Mascot Schoolsmart
How it is made

Seven steps, and
a season to do them in

A uniform programme is a calendar problem as much as a cloth problem. Here is the whole route from the first swatch box to the finished delivery, and when each part of it has to happen.

Mahindra — handover at the vehicle

Step 01

The brief

Who wears it, where, and what is going wrong with what they wear now. We ask for the failing garment, not the specification sheet — a limp collar tells us more than a tender document.

Khaki cotton-and-polyester shirting over black trousers, heavy enough to take a day of handling.

Step 02

Cloth and colour

The base cloths, handled side by side. Shades are matched to a lab dip against your crest and brand references, never to a screen — a screen has never survived a Punjab summer.

Pale blue shirting over indigo cloth, with the crest embroidered at the chest.

Step 03

Block and fit set

We cut a full size run, not a single sample. Junior blocks are drafted separately from senior; the female block is drafted separately from the male. Everyone tries it on before anyone commits.

White cotton coats over navy trousers, logo embroidered at the chest. Cut to the female block and the male block separately.

Step 04

Wash trial

The approved set goes through the treatment it will actually get: hot water, hard detergent, line-dried in full sun, repeated. Shade movement, shrinkage and seam behaviour are recorded before production, not after complaints.

Red-and-navy check half-sleeve shirt in cotton-and-polyester shirting, navy shorts, contrast collar and cuff. Crest embroidered at the pocket.

Step 05

Measurement day

We come to you. A cohort is measured class by class or shift by shift in a day, and the size cards are kept — next season starts from last season's numbers, not from scratch.

Five house polos over maroon track bottoms with a side stripe, in the school atrium.

Step 06

Cut, stitch, finish

Cut to plan in Ludhiana, bar-tacked where a day actually pulls, crests embroidered to your thread reference. Each batch carries its own audit trail back to the cloth lot.

Red heavyweight coverall with reflective banding at the arm and shin, bar-tacked at every stress point.

Step 07

Season delivery

Quantities are locked and stock is held ahead of your peak, so a re-order in July does not become a crisis in August. Delivered to the campus or the floor, sorted by size.

Advisors at the bay, clipboard in hand. Cloth light enough to work in, weighted enough to look pressed.

The season calendar

When each part has to happen

  1. Sep – Nov

    Review the season that just ended. What failed, what to change.

  2. Dec – Jan

    Cloth and colour locked. Lab dips approved against the crest.

  3. Jan – Feb

    Fit set on campus. Size cards recorded for the whole cohort.

  4. Feb – Mar

    Cut, stitch, finish. Batches audited back to the cloth lot.

  5. Mar – Apr

    Delivery ahead of the session, sorted by size and by class.

  6. Apr – Jun

    Top-ups from held stock, delivered on the same run.

Corporate programmes run on the same route with a different clock — usually tied to a brand refresh or a new site opening rather than an academic session.

Before it leaves the floor

Six checks, every batch

None of these are unusual. What is unusual is doing them on every lot rather than on the first one.

Composition

Cloth lot tested against the stated fibre content.

Weight

GSM verified per lot, not per order.

Shade

Matched to the approved lab dip across all three runs.

Shrinkage

Measured after the wash trial, allowed for in the block.

Seam strength

Bar-tacks and stress points pull-tested.

Crest

Thread reference, placement and stitch count against your artwork.

Start at step one and the rest of the season looks after itself.

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