Lingerie is the most Important part of the wardrobe of modern women as it is the most worn as well always in contact with the most sensitive parts of the skin. Making good lingerie requires extensive research and development, very intricate skill sets, high quality fabrics, high quality accessories coupled with years of product development. A high quality Lingerie maker needs to combine so many intricate minute details to produce a quality Lingerie product.
Pattern making – Lingerie pattern making involves study of thousands shapes, visiting various international events and developing them for years. Combining up to 100 pieces into a pattern without any margin for error is a very high technical job. Maintaining a European standard where product designing must be within 3.5 mm of desired movement involves a high skill as even an inch variation can totally spoil the lingerie shape.
Multiplicity of Sizes – A Lingerie Involves up to 25 different sizes as well shapes and every size is different as it is just not cutting the different shapes. Every design needs different martial strength, different underwire support, and pattern to support corresponding weight. All that needs unique fabric composition for every design and shape. This is totally different from making any other clothing.
Fabric- A Lingerie is not just fabric but a quality lingerie involves 4 to 5 different fabrics. Every fabric has different functions like stretchability, Mixability, soft feel, shape retainment, antibacterial property. Years of research goes into fabric composition and not to mention fabric composition varies for every design and pattern. A high-quality lingerie will always have a perfect fit, feel and retain shape no matter how long you wear it.
Lingerie involves a very high level of hygiene and health so fabrics have been procured from very high quality sources and they must adhere to standards like OEKOTEX 100. This ensures the removal of all harmful substances to the skin, bacteria removal due to sweating.
High cost of production – Most of the Lingerie construction is handmade and involves a very high cost labour. High quality production process with the ISO 9002 standards needed to get the real quality product as not to mention again the OEKO Tex standard processes. Stitching up to 100 pieces with the high class finishing to give a classy look is a very technical job.
Laces and Accessories – A high quality lace is one of the most expensive part of the lingerie as well as integral to the class and style of the final product. Sourcing a high-quality lace from the world’s leading producer is an expensive affair. A high-quality lace needs attention from the very basics like needles, threads, Knitting, colour patterns, magical weaving, floral patterns. Mesh and elegant colour palette. All this needs a lot of spending to arrive at the final elegance of the product.
Low quality lingerie has accessories with a compromise in quality. High quality lingerie comes with the accessories softer on skin as well as adding a final look to the quality product. They need to be adhered to production process which is critical to the skin friendliness and hygiene.
Multifunctionality – This is the most desired aspect of the modern woman today. High quality and expensive lingerie should be able to offer this function as today’s woman always has style and fashion in mind in her daily life. For example, lingerie should be able to fit in open tops, off shoulder dress, office wear, translucent dresses etc and to fit this lingerie should be stylish and classy. Today’s woman buys lingerie just not for functional needs but also to give a lift to their intimate moments in their personal life and of course it adds to the spice in their private life. Going further for example a wedding may need various lingerie styles for pre wedding shoot, cocktail party, wedding day and their honeymoon. Designing a quality lingerie according to a complete woman’s need requires extensive product designing and high-quality production processes.
Textures and prints. A High-quality Lingerie has the textures which is really the base of the final product impression. Colour palettes and prints to every piece of that Lingerie is a very complicated affair as every price needs a different texture and print to arrive at final product decoration and elegance .