Brushed Angora Blend Knit Olive - OEM

The Dateko knit from Bellerose in Dusty Olive, the same garment as the burgundy in this batch, in a muted dusty olive green, in a soft brushed angora blend with a relaxed silhouette, a deep ribbed hem and cuffs, a slightly raised crew neckline and dropped shoulders, listed at 185 GBP with all five sizes in stock. It is worth beginning with what happens when one garment is listed twice, because this run has met that before and it has not gone well, and here it goes as well as it can. The two pages carry the same chart to the centimetre. Forty six, fifty one, fifty six, fifty seven and fifty eight across the chest, sixty eight to seventy two on the sleeve, fifty five to fifty nine on the length. The same composition, the same four clause care label, the same country of manufacture, the same price, the same bullets apart from the one naming the colour, and style numbers that differ only in their colour suffix. That is correct practice, and it is worth saying so plainly, because the alternative is what this run found on a tee and a vest earlier: the same garment in three colours carrying three different amounts of evidence depending on which one you click. It is worth then noting the two places where the two pages do differ, because one of them is the point. This colourway is given six photographs and the burgundy five, and that is the only difference in what a customer is shown. It is worth then turning to the chart itself, because it is the same chart and it deserves the same reading. The chest steps five, five, one and one centimetres, so the ease runs five point two inches at an XS, seven point two at a small, nine point one at a medium, seven point nine at a large and six point seven at an XL. It climbs and then it gives back, which makes this the first ease this run has measured that is not monotonic, and it means the fit word relaxed is not true at any of the five sizes. It is worth then taking the care label on its own, because this colourway carries the same one and it settles something the run got wrong a batch ago. Last batch this run said that the presence of wool is what moves a care label to hand washing, and it reported six for six. That was too narrow. This knit contains no wool at all. It is sixty five per cent angora, which is rabbit hair, and it says handwash in cold water only. So the rule is not wool. The rule is animal fibre, and restated that way it holds on every garment this run has read: five in animal fibre and all five hand wash, four in plant or regenerated fibre and all four given a temperature. The reference is the Dateko knit. Dongguan Bafinasa Garments Co., Ltd. develops comparable knitwear on OEM and ODM terms, from yarn and gauge 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

• An identical chart to the burgundy colourway, to the centimetre, on the same garment listed twice. See the note below
• A chest grading 5, 5, 1 and 1 cm, with about 5.2 to 9.1 in of ease that rises then falls. See the note below
• 65% angora and 35% nylon with no wool at all, and a hand wash label. See the note below
• Handwash in cold water, do not iron and dry flat, four clauses, the only animal fibre garment in this run told to be dried flat. See the note below
• Six photographs, against five on the same knit in burgundy. See the note below
• Style numbers differing only in their colour suffix, BW262918 K1014U-699 against 574. See the note below
• Dropped shoulders as stated, with no shoulder width and no sleeve measurement point. See the note below

Customisable Options

• Yarn: a 65% angora and 35% nylon blend to the reference, with the yarn count and the fibre micron stated, or a responsible angora certified yarn, or a wool and nylon blend, or a mohair blend, or an alpaca blend, or a cashmere blend, or a brushed acrylic, each quoted separately
• Gauge: a medium gauge single ply to the reference, with the gauge stated in needles per inch, or a finer gauge, or a chunkier gauge, or a two ply construction, each quoted separately
• Finish: a soft brushed handle to the reference, with the brushing passes and the fibre shed rating stated, or an unbrushed handle, or a washed finish, each quoted separately
• Fit: a relaxed silhouette to the reference, with the chest graded evenly and the ease held steady across the range, or a regular fit, or an oversized fit, or a boxy fit, each quoted separately
• Shoulder: dropped shoulders to the reference, with the shoulder width and the drop stated, or a set-in shoulder, or a raglan sleeve, or a slanted shoulder, each quoted separately
• Rib: a deep ribbed hem and cuffs to the reference, with the rib depth stated, or a shallower rib, or a plain hem, or a split hem, each quoted separately
• Colourway consistency across a style, with one chart, one care label and one photograph count for every colour, plus composition with every fibre stated, yarn count, gauge in needles per inch, ply, cloth weight in grams per square metre, chest, waist and hip measurements, shoulder width and drop, sleeve length with its measurement point, rib depth, neck width and neck drop, pilling grade, shrinkage figures, size set, colour development, private label and care labelling

Specifications

Size Chart as Published by the Reference

The pit to pit figures are flat half measures taken with the knit laid down, doubling to 92, 102, 112, 114 and 116 cm around, or 36.22 to 45.67 in. Against bodies of roughly 31 to 39 in, the ease at the chest runs 5.2, 7.2, 9.1, 7.9 and 6.7 in, rising to a peak at the medium and then falling, which makes it the first non-monotonic ease in this run. The chest steps 5, 5, 1 and 1 cm, so the ease rises by about 1.94 in on the first two steps and falls by about 1.21 in on the last two. This colourway carries a chart identical to the burgundy to the centimetre, which is the correct way to list one garment in two colours. No waist and no hip are published, no model is published, and the sleeve carries no measurement point. Our proposal below grades all three columns evenly and holds the ease steady from end to end.

Our Proposed Body Chart

Occasions and Styling

Suits everyday winter wear and weekends. A brushed angora blend knit in a muted olive works as a quieter alternative to black, over a shirt or a tee, and the deep ribbed hem lets it sit on the hip without bunching.

Production and Quality Control

The reference publishes three measurements for all five sizes, carries all five sizes in stock, matches the burgundy colourway on every measurement, gives a two-fibre composition panel, states its care in four clauses including how to dry it, names its country of manufacture and carries six photographs. It gives no yarn count, no gauge, no ply, no cloth weight, no waist, no hip, no shoulder width, no shoulder drop, no rib depth, no neck width, no measurement point for the sleeve, no pilling grade, no fibre shed rating, no shrinkage figure, no size and fit statement, no model and no certification, its chest grading is the most uneven this run has met, and its fit word is not true at any size. Three things follow: a garment listed twice that agrees with itself in everything measurable, a care label that corrects a rule this run published a batch ago, and one photograph fewer on the other colourway.

Six photographs against five, and that is the first thing, and it is worth saying what was checked before saying what was found, because the check is the good news. This is the same garment as the burgundy in this batch, and the two pages were compared line by line. The chart is identical to the centimetre on all three columns and all five sizes. The composition is identical. The care label is identical, four clauses. The country of manufacture is identical. The price is identical. The bullets are identical apart from the one naming the colour, and the prose differs in exactly one phrase. The style numbers are the same base, BW262918 K1014U, with a colour suffix of six nine nine here and five seven four there. So the two listings agree in everything a buyer could measure, and that is worth saying plainly, because this run has met the opposite twice. A tee from this house was given six photographs on one colourway and two on each of the others, and a vest was given six on one and two on each of the others. In both of those the customer choosing between colours got three different amounts of evidence depending on which she clicked. Here she gets the same evidence, and the only difference is one photograph. It is worth then saying why one photograph is still worth flagging, and it is not because a single view is decisive on its own. It is because this is the second time in three batches that the same garment in different colours has been photographed to different counts by the same house, and that makes it a habit rather than an accident. It is worth then turning to the chart, because it is the same chart and it carries the same problem. The chest steps five, five, one and one, the ease runs five point two, seven point two, nine point one, seven point nine and six point seven, and it rises and then falls. Relaxed is not true at any of the five sizes, and the size it fails hardest for is the largest, where the chest has stopped growing at one centimetre a step while the body keeps stepping two inches a step.

Sixty five per cent angora, and that is the second thing, and it begins with a correction. A batch ago this run reported a rule about care labels on this source, and reported it as six for six: garments containing wool get a hand wash instruction of two words, garments without wool get a temperature. That was too narrow, and this knit proves it. It contains no wool at all. It is sixty five per cent angora and thirty five per cent nylon, and it says handwash in cold water only. So the rule is not wool. The rule is animal fibre, and restated that way it holds on everything this run has read: a merino jumper, a shirt at fifteen per cent wool, and these two angora knits plus the striped one in this batch, five in animal fibre and all five hand wash; four in cotton or viscose and all four given a temperature. Nine for nine. It is worth then asking what the label does once it has said hand wash, because the answer is the more interesting half, and it splits four to one. The merino jumper says handwash only. The shirt says hand wash only. The striped knit in this batch says hand wash. These two say handwash in cold water only, do not iron, dry flat. Four clauses, and one of them is the only drying instruction this run has seen attached to a hand wash label. It is worth saying why that matters, because it is not a nicety. A wet knit is heavy, and a knit hung on a line to dry stretches under its own weight, and the instruction that prevents it is dry flat. Four of the five animal fibre garments this run has read tell a customer how to wash and then leave her to work out the drying for herself, and this is the only one that does not. It is worth then closing on what is absent from the fibre panel itself, because angora is rabbit hair and it is the fibre whose production has drawn more sustained welfare scrutiny than any other in knitwear. No fibre certification is named and no animal welfare certification is named, on a garment that is nearly two thirds angora by content, and there is no pilling grade and no fibre shed rating on a brushed single ply knit either.

Optional upgrades include grading the chest evenly so the ease does not peak in the middle and fall away, grading the sleeve and the length at rates that match real height growth, publishing the waist and the hip, naming the measurement point for the sleeve and giving the shoulder width and the shoulder drop, giving the rib depth, the neck width and the neck drop, quoting the yarn count, the gauge in needles per inch, the ply and the cloth weight in grams per square metre, adding a pilling grade, a fibre shed rating and shrinkage figures, holding one chart and one photograph count across every colourway of a style, responsible angora certified, wool, mohair, alpaca, cashmere and brushed acrylic yarns, finer, chunkier and two ply constructions, unbrushed and washed finishes, set-in shoulders, raglan sleeves and slanted shoulders, shallower ribs, plain and split hems, regular, oversized and boxy fits, 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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