Nude-Feel Brushed Nylon SpandexBest seller
The default for soft, matte studio leggings. Brushed face kills the cold technical-knit hand-feel.
76% Nylon / 24% Spandex · 220 gsm · 150 cm (59 in) · 4-way stretch
A legging is judged in four places: the squat test, the waistband hold, the wash cycle and the return rate. Composition alone predicts none of them. What matters is knit density, the spandex percentage, the finish on the face, and whether recovery is documented rather than claimed.
Squat-proof is not a property you can promise from a spec sheet — it is opacity under stretch, a function of knit density, yarn count, weight and colour. Light colours need a denser knit or a heavier weight. We test light-colour samples under stretch before bulk and show you the result rather than asking you to trust the word.
Brushed or peached faces read soft and warm before the garment is worn; slick faces feel technical and resist pilling better. The nude-feel story is a brushing story, not a composition story — a 76/24 knit brushed and the same 76/24 knit slick feel like two different fabrics in the hand.
The failure customers notice first is a knee bag or a slumped waistband. Ask for elongation and residual growth figures, not “high stretch”. Our 85/15 compression quality is specified at 160% × 110% elongation with high modulus so it holds through a session instead of relaxing into a baggy knee.
Seamless-look and bonded waistbands push you toward thinner, denser ultrafine knits. Cut-and-sew training tights are better served by 240–270 gsm compression. Printed e-commerce pairs want a polyester interlock that takes sublimation without losing hand.
Thirteen knit qualities, posted in 3–5 days. Tell us the garment and the colour.
6 qualities for leggings
The default for soft, matte studio leggings. Brushed face kills the cold technical-knit hand-feel.
Dense slick-face knit for training tights — stays opaque in the deepest squat, light colours included.
The lightest quality in the range, for high-waisted seamless silhouettes and bonded waistbands.
The same nude-feel construction on recycled yarn, with a transaction certificate per shipment.
The print workhorse — takes sublimation and high-contrast colour without losing hand.
For ribbed bike shorts and matching sets where texture, not compression, is the story.
Before you commit
200–250 gsm is the commercial range for cut-and-sew leggings. Below 200 gsm most mid-tones need a liner; above 270 gsm the garment starts to feel compressive rather than bare.
Send a 20 × 20 cm swatch or an approved garment. We match composition, weight, stretch direction and hand-feel, then send a lab dip and a strike-off in your colour.
Dyed-to-order runs start at 500 kg per colour — roughly 1,500 m at 220 gsm on a 150 cm width. Stock shades and sample lengths are available in smaller quantities for trials.
A photo, a reference garment or a tech pack is enough. We will tell you which of the six qualities it maps to — and if it maps to none of them, we will say so.
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