Clothing making process? -

have a research project and i have to map out american eagle outfitters and where they are headquartered and then produced and then made and then what happens next, they send the order to vietnam then they ship the clothes to america?? How does it work. I am trying to research the information but i cant find anything, i need someone that knows the system. can someone explain the process to me.

I don t know American Eagle/American Outfitters specfic plan but this is how it works in general;1. designs are made (usually in the US)2. patterns are made (usually in the US)3. samples are made (usually in the US)Step 2 3 are repeated until good enough 4. product is graded = this means they take the base size (usually a 4) and turn the pattern into all the other sizes that are needed (2-16?)5. determine who / where the product will be made (this can be lots of different countries = US, China, Vietnam, places in South America, Turkey, Hungrey, Morocco, Africa, Canada, Mexico, etc)6. Production company makes samples in all sizes 7. Items are ordered 8. Items are made9. Items are shipped to warehouse10. Items are shipped to stores.As I said, I don t know exactly how American Eagle works, there is no way for anyone outside the company to know. HotTopic gets the products in from the manufacturer in one door of their warehouse and out another door on a truck to the store within an hour.