Custom Material Swimwear & Activewwear Manufacturer
Unijoy - Custom Material
Are you thinking about which kind of fabric should be used on the swimwear, active wear and board shorts?
Herewith we would like to introduce different fabric options for your reference. In fact, all of these garments mainly use nylon blend or polyester blends. But since different garment has their own needs, so there are different fabric quality choices. Swimwear and active wear need very good stretch, so usually the composition include spandex which make the fitting is stretchable and comfortable when swim or do active.
Typical Fabric For Swimwear
Usually, this kind of fabric which a surface is smooth, knitting construction. Since the market has big demand, so there is ready-made grey cloth.
Typical Fabric For Active Wear
Typical Fabric For Swim Short And Board Short (3)
Texture Fabric (9)
Lining Fabric (11)
Sustainable Swimwear & Active Wear Fabric
With the strengthening of people’s awareness of environmental protection, sustainable fabrics have become very popular in recent years. The yarns of these fabrics are made from discarded plastics or waste clothes, the general yarn brands are Carvico, Repreve, Shenghong and other international brands. Yarn producers, fabric producers and garment producers all can provide GRS certificates and TC certificates to demonstrate the integrity of their entire product supply chain and to be sure the products are sustainable. The fabric price will be 50%-80% more expensive than regular fabric. The above mentioned typical fabric and textured fabric can also be made of recycled yarn into sustainable fabric.
Ready Made Fabric Colors
Hundreds of different color for your selection.
All of colors can be custom, but if you prefer or your order qty can’t meet MOQ, you may consider to choose our ready-made fabric colors.
Hundreds of different color for your selection.
The colors can be custom as per pantone color No. but if feel our colors are nice or the order quantity can’t meet MOQ, choosing our ready-made colors will be a smart choices, it can save the fabric production time.
Some More Fabric Knowledge You Need To Know
Most of fashion swimwear fabric is about 190-200gsm, the swimwear fabric can’t be too heavy. But if it is too light, it will look and feel like underwear, furthermore it will be looked through when wet. So the ideal weight would be between 190-200gsm per square meter, of course, if some customer special request, there are 220gsm, 180gsm,160gsm, 140 gsm and so on. And also some heavier fabrics often fall into the category of textured and other fabrics.
For the knit fabric, there are 2 different knitting ways, warp knitting and weft knitting. Usually, the typical swimwear fabrics are warp knitting. The advantage of warp knitting is not easy to be edge-roll and shrink. It is the ideal fabric for swimming. Another is weft knitting, it is also good because it is soft hand feeling and good stretch, so it is more applied in activewear, some customers also choose weft knitting swimwear.
From the out looking, maybe you feel very hard to identify the nylon blend and polyester blend. But herewith, we would like to share with you one small simple tip. You may just use a lighter to burn the fabric, if white light comes out, this fabric is nylon/blend, if black light comes out, then this fabric is polyester/blend.
Customers generally require UV protection and color fastness against chlorine water for swimwear, while yoga clothes need to have functions such as moisture absorption and perspiration. Our fabrics can meet all of these requirements.