On this page
- Coordinating tops and bottoms across categories
- Fabric and fit are decided in your brief
- Packaging, labels and what goes in the carton
- A collection brief template
- Give each training garment its own job
- Example: one colour, three independently approved products
- What to send at the start and how we can help
- Questions and answers
- For an enquiry
Plan the training tops, tees, shorts and leggings of a gym collection as one range, but specify each garment on its own: its use, measurements, fabric description and branding positions. Where two fabrics share a colour, compare the physical samples side by side.
Coordinating tops and bottoms across categories
Compare the fabrics side by side under the agreed lighting. A lab dip is a dyeing trial, while printed fabric needs a print sample. For each material, trims included, agree how colour is approved and what variation is acceptable, and keep the approved references for reorders. Colour matching from artwork to production.
Fabric and fit are decided in your brief
Fabric is specified for each order and sourced against your brief, so the brief is where the collection is really designed. For each style, say what the fabric must do and within what range: weight in g/m², stretch direction, how it should recover after a set, how it should feel in the hand and what it must survive in the wash. The performance fabric brief gives a format for this, and fabric weight, coverage and appearance explains what a weight range does and does not promise. For leggings and fitted tops, read specifying stretch and recovery before you write that part of the brief.
Packaging, labels and what goes in the carton
If you need neutral packaging, labels you supply yourself or individual bags, put the label files and the packing plan in your brief and ask Voyager Sportswear to confirm the arrangement in the quotation. Checking the fibre content, care and origin wording for each destination market remains your responsibility, and garment labelling for destination markets explains the checks. Give carton quantities by style or size: packing specifications, barcodes and cartons is the specification to send.
A collection brief template
- Style name and category, with a reference garment or sketch
- Colourways, with a reference for each
- Fit block, base size and the sizes in the lot
- Fabric brief: weight range, stretch, recovery, hand, wash requirement
- Branding: what, where, how large and whether it is the same on every piece
- Trims: zips, drawcords and labels, and who supplies each
- Label and packaging: neutral, your labels, poly-bag and carton plan
- Quantity per colour, with the size breakdown for each
- In-hand date and delivery address
Give each training garment its own job
In a gym collection, a relaxed training tee and a fitted top are different garments, and so are training shorts and leggings. The tee may be about ease and a clear branding area, while a legging needs decisions on rise, waistband, stretch, recovery and coverage, so the two fabric briefs cannot be swapped. List each garment’s reference, measurements and intended activity, then compare the pieces as a collection.
On the sample, try the movements the collection is made for: a squat in the leggings, an overhead reach in the top, a lunge in the shorts. Note where a print, pocket or seam touches equipment or the body, and record each problem precisely instead of calling the whole collection “more technical”.
Example: one colour, three independently approved products
A brand can order a tee, shorts and leggings under one colour name. The three may be made in different materials, so the colour is approved on each material and the fit on each garment. Decide whether the pieces are sold separately or packed as a set. A coordinated collection does not need equal quantities of every item.
What to send at the start and how we can help
A first enquiry can start with the product list, references or sketches, approximate quantities, brand artwork, the size range as far as it is known and the launch or delivery timing. Voyager Sportswear can help clarify material direction, pattern details, branding and sampling. Before bulk approval, tell us which labels, packaging or repeat-order references the brand needs. A close-fitting design is not taken as proof of compression or tested performance properties.
Questions and answers
What should a private label gym wear brief include for each style?
A private label gym wear brief should give each style a name, category and reference garment or sketch, its colourways, fit block, base size and size range, and a fabric brief covering weight range, stretch, recovery, hand and wash requirement. Add the branding positions and sizes, trims and who supplies them, labels and packaging, quantity per colour with the size breakdown, and the in-hand date and delivery address.
How can gym tees, shorts and leggings in different fabrics match in colour?
Gym tees, shorts and leggings in different fabrics match when the colour is approved separately on each fabric, because one colour name may cover several materials. Compare the fabrics side by side under the agreed lighting. A lab dip is a dyeing trial, while printed fabric needs a print sample. Agree the colour-approval method and the acceptable variation for each material, trims included, and keep the approved references for reorders.
Who checks care and origin labelling on private label gym clothing?
The brand remains responsible for checking the fibre content, care and origin wording on private label gym clothing for each destination market. Include the label files, any neutral packaging or customer-supplied labels, individual bags and the carton plan in the brief, and ask Voyager Sportswear to confirm those arrangements in the quotation. State carton quantities by style or size.
For an enquiry
Send the garment and design (or a reference), quantities by style and size, your fabric requirements, any numbers required, the destination and the date you need the goods. Voyager Sportswear usually sends a first reply within 24 hours. Request a quote
