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Wholesale Wedding Dresses from China<\/h1>\n

The gap between a $120 gown and a $300 gown from the same district is usually one thing: labor hours in the beadwork and the lace. A heavily beaded bodice can carry 50-200 hours of hand work, and factories cut that number quietly when buyers push the unit price down, first by gluing beads instead of sewing them, then by swapping French lace for a domestic copy that photographs similarly and feels cheaper in hand. The gown still looks right in the carton photo. It does not survive a fitting room.<\/p>\n

The second buyer-side mistake is treating sizing as the factory’s problem. Wedding gowns are built to a size chart, and every factory’s chart differs. Order against a generic US size 8 and you will receive a gown that fits a different 8, because grade rules vary between workshops. Made-to-measure solves this, and the process is cheap relative to what it protects.<\/p>\n

Select Trade has worked with bridal workshops in Suzhou’s Huqiu district and evening-wear factories in Chaozhou for five years, including lace verification and pre-shipment checks on beaded lines. Below is the cluster geography, the realistic price bands, and how the customization process actually runs.<\/p>\n

Where the factories are<\/h2>\n

Two districts dominate, with different specialties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Cluster<\/th>\nCity<\/th>\nStrengths<\/th>\nTypical MOQ<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Huqiu wedding dress town<\/td>\nSuzhou, Jiangsu<\/td>\nWedding gowns at every price tier, lace work, made-to-measure workshops, the largest bridal cluster in China<\/td>\n1 pc made-to-order, 20-50 pcs stock<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chaozhou evening wear belt<\/td>\nChaozhou, Guangdong<\/td>\nEvening gowns, heavy hand beadwork and embroidery, cheongsam-influenced detailing<\/td>\n1 pc made-to-order, 30-50 pcs stock<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Guangzhou bridal row<\/td>\nGuangzhou, Guangdong<\/td>\nFast sample runs, e-commerce bridal, mix-and-match separates<\/td>\n10-30 pcs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chaozhou lace mills<\/td>\nChaozhou, Guangdong<\/td>\nDomestic lace production feeding both clusters<\/td>\nBy the roll<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Send made-to-measure work to Huqiu or Chaozhou; buy stock gowns for online resale where the price tier matters more than the fit. The industries page<\/a> maps our other category clusters.<\/p>\n

Price ranges you should expect<\/h2>\n

Indicative ex-works bands; beadwork density and lace origin drive most of the spread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
El tipo de producto<\/th>\nFactory price range<\/th>\nMOQ<\/th>\nLead time<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Stock wedding gown, simple<\/td>\n$60-140 per pc<\/td>\n20-50 pcs<\/td>\n20-30 days<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lace wedding gown, semi-custom<\/td>\n$120-250 per pc<\/td>\n10-30 pcs<\/td>\n30-40 days<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Heavily beaded gown<\/td>\n$180-450 per pc<\/td>\n1-20 pcs<\/td>\n40-60 days<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Made-to-measure gown<\/td>\n$150-400 per pc<\/td>\n1 pc<\/td>\n30-45 days<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Evening dress, beaded<\/td>\n$40-120 per pc<\/td>\n30-50 pcs<\/td>\n25-40 days<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Fabric markets move with cotton, silk and lace import costs, so confirm each style against a live quotation before you publish retail prices.<\/p>\n

Price the beadwork by counting it, not by feeling it<\/h3>\n

Ask the factory to quote beadwork as hours per panel or beads per square decimeter, and to state whether beads are sewn or glued. Sewn seed beadwork survives wear and dry cleaning; glued beadwork sheds in the box. Run a shake test at inspection: ten firm shakes over a white sheet tells you what the customer’s first wear will look like.<\/p>\n

Run the made-to-measure process in this order<\/h3>\n

First, get the factory’s measurement sheet, a serious one lists 15-25 points including hollow-to-hem, and fill it with a professional tailor rather than a tape measure at home. Second, pay for a fit sample in cheap fabric (usually $30-60 extra) before the lace version is cut. Third, confirm the grade rules if you plan repeated sizes. The whole process adds one to two weeks and prevents the return scenario that costs far more.<\/p>\n

Name the lace in the purchase order<\/h3>\n

Lace substitution is the most common way a confirmed sample becomes a disappointing bulk order. Specify lace type and origin (for example French lace versus domestic soft tulle lace) in the PO, keep a signed swatch from the approved sample, and check the bulk against the swatch at mid-production, when there is still time to stop the line.<\/p>\n

Quality risks specific to this category<\/h3>\n

Bead loss in transit (insist on individual garment bags and tissue padding, not folded-at-the-bodice bulk cartons), missing or thin linings that show seam allowances through the skirt, boning that snaps or pokes, zippers that blow at the seam because a generic zipper replaced the specified one, and glue odor from over-fused appliques. Add a lining-presence check and a zipper pull test to pre-shipment inspection; both take minutes and both fail more often than buyers expect. The full sourcing walkthrough is in our wedding and evening dress guide<\/a>, and our services<\/a> page details the inspection stages included in a managed order.<\/p>\n

Product lines in this category<\/h2>\n

One page per product we source here, with its own specifications, minimums and inspection points.<\/p>\n