what's going on guys John Santos and today we made an into LA to meet with
the guys the owners and the founders of Indie Source Indie Source is a full
garment production from your idea to a finished product they take it and they
take you step by step in order to create that garment today we're meeting with
the founders which is Zack and Jesse we're actually going to go inside and
have them give us the tour and then explain the steps that are required in
order to create a cutting so product so whether you have an idea for a brand or
perhaps you're interested and may be taking it on in the near future this is
gonna be a resource that you could turn to so let's get it
you know a few months
ago we met at magic yeah we were talking about you know how can we help
entrepreneurs learn more about the cutting so process while also giving
them a resource yeah so thank you for having us here today kind of show us
around what what are we gonna get into like when somebody brings a product so
like they have an idea right what is the process you guys take them through in
order to create that finished product well so step one is planning you got to
plan out your collection and figure out what you're making so right here usually
it'll be reference samples that people will send in this is leaning one of our
project managers and she's getting information from one of our clients
about what they want to do all right everything from price points lead times
the kind of fabrics they want the fit I mean remember this is all custom so it's
not blanks this is anything underwear I mean swimwear dresses everything houses
everything you can think of so it starts from a planning process so that she
knows exactly what to source and we'll talk about the role of the project
manager later on what we do is then we start to source the fabric actually one
resource the fabric so let me take you over and I can show you some of their
for fabric see example is that we weren't right so you guys got the two
places you got this this office and that office back there all right so you guys
are able to coordinate everything for different things so we have production
and we have our product development over here too and some some of it's just
administrative and some of its the actual making of things
through here and I'll show you some of the different fabrics that we work with
there's a wide variety of fabrics some are imported some are milled here in Los
Angeles so just depends on what you're looking for so here you got some
different woven florals we have Jersey Athletic where this is a fraction of
what's really out there but it gives you kind of an example of how much you can
choose from regs we're not just talking about hunters in cotton or polyester
we're talking about thousands of different kinds of fabrics
la is really cool because there's millions a yard sitting available just
ready to go so if you're trying to do something quick then you can do it here
and we can just pull that fabric from those vendors that's also that's the
next step once we're done with that I'm gonna take you over here to our
pattern-making station so the pattern making is the actual engineering or the
fit of the garment that's where we kind of build the blueprint to your garment
this is a digitizer okay so this is how we take the measurement from the Garmon
we put them into on this table mm-hmm and we use a cursor and actually take
the points that then sends it into the system over here which we use a Gerber
software not manual pattern making and she builds the fit this gets printed out
right here in this little plotter and this is what you get okay so you
have your pattern card which is the directions and all of the things that
the cutter and the sample maker need to build the garment for the first time
ever this doesn't exist there's no instructions and this is the actual
pattern with the different pieces first cut out in its own and we'll show you
across the hall how we do that yeah and we were discussing this during our
sit-down time but it's very important that you start within the width with the
best pattern in order for the production to go smoothly because you can have a
lot of different weird things that happen if you start off with a crappy
pattern one small thing one small thing is wrong and you go into production it's
all wrong so so this is gonna be key to begin with make sure that you guys start
with a good pattern because this is going to be essentially be the
foundation to the success of that garment in that line so you don't want
to skimp out or cut corners on it all right no otherwise the whole thing will
collapse you have to spend the time and the thing is all pairs are not created
equal alright we're the Mercedes of patterns over here so you got it really
you got to be clear about what you're and this pattern card is an example of
something as of the quality you need to be able to move into the sample process
also has limited stakes so you do less rounds of it all right let's go there's
a lot of different products going on here and they're able to obviously
they're not like this is different entrepreneurs and different brands that
they're working with so every customer has a very specific need and a specific
function so it's really cool how you guys are able to manage all this
different stuff all under one roof in terms of it's nice time our cutter is
that lives but so you ladies at suit so now we saw those patterns right
so now those patterns are laid out right here on top of the fabric that you
choose so you have a fabric you choose and you have the cut pieces she's gonna
cut out in the shapes right now we have to cut pieces right so from there she's
gonna bundle them up and bring them into the sample Sonia
all right now this is the the sewing room so from here this is where we take
those cut pieces and sample makers will build the garment and the way that they
do that is by using that pattern card they look at the pattern card they read
the directions we see the pieces and they have to figure out how to put the
thing together a common question that I get is how come samples are more
expensive than production right well the reason is is because you're just making
one right you're not making tons and just you have like a whole line of
people that are just doing one part of the shirt right you have one person
doing all parts of the shirt and that's very important you don't have ten people
doing it you have to put it together so it's like the first iteration it takes
more time though takes hours to put together this thing not like second
though and then from there they're using based off of the powder card the
different machines that are required so some garments require certain machines
some require others and so based off of that we use different machines what are
you working on don't you call your hiring the bucket
okay she's ironing pockets you to take these and he's gonna so mana the garment
school that's rights to all these different things again the cool part is
that we only hire cross trained sample makers so sound making lots of different
things and they've done it for decades they're able to see the pattern card and
actually put it together the first time and as long as the informations right
they're able to get it done and here's the cool part is if they're confused
they walk across the hall talk to the batter maker right so it's it's all good
in there and that's okay we want them to talk because that is another thing it
eliminates more confusion just ask some questions hey what did you mean when you
said this okay yep and then that also helps in the development of the
production so once you guys square away the clear instructions you got to
communicate that to your backers which saves time and money so when you're done
with the samples you might have a wash process or maybe a guy or a printing
process and we'll handle that too when we're finished with that that comes
back here let's say it goes through the dye house who's back from the dye house
and then we do a fitting let me show you a fitting so maybe but actually in the
process in the middle of fitting for a really cool shoe or a line called messed
and these kids are just are building something from scratch that I think
they're on their second fitting right now so we can take a look take a peek of
what they're working
so inside Lana or patternmaker is communicating with Janine a project
manager what notes to take what things to change about the garment based off of
the feedback from our fashion entrepreneurs from the designers right
so they put it on they feel a hit on their body and then they decide what
they want to change and then we'll give our feedback teaming together we come up
with the changes we want to make so we can finalize the garment put in the
production they're doing a great job in there these guys are really creating
their idea from the scratch and as you guys have seen they have multiple styles
so it's there it's indie sources job to actually get it all to work and function
for a production process so what is the team comprised of and here in the
company yep for each brand you have a basically a project manager powder maker
cutter and sample maker and that are working on it now we have multiple paths
of project managers working on all different projects because we don't then
we get too overwhelmed with each thing you can't just have one so in any given
time we'll be working maybe 30 different brands and they have lots of different
styles so yeah that's kind of like what the core development team looks like and
then when you move into production one of other things is that we hear that
there's a lot of issues of communication for manufacturers so we have David is
actually sitting right here he's our Account Manager and he makes sure that
all of the clients get updated so he'll communicate with you to say hey this is
what's going on right and that's something that was lacking in the
industry and so we wanted to solve that problem
David helps us do that he works with Judy production director and is a
technical expert right really understands and manages the quality
control of the garments and so everybody's a different role at
different stages of the process and that allows us to you know work as a team
once the development of your product is completed and you are happy with the fit
and function of your garment it then goes to production during the production
process your designs are mass-produced to meet the demand of your brand
all right cool it's in the last thing we're done on production we're finishing
up with some trimming final QC and making sure that everything is good
before the garment goes out awesome guys I hope you enjoyed this video and you
were able to better understand the whole entire cutting so
as you can see there's a lot of steps involved with bringing your idea to life
and I hope we made it a little bit more clearer and better understanding Zach
thank you and I appreciate you guys for having us here man and like showing
everybody out on YouTube you know one of the things that we mentioned is the
industry doesn't a lot of the times doesn't like to share what actually goes
on behind the scenes let alone give people their patterns and a blueprint to
start their brand so so that is the reason that I when I spoke to them about
how they do business it advises and the mission that I have for the channel so
I'm happy that you guys are on board and you're able to provide those resources
to those entrepreneurs if you guys are interested in getting your own
government started we're gonna be linking a special page right down below
where you guys can learn more and they'll be able to outreach you and see
what stage in the production or perhaps in the process you are and when you guys
are ready to get started they're gonna be a great resource for you guys to turn
to so once again I appreciate everything here if you guys have any questions
about this video comment right down below we'll answer them in this video or
in a future video and more importantly any other resources that we've mentioned
or the links that we are gonna provide are gonna be available right up on this
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questions or want to review any of the information that it'll be also in the
description down below so thank you guys for watching and we'll catch you guys on
the next one
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