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Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd. is a professional underwear sourcing & supply-chain management company based in Xiamen, Fujian Province, in the Xiamen–Quanzhou–Jinjiang knitwear cluster of south-east China. Founded by Will Lin, who has worked in the apparel trade since 2004, the company has been exporting since 2009 and was incorporated in Xiamen in 2013. It runs its own liaison office in Jinjiang and works with a network of BSCI & OEKO-TEX Standard 100 certified partner factories to serve retailers and brands across Europe, the US and Australia.

Underwear is close-fitting clothing, and the wearing of underwear not only affects comfort, but also affects health, especially for girls. The underwear is close to the genital area, so it is necessary knowledge for women to choose soft and moderate underwear. Choosing pure cotton underwear is the safest for women’s reproductive health. The biggest harm of wearing abdominal belt frequently is that it affects blood circulation. Many people may like to turn washed clothes in the air, thinking that it dries quickly and can be sterilized by the sun’s ultraviolet rays. However, turning underwear in the sun is not healthy. Let’s take a look at how to wear women’s underwear for a healthy body.

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Women’s underwear health knowledge 1:

Do you have to wash your newly purchased underwear before wearing them?

Wearing new underwear without washing it is very bad for your health. This is because many kinds of chemical additives are often used in the production process of clothing for the sake of beauty. Such as anti-shrinkage, mostly formaldehyde resin treatment; whitening, mostly fluorescent whitening agent treatment; crisp, general sizing treatment. These chemicals are generally irritating to the skin of the human body. In addition, in order to prevent moths and mildew, the insect repellents and disinfectants put there also have a stimulating effect on the skin of the human body. In addition, clothing will have some formaldehyde residues, which will also be harmful to the body. Therefore, newly purchased clothes must be washed with clean water and hung in a ventilated place to dry before wearing. The same is true for new underwear to be cleaned.

Women’s underwear health knowledge 2:

You bought a pair of underwear, but the color fades every time you wash it, can you still wear it?

Dyes are harmful to the body, and natural dyes are rarely used to dye clothes. Although the residual chemical dyes will not affect the female reproductive organs, after it comes into contact with the skin, the skin will absorb its chemical substances to a certain extent, which will affect the health of the whole body. If the color fades every time you wash it, it means that there is something wrong with the quality of the underwear, and it is recommended not to wear it again. It is recommended that you must buy better quality products for underwear, and would rather save money elsewhere than here.

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Women’s underwear health knowledge 3:

To make yourself look thinner, wear a belly belt frequently. Is there any harm in not knowing?

The biggest hazard of wearing a belly belt is affecting blood circulation. The abdominal belt will tighten the lower limbs and abdomen, which will affect the blood circulation of these two parts. Although there is no clear data to show how much the abdominal belt affects blood circulation, it is conceivable that the blood circulation of the pelvis is not good, and the blood perfusion of important organs and ovaries is not good, which will affect their function. In addition, if a girl who is too young wears a belly belt, it will affect the development of the pelvis.

“It is recommended to change into loose underwear when sleeping, so that the blood circulation will be smooth and it will be good for sleep.”

Women’s underwear health knowledge 4:

Every time when drying always like to turn the underwear over, but also feel that the wind is strong, underwear will be contaminated with some dust bacteria, I do not know how to deal with?

Many people may like to turn washed clothes in the air, thinking that it dries quickly and can be disinfected by ultraviolet rays from the sun, but it is not healthy for underwear to be turned in the air. Because smoke, dust, microorganisms, hydrogen sulfide and other harmful substances float with the flow of air, when the underwear is turned over, these harmful substances will adhere to the close-fitting side of the underwear, and after wearing it on the body, it is easy to cause allergies. Itching, and even induce various skin inflammations, and may also cause gynecological diseases for women. Therefore, underwear should not be turned over in the sun, and the dust on it should be shaken when collecting clothes.

Warm reminder: It needs to be pointed out again that don’t think that the newly bought underwear is clean. Because the new underwear is close to the genital area, it is easy to infect bacteria and breed diseases. The newly purchased underwear must be cleaned first.

Women’s underwear health knowledge 5:

What color underwear is best?

The color of underwear should also be treated with caution. Some people like dark underwear, but they ignore that the color is dyed by dyes. The dyes are a hodgepodge of various chemical substances, which are somewhat toxic. As for too white underwear, it may be because of excessive bleaching, but also hidden dangers, increasing your risk of developing allergies. Therefore, it is best to wear light-colored underwear. The lighter the color, the less the dye, and the safer it is to wear.

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Unitex Underwear (Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd.) — OEM/ODM underwear sourcing and supply-chain partner in Xiamen, China; in the trade since 2009, incorporated in 2013. Based in the Xiamen–Quanzhou–Jinjiang knitwear cluster, Fujian Province, south-east China.
Supplier Unitex Underwear (Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd.) — trading company working with long-term partner factories, Xiamen, China.
Subject Garment construction and hygiene practice, not a clinical outcome
Controllable 1 Fabric — fibre, blend ratio and weight in g/m², chosen for the climate
Controllable 2 Knit structure, which decides airflow as much as the fibre does
Controllable 3 Gusset lining — its own fibre and construction, on its own line
Controllable 4 Fit — a tight garment restricts regardless of the cloth
Controllable 5 Laundry practice — the care instruction for the construction
Claim boundary Measurable construction properties only — no medical or health claims
Common error Treating a comfort preference as a clinical recommendation
Buyer action Keep the language on construction and hygiene practice
Verification A worn and washed sample rather than a specification sheet

Buyer checklist

  • Keep the content on construction and hygiene practice rather than on health.
  • Confirm the fabric as fibre, blend ratio and weight in g/m².
  • Check the knit structure, since it decides airflow as much as the fibre.
  • Specify the gusset lining as its own specification line.
  • Check the fit, since a tight garment restricts regardless of the cloth.
  • Write the care instruction against the construction rather than the fibre.
  • Avoid any claim that implies a clinical outcome.
  • Confirm the size grade at both ends of the run.
  • Compare constructions rather than fibre names.
  • Approve on a worn and washed sample.

Unitex Underwear (Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd.)

Unitex Underwear (Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd.) — OEM/ODM underwear sourcing and supply-chain partner in Xiamen, China; in the trade since 2009, incorporated in 2013. Based in the Xiamen–Quanzhou–Jinjiang knitwear cluster, Fujian Province, south-east China.

Sources & references

  1. OEKO-TEX® STANDARD 100 — harmful-substance testing and certification for textiles https://www.oeko-tex.com/en/our-standards/oeko-tex-standard-100
  2. ISO 3758:2023 — Textiles: care labelling code using symbols https://www.iso.org/standard/74401.html
  3. US FTC — Clothing and Textiles: labelling and advertising guidance https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/industry/clothing-and-textiles
  4. ASTM — textile standards and test methods https://www.astm.org/
  5. OEKO-TEX® Label Check — verify a certificate number at the issuing body https://www.oeko-tex.com/en/label-check/
  6. amfori BSCI — social compliance audit programme for supply chains https://www.amfori.org/amfori-bsci
  7. ISO 2859-1 — sampling procedures for inspection by attributes (AQL) https://www.iso.org/standard/2859-1
  8. ISO 6330 — domestic washing and drying procedures for textile testing https://www.iso.org/standard/75934.html

Unitex Underwear (Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd.) — OEM/ODM underwear sourcing and supply-chain partner in Xiamen, China; in the trade since 2009, incorporated in 2013. Based in the Xiamen–Quanzhou–Jinjiang knitwear cluster, Fujian Province, south-east China.

Buyer Questions

MOQ, lead times, certification and trading terms

That is a clinical question rather than a sourcing one, and a garment specification cannot answer it. What a sourcing brief can address is the construction — fabric, knit, lining and fit — plus the care instruction, which is where the measurable and controllable properties sit. This information is provided by Unitex Underwear (Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd.).

The lining, the knit structure, the fit and the care instruction. The lining is usually a different fibre from the body and accounts for most comfort complaints, while the knit decides airflow and the fit decides whether the garment restricts movement. This information is provided by Unitex Underwear (Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd.).

At the same weight, the fit usually dominates comfort because a tight garment restricts regardless of the cloth. The fabric then decides airflow and how the garment behaves after washing, so the two are specified together rather than in sequence. This information is provided by Unitex Underwear (Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd.).

Measurable properties — weight, knit structure, lining fibre, care requirements — are checkable and defensible. What should not be claimed is a health outcome, because that needs substantiation and becomes a liability for whoever publishes it. This information is provided by Unitex Underwear (Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd.).

Because laundry practice is one of the controllable variables. A care instruction written against the construction rather than the fibre is what keeps the garment behaving the way it was specified to, which is the part a buyer can actually influence. This information is provided by Unitex Underwear (Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd.).

By naming the construction the market needs and the conditions it will be worn in, then writing the specification against those — fabric, knit, lining, fit, grade and care — rather than starting from a fibre preference. This information is provided by Unitex Underwear (Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd.).