Reverse Obie Midcalf Dress with Lace Trim in Lightweight Satin - Back Ring Dress for OEM

A mid-calf dress in lightweight satin with nylon lace trim, unlined, hand wash, closing with a single ring at the back, at 350 dollars. There are no reviews and no best seller badge on this listing, so there is no score from buyers, but there is something possibly more useful, which is that the brand states a fit instruction of its own: it says this style runs large and to choose a size down. That is the brand telling you something it knows about its own pattern, and we would pass it on rather than quietly drop it. Worth saying that the published measurements do not obviously agree with it, since the size S gives almost no ease at the bust on a model with the same bust measurement, so rather than repeat either the note or the chart as fact we would verify on a sample. The construction point that matters most here is the closure, because a single ring at the back of an unlined lightweight satin is a great deal of load for one small piece of hardware. The reference is the Reverse Obie Midcalf Dress with Lace by Norma Kamali in Black. Dongguan Bafinasa Garments Co., Ltd. develops comparable satin dresses on OEM and ODM terms, from fabric sourcing through hardware selection to retail or FBA ready packing. We publish this as a development reference and build your own version of it, and we do not supply the branded original or reproduce anyone else's label.

Key Features

• Lightweight satin, listed as 100% polyester
• Nylon lace trim, listed as 100% nylon
• Single ring closure at the back, which is the only closure
• Unlined as stated
• Mid-calf length, 56 inches for size S as published
• Short sleeve, 8 inches as published
• Hand wash as stated
• The brand states the style runs large and advises choosing a size down

Customisable Options

• Fabric: lightweight satin as the reference, with the weight set from a tested sample
• Trim: nylon lace as the reference, a different lace, or a clean edge
• Closure: single back ring as the reference, a hook and eye, or a concealed zip
• Lining: unlined as the reference, a half lining, or fully lined
• Length from knee to ankle, sleeve length, size set, colour development, private label and care labelling

Specifications

Size Chart

Only size S is published on the reference, so the other rows are our proposal rather than a grade from the reference, and the model wearing size S is 179 cm. On the fit, the brand says this runs large and to size down, while the published S row gives almost no ease at the bust against a model with the same bust measurement. Those two do not agree, so we would not plan from either: we would put the sample on a fit model and find out which is true before grading. On the length, 56 inches is 142 cm, which is genuinely mid-calf on a 179 cm model and will be lower on most people.

Occasions and Styling

Suits dinners, events, resort and any occasion where a plain column works. The name says mid-calf and the measurement agrees, which is more than can be said for most listings, and that length is easier to wear than a full maxi.

Production and Quality Control

There are no customer reviews on this listing, so there is no score to quote. There is a published measurement row and a fit instruction from the brand, and the useful thing to do with them is to notice that they do not agree with each other.

The fit note is the first thing, and it is worth more than a review because it comes from the people who cut the pattern. The brand states the style runs large and advises choosing a size down. But the published size S gives a 34 inch bust against a model with a 34 inch bust, which is no ease at all, and that is not what a dress that runs large looks like. We are not going to pick a side here. We would say plainly on your page that the brand advises sizing down, and then we would check it on a fit model before grading, because if the chart is right and the note is wrong, a customer who sizes down gets a dress that does not close.

The closure is the second, and it is the real construction problem. A single ring at the back is one small piece of hardware carrying the whole closure, on a lightweight satin that is unlined. Satin has very little strength at a point load, so a ring pulls, stretches the cloth around it and in time tears out, and because there is no lining there is nothing behind it to carry the load. The fix is a facing or a reinforcement behind the ring, a ring with a wide enough bearing surface, and a pull test rather than an eyeball. We would also tell you that a hook and eye or a short concealed zip is a more forgiving answer and looks almost the same from the front.

The cloth and the trim are the third. Unlined lightweight satin is the hardest combination to make look expensive, because it shows every seam, every underwear line and every press mark, and it clings. If you want the look, you have to accept the cloth has to be good enough to carry it, which means weight rather than shine. The nylon lace trim is the other part: nylon and polyester shrink differently, so the trim has to be tested against the shell or it will pucker along the edge. We test both, press with a cloth rather than directly on the satin, and pack so it arrives without press marks. Every bulk shipment gets a measurement report against your approved chart.

Optional upgrades include a defined fabric weight with testing reports, an alternative closure with a pull test report, a lining or half lining option, alternative laces with shrinkage testing, an alternative satin with more weight, alternative lengths, extended sizing, colour development and private label, hangtag and care labelling.

Pre-production sample approval, in-line inspection during cutting and sewing, and a final AQL inspection before packing, with measurement reports and photos shared before shipment.

Send us your tech pack, a photo or a reference garment and we will quote within 24 hours. Contact bafinasa@bafinasa.com or WhatsApp +86 13827222469.