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ARGYLEHaus Full Service Fashion Design & Apparel Manufacturing company > Made in LA > From Concept to Consumer

Myth: "I have a sketch, so I'm ready for production."A sketch shows how a garment should feel. A tech pack tells a patte...
10/27/2026

Myth: "I have a sketch, so I'm ready for production."

A sketch shows how a garment should feel. A tech pack tells a pattern maker and a sewing team how to build it: front and back technical flats, points of measure, seam and stitch types, fabric and trim callouts, label placement and grading notes.

Hand a factory a sketch and they have to guess, and every guess costs you a sample round and a few weeks.

After 1,000+ brand launches since 2014, we can tell you the brands that move fastest aren't the most creative ones. They're the ones with the clearest specs.

Have a sketch? Good start. Let's turn it into something a factory can build. Technical design, development and production, all under one roof in Los Angeles.

👉 Start your project at argylehaus.com (link in bio)

Myth: "Made in USA is only for brands with huge budgets." If you only compare unit prices, sure, overseas can look cheap...
10/26/2026

Myth: "Made in USA is only for brands with huge budgets." If you only compare unit prices, sure, overseas can look cheaper on paper. The full cost of a garment includes a lot more than the unit price: Freight, duties and sample shipping📦 Weeks lost waiting on overseas samples and revisions ⏳ Large minimums that tie up cash in inventory 🗄️ Restarting development when patterns don't transfer 🔁 Domestic small-batch production flips that. You produce smaller runs, test real demand, reorder what works quickly, and keep your cash working instead of sitting on shelves. At ARGYLE, we take brands from small-batch runs all the way up to national-scale production, all in our own LA factory.

Find out what small-batch production can look like for you (we'll confirm quantities 👉
for your styles): argylehaus.com

Big news from ARGYLE Haus: our founder and CEO, Houman Salem, has joined University of Redlands, Woodbury University as ...
10/26/2026

Big news from ARGYLE Haus: our founder and CEO, Houman Salem, has joined University of Redlands, Woodbury University as an Adjunct Professor in the School of Fashion.

Beginning this fall, Houman is teaching FDES 400, a senior level course where fashion students build both their career toolkit and a full business plan before they graduate. After 22 years in the fashion industry and helping launch more than 1,000 brands, he’s bringing real factory floor experience into the classroom, because design talent alone doesn’t build a business.

This is also a full circle moment. ARGYLE Haus has supported Woodbury’s School of Fashion for over a decade through fashion show sponsorships, hiring students and faculty, an internship program, and material donations. Now that relationship goes straight into the classroom.

Woodbury recently became part of the University of Redlands, backing its industry connected design programs with even more resources. Excited to see what this next chapter brings for both ARGYLE and the students Houman will mentor.

"Budget for two production cycles before you budget for marketing." — Houman Salem, Founder & CEOAfter 1,000+ brand laun...
10/25/2026

"Budget for two production cycles before you budget for marketing." — Houman Salem, Founder & CEO

After 1,000+ brand launches since 2014, we've learned that most failures aren't creative. They're operational, and the most common one is running out of cash for the second run.

You launch, the product sells, and you can't restock. By the time the money catches up, the momentum is gone.

The fix:
→ Plan production run #2 before launch day
→ Treat reorder cash as part of the product budget
→ Scale marketing once you can fulfill the demand it creates

More lessons in our article "Why Clothing Startups Fail: Lessons From 1,000+ Brand Launches."

📖 Read the full article at argylehaus.com (link in bio)

Most new brands start with the logo. The brands that last start with the product. 🧭Before branding, answer the hard ques...
10/23/2026

Most new brands start with the logo. The brands that last start with the product. 🧭

Before branding, answer the hard questions:
→ Who exactly is your customer, and what do they need this garment to do?
→ What makes your fit, fabric or construction different?
→ Can it be made consistently, at the quality you're promising?

Then invest in professional development: patterns, samples and fit tests. Skipping that step is one of the most common, and most expensive, launch mistakes we see.

Our article "How to Launch a Clothing Brand and Avoid Common Mistakes" breaks it down step by step.

📖 Read the full article at argylehaus.com (link in bio)

Swim is one of the least forgiving categories in apparel. 🌊Stretch fabrics move in two directions, seams have to flex wi...
10/23/2026

Swim is one of the least forgiving categories in apparel. 🌊

Stretch fabrics move in two directions, seams have to flex without popping, and a fit that works dry can shift once it's wet. Small pattern errors show up fast on the body.

That's why swim development needs:
✔️ Patterns drafted for stretch and recovery
✔️ Fit testing and revisions before anything is graded
✔️ Construction and elastics chosen for chlorine, salt and sun

We develop and produce swimwear in our San Fernando factory, with the same team from first pattern to finished run.

👉 Start your swim line at argylehaus.com

Where is your clothing actually made? 🇺🇸For our clients, the answer is simple: our own factory in the San Fernando Valle...
10/22/2026

Where is your clothing actually made? 🇺🇸

For our clients, the answer is simple: our own factory in the San Fernando Valley, about 30 minutes from downtown LA.

Technical design, pattern making, sampling, fit, grading, cutting, sewing and finishing all happen under one roof. We don't outsource any part of the work to outside facilities, onshore or offshore.

Why that matters to you:
✔️ You know where your project is at all times
✔️ The team that perfected your sample is the team that sews your run
✔️ Fewer handoffs means fewer mistakes, delays and restarts

Los Angeles has been sewing America's clothes for generations. We're proud to keep that going, one garment at a time.

👉 See how it works at argylehaus.com

Save this before your next factory meeting. 📌A tech pack is the instruction manual for your garment. If something isn't ...
10/20/2026

Save this before your next factory meeting. 📌

A tech pack is the instruction manual for your garment. If something isn't in it, your factory has to guess.

What goes inside:
01 Technical flats: front, back and detail views
02 Points of measure
03 Size spec for every size
04 Construction: seams, stitches, finishes
05 Bill of materials: fabrics, trims, labels
06 Artwork and colorways
07 Grading notes

At ARGYLE, the team that writes your tech pack also builds the pattern, sews the sample and runs production in San Fernando. Already have one? We can review it, along with DXF pattern files.

👉 Get production-ready at argylehaus.com

Myth: "I have a sketch, so I'm ready for production."A sketch shows how a garment should feel. A tech pack tells a patte...
10/19/2026

Myth: "I have a sketch, so I'm ready for production."
A sketch shows how a garment should feel. A tech pack tells a pattern maker and a sewing team how to build it: front and back technical flats, points of measure, seam and stitch types, fabric and trim callouts, label placement and grading notes. Hand a factory a sketch and they have to guess, and every guess costs you a sample round and a few weeks.

After 1,000+ brand launches since 2014, we can tell you the brands that move fastest aren't the most creative ones. They're the ones with the clearest specs. Have a sketch? Good start. Let's turn it into something a factory can build. Technical design, development and production, all under one roof in Los Angeles.

Start your project at argylehaus.com (link in bio)👉

Our showroom sits in the heart of the LA Fashion District. Our factory is about 30 minutes north in San Fernando, and th...
10/18/2026

Our showroom sits in the heart of the LA Fashion District. Our factory is about 30 minutes north in San Fernando, and that's where everything gets made.

Design, patterns, samples, fit, cutting and sewing, all in one building with one team accountable from first sketch to finished goods.

No overseas handoffs. No lost months. No surprises. That's what Made in LA really means.

👉 See how it works: argylehaus.com

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429 Jessie Street
San Fernando, CA
91340

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

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+18183928877

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