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150 pieces per style and colourway, split across your sizes, not 150 in each size. Plan that split in our MOQ calculator, treating its default sizes as a generic adult guide to be changed for how your own briefs, boxers or bralettes are cut. Each colourway is its own dye lot, and because a brief uses so little fabric, the mill's minimum kilos weigh heavily against the run, so fewer shades per style keeps the unit price sensible. Elastic width and stretch, waistband type, gusset fabric and labels must all be specified and sourced before cutting. That is why the sampling stage takes longer here than on outerwear — getting the elastic tension right across the size range is most of the work, and it cannot be judged from a drawing. Once the pattern and trim package are approved they carry into every reorder unchanged, which is why second runs are both faster and cheaper than the first.

In the US, generally no — and this catches a lot of new brands out. The FTC requires bamboo-derived viscose to be labelled as "viscose from bamboo" or "rayon from bamboo", because the fibre is chemically regenerated rather than mechanically processed from the plant, and it has pursued enforcement against brands using the bare term "bamboo", so this is enforced rather than theoretical. The fabric is actually lovely and there's nothing wrong with using it — it just has to be described accurately. We'll raise this before your labels go to print, not after: care and content labels are printed once, so getting the fibre wording right first time avoids a reprint. The compliant description is viscose or lyocell derived from bamboo, and if the sustainability story matters to you, a closed-loop lyocell with a certificate number is both more defensible and a stronger claim than the word bamboo ever was.

Modal for softness and drape, organic cotton under our GOTS certification when you need a certified organic claim. Modal is regenerated from beech pulp: it is softer than cotton, drapes better and holds up to repeated washing without the pilling cotton develops, which is why it suits intimates. Organic cotton carries a natural, certifiable story, and our GOTS certificate is RSC 9687. Mixing the two limits the label. Under GOTS 7.0, the rules applying now, modal counts in the same 10 per cent group as virgin elastane, so a cotton-modal jersey with more modal than that cannot carry either GOTS grade, and any virgin elastane knitted into the cloth uses up the same allowance (our GOTS guide has the detail). Modal, organic cotton and viscose from bamboo are different yarns at different prices per kilo, so the choice shows in your quote. Whatever the main fabric, briefs still need a cotton gusset. Ask for swatches of both and feel them before you choose.

Yes, in custom jacquard elastic woven to order as a bought-in trim, with your brand name woven into the elastic itself rather than printed on it, so it does not crack or wear off where your customer feels it all day. The weaving has a one-off setup and a minimum run in metres that usually exceeds what 150 pieces consume. Two habits make that work on a small order: share one band across several styles, so the setup is spread over more pieces, and treat the surplus as stock for your reorder rather than waste. Leg openings and bralette bands need narrower elastics of their own, each with its own minimum and colour match, so a style in three colours may need three shades of every elastic. The elastic is one of the lines your quote is built from, so settle the band, its wording and its colours before you ask for pricing.

The elastic, its width, and how it is attached — in that order. Cheap waistbands use narrow elastic with low recovery, which loses tension after a dozen washes and rolls or twists. Better ones use wider elastic with higher recovery, chosen to suit the garment weight rather than picked from whatever is in stock. Attachment matters as much: an elastic simply enclosed in a casing can twist and bunch; one that is tacked or stitched through at intervals stays flat. For underwear specifically, a covered or jacquard elastic sits more comfortably against skin than a raw edge, and a branded jacquard band is where a lot of the perceived quality lives. Getting the tension right across the size range is most of the sampling work, and it cannot be judged from a drawing.

Seam construction and edge finish, mostly. Bonded or laser-cut edges remove the hem entirely, so there is no folded edge to press a line through outerwear — that is the cleanest result and the most technical to produce. Where a sewn edge is needed, flatlock seams lie flat against the skin rather than forming a ridge, unlike a standard overlock. Fabric weight matters too: a lighter, higher-stretch knit conforms rather than bunching at the edge. And the pattern has to place the leg opening where it sits naturally rather than cutting across the fullest part, which is a fit decision made before anything is sewn. Tell us at sampling what the garment is worn under, because the right construction for leggings differs from the right one for a fitted dress.

Sampling takes about 10 days once we have your brief, and production takes 40 to 50 days after you approve the sample, with freight on top. Air freight is about 5 to 7 days to the US and UK, 5 to 8 days to Europe and 6 to 8 days to Canada; sea freight takes 30 to 40 days to the US and 30 to 35 to the UK. On underwear, two things decide whether that calendar holds. The first is the elastic: a jacquard waistband is woven to order, so send the band artwork and colours with your first brief rather than after the sample, because the elastic has to be in hand before cutting starts. The second is fit. Elastic tension across the size range is judged on the sample, and a second sampling round adds its own days. Approve the waistband, gusset and edge finish together and the production clock starts once, not twice. From order to your door, plan on about 70 days by air.

Yes. Each style has its own minimum of 150 pieces per colour, so a men's boxer brief and a women's bikini brief, both in black, are two styles and 300 pieces, each split across its own sizes. The two lines differ more than they look. Men's styles are built around a shaped front pouch, while women's briefs need a cotton gusset sewn into every piece, and each line needs its own size chart and grading, because men's and women's bodies are measured and graded differently. What the two lines can share is the setup. Cutting both from the same jersey in the same colour can draw on one dye lot at the mill, and one jacquard waistband used across both spreads the weaving setup over more pieces. Send both styles in one brief, with a reference garment for each, so we can plan the fabric and the elastic together rather than as two separate orders.