Sri Lanka exported about US$124 million of women’s dresses in 2025. Factories make woven and knit dresses for fashion brands and retailers, in volumes from mid-size runs upwards.

What can be made

• Casual and jersey dresses
• Maxi, midi and printed summer dresses
• Shirt dresses
• Resort and holiday wear

Fabric and prints

Prints can be developed from your artwork on viscose, cotton and linen. For smaller boutique quantities, see our small-batch boutique clothing listing; this listing is for factory runs.

How made-to-order works

Sri Lankan garment factories make clothing for many well-known international brands, and they work to the buyer’s design. You send a tech pack, sketches or a reference garment; the factory develops a sample; you approve fit, fabric and finish; and the bulk order is made to the approved sample. Your labels, tags and packing are applied in the factory.

Minimum order per style and colour depends on the factory and the fabric. Larger factories work in thousands of pieces; mid-size factories take smaller runs. We match your order size to a factory that fits it, and confirm minimum, sample cost, lead time and price with the quote.

What to tell us for a quote

• Tech pack, sketches or a reference garment
• Fabric, colours and size range
• Quantity per style and colour, and how often you reorder
• Labels, tags and packing
• Destination port, Incoterm and any testing or certification your market needs

Packing and shipping

Orders are packed to your instruction and shipped by sea in a full or shared container, or by air for samples and small lots, quoted FOB Colombo, CFR or CIF to your port. Products from several Sri Lankan suppliers can share one container through our consolidation service.

How to get a price: tell us the quantity, your specification and your destination port. We quote FOB Colombo, CFR or CIF, with lead time and minimum order, and arrange samples before an order.