Karpelle was established in 1986. Based in Manchester, we are a high quality Ladieswear manufacturer supplying the better end UK market with a wide and varied product range including:

Coats, Jackets, Dresses, Trousers, Skirts and Blouses (Formal, Occasionwear and Casual / Daywear)

We manufacture 450,000 garments annually and operate as a full service supplier from fabric and design through pattern cutting, product development and production to delivery of bulk into your warehouse.

Fabric types used are extensive from wool tweeds and cashmere through to fine georgettes and laces, as well as ponte jerseys (we have a very strong fabric source department utilised by all our clients).

We focus our business in line with UK premium brands. Our client base includes LK Bennett, Whistles, Hobbs, Boden, Phase Eight, Pepperberry and John Lewis Partnership.

Originally, our manufacturing was produced in our wholly owned factories in the UK, however since 1992 we have been manufacturing in our partner factories in Romania , Macedonia and Sri Lanka where we have contracted to us our own floors and lines and we represent between 100% to a minimum of 50% of their total capacity.

After 25 years manufacturing in the same factories with our own lines managed by our own staff (technical and commercial) we have complete freedom and control of the production.

We take ethical trading very seriously. We are Sedex members and our production units are all fully compliant and annually audited.

The Karpelle Head Office is in Manchester where all our main administration, cloth sourcing, design, pattern construction with Gerber software, technical support and product development is undertaken.

In Romania we also own our own Sample & Technical centre which manufactures our samples, further pattern development and grading / pre-production preparation and follows on all the initial development performed in Manchester and links into our eight factories.

Products and services

High Quality, Ladieswear, fashion, Coats, Jackets, Blazers, Dresses, Skirts, Trousers, manufacturer