Adjustable Waist Tie Lined Striped Midi Skirt - OEM

The Caspia Skirt from Damson Madder in fresh green stripes, a pull-on style with adjustable waist ties, fully lined, listed at 75 GBP with two of six sizes in stock. It is worth beginning with something this run has been asking for since it started and has almost never been given, because here it is given completely and it changes what can be checked. The page states that the model is five foot nine and is wearing a UK 8. A height, and a size. This run has spent a great many batches noting that a length measurement is meaningless without a body to hang it on, and saying that a 73 centimetre dress might be a midi on one person and a mini on another, and this page provides the missing half. So the check can finally be run. The skirt is 76 centimetres at sizes 6 to 10 and 78 at sizes 12 to 16, and it is called a midi. On a body of five foot nine, a skirt of 76 centimetres from the waist ends roughly 34 centimetres off the floor, which is below the knee and above the ankle. That is what midi means. So the word, the number and the body all agree, and this is the first time in this run that a length claim has been verifiable and has survived being verified. It is worth setting that beside what this run found on this same brand earlier: a dress described as a midi at 73 to 106 centimetres, with no model, where the word could not be checked at all and probably did not fit the smaller sizes. Same brand, same category of claim, and the difference between the two pages is one sentence. The reference is the Caspia Skirt. Dongguan Bafinasa Garments Co., Ltd. develops comparable skirts on OEM and ODM terms, from cloth sourcing and stripe 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

• Model height and model size both published, five foot nine in a UK 8, which is the most complete model statement in this run. See the note below
• Midi length as stated, at 76 and 78 cm, and on the published model height the word checks out. See the note below
• A waist column stepping 1, 1, 2, 2 and 2, and a length column stepping 0, 0, 2, 0 and 0, so the skirt grades in two blocks of three. See the note below
• Adjustable waist ties as stated, on a pull-on skirt with no elastane, where the ties only close and never open. See the note below
• Fully lined as stated, on a skirt described as breathable cotton, with no lining fibre and no lining weight. See the note below
• Named Basil Stripe, with no stripe width and no repeat size. See the note below
• The size the model wears is the size that is sold out. See the note below

Customisable Options

• Cloth: cotton to the reference, with the weight in grams per square metre stated, or an organic cotton, or a cotton and linen mix, or a yarn dyed stripe in a heavier weight, or a recycled cotton blend, each quoted separately
• Stripe: a fresh green stripe to the reference, with the stripe width and the repeat size stated, or a wider stripe, or a woven check, or a plain dyed cloth, each quoted separately
• Waist: double adjustable waist ties to the reference, with the waist given relaxed and fully opened and the tie length stated, or a flat front with a side zip, or a fully elasticated waist, or a back elastic section, each quoted separately
• Lining: fully lined to the reference, with the lining fibre and weight stated, or a half lining, or an unlined skirt, or a cotton lawn lining, each quoted separately
• Length: a midi length to the reference, with the length graded across every size, or a knee length, or a maxi length, each quoted separately
• Pockets: none to the reference, or side seam pockets, or patch pockets, or an invisible zip pocket, each quoted separately
• Cloth weight, stripe width and repeat size, waist relaxed and fully opened, tie length, lining fibre and weight, hip measurement, shrinkage and colourfastness figures, pocket dimensions, size set, colour development, private label and care labelling

Specifications

Size Chart as Published by the Reference

The waist figures are flat half measures taken with the skirt laid down, doubling to 76, 78, 80, 84, 88 and 92 cm around, or 29.92, 30.71, 31.50, 33.07, 34.65 and 36.22 in. The waist steps 1 cm for the first three sizes and 2 cm for the last three. The total length is 76 cm for sizes 6, 8 and 10 and 78 cm for sizes 12, 14 and 16, so the skirt grades in two blocks of three rather than across six steps. The page states that the model is five foot nine and wears a UK 8.

Our Proposed Body Chart

Occasions and Styling

Suits spring, summer and holiday dressing. A striped cotton midi with a tie waist works with a simple tee or a vest, and the pull-on style keeps it easy.

Production and Quality Control

The reference publishes a model height and the size she wears, which is the most complete model statement this run has recorded, states the length word and supports it, measures the waist and the length for all six sizes, names the adjustability and the lining, gives a care instruction with a temperature, states the country of manufacture, lists the construction in a bullet list and names the style code. It gives no cloth weight, no weave, no hip measurement, no relaxed or opened waist figure, no tie length, no lining fibre or weight, no stripe width or repeat, no shrinkage figure, no colourfastness figure, no fit word, no fit statement and no size conversion, and both of its columns grade in two blocks rather than across the range. Three things follow: the length claim that can finally be checked, the two blocks the chart is built from, and the pull-on waist that the published figure cannot explain.

Five foot nine, and that is the first thing, and it is worth saying plainly that this is the best model statement this run has found. The page says the model is 5 foot 9 and is wearing a UK 8. A height, and a size. Most pages in this run give nothing, and a good number give a size with no height, which tells a customer nothing at all, and a few give a height with no size. This gives both. It is worth setting out what that unlocks, because this run has been blocked on it repeatedly. A length in centimetres is not a statement about a garment until you know whose body it hangs on. A skirt of 76 centimetres reaches the ankle on a short body and the knee on a tall one, and this run has spent a great deal of its length saying so while being unable to do anything about it. Here it can. On a body of five foot nine, which is about 175 centimetres, the waist sits roughly 110 centimetres above the floor, so a skirt of 76 centimetres hangs with its hem about 34 centimetres off the ground. The knee on that body is roughly 48 centimetres off the ground. So the hem falls below the knee and well above the ankle. That is a midi. The word on the page, the number in the chart, and the body in the photograph all agree. It is worth saying what this means for the run's own method, because it is a genuine validation and also a correction. Earlier in this run, on a dress from this same brand, this run spent a whole section on a garment called a midi at 73 to 106 centimetres with no model, and concluded that the word could not describe both ends of that range and probably did not fit the smaller sizes. That reasoning was sound, and it was forced to be speculative because the body was missing. This page supplies the body, and the same reasoning now lands rather than floats. The same brand, the same category of claim, and the difference between a conclusion and a guess is one sentence of model information. It is worth adding the second thing the model line does, which is smaller and more practical. She wears a UK 8. A customer now knows that the fit she is looking at in the photographs is the size 8 fit, and can reason from there. And then the awkward part: the UK 8 is not available. Only sizes 10 and 12 of six are in stock. So the page tells a customer exactly how the garment fits on a specific body, and then cannot sell her that body's size.

One, one, two, two, two, and zero, zero, two, zero, zero, and that is the second thing, and the two columns together give the shape away. The waist runs 38, 39, 40, 42, 44 and 46, stepping one for the first three sizes and two for the last three. The length runs 76, 76, 76, 78, 78 and 78, holding still for three sizes, jumping two, and holding still again for three. So this skirt was not graded across six sizes. It was graded in two blocks of three. Sizes 6, 8 and 10 share a length, and sizes 12, 14 and 16 share a length two centimetres longer, and the waist grades slowly inside the first block and faster inside the second. It is worth saying what that costs, because it is specific rather than general. A customer in a size 6 and a customer in a size 10 get skirts of the same length, and the same is true of a 12 and a 16. So the length does not move at all within a block, which means half the size range gets no length adjustment whatsoever, and the run has been noting for many batches that a length which does not grow makes a garment end higher on a larger body. It is worth setting this beside the other garment from this brand in this same batch, because the contrast is sharp and it is the third brand in a row where this run has found it. That garment is a sweatshirt whose bust steps exactly two at every step and whose length steps exactly one at every step, across the same six sizes, both perfectly regular. So one garment from this brand grades cleanly across six steps and the other grades in two blocks of three. Same brand, same season, same size scale. It is worth also noting the arithmetic, because the waist column is not merely blocked, it is blocked the wrong way round. The small sizes differ by one centimetre and the large sizes by two, so the sizes are crammed together at the end of the range where bodies vary more, and spread out at the end where they vary less.

Pull-on, and that is the third thing, and it is the one that would matter most to a customer. The skirt is an easy pull-on style, so there is no zip and no opening. The panel reads 100% cotton, with no elastane. So the waistband does not stretch. And the published waist, taken flat and doubled, runs from about 30 inches at a size 6 to about 36 inches at a size 16. It is worth working out what that means at the large end, because it is where the problem is. A size 16 body has hips considerably larger than its waist, and the waist opening of this skirt at that size is about 36 inches measured flat and closed. A garment with no stretch and no opening has to pass over the hips to get on, and 36 inches will not pass over a size 16 hip. There are two possible answers, and the page does not choose between them. Either the waist ties open the waistband well beyond the published figure, in which case the published figure is the closed waist and the page should say so, or the skirt will not go on at the top of the range. It is worth being fair that the first is much more likely, because the waist has double ties and is clearly gathered, and a gathered tie waistband opens a long way. But gathered to what? That is the number a customer needs and it is not here: no relaxed waist, no fully opened waist, no tie length, no gather ratio. And the ties only work in one direction, which is the part worth stating plainly. Adjustable waist ties let a customer take the skirt in, and never let her let it out. So the published waist is a maximum, not a starting point, and the maximum is the number the page does not really give. It is worth closing on two smaller things that follow the same pattern. The skirt is fully lined, which is stated and worth crediting, and the description calls the cotton breathable. Two layers of cotton in a summer skirt is a different proposition from one, and the lining has no fibre and no weight given, so the breathability claim cannot be weighed. And the garment is named Basil Stripe, and there is no stripe width and no repeat size anywhere on the page. This run has now found this twice in two batches: a knit called Stripe A with no stripe measurement, and now this. A garment named after its stripe, with no stripe measurement. Every bulk shipment gets a measurement report against your approved chart.

Optional upgrades include grading the waist and the length across all six sizes rather than in two blocks, publishing the waist relaxed and fully opened and the tie length, measuring and publishing the hip, quoting the cloth weight and naming the weave, giving the lining fibre and weight, giving the stripe width and repeat size, adding washing with like colours, a tumble instruction, a bleach instruction and shrinkage and colourfastness figures to the label, adding a fit word and a size conversion, organic cotton, cotton and linen and recycled blends, wider stripes, checks and plain dye, flat fronts with side zips, fully elasticated waists and back elastic sections, half lined and unlined options, knee and maxi lengths, pockets, size set, colour development, 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.

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