Sampling Explained
Samples are constructed using your handover of designs, considering any fit, construction, and stitching details requested. Once complete, we dispatch via DHL to your door. All samples, custom or ready-to-order, are produced in-house with a team of 60 sample specialists, all with at least ten years of experience assembling activewear samples. These include pattern makers, tailors & sewists, merchants & assistants.
Samples can be produced in any fabric colour or print.
Once your invoice is paid, you’ll be assigned an Activewear specialist who will go over your handover in detail & get back to you to introduce herself & organize a callback if required.
Custom Designs
Custom Activewear designs are our speciality. All we require are your designs in what fabric. & in 2 to 3 days, we will get back to you with our best possible price.
Generally, we produce your samples using in-stock colours in your selected fabrics. Bulk POs can be produced in any colour or print of your choosing.
Once we have provided your prices, we require to know which colour or print you wish to produce them in.
The samples are typically assembled in 10 to 14 working days using stock fabrics and colours, depending on the season and the number of samples in the queue.
Printing adds ten days to the timeline.
Ready-to-Order Samples
You can select from our extensive collection of ready designs, select your fabric, choose which colours or add a print or two; it’s that simple.
There are two ways to order samples
- Fill in a Sample Request Form
- Send your selected designs via email.
You may also select to work with some of your own & some of our designs or a combination of both.
See the latest S/S 2024 Ready Collection.
By selecting from our ready-made designs, you can add your desired designs, which we can produce in any fabric, colour or print.
Selecting Colours
The fabrics you select to produce your samples will be crucial keys to any active/yoga/athleisurewear brand. You’ll need to select the fabric with the correct amount of compression & flexibility for the market you’re selling to.
Adding Prints
Adding prints to any collection is a simple task, much easier than dying plain colours. We print using the highest grade of Italian MS machines, achieving amazing true-to-life results.
Save time and money in sampling
If you select from our ready-to-order designs, you can skip sampling and move directly to your PO. What you see in our catalogue is exactly what you will receive in your desired colours or prints.
Contact us & an activewear specialist will get back to you to discuss your request.
Whilst samples are being produced.
Now is a brilliant time to discuss with your merchant such things as your custom logo you want heat pressed into the inside back of each article & any custom branded accessories & prints you want to add.
Art work is required in Vector format in EPS, PDF, CDR, or JPEG, 300 dpi, repeatable, and to scale. If you require assistance with this, our graphic team is here, in most cases, free of charge.
Charges
Samples are charged at twice our estimated price. Custom designs are charged twice their wholesale price + USD 30 management fee.
For example, a Custom Legging costing USD 19 will be charged 2 X $19 + $30 = $68.00.
Selecting from our ready designs, we charge just two times the wholesale price with no management fee.
Timelines
On average, Custom designs take 10 to 14 working days with ready-to-order designs taking 3 to 5 working days. It’s always advisable to speak to our customer liaison team, who will get back to you with the fastest turnaround we can offer.
Patterns
We work with international body sizes & grades, using digital 2D auto CAD software as it is far superior to working with paper patterns.
We recommend checking our size guide to ensure our specs and grades fit your market. Skip this step, and if your samples arrive too large or small, you will be charged for remakes.
Check our Size Guide.
Fit Model
For approx 80 USD, we can organize a Westen fit model to come to our studio & try on your samples prior to dispatch. We conduct a 30-minute Video call, allowing you to observe first-hand how your styles look when worn, be able to speak to the model about fit & request any changes.
Sample Dispatch
Once samples are ready for dispatch, your merchant will send some clear, high-resolution photos for your approval before DHL picks them up.
Upon arrival
In almost all cases, samples are approved the first time around. However, if your samples arrive significantly different from what you handed over, in most cases, remakes are free. Our 2D digital auto-cad software handles small edits, taking minutes rather than days.
Requesting Samples
Download Sample Request Form
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Sample Form
Download Sample Form
Column 1: Style Code
If you know the code, add it. If not, add your own code or leave it blank.
Column 2: Description
Give your selected design a simple description, like a Triangle Bikini top or low-back piece.
Column 3: Outer Fabric
Select the fabric in which you wish to produce your sample from our stock fabrics or request a print.
Column 4: Color / Print
In most cases all samples are produced in black as black will always show any fit issues on receiving. However, you may produce in any colour or print you choose.
Column 5: Inner Fabric
In most cases, clients request the same fabric for the inner as the outer. However, we can easily make the outer & the inner from different fabrics in different colours.
Column 6: Inner Color/Print
The inner fabric & colour is normally the same as the outer. Again, as inner, you may use any fabric, colour or print you choose.
Column 7: Size
In most cases, sample collections are produced all in size Small. However, you may select any size, from XS to XL.
Requesting multiple sizes will take more time than one size set.
Column 8: Padding
Being a specialist custom Activewear manufacturer, it’s easy for us to add padding to some of the styles, either fixed or removable, to the cups. Write yes or no & add some notes if required.
Column 9: Jacquard
As with padding, we can easily add jacquard to any suitable design.
Write yes or no & add some notes if required.