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21 Jul 2026

Why We Source Our Own Fabric (And You Should Ask Who Does)

The single biggest difference between a hoodie that pills in a month and one that lasts five years isn't the stitching — it's the yarn. A short note from our sourcing floor.

MIMuhammad Imran4 min read
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Close-up of premium heavyweight fleece fabric with a stitched UNIMA label

Most brands never touch the fabric they sell on. They buy finished garments from a trading company, put a label on, and hope. We do it the slow way: our manufacturing team buys yarn, commissions the knit, and inspects every roll before it reaches the cutting table.

What actually makes a fabric premium

It is not the weight on the tag. A 400 GSM fleece cut from short-staple yarn will pill in a month, while a 320 GSM knit from long combed cotton keeps its face for years. When you shop, turn the garment inside out and look at the yarn — long, even fibres and a tight, uniform knit are what you are paying for.

  • Combed, ring-spun cotton over open-end — softer and far stronger
  • Pre-shrunk fabric, or your perfect fit becomes a crop top after wash two
  • Reactive dyes for colour that survives sunlight and laundering

Our rule of three

Every fabric lot we buy passes three gates: a hand-and-eye inspection under daylight lamps, a 30-minute wash-and-rub test, and a stretch-recovery check. Roughly one lot in eight fails and goes back. That ratio is the entire secret of garment quality — nothing else we do matters if the cloth is wrong.

Ask any brand who weaves their fabric. The answer tells you everything.

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