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Custom fabric development, sampling and dyeing

We do not sell fabric from a list and hope it fits. Development starts with the garment you are trying to make — the weight, the hand-feel, the opacity at the colour you want to sell.

The process

Five steps, each with a document

Brief & benchmark

Tech pack, reference garment or swatch. We confirm which quality maps to it, and name the trade-offs.

Swatches

Physical swatches posted in 3–5 days with composition, weight and width stated in writing.

Lab dip

Colour matched to Pantone TCX or your submitted standard. Two rounds of revision included.

Sample yardage

Small run for fit and performance validation — opacity, recovery, pilling, colourfastness.

Bulk & inspection

Dyed-to-order, rolled, inspected against the approved standard, shipped with test reports.

Swatch pack

See the fabric before you commit

Thirteen knit qualities, posted in 3–5 days. Tell us the garment and the colour.

Request swatches

What you can specify

Everything that changes how the fabric behaves

Composition

Nylon or polyester base, spandex content from 8% to 25%. Higher spandex means more compression and a higher price — we will tell you where the curve flattens.

Weight

160 gsm to 320 gsm within the range. Weight drives opacity, drape and cost more than any other single variable.

Finish

Brushed, peached, slick, matte, anti-pilling, moisture-wicking, cooling. Finishing is where 'feel' is actually bought.

Colour

Pantone TCX matching with lab dips, plus stock shades for speed. Deep and saturated colours cost more to get right — budget for it.

Print

Sublimation on polyester-rich qualities; acid and reactive routes on nylon. Artwork, repeat size and colour count set the minimum.

Certification

OEKO-TEX and GRS routed through the partner mill that holds the certificate for that quality.

Honest about what we are

We are not a mill with empty machines to fill. We are the sourcing front end for a set of partner mills in Guangdong and Fujian that we have worked with for years — some of them through family and hometown ties that go back further than the business.

That structure is an advantage when it is stated plainly: you get mill technical capability and mill pricing, plus an English-speaking contact who will chase the dye house on a Friday afternoon.

What that means for MOQ

Dyed-to-order starts at 300 kg per colour because that is the mill's dye bath, not a number we invented to look approachable. Below that, we supply stock shades and sample lengths — enough to validate hand-feel and opacity before you commit.

Start a development

Tell us the garment and the target price. We reply with the fabric route and the honest trade-offs.

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