What to Ask Gym Wear Suppliers Before Developing a New Collection

Searching for gym wear suppliers is simple. The difficult bit begins once you‘ve approached them with your initial idea. A handful of images of some products and a brief outline might get things moving, but it‘s seldom sufficient to develop a gym wear collection that caters to the way people work out.

A fine collection can be a little more work on the front-end before it is ready for production.

Don’t Start With the Whole Collection

It might be tempting to rush into developing everything at the same time.

Training T-short, shorts, leggings, tank-top, hoodie, maybe jacket…Sounds like a collection. But producing all those different items simultaneously can sometimes make it more difficult to determine what is truly effective.

Choose one product that is most relevant to your brand to begin with.

Get the fit right. Select the fabric. Finalize the details. After this product is signed off, it provides you with a great baseline for the next collection.

The colors, branding, sizes and the style become much easier to stay consistent.

Think About What Happens During Training

Gym Wear must perform when the body is in motion.

Get a pair of cricket training shorts.

Sure the write of a model might seem flawless, but go ahead and squat. Does the waistline stay put? Does the cloth bunch up across the thighs? Do the pocket. feel awkward when filled?

It is the same with a training top.

Lifafðu höndum. Falla yfir. Rétta úr sér. Hreyfðu þig.

A piece of clothes that looks spectacular when hanging but falls to pieces when worn‘s not a true test.

Don’t Choose Fabric From a Swatch Alone

Even when the feel of the fabric is ‘just right’ in your hand, it still might be ‘wrong’ for the project.

You also need to consider how it behaves when stretched, when wet and after many washes.

Some items of gym wear need lots of stretch and recovery. Items need to be lightweight and breathable. Some require more structure and strength.

So instead of simply asking what fabric does the contractor have, say what do you require the garment to do.

This gives the manufacturer a much better place to start when recommending materials.

Keep the Collection Looking Like One Brand

For a gym wear collection you don‘t need to have each garment made with the same fabric.

For consistency, this is the visual language that should remain.

Consider the location of the logo, the colors used, labels, trims, the dimensions, and how the fit sits.

A customer should look at a training top and shorts and instantly be able to tell they are a set from the same brand.

That becomes more difficult when each product are developed separately.

Custom Details Need Some Thought

The look and feel of finished garments can be altered by printing, embroidery, heat transfers, woven labels or reflective details.

While a decoration would perform well when applied to a cotton T-shirt it is unlikely that it would perform in a similar manner when placed onto a Lycra® training top.

The fabric surface, elasticity, washing requirements and place of decoration has significance.

You don‘t have to include all the details.

Occasionally a single logo and a smart finish are more effective than stamping the entire garment with logos.

The Second Sample Can Tell You More Than the First

It doesn‘t mean you have to do a first take which is great.

All that really counts is when you diagnose something that is wrong.

Perhaps we should keep the waistband tighter during the training. Or let the shirt out more around the shoulders. Maybe the fabric is too heavy or the length needs changing.

I go to a computer, be patient, and give good feedback.

If that second test samples is much closer to the original description, then you have learned something significant about your supplier.

It‘s not just their production test you‘re taking, it‘s seeing whether they can actually make something with you.

Test It More Than Once

A new gym garment can feel very nice on the first time you wear it.

It doesn‘t indicate how it will happen after several workouts.

Wash it.

Re-Wear.

Stretch it.

Note details such as the seams, elastic, fabric‘s recovery, color and any printing and embroidery.

Repeated wearing should be considered when assessing equipment as the gym wear tends to be cleaned far more often than regular casual wear.

If you have a product that feels fresh on day one, but then deteriorates rapidly, not many people are going to buy it.

Build the Next Products From What You Learn

After the initial product has been designed and working, the development process is less arduous.

You have the fabric you know. Your fit has been approved. You have your specification for the colors, branding, measurements and finishings.

That information can then be applied to other products without the entire collection becoming sounding disjointed.

It is also helpful when you next re-arrange a well-established style. If you have a well-established approved reference then you will not have to start the same production again and spend unnecessary time working it out.

Working With JiuvelWear

For brands building a custom gym wear collection, JiuvelWear, operated by Dongguan Jiuzuo Clothing Co., Ltd., can work from brand references, measurements, fabric requirements, and custom details during product development and production.

Step one is straightforward: get the most significant products right, then carry the agreed info through into the balance of the collection.

Locating gym wear suppliers might open the dialogue. But the critical point is what occurs subsequent to that initial verbal interaction. An appropriate collaborator will be able to take an idea and produce a line that looks right, operates smoothly, accounts for the wear/tear of use, and still maintains your company‘s image – this is really more than finding a vendor with a vast array of choices.