Low MOQ streetwear manufacturer: heavyweight tees and hoodies from 100 pieces

Yes, and it is the run the partner makes most often for streetwear labels. Heavyweight means 220–280 GSM jersey, often carded rather than combed for a drier, more textured hand, and boxy means a pattern with a wider chest, a dropped shoulder, a wider neck with a thick rib and a shorter body, each stated as a measurement per size in the tech pack rather than as a word. The pre-production sample is measured against those numbers before the run is cut, which is what makes a 100-piece run fit like the reference you sent rather than like a blank. Heavy jersey shrinks, so the fabric is wash-tested and the pattern compensated first. On a first run the jersey comes from the partner’s stock heavyweights in the blacks, off-whites, greys and muted tones the category runs on; a custom shade needs a dye lot and a larger run. Send the tee you want to beat and we build from it.

All three, each approved on the bulk fabric before the run. Puff and high-density inks build a raised print and are at their best on heavy fleece and jersey; they are screen-printed, so a one- or two-colour raised design suits 100 pieces, while a design with many colours belongs with digital printing without the raised effect. Chain-stitch and 3D embroidery give a raised logo, digitised for the fabric and sewn out for approval. Garment dyeing and washing give the worn-in, vintage cast streetwear buyers want, with the shade variation that is the point of the process, and a garment-dyed drop is approved on a washed sample rather than an unwashed one because the wash changes the shade and the size. Combining all three on one style is possible, but each adds a sampling step, so a first drop usually carries one signature finish and adds the others as the brand grows.

It is planned backwards from the drop date, and the honest answer is that the fabric decides. A drop built on the partner’s stock heavyweights and stock shades runs through fit sample, pre-production sample, production and DDP delivery in about 40–50 days door to door, which is the partner’s stated lead time; a custom shade or a custom-dyed fabric adds a dye lot and weeks on top. The steps that most often slow a drop sit with the brand, not the factory: a late artwork file, a fit sample that goes through three rounds of comments, or a decoration changed after the pre-production sample was sealed. A second drop of a style that already exists is faster, because the pattern, sealed sample and fabric references are on file and there is no redevelopment. If you tell us the drop date at the enquiry stage, we tell you which fabrics and finishes fit inside it and which do not.