EU Textile Digital Product Passports: Prepare the Records, Not Just a QR Code
For apparel buyers, the useful preparation is consistent material and manufacturing information. Textile-specific passport requirements are still being developed.
DALI insights
Apparel Sourcing Insights
Market requirements, responsible manufacturing, material developments and textile standards. Clear guidance for your next sourcing decision.
Insights & knowledge
Knowledge for better sourcing decisions
Explore the requirements, production choices and material developments that affect a bulk apparel program.
Policy & markets
Understand market requirements and their implications for product and supplier decisions.
US Apparel Labels: Align Fibre, Origin and Care Before Production
Approve label content alongside the garment specification. Fibre composition, origin and care instructions answer different questions and need different evidence.
Sustainable manufacturing
Connect materials, production processes, working conditions and garment durability.
Sustainable Garment Manufacturing Goes Beyond Recycled Fabric
A recycled-content claim does not describe the whole factory. Assess materials, wet processing, working conditions and product durability as connected sourcing decisions.
Garment Durability: Approve Fabric, Seams and Care as One Product
Durability is a development decision. Define what needs to hold its shape, colour and function before you approve the bulk specification.
Materials & technology
Assess new material routes through performance, evidence and commercial readiness.
Textile-to-Textile Recycling: What Apparel Buyers Should Ask
Recycled polyester is not automatically textile-to-textile. Ask where the feedstock comes from and whether the proposed material can meet your collection's performance and volume requirements.
Bio-Based Textile Fibres: Separate Feedstock, Performance and End of Life
Bio-based describes an input source, not a complete sustainability or performance result. Evaluate the specific fibre, formulation and finished fabric before choosing a new material.
Standards & terminology
Understand what textile certifications and factory assessments actually cover.
OEKO-TEX STANDARD 100, GOTS and GRS: Different Questions, Different Evidence
These standards are not interchangeable. Distinguish harmful-substance testing, organic textile processing and recycled-content verification before writing the sourcing brief.
amfori BSCI and WRAP: Understand the Factory Assessment You Are Requesting
amfori BSCI is a social-compliance audit framework; WRAP is a facility certification program. Neither replaces the buyer's product specification or factory approval process.
Production locations & sourcing
Compare material routes, factory scope and destination requirements for your proposed order.
Cambodia vs Vietnam: why source with DALI?
Keep the Chinese fabrics your collection needs, with DALI's China-Cambodia manufacturing network and EU duty-free access for eligible products.
Product development
Fit, construction and material decisions for underwear, socks, babywear, sleepwear and swimwear.
Underwear Fit: Fabric and Waistband Selection
A fabric or waistband change can alter an approved underwear fit. Review the material combination, attachment and sample reference together before bulk approval.
Sock Development: Yarn, Construction and Fit
Yarn composition alone does not define a sock. Connect heel and toe shape, cuff, cushioning, knitted artwork and finishing in the sample review.
Babywear: Age Range, Openings and Fasteners
A bodysuit, romper and coverall need different access and fit decisions. Review the wearer, material, openings, fasteners and product requirements together.
Sleepwear Sets: Coordinating Fabric and Fit
Coordinate top and bottom fit, fabric, print, care and retail presentation so a pajama set remains consistent through sampling and bulk production.
Swimwear: Shell, Lining and Elastic
A swimwear silhouette does not define its material assembly. Review shell, lining, elastic, seams and hardware against the intended fit and use.
Fabrics & components
Fabric specifications, elastic development and the connection between material and garment approvals.
Knitted Fabrics: Weight, Width and Shrinkage
Compare bulk fabric offers on the same construction, usable width, finish and evaluation basis, not only composition or price per kilogram.
Elastic Waistbands: Width, Recovery and Artwork
A waistband is both a textile component and part of the finished garment. Connect its dimensions, extension method, artwork repeat and attachment in the approval.
Sampling & order planning
Inquiry scope, sample objectives and retail-pack quantities for a proposed bulk program.
How to describe an underwear collection for an RFQ
Connect styles, materials, fit references and order quantities so an underwear quotation addresses the collection you intend to buy.
How pair counts and retail packs affect a sock order
Keep pairs, retail packs, item identifiers and carton quantities connected when planning a sock assortment and approving packaging.
How to set a useful objective for an apparel sample
Define the decision an apparel sample should support, then connect its evaluation and approval record with the proposed bulk order.
DALI news & events
Meet the DALI team and discuss your next collection.
Meet DALI at the 140th Canton Fair
- Dates
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- Hall
- 8.1
- Booths
- 8.1D32-33 / 8.1E16-17
Visit our team in Hall 8.1 to review product samples, discuss material requirements and plan bulk manufacturing for your next collection.