We set out all of the technical specifications and construction notes, ensuring nothing is missed. This gives you confidence that your clothing concepts will be accurately translated into real, production ready garments.

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Standard tech pack

Ideal for creating clear garment specifications, and getting your designs production ready.

  • Detailed garment specification for one design

  • Professional tech pack suitable for clothing brands

  • Clear production guide to reduce errors

Enhanced tech pack

Includes one-on-one consultation with our fashion designer, to fine tune your concepts before production.

  • Guidance on fabric choices and specifications, tailored to your brand

  • Practical advice to prevent factory errors

  • Suggestions from our design team

Complex tech packs

Suited to technically demanding garments where construction details need to be resolved at the tech pack stage.

  • Advanced construction details and production logic
  • Structured to be followed accurately by factories without misinterpretation

  • End-to-end production blueprint 

Get your designs production ready with a tech pack

Designers often struggle with communication during manufacturing, leading to costly mistakes, inconsistent samples, and delays. A professional tech pack helps ensure that your designs are interpreted as you want them to be by your manufacturer. This ensures the products you make match your vision.

Tech pack design for clothing brands

Your questions answered

We know that creating tech packs can feel complicated; our aim is to make the process as clear and straightforward as possible. This gives you more time to focus on developing your ideas and growing your brand.

Our tech pack development service begins with a discovery questionnaire designed to capture all the essential details about your designs. We ask for links and references to products you like, providing our designers with a strong base for your vision of the ideas you’d like to bring to life.

The process is collaborative. To ensure your vision is accurately translated, you’ll be in direct contact with our designers who will guide you through each stage, gathering all of the necessary information. This allows you to discuss your ideas in detail and receive guidance on how your ideas will translate to manufacturing. This ensures that every element is implemented exactly as you’d like, whilst also making sure they’re possible to create at a production level.

Once everything is in place, we create a comprehensive tech pack featuring CAD drawings, material lists, fabric compositions, customisation options, stitch details, trim placements, and factory ready production notes, ensuring a smooth transition from concept to manufacturing.

A tech pack includes all of the essential details required for manufacturing a garment. It goes beyond simple design images to provide a comprehensive blueprint that ensures accuracy and consistency in production.

A professional tech pack would include:

  • Bill of Materials (BOM): A detailed list of fabrics
  • Fabric specifications: Information of composition, GSM and treatments 
  • Artworks & References: Logos, prints, embroidery and placement details
  • Manufacturing Guidelines: Any specific treatments, finishes, or production standards
  • Color Standards: Standardised color references such as Pantone codes
  • Sizing & Measurements: If a fit reference is provided, garment dimensions will be added

By providing manufacturers with a complete and structured specification, a tech pack helps streamline the production process and ensures the final product matches your vision.

To include prints, logos, or other custom artwork, high resolution artwork files are required. If you don’t have these, we can assist in creating them; however, this service is not included in the base tech pack price. 

Our team of designers use state of the art graphic design software to transform your ideas; whether they’re sketches or rough concepts, into high resolution digital artwork. This ensures your designs are fully prepared for the manufacturing process and professionally integrated into a comprehensive technical pack.

A tech pack, or technical specification sheet, is a crucial document that details every aspect of a garment’s design. This includes materials, measurements, trims, and construction details.

Serving as a blueprint for manufacturers, a tech pack helps ensure accurate production, minimising errors, and maintaining quality control.

While it is possible to produce garments without a tech pack, having one is very helpful; not just in the production process. Detailed specifications allow you to obtain accurate quotes from multiple manufacturers and ensure consistency in production, regardless of where your items are made. Some manufacturers also require a complete tech pack before they will begin working with a brand, so it’s an essential tool for efficient and professional garment development.

Tech packs start from £150+VAT for a single design, which is ideal if you are creating your first garment specification and want a detailed, production ready document. When multiple tech packs are ordered together, brands benefit from a lower price per pack.

Ordering a small set allows you to develop several garments with consistent specifications, while a larger set give you a complete collection of apparel tech packs that support faster production and fewer sampling revisions. Each tech pack includes a full, professional specification that guides manufacturers clearly, reduces errors during production and ensures every garment is understood in detail.

Whether you need one design or a full range, the aim is to streamline your tech pack creation and give you accurate, dependable documentation for your collection.