Our Factory
Our Factory
How the workshop is organised, who is responsible for what, and what we will show you — photographs and a walkthrough — before you place an order.
What this covers
Our Factory, 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.
Production
Cutting, sewing, flatlock and coverstitch, then finishing and packing.
What we will send you
Factory photographs and a walkthrough video on request, so you can see the line before you place an order.
Capacity and lead time
Given per enquiry, because it depends on the fabric, the quantity and the season.
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.
Quality control
What gets checked before a carton is closed
Inspection is a sequence rather than a final glance. Each check below is done against something that was approved earlier, not against an opinion on the day.
Range planning
What a yoga range is actually made of
Brands rarely buy one garment. A collection is assembled from a small set of pieces that have to sit together, which is why fabric and rise are decided once and carried across the range.
Full-length legging
The anchor piece. Everything else in the range is chosen to sit with it — rise, waistband depth and fabric all start here.
Capri or cropped legging
The same block cut shorter, so a summer drop does not need a second fit approval.
Shorts
Studio and summer lengths. Cut from the legging fabrics so a set matches exactly.
Sports bra
Low to medium support, designed with the legging rather than alongside it — legging plus bra is the most common way a yoga range is bought.
Tank or crop top
The layer that makes the range wearable outside the studio.
Matched set
Legging and top sold as one unit. This is what most suppliers ship and most brands put on the front of the collection.
Skirt or skort
For yoga, tennis and golf ranges, built over the same inner shorts as the leggings.
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
Our Factory 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.
Related
Other pages on how we work
Private Label
Your label, your colours, your packaging. The most common way brands start with us.
Read more →OEM / ODM
Bring us a design and we build to it, or pick a style from the range and change the fabric, colour, print or trims — the quicker route when you are testing a category.
Read more →Customisation
A clear list of everything that can change — fabric, colour, print, fit, size grade and branding — so the whole brief can go in one message instead of five.
Read more →Fabrics
The parameters that decide whether a legging feels soft, stays opaque and keeps its shape.
Read more →Quality Control
What gets checked before a carton is closed and how each check is done: fabric weight and stretch, colour under standard lighting, opacity under stretch, stitching, and the graded fit.
Read more →About Us
A yoga wear workshop making leggings for brands rather than for a marketplace listing.
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