Private Label

Private Label Yoga Leggings

Your label, your colours, your packaging. The most common way brands start with us.

What this covers

Private Label, in detail

The points below are the ones that come up in the first conversation. Anything that depends on your order — the minimum, the lead time, the price — is quoted rather than published, because it moves with the fabric and the colour.

What you bring

A style or a reference piece, your size range, your colours and your label artwork. If you only have inspiration images, that is enough to start.

What we do

We source or match the fabric, make a wear-test sample, adjust the fit until it is right, then produce the run and finish it with your branding.

What to decide early

Fabric weight, rise, inseam, size grading and packaging. These five drive both the sample rounds and the production time.

Briefing us

Six decisions and the quote is a number

Most quotes stall because one of these is still open. Send all six in one message and the reply carries a unit price, a minimum and a lead time for the quantity you asked about.

Style or reference

A photograph, a sample garment, or a style from the range. A reference piece beats a description.

Fabric

Weight, stretch and hand feel. If you are not sure, ask for the swatch card before choosing.

Colour

A colour reference, a swatch you send, or a stock colour from the range.

Size grade

The size range you sell, and the measurements you need held to.

Quantity per colour

Dyeing carries the minimum, not cutting, so quantity is quoted per colour rather than per style.

Branding and packing

Your woven label, care label, hang tag, and how the cartons should be packed.

Customisation

Everything that can be changed

A clear list, so a brief can be written in one message instead of five. Anything on this list is quoted with the garments rather than added afterwards.

FabricWeight, stretch, hand feel and opacity. The same silhouette in two fabrics is two different products, so this is decided first.
ColourDyed to a colour reference, or matched to a swatch you send. Dyeing is the step that carries a minimum.
PrintAll-over print, placement print or tie-dye, worked from your artwork or from a reference.
Fit and sizeRise, inseam, waistband depth, and the whole size grade rather than a single size.
BrandingWoven label, printed care label, hang tag and packaging — quoted with the garments rather than added afterwards.

How we work

From a brief to a packed carton

Five stages, and each one gates the next. The two that most often need a second round are the fit and the colour, which is why both are approved against a retained standard before production starts.

Brief and fabric

We agree the style, the fabric and the size grade. Nothing is cut until these three are settled.

First sample

A wear-test piece is made in the agreed fabric and colour so the fit can be judged on a body.

Fit round

Rise, waistband depth, inseam and through-the-thigh are adjusted until the fit is right.

Fabric and colour approval

The fabric and the colour are signed off against a retained standard, which is what a repeat order is checked against.

Production and packing

The run is cut, sewn, checked against the approved sample, then labelled and packed.

Packing

Labels, tags and cartons

Finishing is where an order stops looking like a shipment and starts looking like a product on a shelf.

LabelsWoven main label, printed care and composition label, and the origin marking your market requires.
Hang tagsYour artwork, or a plain tag if the range is being tested.
Polybags and cartonsAssorted or solid colour, solid size, and a carton mark that matches what your warehouse expects to scan.
BarcodesApplied at the packing stage if you supply the numbers, so nothing is re-labelled on arrival.

Private label

Private label, answered

What do we have to supply?

A style or a reference piece, your size range, your colours and your label artwork. If you only have inspiration images, that is enough to start.

Can we start with a small trial run?

Yes, and it is the usual way a first order runs. The minimum is set by the fabric and the dye lot, so the colour you choose decides how small the trial can be.

Who owns the pattern?

Patterns developed for your order are used for your orders. If you want that in writing, say so and it goes in the quotation.

Can you ship under our brand only?

Yes. Nothing about the order carries our name unless you ask for it — labels, tags and cartons are yours.

Before you enquire

The questions buyers ask first

Answered the same way here as they are by email — including the ones where the honest answer is that the number moves with the order.

What is the minimum order quantity?

We do not publish a minimum we cannot hold to. The floor is set by the fabric and the dye lot, so it moves with the colour and the style you choose. Tell us the style, the fabric and the quantity you have in mind and the minimum comes back with the quote.

Can you match a sample we already have?

Yes. Send the garment and we work from it: fabric weight, stretch, rise, inseam and size grade, followed by a wear-test piece before any production run.

Do you make tops and bras as well as leggings?

Yes. Leggings are the main line, with shorts, skirts, tanks, sports bras and matched sets made from the same fabrics so the range reads as one collection rather than a pile of separates.

How long does production take?

It depends on the fabric, the quantity and the season, so it is given per enquiry rather than published as a flat figure. The decisions listed above are the ones that move it most.

Can we use our own label and packaging?

Yes. Woven labels, printed care labels, hang tags and packaging are all part of private label production, and they are quoted with the garments rather than added afterwards.

How is opacity checked before a run?

The fabric is stretched as it would be worn and checked against a contrasting background in daylight. The check is done in the lightest colour in the range, because the fabric that passes in black is the one that fails in white.

From the range

Private Label applies to every style in the range

The capability pages describe how the work is done. These are the styles it is done to — each one opens on its own page with the colours on file.

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