Slouch Waist Viscose Satin Maxi Dress - Exposed Back Zip Dress for OEM

A slouch waist maxi in a midweight satin listed as 100% viscose, unlined, closed with an exposed back zip and a hook and eye, short sleeved, dry clean, made in China, at 880 dollars. There are no reviews and no best seller badge, so there is no score to quote. There is one property of this fibre that governs the whole garment and it is worth stating up front, because it is the reason both the good and the bad here exist. Viscose drapes better than almost anything at this price, which is exactly what a slouch waist dress needs, and viscose is also weak when wet and creeps under load, which is the reason to be careful with it. Those are the same property seen from two sides: the fibre is heavy and fluid, and fluidity is what makes it fall beautifully and also what makes it stretch out over time. A 54 inch maxi in a midweight satin carries real weight, and all of it hangs from the shoulders, so this is a garment where that matters. The reference is the Slouch Waist Dress by Toteme in Dark Green. Dongguan Bafinasa Garments Co., Ltd. develops comparable viscose dresses on OEM and ODM terms, from fabric selection and drape development 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

• 100% viscose, midweight satin as stated
• Slouch waist, meaning the fullness is gathered and draped rather than tailored
• Exposed back zip with a hook and eye, which is part of the design
• Short sleeve
• Maxi length, 54 inches for size 36 as published
• Unlined as stated
• Dry clean as stated. The listing says dry clean rather than dry clean only

Customisable Options

• Fabric: viscose satin as the reference, and we would test it for creep before committing
• Waist: slouch as the reference, and how much fullness is draped into it
• Zip: exposed at the back as the reference, or concealed if you want a plainer look
• Sleeve: short as the reference, or sleeveless or three quarter
• Length from midi to floor, size set, colour development, private label and care labelling

Specifications

Size Chart

The published size 36 gives a 40 inch bust, a 28 inch waist and a 40 inch hip against a model at roughly 34, 23 and 36. The bust and the hip are identical, which tells you this is a column rather than a fitted dress, and the waist is twelve inches in from that, so the slouch is created by drawing the waist in on a straight shape. The bust being six inches above her own is the slouch: the fullness has to drape somewhere, and it drapes above and below the waist. We would keep that and specify how much fullness is being draped, because that is what sets how the dress reads.

Occasions and Styling

Suits work, dinners, events and everyday wear with a formal lean. A slouch waist viscose maxi is a quiet, considered garment rather than a statement one, and it should be photographed in side light so the drape at the waist is visible, because on a flat front view the slouch is invisible.

Production and Quality Control

There are no customer reviews on this listing and no best seller badge, so there is no score to quote. There is a fibre here whose single property produces both the best and the weakest thing about this dress, and it is worth being clear about both.

Viscose drapes and viscose creeps, and those are the same fact, which is the first thing. Viscose is a regenerated cellulose fibre and it is heavier and more fluid than polyester, which is why a slouch waist works in it at all: the fullness falls into soft folds instead of standing away from the body. That is the whole look, and it is why this fibre is the right choice. The same fluidity is the problem. Viscose loses a large part of its strength when wet, and it creeps, meaning it slowly stretches under a sustained load. On a 54 inch maxi in a midweight satin there is real weight, and all of it hangs from the shoulders. Over a season of wearing and hanging, a viscose dress of this length will get longer. Not dramatically, but measurably, and a customer will notice. We would test this rather than assume: hang a sample, measure it, wear it, measure it again. If it moves more than you are comfortable with, the answers are a heavier cloth, a lining to carry some of the load, or a shorter length, and each of those costs something.

The slouch waist is the second thing, and it is worth being precise about what it is, because it is easy to get wrong. A slouch waist is not a gathered waist and it is not an elasticated one. Fullness is cut into the garment and allowed to fall over the waistline, so the waist is implied rather than defined. The published measurements show it clearly: the bust and hip are both 40 inches and the waist is 28, so the dress is a column with the middle pulled in and the fullness draping above and below. Two things to specify. How much fullness there is, because too little reads as a fitted dress that does not fit, and too much reads as a sack. And that the drape is anchored, because unanchored fullness migrates: it looks right on the hanger and after an evening of sitting and standing it has slid to one side. We anchor it at set points and test it by moving rather than by photographing it still.

The exposed zip and the unlined satin are the third. An exposed back zip is a deliberate design choice here and it suits this kind of quiet, architectural garment, but it is a long zip on a long dress and it is what the wearer operates every time, so it needs to be a good one, and it needs a placket behind it, because a zip without a placket shows a line of teeth against the back. On the satin: satin has long floats of yarn on the surface, which is where the lustre comes from and also why it snags and why a pulled thread shows for the life of the garment. Unlined is stated, which is defensible on a dark colour at a midweight, and we would still test opacity, because satin in a dark green can read differently under strong light than it does in a room. Dry clean is stated rather than dry clean only, which leaves a little room, and given how viscose behaves when wet we would not push that. Every bulk shipment gets a measurement report against your approved chart.

Optional upgrades include a defined satin weight with a creep test under hanging load, a snag test on the finished cloth, anchored slouch draping with a movement test, a quality exposed zip with a placket behind it, a lining option to carry some of the load, alternative sleeve lengths, alternative volumes at the waist, 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.