Swimwear Manufacturer

Yes: bikinis, one-pieces, swim shorts and rash guards from 150 pieces per style, per colourway. In swimwear the minimums you meet first are the ones behind the cloth and trims: a solid swim fabric is a dye lot per colour with the mill's own minimum, and chlorine-resistant elastic and bikini hardware are bought-in trims with supplier minimums. The simplest way to keep a first range lean is fewer colourways per style. For a multi-design range, an all-over pattern sublimated onto white polyester base cloth is priced by the metre printed and removes the dye-lot minimum, though each design is still 150 pieces and it only works on polyester-based shells. Shell fabric, lining, elastic, hardware and chlorine resistance are all specified before cutting. Because all of that is agreed once and carried into every reorder, second runs are considerably quicker. Expect the first sample round to take longer than on a jersey garment. The MOQ calculator totals your mix.

Swimwear is cut and sewn from stretch fabric, and most of the decisions are made before anything is cut. First the shell is chosen by where it will be worn: PBT polyester or chlorine-resistant elastane for pools, nylon/elastane for resort. The pattern is then matched to that fabric, because different fabrics stretch differently and a pattern cut for one will not fit correctly in another. Solid colours come from partner mills as a dye lot per colourway; all-over prints are sublimated onto white polyester in our own building, printed flat with the artwork laid out against the pattern pieces. Four-way stretch tricot lining, chlorine-resistant elastic at the leg and neck, and any cups or hardware are specified next. The pieces are then cut and sewn on our own line in Narayanganj, where swim knits behave differently under the needle than cotton. Walter Meyer's QC checks opacity wet as well as dry, and orders ship DDP worldwide.

Because a swimsuit is priced from two fabrics rather than one, plus elastic and hardware that have to survive chlorine, salt and sun. Swim knits with high elastane content cost more per kilo than any cotton cloth, and PBT or chlorine-resistant elastane costs more again for pool durability. Lining means a four-way stretch tricot under the shell, which roughly doubles the cloth in a one-piece and adds a layer to every seam. Leg, neck and underarm openings take chlorine-resistant elastic, which costs more than standard rubber elastic and carries a supplier minimum. Bikini tops and one-pieces add removable cups, hook-and-eye closures, rings, sliders and adjusters, each bought in and fitted by hand, so a four-piece bikini set with hardware is more operations than a rash guard. Solid colours add a dye lot per colourway with mill minimums. We do not publish a price list: we quote each style and colourway from your spec.

The fabric you specify decides this, so choose deliberately rather than by default — the two common options age very differently in a pool. Standard nylon-elastane degrades relatively quickly in chlorinated water — the elastane breaks down, the fabric goes slack and slightly transparent, and a suit worn regularly in a pool can lose its shape within a season. Polyester-elastane holds up considerably better, and polyester with PBT or a chlorine-resistant elastane better still; that is what competitive swimwear uses. The trade-off is hand feel, since nylon is softer. If your customer is a pool swimmer, specify chlorine-resistant and say so on the label — it is a genuine selling point. If the range is resort and beach, standard nylon is fine and feels nicer. Tell us the use case and we will spec it accordingly.

Nylon for feel, polyester for durability, and where the suit will be worn decides between them. Nylon has the softer hand and better drape, which is why most premium swim brands use it, and it suits resort and ocean wear. Polyester holds colour better under UV, resists chlorine better and dries faster, but never feels quite as soft. For pool wear there is a specialist polyester, PBT, which is inherently chlorine-proof because the stretch comes from the polymer itself rather than an added elastomer. On cost, nylon carries a higher per-kilo rate for its hand, and PBT or chlorine-resistant elastane costs more again. Two things can settle it for you. An all-over sublimated print only works on a polyester-based shell, not on nylon. And if sustainability matters, recycled nylon, regenerated from waste including reclaimed fishing nets, performs essentially identically to virgin nylon and prices close to it. Tell us where your customer swims.

Yes, wherever the suit must stay opaque when wet. Fabric that looks opaque dry can become transparent in the water, and that is the single most common swimwear complaint, so on bikinis and one-pieces we spec lining in rather than treat it as an upgrade. We use a four-way stretch tricot lining matched to the shell's stretch, because a lining that stretches less than the outer fabric will pucker or restrict. It also improves the feel against skin and helps the garment hold its shape. Men's swim shorts usually take a mesh liner instead. Lining a one-piece roughly doubles the cloth and adds a layer to every seam, so it costs more in fabric and sewing minutes than an unlined suit. Skipping it saves money, but it is the most visible corner-cut in swim, because a customer notices the moment the suit gets wet. Tell us which areas to line and we quote it for your order.

All-over patterns, repeats and placement prints, yes — on polyester-based swim fabric. We sublimate, which puts the design inside the fibre with no hand feel and lets a pattern run across seams without breaking. Sublimation does not work on nylon, so the print decision is a fabric decision: polyester holds colour better under UV and resists chlorine better, while nylon has the softer hand. A print is priced by the metre printed onto white base cloth, which removes a solid colour's dye-lot minimum, though each design is still 150 pieces. The thing worth knowing early is that a true all-over pattern is a cut-and-sew job: the fabric is printed flat and the garment assembled afterwards, so the artwork has to be laid out against the pattern pieces before cutting. That is done once and reused. Send us the repeat as a vector file with the tile dimensions and we will tell you honestly how it will behave at garment scale.

Knit. Our floor cuts and sews knitwear only, so the swim shorts we make are cut from stretch knit fabric, usually a nylon or polyester blend with elastane, and sewn to your pattern from 150 pieces per style and per colourway. That suits a fitted swim short with some give, and a polyester-based cloth also takes an all-over sublimated print. We also make board-style knit shorts for beach ranges. Classic woven board shorts and crisp, non-stretch swim trunks are a different construction, and we do not make them on our floor. If your range needs them, our sister buying house, CMB Sourcing Ltd, a separate company in the same industrial area, can take them as a separate order if they fall within its range. Men's swim shorts usually take a mesh liner rather than a tricot lining. Tell us the length, fit and fabric you have in mind and we will say which route fits.

Everything a jersey tech pack has, plus the details that only matter once a garment is worn wet and stretched. State the use first, pool, ocean or resort, because that sets the shell fabric. Then give the shell's fibre content including the elastane type, the lining and exactly which panels it covers, and the elastic at each opening with its width and whether it is chlorine-resistant. Swim patterns are usually cut smaller than the body so the suit holds close when wet, so give finished measurements laid flat and the stretch you expect at bust, waist and hip. List cups, rings, sliders and clasps with their sizes and finish, and say which pieces are removable. For a print, send the vector file and the tile size. Name any test your retailer needs, such as ISO 105-E03 for chlorine. Our tech pack guide covers the rest, and if you have no tech pack, we can build one with you.