Re: To all the designers out here....
I cannot be of much help as I place orders at 2-3 shops in liberty/bank square market. They offered me to hire one-two karigars from them solely for my orders but I refused (they'll let me use their place as I am totally not in favour of bringing these workers home,though I have enough place, but supervising them and waiting for them to be in time and esp after weekends can be such a pain ) Also this way I can place orders (the rush ones) to another one if one is busy but if I hire my own karigars, I would need atleast 5-6 to do for example 6 outfits at a time. They get the material themselves, I provide them with dyed fabric only. Their adda-place is near my place (ferozepur road) and I usually visit them to follow their work.
best of luck :)