Flowcharts & Timelines

Sampling Procedure

In our dedicated sample studio, we employ more than sixty highly skilled sampling specialists with at least ten years of experience meticulously matching samples to your original handover.
If your handover of designs are clearly marked, with notes & colour references attached, you’ll likely see your samples arrive ready to place a bulk order.

The sampling process begins by adding a custom branded heat press to the inside back of each article. If you select your colours from stock, we start cutting your order as soon as you make payment, speeding up the whole process. 

Once we are clear, we can create a 2D mockup of your collection in the correct colours. As a visual representation of your collection, this mockup allows you to review the requested styles and make any adjustments before we cut your fabric.

The details of the handover can be found on the Getting Started page.

Once our mock-up is approved, we create patterns using our 2D AutoCAD digital software. Compared to traditional paper patterns, digital patterns offer higher precision and significantly speed up the process. Digital patterns allow us to make incremental adjustments in minutes rather than hours. For example, raising a waist higher, adding more coverage to a top, etc.

Please refer to our International Body Size Guide for further information.

2D AutoCAD Digital Patterns

Ready to Start Sampling?

  1. Send your designs as an email showing front and back screenshots, as clear line drawings or tech packs.
  2. Add your style requests to this form adding your codes and descriptions or our ready to order codes.
  3. Book a callback and speak directly to our head Activewear merchant to go over ideas and concepts.

Scheduling a Callback

Brand owners who book a 15 minute callback with an activewear specialist often see their samples arriving faster, more exactly as expected.

Fabrics

All our Activewear fabrics are blended with Spandex offering different degrees of compression and flexibility, allowing you to select the right fabric for the right activity. The most requested are:

Comfort Luxe: Our most popular Activewear fabric. Featuring a super soft hand feel with a cotton-like touch, excellent moisture-wicking and body-sculpting properties. Designed for brands requiring more flexibility, such as jogging, Padel, Tennis, Pole Dance/Cross Training, Pilates, and less intense workouts. Similar to Lululemon’s fabrics, ensuring you stay cool and dry with any activity.

Eco-Olympus: The top choice for brands targeting the heavy workout, gym enthusiast market. Designed for firm body support during intense workouts, utilizing Creora® Power-Fit from Korea, the leading spandex/elastane brand. Favored by top workout apparel brands for its ability to provide exceptional support and compression.

Selecting Colours

Some example colours we hold in stock.

Samples are most commonly assembled using our stock colours, allowing us to cut your fabric the day after payment. If you request colours not in our stock, they must be dyed and imported, taking several weeks or more.
Selecting to produce your samples in some of our 85 trending stock colours allows you to order your bulk PO in the same colours as your samples.

Note
As there is no MOQ when selecting stock colours, it allows you to add more colours to your collection.
Custom colours come in 70m rolls, producing approx. 45 sets mixed across your entire collection.
Fabrics and Colours

Prints

If you’d like to add a print or two, it’s our specialty. We print your motifs digitally on recycled American Nylon and via sublimation on polyester.
Print quality is exceptional and will never fade or lose its original just new look.
Read more about Prints

Branding

As we know, brands like NIKE, ADIDAS, etc, love to splash their logos across all their designs. Below, some examples of custom-branded elasticated Jacquard. We know that well-branded, Activewear collections outperform poorly branded ones. If you need assistance, our skilled graphics team are ready to help, often at no additional cost.
Activewear Accessories

Custom-branded Elastic Jacquard

Sample Fees

Our price is for a fully-fledged garment, all-inclusive of patterns, fabrics, accessories.

We never add surcharges.

Custom Samples:

Cost = (2 x W/S Price) + $30 Development Fee.
Example: Sports Top at $15 = 2 X 15 + 30 = USD 60.

Ready-to-Order Samples:

Cost = 2 x W/S Price (no development fee).
Example: Sports Top at $15 = 2 X 15 = USD 30

Should samples require slight adjustments, these are resolved using our digitally software.
If they differ significantly from your handover, remakes are free.

Starter Packs

If you want to know more about how we sample, getting a starter pack will always help you make better choices regarding fabric, colour, and accessories. Regardless of which pack you choose, you will find all the information you require regarding how samples are made.
Shop Starter Packs

Thinking Forward

PRO TIP

Whilst samples are being constructed, discuss bulk PO requirements with your merchant, focusing on custom-branded heat press, prints, & accessories. Addressing these issues during the sampling phase can significantly reduce your production timeline.

To discuss your ideas about bulk orders, go here.

If you haven’t already priced your designs, go here.