"David’s Bridal moved production out of China – now it’s manufacturing clothes for other brands", 9 June 2025

No industry is safe from the effects of tariffs, and that includes the wedding industry...

In response, David’s Bridal has already moved a vast amount of its production away from China and to other countries. At the end of last year, the company produced about 63% of its goods in China. By next month, that number will be 0%.

Instead, David’s Bridal is moving production to places like Vietnam, Myanmar and Sri Lanka – all places with middle-of-the-road planned tariff rates compared to the higher tariffs on China. The hope is that the cost savings from divesting from China will balance out the increased costs of moving production and investing more heavily in quality control to ensure products remain unchanged...

Her team compiled a list of all the products and materials they would need throughout 2025 and 2026, and purchased them all ahead of time, relocating the materials out of China and into other markets. They also mapped out David’s Bridal’s budget for the next two years, including all the information they have about tariff impacts, and determined that they could go without raising prices.

But the biggest change David’s Bridal is making is it’s beginning to manufacture for other companies...