Boys’ Soft Boxer Briefs — Cotton, Custom Print, Yarn-Dyed Stripe

How to choose

With children's underwear the label decides the purchase, not the price: tracking labels and third-party test reports are usually requested before the first order. Packs by size or by school year cut dead stock and simplify school programmes.

Boys’ Soft Boxer Briefs — Cotton, Custom Print, Yarn-Dyed Stripe — catalogue reference UT-B817E8. Cloth, sizing and packing below come from the sample we already run for this article.

Unitex operates as a supply-chain manager rather than a factory. Based in Xiamen, Fujian Province, we develop the sample in-house, place production with audited partner workshops across the Xiamen–Quanzhou–Jinjiang knitwear corridor, and stay accountable for specification, inspection and shipment dates. We do not run our own production facility.

Fabric and construction

Read the bands, then look at the seams: the colour runs through the cloth, not on top of it. This is a yarn-dyed stripe, so the sequence – turquoise, chartreuse, mid blue, orange, repeated – is built into the knitting, and the same bands appear on the inside face and in the seam allowance. Because the colour sits in the yarn, the edges stay crisp through washing in a way a pigment print on stretch jersey does not. The waistband is solid turquoise, picking one band out of the sequence instead of adding a fifth colour to it. Short boxer-brief leg, flatlock seams, 95% cotton with 5% spandex at 175 GSM. Bold-band styling that moves in Southern Europe, Brazil and the Gulf through spring.

UT-B817E8 — 95% cotton 5% spandex fully stretching single jersey 175GSM

Construction highlights

UT-B817E8 — construction highlights

• Soften finishing for cotton/spandex allover printing fabric
• 100% polyester fully stretching outer elastic jacquard logo customized available
• OEKO-TEX Standard 100 certified materials
• Eco Friendly

Buyer questions on this style

What fabric does UT-B817E8 use? 95% cotton 5% spandex fully stretching single jersey 175GSM.

Which sizes are available on UT-B817E8? Ranges from 86/92 to 146/152 or as per customer’s instruction.

What is the MOQ for UT-B817E8, and can I start smaller? 3,000 pcs per style and colour.

How is UT-B817E8 packed for retail? 1 piece per polybag or as per customer’s request.

How long do sampling and bulk take on UT-B817E8? Sampling 7–10 days; bulk 45–60 days, FOB Xiamen.

Is a yarn-dyed stripe more expensive than printing the same bands? It is, at low volume, and it stops being so at high volume. Yarn dyeing puts the cost into the yarn lot before knitting, so there are no screens and no per-colour print charge, but there is a minimum per colour and the lead time starts earlier in the chain. Printing is cheaper to set up and loses its advantage as the order grows, and it also shows a white edge where the fabric is cut. For a four-colour band at volume, yarn dyeing is normally the better route on both appearance and price.

Do the stripes have to line up across the side seam? They can, and on horizontal bands it is worth deciding early because it drives the marker. Matching the band across the side seam costs fabric, since the panels have to be cut to the repeat rather than nested freely, and the consumption per garment goes up accordingly. A band this wide also drifts visibly if the cutting is loose, so we lay the marker to a single repeat and check the first garment off each layer before the run continues.

Customisation: packaging and what it does to landed cost

Packaging is the variable that moves logistics cost most and gets reviewed last. A piece in a plain PE bag is not the same shipment as one in a carton, a plastic case, a tin or a gift box: unit cost changes, carton volume changes, and so does how many pieces fit a container.

That is why it should be settled before the order is confirmed, not after. We work from the simplest format up to display and gift packaging, and in every case we calculate export carton volume against the chosen format so the quote reflects real freight rather than an estimate.

Export and packing data

UT-B817E8 — export and packing data

• HTS Code: 6107.11.00 00
• Weight Per Unit: 50 Grams
• Units Per Export Carton: As to required instruction
• Export Carton Dimensions L/W/H: As to required instruction
• Export Carton Weight: No more than 15KGS
• Size range: 86/92-146/152 (or as per customer’s instruction)
• Retail packing: 1 pc per polybag or as per customer’s request

UT-B817E8 — already shipping to Mid East/Africa, Asia/Australia, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, North America, Central/South America.

UT-B817E8 — more Boys’ Underwear styles, and the process and quality route behind this article.

Specifications

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.