Loungewear Wholesale

Loungewear as a wholesale category covers more ground than the name implies. Buyers ordering under this category range from boutique owners building a cozy-season assortment to Amazon sellers building a private label SKU to subscription box operators who need 500 identical sets in a single colorway. The product mix they order is fairly consistent — but what varies significantly is the priority each buyer type puts on customization, price per unit, and lead time.

The highest-volume item in our loungewear wholesale program. A jogger set — matching drawstring jogger pants and either a crew neck sweatshirt or zip hoodie — is the core SKU for boutique buyers and Amazon private label sellers alike. We produce the top and bottom from the same fabric batch to ensure color matching, which matters more than most buyers realize until they receive mismatched sets from a supplier who doesn’t control this. Waistband options: ribbed, banded, or fold-over; cuffs: ribbed with covered elastic. Standard inseam lengths available for US/EU markets separately.

Sold as separates or coordinated with a matching top. Elastic waist with internal drawstring is standard; terry towelling shorts and ribbed-hem styles are available as alternatives. Lounge shorts are a popular add-on SKU for wellness brands and subscription boxes that already carry a top — the unit economics at 100 pcs are better for shorts than for a full set because fabric consumption is lower. Typical buyer: boutiques and Amazon sellers testing a new colorway before committing to full sets.

The bridge between our sweatshirts wholesale program and the loungewear category. Oversized hoodies in the loungewear context typically run 1–2 sizes larger than streetwear oversized fits and are made in lighter GSM fabrics (240–280gsm) to read as loungewear rather than outerwear. Drop-shoulder construction, extended hem, and relaxed sleeve are the standard spec. These are particularly common with gym and wellness brands building a recovery/rest-day assortment.

A distinct category from jogger sets — matching sets here refers to coordinated top-and-bottom combinations designed for gift-ready packaging: boxed sets, tied with ribbon, with custom tissue inside. The buyer profile is different: gift retailers, subscription box operators, and brands launching a holiday SKU. These orders typically have stricter packaging requirements and come in at 200+ pcs per colorway because the packaging tooling cost (custom box, tissue, ribbon) needs volume to amortize. We run these as a sub-program with a dedicated packaging sourcing step in the lead time.

Who Is Actually Buying Wholesale Loungewear

The buyer mix we work with is specific enough to be worth naming rather than describing generically:

Stock wholesale and private label loungewear are not the same product at a different price point — they are different value propositions with different operational requirements. Understanding that distinction before you place your first order saves time on both sides.

Stock wholesale means you receive garments with our factory blank label or a plain white label. You can add your own hangtag, fold and bag it yourself, and sell it as your brand. That works at 100 pcs per colorway and costs the least upfront. Private label loungewear means the woven neck label, care label, hangtag, and polybag all carry your brand — the finished garment has no visible reference to the factory. The MOQ for private label starts at 200 pcs per colorway, not because we prefer larger orders, but because the label tooling (woven label die setup: approximately $60–$80 one-time per label design) doesn’t amortize at lower volumes.

Both of those are still catalogue styles carrying your branding. If what you need does not exist in the catalogue — your own patterns, a fabric developed to your spec, construction changes rather than label changes — that is a development project rather than a wholesale order, and it runs through our loungewear manufacturing programme instead.

Custom color — dyeing fabric to a Pantone or physical swatch reference — is available at both tiers but adds 7–10 days to lead time for the dye lot. The additional cost varies by color depth; dark shades (navy, black, forest) require more dye and dyeing time than pastels and neutrals. We give exact dye lot pricing at quote stage, not a blanket percentage.

Custom trim — ribbing color contrasting with the body, custom drawstring color, contrast zipper tape — is available from 200 pcs and requires trim sourcing lead time of 5–7 days added to production. Most buyers underestimate how much contrast ribbing affects the perceived quality of a loungewear set; it is one of the lower-cost customizations with one of the higher visible impacts.

The most common private label mistake we see: buyers ordering a custom woven label at 100 pcs. The tooling cost is $70. At 100 units, that’s $0.70 added to every piece just in label setup — before the label itself. At 200 units, the same tooling is $0.35 per piece. We tell buyers this before they confirm, not after. If the volume doesn’t support woven labels yet, a heat transfer label at zero tooling cost achieves a clean branded look while the brand scales.

Loungewear fabric selection has a direct effect on how the product is received at retail. A 180gsm French terry reads as a summer layer; a 320gsm loop-back fleece reads as a winter comfort item. The GSM range you choose affects unit cost, shipping weight, and the customer’s perception of the product more than almost any other variable. The table below covers the fabrics we stock and run regularly in our loungewear wholesale program.

All fabric in our loungewear program is sanforized (mechanically pre-shrunk) before a single panel is cut. Untreated cotton and cotton-blend knits typically shrink 3–5% after the first home wash — a common source of post-shipment sizing complaints for buyers sourcing from mills that skip this step. Our sanforized fabric is guaranteed to 3% or less residual shrinkage after a standard cold-wash, tumble-dry-low cycle, and we test against that tolerance during pre-shipment QC.

The table below shows indicative unit cost ranges for a standard jogger set (matching top + bottom) in 260gsm 80/20 French terry, custom color-dyed, with heat transfer label. These are FOB Shanghai or Ningbo prices. Sea freight to US West Coast adds approximately $1.00–$1.60 per unit at 300-set volume. Customs duty on knit loungewear under HTS 6110 is typically 12% for cotton-dominant fabric entering the US.

Indicative starting prices — final quotation depends on fabric specification, print/embroidery method, order quantity and sample confirmation.

Prices shown for 260gsm French terry jogger set (top + bottom), custom dye, heat transfer label. Ribbed modal blend sets run 20–30% higher. Lounge shorts as separates run 35–45% lower than set pricing. All prices FOB Shanghai or Ningbo. Subject to final confirmation based on exact specs.

The 100-piece tier is producible and we treat it as a real order, not a trial run we deprioritize. But the unit cost at 100 pcs is not where you build a wholesale margin. It is where you test quality, fit, and sell-through before committing to the volume where the economics work. Most buyers who stay with us long-term start at 100–200 pcs, confirm the product works, and reorder at 200–500. The pricing table reflects that trajectory honestly.

Send us your style reference, target fabric, colors, and estimated quantity. A reference garment photo, sketch, or tech pack works. We respond within 1 business day with a preliminary quote and any technical questions — fabric availability, construction questions, color feasibility.

Proto sample ready in 7–10 days. Shipped DHL at cost. Most programs require one revision round — budget 2–3 weeks from inquiry to sample approval. We do not move to bulk production without written sign-off on the approved sample.

What the Sample Round Actually Involves — and What Most Buyers Get Wrong

The sample is not a preview of the product. It is a specification contract in physical form. When you approve a sample, you are confirming that every measurement, seam construction, fabric weight, color, and trim detail on that sample is what bulk production will replicate. This sounds obvious, but in practice, most first-time wholesale buyers treat the sample as a rough guide and discover during bulk inspection that “close enough” means something different to a factory than it does to a brand owner.

The things buyers most commonly fail to check on a proto sample before approving it:

• Waistband stretch recovery — pull it to 150% and release; does it return to original width without distortion?
• Inseam and outseam measurements in the actual size you’ll sell, not the sample size
• Drawstring tension — too tight is a common proto flaw that gets approved and creates bulk complaints
• Color under incandescent light vs. daylight — heather and marl fabrics shift significantly between light sources
• Ribbing color match to the body — even “matching” ribbing from a different fabric lot reads as mismatched in-person
• Pocket bag depth — shallow pockets are a common negative review driver for loungewear specifically

We flag these items in the sample evaluation report we send with every proto. What we cannot do is override a buyer’s approval decision. If a spec is wrong in the approved sample and we replicate it accurately in bulk, that is not a production defect — it is a confirmed spec. The sample round is the moment to be precise. Bulk production cannot be retroactively adjusted without cost on both sides.

One specific note for matching sets: approve the top and bottom together, under the same light, at the same time. Approving them separately on different days — common when samples arrive in two shipments — introduces color perception variance that leads to disputes later. Request both pieces in the same sample shipment.

30% deposit books the production slot. Balance due before shipment. T/T is standard; PayPal accepted for sample invoices. Production line is assigned within 48 hours of deposit receipt, and we confirm the production schedule in writing.

25–35 day standard production run. Inline QC at 30% and 70% completion. Pre-shipment inspection report with measurement audit, colorfastness test results, and photo documentation issued before balance invoice. For matching sets, we run a color comparison check between the top and bottom lots before final packing.

Full export documentation: commercial invoice, packing list, bill of lading, certificate of origin. We coordinate with your nominated freight forwarder. Can consolidate loungewear orders with other categories — joggers and blankets, for example, ship in the same container on the same FOB terms and reduce per-unit freight cost.

Names are withheld at the clients’ request. Everything below is from real production runs.

Most factories make you email three times to learn their MOQ. Here is everything, up front.