Luxury is felt in the fibre and the finish. We knit with premium natural yarns on Shima Seiki WHOLEGARMENT and Stoll machines, then hand-finish each piece — the weight, the drape and the seamless construction that define a luxury knit. Your design, your label, no markup from middlemen.

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Premium Fibres

Cashmere, extra-fine merino, alpaca and luxury blends — supplier-sourced with OEKO-TEX / GOTS certification and full traceability.

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WHOLEGARMENT Seamless

Shima Seiki knit-to-shape: a single seamless garment, no side seams — the hallmark of high-end knitwear, and minimal waste.

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Fine Gauge

Up to 14gg for refined, lightweight knits — plus chunky hand-feel constructions when the collection calls for it.

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Hand-Finishing & QC

Linking, steaming and piece-by-piece inspection in-house — the finish a luxury label cannot compromise on.

Built for Premium Labels

Sweaters, cardigans, dresses and full-fashioned pieces in intarsia, jacquard, cable and rib — produced as pure OEM (your tech pack, your label) with a 250 MOQ that suits considered, high-margin collections rather than mass volume.

For the US Luxury & Contemporary Market

American luxury and contemporary brands are rethinking where "premium" gets made. With Section 301 and UFLPA turning Chinese cotton into a liability, sourcing a cashmere or fine-merino program outside China isn't just risk management — for an elevated US label it's part of the story. We knit your luxury program on non-Xinjiang, certified yarns, with WHOLEGARMENT where it elevates the piece and the traceability a discerning customer increasingly expects. The result reads as quality on the product page and survives at US Customs.

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Luxury Fibre Options — What We Source and Why It Matters

Premium Natural Fibres

  • Cashmere (Grade A, 15–16µm): Mongolian-origin, 2-ply and 3-ply. Fine gauge 12gg–14gg — for lightweight layering and soft-hand cardigans your luxury customer feels the difference in.
  • Extra-fine Merino (17.5µm and below): RWS-certified options, non-Xinjiang. 7gg–12gg. Breathable, next-to-skin weight — the premium sweater mid-layer US contemporary brands build around.
  • Baby Alpaca: Peruvian-origin, naturally hypoallergenic. Alpaca-merino blends hold shape better than pure alpaca and reduce pilling at equivalent gauge.
  • Cashmere-Merino Blends (30/70, 50/50): The value-luxury sweet spot — cashmere softness at a price point that lets a US brand build a collection rather than a single hero piece.

Gauge & Construction

  • Fine gauge (10gg–14gg): The territory of luxury knit. WHOLEGARMENT seamless is at its best here — the garment emerges without side seams, maintaining consistent tension across the body.
  • Mid-gauge (7gg–10gg): Premium sweater weight — structured enough for tailored cardigans, light enough for year-round wear. Fully-fashioned linking produces clean, durable shoulder seams.
  • Chunky (3gg–5gg): Statement cables, oversized silhouettes in cashmere-alpaca blends. At chunky gauge, fully-fashioned is usually the better build; WHOLEGARMENT becomes complex and expensive.

The Luxury Production Process — Concept to US Delivery

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Fibre consultation: We review your brief and recommend yarn options with sample cards — micron, origin, certification. You select, we source. Lead time on specialist yarns: 10–20 days depending on dye lot.
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Proto sample (10–14 days): First garment off the machine in your chosen yarn and gauge — shipped to your US studio so your team can evaluate hand-feel and drape, not just a swatch.
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Fit corrections: US size grading to your block, in US units. We iterate until you sign off — counter-sample included in the service.
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Pre-production approval: A garment in the actual bulk dye lot, with your woven brand label, care label and country-of-origin label applied — the reference signed off before we run bulk.
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Bulk (45–60 days): Piece-by-piece visual inspection at finishing. A top-of-production sample ships for final approval before the carton leaves Gaziantep.
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US delivery (~2 weeks ocean, East Coast): FOB or DDP, with UFLPA traceability docs, OEKO-TEX yarn certificates and FTC-compliant labeling so your customs entry clears clean.

US Compliance for Luxury Knitwear

A $350 cashmere pullover gets scrutinised at US Customs the same way a $38 acrylic does. The documentation that protects a luxury order:

Develop your luxury knit

Send a tech pack, a yarn reference or a brief. We respond within one business day with a capacity check, indicative pricing and a sample timeline.

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