Dion Shirred Waist Satin Mini Dress with Lace Detail - Slip Dress for OEM

A mini in a lightweight satin listed as 100% viscose for the shell with a nylon trim, closed with a side zip and a button at the back, with a shirred waist and lace detail, dry clean only, made in China, ranked tenth in the retailer's asymmetrical dress list, at 595 dollars. There are no reviews on the listing, so there is no score to quote. There is one practical thing here that gets overlooked constantly and it is worth saying because it costs a sale every time it is missed: the dress closes with a button at the back. A button at the back of the neck is a button the wearer cannot reach by herself. That is not a defect in the garment, plenty of good dresses work that way, but it is a thing a customer discovers at the worst possible moment, and it belongs on the page rather than in the mirror. The other thing worth noting is the model: she has a 72 centimetre bust, which is small, and the published bust of 32 inches sits easily on her rather than being tight. That is worth knowing when you set your own size range, because it tells you who this was fitted on. The reference is the Dion Dress by A.L.C. in Light Chestnut. Dongguan Bafinasa Garments Co., Ltd. develops comparable satin dresses on OEM and ODM terms, from fabric 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% viscose
• Shirred waist, which gives shape without a seam
• Lace detail, with the trim in 100% nylon
• Side zip with a button closure at the back
• Mini length, 40 inches for size 2 as published
• Six sizes published, from 0 to 10
• Ranked tenth in the retailer's asymmetrical dress list
• Dry clean only as stated, made in China as stated

Customisable Options

• Fabric: viscose satin as the reference, or silk, or a polyester satin at a lower cost
• Waist: shirred as the reference, how much, or a plain waist with a seam
• Closure: side zip and back button as the reference, or a back button replaced with something self fastening
• Lace: nylon trim as the reference, the placement, or none
• Length from mini to midi, size set, colour development, private label and care labelling

Specifications

Size Chart

The published size 2 gives a 32 inch bust, and the model wearing it has a 72 centimetre bust, which is about 28 inches. So the garment is larger than the model at the bust rather than tighter, which makes this row coherent rather than a negative ease problem. It is also worth knowing that this garment was fitted on a slim frame, and on a fuller bust it will sit differently across the chest. The waist at 25 inches is shirred, so it contracts and expands over a range rather than being fixed.

Occasions and Styling

Suits evenings, dinners, parties and weddings. A satin mini with a shirred waist is a dinner dress rather than a club one, and it should be photographed in low light, which is where satin does its work.

Production and Quality Control

There are no customer reviews on this listing, so there is no score to quote and no complaint pattern to read. There is one practical detail that costs sales whenever it is missed, and then the usual questions about a lightweight viscose satin.

The button at the back is the first thing. The dress closes with a side zip and then a button at the back. A button at the back of the neck cannot be done up by the person wearing it. This is not a fault, it is how a lot of good dresses are made, and it is not something to fix by redesigning the garment. It is something to say. A customer who discovers this when she is already dressed and cannot fasten her own dress does not blame the button, she blames the dress, and she returns it. One sentence on the page prevents that, and the sentence is free. If your customer base is mostly people dressing without help, we would offer an alternative closure instead, a hook she can reach or a zip that runs the whole way, and that is a small change at the pattern stage and an impossible one afterwards.

Viscose satin and the shirred waist are the second. 100% viscose in a lightweight satin gives you the lustre and the drape, and viscose is used precisely because it behaves like silk at a lower cost. But it is not silk: it creases more readily, it is weak when wet, and it will not recover from creasing the way silk does. Dry clean only is stated and for viscose satin that is the right instruction. On the shirred waist: shirring rows elastic thread into the cloth, which lets the waist contract onto the wearer and expand again, and it is a good way to give shape without adding a seam. The two things that go wrong are the same every time: the elastic slackens with washing and age, and if the shirring is sewn with too heavy a needle the threads break as the panel stretches. We specify the elastic and we test it after washing rather than only when new.

The lace trim, the sheerness and who it was fitted on are the third. The lace trim is nylon and the shell is viscose, and those two fibres shrink differently and take dye differently, so the trim has to be tested with the ground cloth or it will go wavy after cleaning. On sheerness: a lightweight viscose satin is not a dense cloth, satin is woven for lustre rather than for cover, and in a light colour it will show more than the photograph suggests. We would test opacity on the finished garment rather than on a swatch and offer a slip if the answer is not good enough. The last thing is worth carrying into your own sizing: the model this was fitted on has a 72 centimetre bust, which is slim. A garment developed on a slim frame sits differently on a fuller one, particularly across the chest on a style like this, and we would recommend fitting your version on more than one body before you commit the size range. Every bulk shipment gets a measurement report against your approved chart.

Optional upgrades include a defined satin weight with opacity and shrinkage test reports, silk or polyester alternatives, a self fastening closure instead of the back button, a lace trim tested against the ground cloth, a slip sold with the dress, 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.