The process of making your own brand handbags.

when you have a design, you just need find someone to make it come to life. It sounds simple but managing all of your vendors and materials is a big job. There are many details that you should pay attention. Below is a high-level overview of steps in handbag production process.

1.     Prepare your handbag design. Usually you can decide your design from below methods.

Design from scratch. Create a pattern by yourself or a designer.

Find original sample. you can buy samples from local market or online store. Based on those samples, you can make your own design on it with changing the material and metal style, and color.

Select from your supplier. If you decide your factory, you can ask them to send you their styles. It will be quite easy for you to choose color or make some changes based on factory’s item.

Copy design   search on the Pinterest and find styles you like, then send it to factory.

2.     Make spec sheet and decide quantity of the order

In the process of developing a fashion product, it is very essential to make a specification sheet that conclude all the information about reference image,material, size, hardware, which can help to avoid unnecessary mistakes and confusions between designer and factory.

To decide your order quantity per color and style is also very important before reaching out to a factory. If you just start your business and want to try more styles with small stocks in your market, then you can start with minimum quantity with factory.

3.   Sample for confirmation

You have succeeded in half if you find a professional manufacture to make the first sample. Provide as much as details to the factory, so they can make right sample to you.

Once you get the first sample, you can see the bag structure and feel the quality in hand which can help you make your comments to sample maker.  According to your comments, Factory will make final sample for your confirmation before production.

4.   Pre-Production

       After everything confirmed, factory will start to buy the material and trims and prepare for production.

      Sometimes, you need to confirm the color difference of material again as the bulk material usually have some slightly color difference with material that you confirmed on sample which is made of stock material.

5.   Production and inspection

      Checking the product quality is also quite important before shipping the goods. In the production line of factory, they have professional QC to control the quality in semi-finished product and finished product.

Hope this post can help you get an impression on the process of developing and manufacturing handbags. In the fashion industry, we have much knowledge to learn, from material, hardware, and other trims.  In the future, we will write more article around handbags and accessories.