Be A Designer, Gallarate. Children’s clothing for brands and shops.
A children’s range, bearing your brand name.
We help you find reliable suppliers of children’s clothing and turn the garments into a range under your own brand, complete with labels, embroidery and packaging. For brands looking to expand into this category and shops wanting their own product range.
12 years in the Made in Italy supply chainOver 200 people supported in launching their brandTrustpilot 4.2/5, every review is 5 stars
In brief.
Be A Designer is a design studio based in Gallarate (Varese) which has been supporting emerging designers, brands and shops for 12 years. For children’s clothing, it operates in the same way as for ready-to-wear fashion: it selects specialist suppliers, checks samples, fit and quality before placing an order, and personalises the garments with the brand’s labels, embroidery and packaging. It is the quickest way to launch a children’s range or create your own in-store collection; the cost of the garments depends on the supplier and the quantity.
Service details Children's clothing
- Who
- Be A Designer, Gallarate (VA)
- What
- Carefully selected suppliers and customisation with your brand
- Leaders
- Rompers, T-shirts, sweatshirts, trousers, little dresses, according to the suppliers
- Minimums
- It depends on the supplier; with customisation, around 50 pieces per model
- Customisation
- Labels, embroidery, prints and packaging
- Who it's for
- Brands launching children’s ranges, shops and concept stores
Small garments, big attention to detail.
Children’s clothing is judged by how it feels to the touch and how it washes. Softness, durability and safety are just as important as style, and vary considerably from one supplier to another.
Supplier selection
We’d like to introduce you to suppliers of children’s clothing that match your style, your price range and the quantities you require.
Inspection of garments
Samples, sizes, fabrics and details such as buttons and drawstrings are checked before the order is placed, not afterwards.
Your brand on the garments
Labels, embroidery and packaging transform ready-to-wear garments into a range under your brand.
Your brand’s range or collection.
These are two different ways of getting into the child’s mind. The first one completes a shop, the second builds a line. In the first call, we’ll work out which one you need.
Shop stock
Children’s clothing selected from reliable suppliers, to round off the range of a shop that is not expanding.
Your brand’s children’s range
The same garments, personalised with labels, embroidery and packaging: they become your brand’s children’s range.
Once the range is selling well, you can move on to designing some garments from scratch, using fabrics and details that are uniquely yours.
Carefully selected suppliers, piece by piece.
Our children’s clothing comes from specialist suppliers, both in Italy and abroad, and we’ll tell you this item by item: we don’t label anything as ‘Made in Italy’ if it isn’t. Our job is to choose suppliers carefully, check the samples and oversee the customisation process.
Be A Designer doesn’t just handle production. We only undertake pure contract manufacturing for VAT-registered individuals and established companies. Those starting from scratch go through the full programme: it’s the safest way to avoid spending money on production before knowing what to sell, to whom and at what price.
When you move into production from scratch, prototyping and production go hand in hand: we go to the workshop; we don’t send emails.
From idea to product, in six stages.
The Be A Designer programme, in its version for children. If you already know what you’re looking for, let’s start with the stage that suits you.
Strategy
Who are you selling to, at what price, and in what sizes?
Range
Which items, how many styles, which colours.
Suppliers
We select suitable suppliers of children’s clothing.
Champions
We check the fabrics, sizes and details before placing the order.
Customisation
Labels, embroidery and packaging for your brand.
Launch
Content, e-commerce and distribution.
Why Be A Designer and not just any manufacturer.
| Generic manufacturer | Be A Designer | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting point | A catalogue and a minimum order. | Your positioning: we select the garments for your client. |
| Suppliers | You look for them yourself, through hundreds of catalogues. | Selected suppliers and verified samples. |
| Details | Find out about any problems when the goods arrive. | Fabrics, sizes, buttons and cords have been checked beforehand. |
| Transparency | You don’t always know where it’s made. | We’ll tell you, item by item, where each one is made. |
| After | You get the goods; the rest is your problem. | Content, e-commerce and launch – all handled by the same team. |
How much does a children’s range cost?
The cost of the garments depends on the supplier and the quantity. These are the indicative costs for customisation.
| Item | Approximate cost | What drives it |
|---|---|---|
| Children’s tops | from the supplier’s price list | Item, fabric and quantity |
| Embroidery | +5–6 € each | Plus a one-off installation charge of €25–60 |
| Brand labels | €0.15–0.20 each | Manufactured on an industrial scale, in a batch of around 1,000 items |
| Packaging | subject to a quotation | Materials and quantities |
For customised items, the indicative minimum order quantity is around 50 pieces per model; for non-customised items, this depends on the supplier. The retail price is usually set at 3–4 times the cost price.
Frequently asked questions.
Yes. Be A Designer selects specialist suppliers of children’s clothing, checks samples and fit before placing an order, and personalises the garments with the brand’s labels, embroidery and packaging.
No, in the case of Be A Designer, the company acts as an intermediary and design studio: it selects suppliers, checks samples and oversees the customisation process. When a range proves successful, the company may consider developing certain garments from scratch.
Yes. Children’s clothing must comply with specific standards, for example regarding drawstrings, buttons and small parts. These checks should be carried out with the supplier before placing an order, along with checks on fabrics and sizes.
Without customisation, minimum order quantities depend on the supplier. With customisation, a realistic figure is around 50 units per model.
Labels cost €0.15–0.20 each for a batch of around 1,000; embroidery adds €5–6 per item, plus a one-off set-up fee of €25–60. The cost of the garments depends on the supplier.
It depends on the supplier: some items are made in Italy, others abroad. Be A Designer states this for each individual item and does not market items as ‘Made in Italy’ if they are not.
What else do we do for brands?
Let’s talk about your children’s range.
A free consultation to help you work out which items you need, from which suppliers and within what budget. No obligation.
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