How to choose
For supermarket and volume retail, combed cotton at 160–180 g/m² is the sweet spot between landed cost and perceived quality. If your customer wants a cooler, faster-drying brief, specify a cotton/elastane blend with a moisture-wicking finish. On private-label programmes, the printed waistband logo and the woven label are the two details buyers notice first.
Men’s Briefs — Cotton, Yarn-Dyed Stripe — fashional — catalogue reference UT-MBD526. Cloth, sizing and packing below come from the sample we already run for this article.
We do not manufacture — we manage. Unitex, based in Xiamen, Fujian Province, develops the sample, assigns the order to an audited partner workshop in the Xiamen–Quanzhou–Jinjiang cluster, and carries the specification, the quality plan and the delivery commitment. Keeping trade and production separate is what lets us match the workshop to the garment.
Fabric and construction
Widths never repeat in this stripe — pale aqua, mid teal, near-black navy and ecru follow one another unevenly, with fine dark lines running between the broad bands. Nothing here is even, which is what keeps a striped brief off the mattress-ticking shelf. Yarn-dyed throughout, so every band is its own yarn and the light stripes will not thin with washing; the self-fabric band runs over a tunnel elastic and the sequence carries straight through it. Bias-cut pouch with the stripe fanning at centre front, brief leg finished with a darker teal binding. A cool palette with a holiday read, for southern-European summer retail and swim-adjacent merchandising. 175 gsm cotton/elastane, 60 grams per piece.
UT-MBD526 — 95% cotton 5% elastane fully stretching single jersey 175GSM
Construction highlights
UT-MBD526 — construction highlights
- Cotton/elastane fabric with soften finishing treatment
- Tunnel elastic super stretching
- All day comfortable
- OEKO-TEX Standard 100 certified materials
- Eco-Friendly
Buyer questions on this style
What fabric does UT-MBD526 use? 95% cotton 5% elastane fully stretching single jersey 175GSM.
Which sizes are available on UT-MBD526? S-2XL or as per customer’s instruction.
What is the MOQ for UT-MBD526, and can I start smaller? 3,000 pcs per style and colour; 1,000 pc trials negotiable.
How is UT-MBD526 packed for retail? 1 piece per polybag or as per customer’s request.
How long do sampling and bulk take on UT-MBD526? Sampling 7–10 days; bulk 45–60 days, FOB Xiamen.
Can the stripe widths be re-proportioned, for example a broader aqua and a narrower navy? Not on the same programme. A yarn-dyed stripe is fixed in the knitting programme — the needle sequence decides the widths — so re-proportioning means a new programme and a new minimum for that colourway. What is easy is swapping a colour inside the existing sequence: same widths, same minimum, different palette.
How many colours run in this stripe, and can two of them be swapped for ours? Four grounds plus the fine dark lines between them, and any of the four can be exchanged for a Pantone from your range without touching the widths. Adding a fifth ground is what we would advise against: the sequence is already busy and one more band starts to read as noise from a metre away. Swatches go out before the programme is locked.
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-MBD526 — export and packing data
- HTS Code: 6107.11.00 00
- Weight Per Unit: 60 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: S-2XL (or to the customer’s own size chart)
- Retail packing: 1 piece per polybag or as per customer’s request
UT-MBD526 — already shipping to Eastern Europe, Western Europe, North America, Central/South America, Mid East/Africa, Asia/Australia.
UT-MBD526 — other blocks in Men’s Underwear, and the process and quality sequence.
Specifications
| Main Fabric | 95% cotton 5% elastane fully stretching single jersey 175GSM |
|---|---|
| Sizes | S-2XL or as per customer's instruction |
| Color | Yarn Dye as photo or yarn dye designs as to customer's instruction |
| Logo | Customized logo |
| Package | 1 piece per polybag or as per customer's request |
| Features | Cotton/elastane fabric with soften finishing treatment; Tunnel elastic super stretching; All day comfortable; OEKO-TEX Standard 100 certified materials; Eco-Friendly |
| Bulk lead time | 45-60 days after pre-production sample approval |
| Sampling | 7-10 days for counter samples; 12-18 days for full custom development |
| Trade term | FOB Xiamen; other Incoterms on request |
| HTS Code | 6107.11.00 00 |
| Weight Per Unit | 60 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 |
| Main Export Markets | Eastern Europe, Western Europe, North America, Central/South America, Mid East/Africa, Asia/Australia |
| MOQ | 2,000 pcs per style and colour |
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.
