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Small runs,
for brands

Manufacturing · Swim · Resort · Lounge

Made to order, from 50 pieces per style and colour.

Pakistan · Paris

Start a project
The cutting room, a cutter at the table and a colleague at the door

50 pieces

Minimum per colour, per style. Unit prices fall at 100 and 300.

4 to 6 weeks

Production, once materials are in and the sample and size set are approved.

Make or Full package

From your patterns, or from your brief.

Patterns in Paris

Drafted and graded by pattern masters trained in haute couture.

Craftsmen at their machines along the studio floor, garden light through the windows

The studio

An independent studio in Pakistan’s Indus Valley, built for small runs and fine craftsmanship.

Established in 2022, with sampling and production under one roof and a team of eighteen employed year-round. One craftsman sews each garment, start to finish, and every piece is traced to its maker. More than 100 styles developed.

The studio shares its premises with SUNBERG (PVT) LTD and draws on its know-how and infrastructure. SUNBERG has traded between Europe and Pakistan since 1986.

Zero waste, in practice

No stock
Nothing is made in advance. Each piece is cut for an order.
Small batches
Fabric is cut batch by batch. Offcuts are kept and reused.

The villa

The studio is a villa, with a garden, a kitchen and a shared lounge.

Fair wages and social security for the whole team. Client audits and visits are welcome.

Morning tea on the terrace

What we make

For premium brands that design with care.

Swimwear
Men’s swimwear in technical fabrics. Linings, drawcords, eyelets and trims finished in house.
Resort wear
Shirts, trousers and shorts in linen and cotton, cut to travel well.
Loungewear
Sets, tops, trousers and sleepwear in soft cotton and blends.
Also made
Activewear, light outerwear and shirting. Other categories on request.
Capabilities
Wovens and knits. Kansai multi-needle, flatlock, bartack and buttonhole. Branding embroidery in house, complex embroidery with a partner atelier.
A rail of technical outerwear, swim and printed shirts produced at the studio
Swim, resort and outerwear, produced at the studio.

The finish

The details a buyer checks first.

Embroidered placket
Embroidered placketLinen shirt
Mother-of-pearl buttons
Mother-of-pearl buttonsCotton gauze shirtGermany
Metal-tipped drawcord
Metal-tipped drawcordSwim short
Water-repellent zip
Water-repellent zipSwim short
Riri metal zip
Riri metal zipPuffer jacketSwitzerland
Snap closure
Snap closureTechnical jacket

How we work

Two ways to work: from your patterns, or from your brief.

  1. 01

    Brief

    NDA signed, then your designs or a sample garment.

  2. 02

    Pattern and tech pack

    Drafted and graded in Paris, with a complete tech pack.

  3. 03

    Sourcing

    Fabric and trims sourced and approved.

  4. 04

    Sample

    Made, fitted and corrected with you.

  5. 05

    Approval

    Sample and size set approved in writing.

  6. 06

    Production

    4 to 6 weeks, with written progress reports.

  7. 07

    Dispatch

    Inspected, packed and shipped.

Full package

You bring the brief. We handle everything else, with one contact throughout.

Make

You bring the patterns and tech pack. We buy, import and make.

Full package covers all seven steps. Make starts at 03, from your patterns and tech pack.

Development
First sample in 3 to 4 weeks, once materials, tech pack and patterns are confirmed and in the studio.
Samples
Charged per style.

Quality

Every piece is inspected before it leaves the studio.

Checked
Fabric inspected on arrival, with a written report. Pieces checked against your approved sample.
AQL
Final AQL inspection on every order by the studio’s own controllers, with a written report.
A craftsman threading a drawcord at the finishing table

Materials

A selection of what we source. Colours from the mills’ cards, or dyed to yours above mill minimums.

Part of the fabric library
Printed and metallic technical fabrics from Italian mills
Technical fabrics, sourced in Italy
A craftsman in the thread room, shelves of thread cones behind him
Threads, matched to every fabric

Fabrics and trims from specialist mills in Europe and Asia.

Fabrics
Technical fabrics from Italy, France, Portugal, Japan and China; silk and wool knits from Italy; linen woven in China; cotton from Pakistani mills approved by SUNBERG (PVT) LTD, and leather from Pakistan. Mill names shared under NDA.
Trims and yarn
Riri zips from Switzerland, mother-of-pearl buttons from Germany, ECONYL® regenerated nylon from Aquafil in Italy.
01

Swim and technical

For water and motion.

  • Silky shellRecycled nylon 6
  • Matte shellRecycled polyester
  • Second skinNylon and elastane
  • Stretch wovenNylon and elastane
  • Structured shell100% nylon
  • Breathable shellNylon and elastane
02

Natural fibres

For resort and lounge, chosen to soften with wear.

  • Linen100% linen
  • Cotton gauze100% cotton, three layers
  • Voile100% cotton
  • Pima jersey100% cotton
  • Cotton fleece100% cotton, 450 gsm
  • Microtwill100% cotton
  • Cotton sateen100% cotton
  • Percale100% cotton
  • Cotton silk41% cotton 32% viscose 27% silk
  • Canvas100% cotton
  • Wool jersey100% virgin wool, 205 to 245 gsm
  • Cotton ribCotton and elastane, 1/1 rib
03

Pattern and surface

Jacquard, print and leather, for the pieces that carry a signature.

  • Seersucker jacquard100% cotton
  • Matelassé100% cotton
  • Printed voile100% cotton
  • Printed gauze100% cotton
  • Iridescent shellRecycled nylon 6
  • Nappa100% sheep leather

Shown in white to read the texture. Colour cards for every fabric come with the full library. Recycled qualities per mill specification.

Request the full material library

Paris

Development in Paris. Production in Pakistan.

Confidential
Every project starts with a signed NDA. Client patterns and files are kept separate and never shown to or reused for another brand, including TRUE TRIBE.
Contracts
A French counterparty: contracts signed and invoiced in euros or US dollars by our Paris partner, SUNBERG SAS.
Two pattern masters checking a paper pattern at the Paris table
The Paris office: development table, line-ups and a dress form
Development table, Paris
Sample rails by the windows of the Paris office
Sample rails, rue Étienne Marcel

Clients

  • Pour Les Femmes
  • TRUE TRIBE, Wild by nature

Also confidential projects for other brands. References on request.

Start a project

Development open now. Production from April 2027.

We sign an NDA before you share designs, then reply with a first view on fabric, timing and cost.

Shipping
From Karachi: one week by air, five to six by sea. 0% EU duty under GSP+ on garments that meet the rules of origin, EU fabric included.
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