Low MOQ joggers, leggings and shorts manufacturer: 150 pieces per style
Bottoms are where a small range becomes a collection: the jogger that matches the hoodie, the legging that matches the sports bra, the short for the same customer in summer. They are also where fit risk is highest, because a waist, rise and inseam have to be right across every size. From 150 pieces per style and colour, our sister company, Collective Studio Ltd., cuts and sews bottoms from your pattern in Narayanganj. CMB Sourcing Ltd. manages the fit samples, inspection and delivery.
- Minimum
- 150 pieces per style, per colour
- Made by
- Collective Studio Ltd., Narayanganj, our sister factory
- Small runs since
- 2019
- Production time
- About 40–50 days after sample approval; freight on top, DDP
- Organic option
- Organic cotton on request (ask for the factory’s GOTS licence number and check it in the GOTS public database before you order)
- Colours
- Stock shades keep a first run small; custom dye lots need larger fabric minimums
- Typical fabrics
- Brushed fleece and French terry for joggers and shorts; nylon-elastane or polyester-elastane knits for leggings
Made by our sister factory
Collective Studio Ltd.
Small runs on this page are cut and sewn by our sister company, Collective Studio Ltd.: a Narayanganj factory making small quantities since 2019, to support new businesses and creators. CMB Sourcing Ltd. manages your tech pack, sampling, quality checks and DDP delivery exactly as on its own orders, and names the factory in writing before production. Both our founders work with Collective Studio Ltd.: Homaira Jashim is a co-founder and AB Rahman is Head of Growth; see our founders. Our sister company has its own website and minimum, and prices these runs itself.
In short
Joggers, leggings and shorts from 150 pieces per style and colour, cut and sewn from your pattern in fleece, French terry or a stretch knit, with your waistband, pocket and hem construction and your labels, made by our sister factory, Collective Studio Ltd., in Narayanganj and delivered DDP to your door. The bottoms that complete a small brand’s first range.
Three garments, three fabric families
Joggers and sweat shorts are cut from the same fleece or French terry as a hoodie, so a matching set is a matter of using the same stock fabric and shade. Leggings need a four-way stretch knit, typically nylon-elastane or polyester-elastane, chosen for recovery and opacity when stretched, and sewn with flatlock or coverstitch seams that do not chafe. Woven shorts, in a poplin or twill, are a different construction again with a fly, pockets and a waistband with a facing. On a 150-piece run each comes from our sister factory’s stock in that family.
Waistbands, rises and the measurements that decide fit
A bottom is fitted at the waist, the rise and the inseam, and each has to be stated per size. The waistband is the first decision: an elasticated band with an internal drawcord, a flat wide band for leggings, a ribbed cuff at the ankle or an open hem. The rise, front and back, decides whether the garment sits high or low and how it behaves when the wearer sits. The inseam sets the length and the taper the silhouette. All of it is on the sealed sample, measured against your size chart before cutting.
- Waistband: elastic width, drawcord or none, eyelets, interior or exterior tie
- Rise: front and back rise per size, and the crotch shape for leggings
- Pockets: side seam, patch, zip or none; a hidden key pocket on leggings
- Hem: ribbed cuff, open hem, elasticated or split
- Seams: flatlock or coverstitch for stretch knits, overlock with topstitch for fleece
Grading and size ratios on 150 pieces
Bottoms are graded at the waist, hip and inseam, and a size chart that ignores the hip produces leggings that fit at the waist and not below it. On 150 pieces across five sizes, quantities per size are small, so a ratio weighted to your core sizes is agreed at the start, and the pre-production sample is checked at the base size and at one end of the range.
Decoration
A small embroidered logo on the hip or thigh, a screen-printed wordmark down a leg, or a woven label at the waistband are the usual choices; heat-transfer labels suit leggings where a sewn label would irritate. Reflective prints and sublimated panels belong on activewear leggings in polyester, which the activewear page covers.
Samples, approval and delivery
A fit sample first, worn and adjusted, then a pre-production sample in the bulk fabric with waistband, drawcord and labels in place, approved and sealed. A matching top and bottom are sampled together so the shades match from the same stock lot.
One pattern, several lengths: building a bottoms range on 150 pieces
Most bottoms ranges grow from one base pattern. The jogger block becomes a sweat short by cutting the leg shorter, and a full-length legging becomes a 7/8 legging or a bike short the same way. The waist, rise, hip and thigh were already approved on the base style’s fit sample, so only the leg length, leg opening and hem are new. That saves pattern work and fitting rounds; plan the minimum as if each length were its own style, because each sells as its own product.
The arithmetic shapes a first range. A jogger and a matching sweat short in two stock colours are four lots of 150 pieces, 600 in all, and each lot of 150 is still split across your sizes, so the pieces per size stay small. Launching the long version in the colours you are surest of and the short in one keeps the first order to what you expect to sell; the second length can follow on a reorder, using the same sealed waistband and rise.
Ask with the quote how our sister factory counts a length variant against the 150-piece minimum, and get the answer in writing before you plan the range around it. Ask for a pre-production sample of the shorter leg as well, because the details that change are the ones a customer notices first: how the hem sits, whether the pocket shows and whether the leg rides up.
- Kept from the base pattern: waistband, drawcord, front and back rise, hip and thigh
- Stated again per size: inseam, leg opening and hem finish
- Jogger to short: the ribbed ankle cuff becomes an open, coverstitched hem, with a side split if wanted
- Sweat shorts: a pocket bag short enough not to show below the hem
- Bike shorts and 7/8 leggings: a wide hem band or a silicone gripper so the leg stays in place
Ordering in export quantities instead? See Activewear and sportswear at volume, made in our sister factory or an audited partner factory that suits the order. Not sure which route fits: our minimum order guide.
Questions about small-run joggers, leggings and shorts.
Can I make matching hoodies and joggers as a set at 150 pieces each?
Yes, and it is the most common way a small brand builds a first range. The hoodie and the jogger are cut from the same fleece or French terry, so using the same stock fabric and shade for both gives a matching set without a custom dye lot; we sample the two together so the shades are checked against each other from the same fabric lot, and ask for both to be cut from the same lot in production. Each style carries its own minimum of 150 pieces per colour, so a set in one colour is two 150-piece styles, and a set in two colours is four. The rib for cuffs and waistbands is matched to the body fabric shade as well, which is a detail blanks-based sets often get wrong. Tell us the set at the enquiry stage rather than ordering the pieces separately, so the fabric booking, sampling and size ratios are planned as one programme.
What fabric should leggings be made from, and can I get them at 150 pieces?
Leggings need a four-way stretch knit that recovers its shape and stays opaque when stretched, which in practice means a nylon-elastane or polyester-elastane fabric of around 200–300 GSM rather than a cotton jersey; cotton leggings bag at the knee and go sheer over the hip. Nylon-elastane feels softer and suits yoga and studio wear; polyester-elastane wicks better and takes sublimation print, which suits training and running. Seams are flatlock or coverstitch so nothing chafes, the waistband is a wide flat band with or without an internal elastic, and a gusset at the crotch improves fit and durability. At 150 pieces per style and colour the fabric comes from our sister factory’s stock stretch knits, which cover the usual weights in the usual shades; a custom colour or a printed fabric needs a larger run. Send a legging whose fit you like and our sister factory builds the pattern from it.
How do you get the rise and inseam right on a small run?
By stating them as numbers per size in the tech pack and measuring the sample against them before anything is cut. The front rise and back rise decide where the waistband sits and how the garment behaves when the wearer sits or bends; the inseam sets the length; the taper from thigh to hem sets the silhouette; and the hip measurement, which many first size charts leave out, is what stops a legging fitting at the waist and nowhere else. The fit sample is worn and adjusted first, then the pre-production sample is made in the bulk fabric and measured at the base size and at one end of the range, because grading errors show at the extremes. If you do not have a size chart, send a garment whose fit you like and we measure it and our sister factory grades from it.
Other small runs from 150 pieces
Guides on this topic
Planning a small run of joggers, leggings and shorts? Send the brief.
Send a tech pack, a sketch or a photo of a garment you like. We reply within one working day with questions or a first costing.
- A reply within one working day
- An enquiry, not an order: you are committed to an order only when you sign the written order confirmation
- Certificates and audit reports shared before production
- AQL final inspection report before you approve shipment
- Your patterns and artwork never shown to or reused for other buyers