Denim Garments Report — Supplier Profile — Sample Pages: Sourcing Denim Garments from China

Supplier Profile: A-Sky Clothing Co. Ltd

A-Sky Clothing Co. Ltd, based in Guangdong, produces midrange denim jeans, jackets and skirts mainly for US fashion buyers such as Apollo. Sewing and finishing are done in-house; garment washing, fabric weaving and component manufacture are subcontracted. The private, locally owned company employs 850 workers producing an average of 150,000 denim garments a month, with 70 percent shipped to the United States and the rest to Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Asia. A-Sky is located in Xintang town in Guangzhou, one of the four key production hubs for denim garments, with convenient access to materials and components.

Denim jeans account for 80 percent of output, priced between US$5 and US$6 FOB: lower-priced jeans are handbrushed pure cotton with enzyme or monkey wash, while higher-priced jeans use linen and cotton blends with finishes such as whiskering, grinding, embroidery and beading. Denim jackets are priced between US$6 and US$7 and miniskirts at US$4.50, and prices were held despite higher operating costs. The in-house R&D team has two designers and 29 sample makers using CAD systems for patterns; women's denim garments use fabrics with 1 to 4 percent spandex, and skirts and some jeans are blended with 55 percent linen. Most denim fabric is sourced locally, as are zippers, tapes and buttons. The sewing lines run four fabric-cutting beds and 480 sewing machines, finishing lines have sandblasting machines and handbrushers, delivery is within 30 days including fabric weaving, and subcontracted washing offers enzyme, whisker, monkey, dirty and chemical washes as well as grinding and sandblasting.

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