Journal Entry
Qingdao, Wenzhou, Shanghai: Where China's Made-to-Measure Suit Factories Are
A map of the Chinese factories that make made-to-measure suits for tailor shops and brands, listed by city, with what each publishes about minimum orders, lead times and prices.
A shop owner in Hamburg asked us last month where the other factories are. He had been quoted by two companies in the same week, both saying "made in China," and he wanted to know whether they were in the same city or on opposite ends of the country. The answer turned out to be the second one. China's made-to-measure suit factories are spread across at least three cities, separated by over a thousand kilometres, and what each one publishes about its terms varies just as widely.
This is a map of the Chinese factories that make made-to-measure suits for tailor shops and brands, built from what each company publishes on its own website. Where a site does not say, the table says not published. That is not a criticism; it is a question to ask them.
Which Chinese factories make made-to-measure suits for tailor shops?
The factories that sell MTM to the trade and publish a Chinese address are in three clusters: Qingdao in the north, Wenzhou on the east coast, and Shanghai. One major name does not publish a factory location at all.
A pressing station on a factory floor. Each city on this list has its own cluster of garment makers, but a city name alone tells a shop nothing about terms.
Qingdao, Shandong
Kutetailor (Kutesmart) is in Qingdao. Formerly known as Red Collar, the company states no minimums and a 7 day lead time on its home page (7 to 10 days on its company page). It describes its customers as tailors, retailers, e-commerce platforms and designers. Garment prices are not published; membership tiers run free, USD 59 or USD 169 a month. Fabric is described as over 10,000 choices in stock from top-tier suppliers worldwide, none named.
Steven Tailoring is also in Qingdao. Its site lists store owners, online brands, MTM specialists and travelling tailors as customer groups. Minimum order, lead time, price and fabric sources are not published.
Wenzhou and Yongjia, Zhejiang
Bosinno is the trade-facing site of the Baoxiniao group, based in Wenzhou. It states a 1 piece minimum and a 5 day lead time on its home page. Buyer types on its enquiry form include distributors, retailers, boutiques and wholesalers. It links to an MTM ordering platform on mtm.baoxiniao.co. Garment prices and fabric sources are not published on its home page.
Baoxiniao itself lists Yongjia, Zhejiang as its address and states 1 piece for MTM. Its OEM page gives a 7 day production time for MTM; its FAQ says 4 to 6 weeks. It names Drago and VBC alongside domestic mills. Garment prices are not published. The two sites, one saying 5 days and the other saying 4 to 6 weeks, belong to the same group.
Shanghai
Centi Sartoria is our factory, in Shanghai since 1996, with two sites and 200 house tailors. We publish starting prices: CMT from USD 100, full make from USD 167 and half canvas from USD 197 per two-piece suit, Shanghai ex works. Minimum order is 1 piece. Production runs 14 days from a confirmed order, shipping extra. We source from 33 mills and cloth merchants, 26 of them in Europe, with Zegna (162 styles) and VBC Four Seasons (40 styles) held in Shanghai and the rest ordered in.
Factory location not published
Dayang Group, sold in the US as Trands USA, describes itself as one of the world's largest made-to-measure garment manufacturers. It runs a Become a Retailer programme and a private label programme, with its own USTYYLIT platform. It describes a bring-your-own-material option charged as CMT. Minimum order, lead time, garment price and factory location are not published on the page we read.
What the table looks like side by side
| Factory | City | Minimum | Published lead time | Published price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kutetailor (Kutesmart) | Qingdao | No minimums | 7 days (home page); 7 to 10 days (company page) | Not published |
| Steven Tailoring | Qingdao | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Bosinno (Baoxiniao group) | Wenzhou | 1 piece | 5 days (home page) | Not published |
| Baoxiniao | Yongjia, Zhejiang | 1 piece (MTM) | 7 days (OEM page); 4 to 6 weeks (FAQ) | Not published |
| Centi Sartoria | Shanghai | 1 piece | 14 days from confirmed order, shipping extra | CMT from USD 100; full make from USD 167; half canvas from USD 197 |
| Dayang Group (Trands USA) | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
A one-button suit from our Shanghai range. The table compares what each factory publishes, not what each factory can do.
Three questions the city alone cannot answer
A factory address tells a shop where the garment ships from. It does not answer the three questions that decide whether a trial order makes sense.
What does the lead time count? Some numbers start from order confirmation, some from pattern approval, some from fabric arrival. A 5 day number and a 14 day number may describe the same calendar if one starts counting earlier than the other. Ask what the first day is, whether it includes shipping, and whether it means calendar days or working days. We wrote a full comparison of published MTM lead times with the source for each number.
What does one piece cost? Only one factory on this list publishes a starting price. The others require a conversation, which is not wrong, but it means a shop cannot compare until it has had that conversation with each one. If price transparency matters to you, start with the factories that publish.
Can the factory match what you already sell? A shop switching suppliers needs the new factory to reproduce its existing fit, not just accept one piece. That means sending a reference garment and getting a trial piece back. We cover that process in sending a reference garment to a new factory.
What to check before the first order
This is the short list a shop should work through before committing, regardless of which city the factory is in:
- Minimum order. Can you place a single trial piece, or does the factory require a batch?
- Lead time definition. From which day, including or excluding shipping, calendar or working days?
- Price. Published or quoted? Per piece or per batch? Ex works or delivered?
- Fabric source. Named mills or unnamed? Held in stock or ordered in per suit?
- Own cloth CMT. Can you send cloth you already hold and have it made up?
- Construction options. Fused, half canvas, full canvas? Machine padded or hand padded?
- Reference garment matching. Will the factory cut a trial piece to match a suit you already sell?
- Ordering system. Email, platform, or both?
Our guide on how to tell a supplier from a trading company covers the deeper checks, including how to verify that the company quoting you is the company making the garment.
Our Shanghai atelier. A factory address is a starting point, not a verdict.
Sources
Every figure about another company comes from that company's own website, read on 2026-09-23 (Kutetailor membership and platform pages, Trands USA and Bosinno on 2026-09-26). Where a site does not say, the cell says not published. The full comparison with source URLs is on our MTM suppliers for tailor shops page. For factories outside China, see suit manufacturers by country.
We stand behind every piece: if something isn't right, we make it right.
Frequently asked questions
Which Chinese factories make made-to-measure suits for tailor shops?
The factories that say they sell MTM to the trade include Kutetailor (Kutesmart) in Qingdao, Steven Tailoring in Qingdao, Bosinno (Baoxiniao group) in Wenzhou, Baoxiniao in Yongjia, and Centi Sartoria in Shanghai. Dayang Group, sold in the US as Trands USA, does not publish its factory location on the page we read.
What is the minimum order for a made-to-measure suit from a Chinese factory?
Several publish a minimum of one piece or none: Kutetailor states no minimums, Baoxiniao states 1 piece for MTM, Bosinno states 1 piece, and Centi Sartoria accepts 1 piece. Dayang Group (Trands USA) and Steven Tailoring do not publish a minimum on their sites.
How long does a made-to-measure suit take from a Chinese factory?
Published lead times vary. Bosinno states 5 days on its home page. Kutetailor states 7 days on its home page, 7 to 10 on its company page. Baoxiniao states 7 days for MTM production on its OEM page but 4 to 6 weeks in its FAQ. Centi Sartoria runs 14 days from a confirmed order, shipping extra. Steven Tailoring and Dayang Group do not publish a number.
Which Chinese MTM factories publish their prices?
Centi Sartoria publishes starting prices: CMT from USD 100, full make from USD 167 and half canvas from USD 197 per two-piece suit, Shanghai ex works. The others on this list, Kutetailor, Steven Tailoring, Bosinno, Baoxiniao and Dayang Group, do not publish garment prices on their sites.
Can a tailor shop send its own cloth to a Chinese MTM factory?
Dayang Group (Trands USA) describes a bring-your-own-material option charged as CMT. Centi Sartoria makes CMT from USD 100 per two-piece suit. The other factories on this list do not state it on their sites.