Men's Clothing Manufacturer

The core menswear range: t-shirts, polos, button-up shirts in oxford, poplin and flannel, hoodies, sweatshirts, joggers, shorts and loungewear. Cut-and-sew knits are our strongest capability, since that is what our floor is built around, and we make wovens alongside them. Two categories sit outside what we do well, and we'll say so rather than quote you regardless: tailored suiting and structured outerwear need different machinery and a different skill base, and denim is its own specialism. If your range centres on those, a dedicated factory will serve you better. Tell us the full range in your first message and we will be specific about which pieces we should and should not make.

By specifying it rather than inheriting it. Four measurements do most of the work. Shoulder point determines whether the garment hangs correctly at all, since a seam even slightly off the natural shoulder undermines everything below it. Chest ease sets whether the piece reads fitted, regular or relaxed, and it should be a deliberate figure rather than whatever the base size gives you. Waist suppression, the taper between chest and waist, is what stops a shirt looking like a rectangle. Body length decides whether a tee sits properly untucked. We set all four on your first sample, then keep that approved garment as a sealed reference so later runs are measured against a physical object rather than a spec sheet.

One hundred pieces per style, per colour. For menswear specifically the size curve is usually kinder than womenswear or kidswear — a five-size run from S to XXL covers most of the market, so a hundred pieces spreads to roughly twenty per size, which is workable for a first run. The weighting matters more than the range: menswear typically skews to the middle sizes, so an even split across five sizes will leave you long on XS and short on L. Send us your ratio if you have sales history; if you do not, we will suggest a standard curve. As with everything, one colour deep costs meaningfully less than the same quantity split across three, because each colour is its own fabric lot.

Weave and behaviour, and they suit different shirts. Poplin is a tight plain weave: smooth surface, crisp hand, slightly more formal, and it shows creases readily so it wants pressing. Oxford uses a basketweave that gives visible texture, noticeably better durability and much more tolerance of wrinkling, which is why it dominates casual and everyday shirting. Flannel is brushed after weaving for softness and warmth, excellent for autumn and winter ranges, with the same caveat that applies to brushed knits — inexpensive flannel pills where good flannel does not, because the difference is in the base yarn rather than the brushing. Tell us the season and formality you are targeting and we will recommend.

It comes down to interlining, the layer inside the collar that gives it structure. A collar with no interlining or a poor one will relax and wilt after a few washes; an over-fused collar feels like cardboard and never softens. The choice is deliberate: fused interlining gives a crisp, formal, self-supporting collar, while unfused or lightly fused gives a softer roll that suits casual shirting and improves with wear. We specify it against the look you describe rather than defaulting to one. The same principle applies to knit polos, where the collar needs either fused self-fabric or a rib containing elastane so it recovers rather than stretching out permanently.

Not appreciably if the fabric is pre-shrunk before cutting, which is standard here. Woven cotton contracts more than knit on its first wash, and on menswear that shows up faster than anywhere else because collars and cuffs are fitted — a shirt that loses length in the sleeve or tightness in the collar reads as a defect even when the sewing is perfect. Pre-shrinking, sometimes called sanforising on wovens, relaxes the fabric before it is cut so the finished garment holds its measurements. We also allow for it in the pattern rather than relying on the finish alone, and we ask you to wash the sample before approving it precisely so you can confirm this yourself.

Yes, through a sealed sample. When you approve your first production sample, that physical garment is retained and every subsequent run is measured against it rather than against a written specification — which removes the interpretation drift that causes a fifth order to fit differently from the first. For colour we hold your approved lab dip on file and match new batches to it rather than re-matching to a Pantone reference, since dye lots vary naturally between runs. This matters more in menswear than in most categories, because men tend to repurchase the same style once they find one that fits, and a fit change loses a repeat customer permanently.

Yes — GOTS-certified organic cotton is available across most men's knit styles from 100 pieces per colourway, under certificate RSC 9687, which you can verify yourself on the public database at global-standard.org. Availability is broader on knits than on wovens, since our knit supply chain is where the certification is concentrated, so if organic shirting specifically is important to your range, raise it early and we will confirm what is available rather than assume. GOTS defines more than one permitted label wording depending on fibre composition, and we confirm in writing which applies to your fabric before anything is printed. Worth knowing on menswear specifically: heavier garments carry more fabric, so the organic premium is more visible on a 400gsm hoodie than on a 180gsm tee. If budget is tight, running organic on your hero pieces and conventional on volume basics is a legitimate split, and the certificate still covers what it covers.