Editorial studio portrait
Los Angeles · Est. 2023

Debut

Custom product + merch, built like brand extensions

Who we are

Not a merch company. A product partner.

Debut is a founder-led production studio making fully custom, brand-forward product for beauty, wellness and lifestyle brands. We don't work off templates or standard blanks. Every piece is designed and produced to feel like a natural extension of the brand — not promotional merch.

From first concept through final delivery, we work directly with your team: sourcing, development, sampling, manufacturing. No sales reps. No middle layers. The person who takes your brief is the person who runs your production.

Built custom. Built flexible. Built with you.

Debut emblem debossed into red velvet
Custom deboss on dyed velvet — in-house sampling

What we build

The index

Eight categories we produce regularly. If it isn't listed, ask — most of what we make started as something a brand couldn't find anywhere else.

Selected work

Brand extensions

OUAI custom hair comb in use
OUAICustom-tooled hair comb and pick in branded colourways, developed as retail product rather than giveaway.
OUAI custom hair pick
OUAIMoulded pick with debossed logo and matched sleeve.
OUAI satin scrunchie
OUAISatin scrunchie, custom woven label.
OUAI graphic tee
OUAIPride capsule tee, multi-colour screen print on heavyweight cotton.
Fenty Beauty launch tee
Fenty BeautyLaunch merch for the Ulta rollout — oversized cut, puff and spray-effect print.
Girls Crew loungewear set
Girls CrewCut-and-sew loungewear program: cropped half-zip, mock neck, elastic-waist shorts, hidden pockets. Produced as a repeating seasonal bundle.
Girls Crew x Disney Parks tote
Girls Crew × Disney ParksLicensed collaboration tote in custom canvas and webbing.

How it runs

From brief to delivery

Every program runs on its own clock — a screen-printed tee and a tooled compact are not the same job. You get a real date at the brief stage, and we hold it.

Brief & ideation

We sit down with your team and work out what the product should actually be — the thing your customer keeps, not the thing they throw away. You leave with concepts, references and a rough cost band.

Design & spec

Tech packs, materials, trims, finishes, packaging. Every component is specified before anything is quoted, so the price you get is the price that holds.

Sampling

Physical samples from the factory that will run the order. We revise until it's right — colour, hand-feel, logo placement, packout.

Production & delivery

Bulk production in LA for quick turns, or Asia and Mexico for scale. Inspection, packout and delivery to your 3PL, retailer DC or event.

Capability

What we can actually run

Categories

Cut-and-sew apparel, knitwear, headwear, bags and carry, drinkware, beauty tools, hard goods, spa and textiles, packaging, PR and gifting sets.

Production

Los Angeles for quick-turn and short runs. Partner factories in China and Mexico for scale, tooling and complex builds.

Minimums

Typically from 100 units, though it moves with the category — lower on LA runs, higher where tooling is involved. Tell us the quantity you need and we'll tell you if it's workable.

Sampling

Quoted per item, and waived when the order goes to production.

Compliance & testing

Retail-ready across our factories, with product testing handled in-house. Full documentation provided for every program.

Works with

Beauty and wellness brands in Sephora and Ulta, DTC labels, licensed collaborations, agencies and in-house brand teams.

Keep in touch

Start a project

Tell us the brand, the moment you're producing for, and the date it has to land. We'll come back with concepts and a cost band.

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