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Product updates, fashion tech and workflow ideas from the clothink team — your AI workspace for apparel from concept to production.
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Tech packs
Five AI tech pack generators compared on what they produce, what one finished pack costs and what a factory still has to check. Our pick for independent fashion brands is clothink, with when each alternative fits better.
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Fashion tech
The main CLO 3D alternatives compared, from Browzwear and Style3D to Tailornova and free options, with prices, trials and what each produces. Plus when a small brand can skip 3D.
Tech packs
One purple leather jacket, taken from a written brief to sketches, photoreal mockups and a reviewed 13-page tech pack in one clothink workspace.
Tech packs
A complete 9-page tech pack for a pullover hoodie, read page by page the way a factory reads it, with the PDF to download and what to check before you send one to a factory.
Fashion tech
Which AI fashion tools do more than make an attractive image? Caimera, clothink, NewArc, Raspberry AI and The New Black compared on sketches, editing one part of a design, mockups, tech packs and price.
Tech packs
Techpacker alternatives compared by workflow: Techpack Builder, PLMBR, Bamboo Rose TotalPLM and Backbone, Centric PLM, spreadsheets and clothink, and when each one fits.
Fashion design
You do not need to draw beautifully to develop a strong clothing design. You do need a clear idea, a way to make decisions visible and enough technical detail for somebody else to understand the garment.
Product development
Having a clothing brand idea is the easy part. Before you email factories, manufacturers need enough product definition to quote and sample — concept, references, quantities, budget and technical documentation.
Product development
Tech packs, BOMs, POMs, lab dips, PP samples, MOQs and AQLs. Clothing factories use a lot of shorthand. These are the 50 terms worth understanding before you develop your first garment.
Tech packs
A factory size chart is not the same as the chart customers use to choose between S, M and L. Here is how to build a garment measurement specification from base size to grading and tolerances.
Tech packs
You finally receive your first clothing sample — and something feels wrong. Often the cause is not the manufacturer but the tech pack: missing measurements, vague fabric notes, or version drift. Here are ten common tech pack mistakes and how to fix them.
Tech packs
Excel is not a bad way to make a tech pack. For some brands, it is exactly the right place to start. The problem is knowing when a free template has stopped saving money and started creating work.
Fashion tech
There is no single piece of fashion design software that does everything well. This guide maps software types to each stage — from mood boards and AI sketches to patterns, 3D, mockups, tech packs and PLM — so you can choose a stack without losing product context.
Tech packs
Factories price risk when your pack leaves gaps. Pair a quote-ready tech pack with a clear RFQ (fabric, BOM, size ratio, quantity, and assumptions) so the number you get is one you can trust.
Fashion tech
How AI is used in the fashion industry in 2026 — design, forecasting, virtual try-on, supply chain and tech packs — with real outcomes, limits and costs.
Company
The UK-built workspace uses AI to help fashion brands move from first idea to finished technical specification — ideation, colour palettes, artwork, mockups, tech packs and PDF exports in one place.
Tech packs
Most fashion brands know they need a tech pack. This guide follows one utility vest from sketch to PDF to show what goes inside one, and how AI drafts the call outs, How to Measure guide, size chart and bill of materials.
Startup brands
A startup clothing brand needs a developed design and a tech pack before a factory can sample. Here is how to get both without a design agency, what clothink does at each step, and what you still need to check yourself.
Mockups
Two real garments from flat drawing to photoreal product shot: a leather jacket with back and close-up views, and a hoodie as a ghost mannequin shot. Plus what to check before you trust a mockup.
Tech packs
How to choose tech pack software in 2026: AI product development workspaces such as clothink, AI tech pack generators, dedicated builders such as Techpacker, CLO-SET for 3D, and PLM or ERP platforms, with prices checked on 14 October 2026.