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    Production

    If you mean: “I need the first physical version to see whether the design can be built”

    Prototype / development sample

    Also heard as proto · development sample · first sample

    An early sample used to test design intent, pattern logic, construction approach, approximate material behavior, and initial costing questions.

    Why it matters
    It exposes basic build problems while changes are still relatively inexpensive and before fit, grading, and production details are locked.
    Say or ask
    “What is this prototype intended to prove, which materials are substitutes, and which decisions are explicitly not ready for approval?”
    Boundary
    Sample-stage names vary. Define the decision and inputs rather than assuming every supplier means the same thing by proto.
How to use this responsibly

A translation is a better question, not automatic proof.

Many textile terms have a formal test-method meaning and a looser workshop meaning. The source link shows the reference used here; the boundary note shows what the term cannot establish by itself.

For a purchase, approval, claim, or inspection, name the method, version, unit, sample or lot, target, tolerance, and who has authority to accept it.

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