Three different style lines back. Three different jackets back. Nothing matching.
Same visual. Same tech pack. Same deadline.
Each maker had to guess the pattern. So each one guessed differently.
Then the expensive bit. Prototype after prototype. Rework. Chasing. No consistency.
The design was approved. It still drifted.
So we changed what we sent. We built the pattern in-house, in 3D. Approved it in 3D. Sent the same file to every maker.
Samples came back right. Often in one round.
I used to think drift was a factory problem. Now I know it usually starts with what we hand the factory.
A picture is an opinion. A pattern is an instruction.
Where does it drift for you: pattern, fabric or fit?