Wool capes, your specification
Made to your tech pack, fabric and colours by a factory matched to the order.
Private label
Your main label, care label, hangtag and polybag. Nominated trims accepted.
A wool cape hangs from the shoulders with no set sleeve, open at the front or closed with buttons or a tie, and the arms come through slits in the front panels. Fashion brands buy it as a seasonal statement piece, often in one size or a short size set. For a wool cape manufacturer in Bangladesh the work is in the cloth and the cut: how the cloth falls from the shoulder and how evenly the hem sweeps.
A cape has fewer pattern pieces than a coat, so the two quotes tend to turn on cloth, edge finish and hand work rather than sewing time. Send a reference cape or a drawing with the length and sweep, and ask both factories for the cloth consumption per piece, which on a full circle cape runs high.
Kinds of wool cape
Arm slit cape
A knee or mid calf cape with vertical slits in the front panels for the arms. The everyday version; slit length and position decide how freely the arms move.
Double face blanket cape
Cut from double face cloth with every edge split, turned and stitched by hand, no lining and no facing. Light to wear and costly in hand work.
Capelet
A short cape ending at or above the elbow, often with a collar and a single fastening. Uses little cloth and sits over a coat or dress as an accessory piece.
Cape coat
A coat with a cape layer over the shoulders, or a cape back over set in sleeves. It brings chest grading back, so treat it as a coat for sizing.
What a wool cape manufacturer in Bangladesh needs from your brief
- Length
- The centre back length from the neck seam. Capes run from elbow length to mid calf, and every extra centimetre of length adds a wide band of cloth at the hem.
- Sweep
- The hem circumference, or the fraction of a circle the pattern uses. A wider sweep moves more and costs more cloth; state it per size if you grade.
- Shoulder shape
- A cape hangs from the shoulder, which carries its whole weight. Shoulder darts or a shaped shoulder seam stop the front riding up toward the neck.
- Arm slits
- Slit length, height from the hem and finish: faced, bound or a welt. Ask for bar tacks at both ends, since the slit is the weak point of the garment.
- Edge finish
- Hand turned double face edges, a bound edge, a facing with a lining, or a raw milled edge. This choice changes both the look and the labour.
- Size approach
- One size, two sizes split on length, or a full grade. Capes graded on length and sweep rather than chest keep the size set short.
Tests for a wool cape
- ISO 105-B02
- Light fastness on the 1 to 8 blue wool scale, where 8 is the highest. Camel, cream and pastel capes hang in shop windows, so ask for the grade on each dyed cloth.
- REACH Annex XVII, entry 43
- Azo dyes that split into listed amines above 30 mg/kg are barred in the EU. A fashion cape often runs short orders in many shades, and each dyed colour needs its own test.
- ISO 13937
- Tear strength of woven fabric. The ends of the arm slits take strain every time the arms move, and a cloth with low tear strength splits from the corner.
What moves the price of a wool cape
- Sweep and length, which decide cloth use more than any other measurement on a cape.
- Edge finish: hand turned double face edges are slow, bound or faced edges are quicker.
- Cloth: double face wool costs more per metre but removes the lining and the facing.
- Arm slit finish, from a simple faced slit to a welt with a bound edge.
- Size set: one size cuts pattern and sample work against a full grade.
Lead time for wool capes
A cape is quick to sew, but the drape often needs a second look once the sample is made in the real cloth, because a toile in a lighter fabric falls differently. Hand finished double face edges add days in bulk, and a cloth dyed to a fashion shade adds mill time. Expect the quote to show these, inside the usual 60 to 90 days from order confirmation to shipment.
What we check on wool capes before shipment
- Hem levelOn a stand the hem sits level all round, with no dip at the centre front and no drop at the back from the cloth's weight.
- Drape at the shoulderThe front panels hang straight from the shoulder line without riding up at the neck or pulling toward the back.
- Arm slit endsBoth ends of every slit are bar tacked, and the slit edges lie flat without gaping or rolling.
- Hand finished edgesStitch length is even, the two layers of double face cloth stay closed, and no edge has started to fray.
Questions buyers ask about wool capes
Can I order a wool cape in one size?
Yes, and many fashion capes are sold that way, because there is no sleeve or chest fit to grade. The length still has to suit the range's height spread, so some buyers run two sizes on length alone. One size also puts the whole quantity on one marker, which helps cloth use on a short run.
How are wool capes graded if I want sizes?
On length and sweep, with small changes at the neck and shoulder line. A chest grade like a coat's makes little sense without a sleeve. Agree the length step and the sweep step on the fit sample, then check the smallest and largest sizes before cutting, since sweep errors show at the ends of the range.
What cloth hangs well in a cape?
A cloth with weight and some fluidity: double face wool, a soft melton or a heavy flannel, usually 450 to 700 GSM. A stiff melton stands away from the body like a bell, and a light cloth flaps. Ask for a large hanger or a drape test on a stand before choosing.
Why do arm slits need a separate finish?
They are cut into the front panel and strained every time the arm moves, so an unfinished slit frays and splits at the ends. A faced or bound slit with bar tacks at both ends holds. On double face cloth the slit edges can be split and turned by hand, which looks neat and costs the most hand work.
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