What customization options are available for sherpa jackets production?

Custom sherpa jackets are built from four decisions: fabric and weight, construction and trims, decoration, and the private label pack. Each one changes cost, lead time and how the finished piece reads.

Fabric. The options we run most are sherpa fleece in pile heights matched to the target look; fleece-backed or brushed constructions; woven shells with sherpa lining for a contrasting outer face. For sherpa jackets the practical weight reference is sherpa pile height and density are the specification, rather than GSM alone. Ordering by weight figure alone is not enough — two fabrics can both be called the same weight and still behave differently in wash, drape and color retention, so composition and shrinkage are confirmed by wash testing.

Construction and trims. The build includes a liner and shell combination agreed at sampling, since the two behave differently in wash and abrasion; edge treatment at zip, collar and cuffs where pile sheds most; a lining chosen so the surface behind the pile does not show through; trim and seam handling that controls shedding.

Decoration. Available routes include embroidery, patches, woven labels, contrast taping. Decoration is approved on the actual fabric rather than on a test swatch, because stretch, pile, coating and heat sensitivity all change the result.

Private label pack. Woven neck labels, size and care labels, logo tags, hangtags, barcoded polybags and printed cartons. A garment can leave the sewing line finished and still not be retail-ready, and this layer is what closes that gap.

A note specific to this category: Sherpa's failure mode is shedding, and it happens at the edges — the zip tape, collar and cuffs. Edge finishing and pile anchoring are specified as part of the construction, not left to the fabric supplier.

Send us your specification or reference and we will tell you which of these decisions drives your cost the most — contact VANRD.