Activewear Manufacturer for Growing Brands

SEAMDANCE is a Xiamen manufacturer of gym wear, activewear, yoga wear and sportswear, with seamless knitting and cut-and-sew in its own factory and one-stop service for the rest of your range.

Your whole range in one order — one team, one quality standard.

Start with a style.
Or bring your own.

For independent activewear labels, retailers and growing brands. One SEAMDANCE team manages your samples and quality checks across the whole range.

See the sampling and approval process

Choose an existing style

Stock programs from 100 pcs. Start with the collection, then confirm colors, sizing and branding for your chosen style.

Stock samples: 3–4 days
Browse styles

Develop your own product

Custom development from 300–500 pcs per style. Bring a tech pack, reference garment or a clear product idea.

Custom first sample: about 7 days
See project examples

Quotation within 24 hours of a clear brief. Confirm sample fees, courier and the schedule for your chosen style before proceeding.

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24hQuotation response on every brief
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3–4 daysStock samples · custom first sample in 7
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MOQ 100Stock styles · custom 300–500 by style
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AQL 2.5Final inspection by our own QC team
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~97%Bulk lots passing final inspection first time · 2024–2026
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~98%On-time shipment · about 350 bulk orders, 2024–2026
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48%New customers reordering within 12 months
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106Countries and regions with buyers · since 2019
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2,000+Orders since 2019 · our order records

Multi-category sourcing / 01

Any category. Any mix. One order. One partner.

01Any mix, single order

Why it gets harder

Grow past a single category and sourcing turns into a second job — quotes from one factory, samples from another, every line on its own ship date, and you chasing all of them. SEAMDANCE takes that off your desk: our own factory in Xiamen and our one-stop service cover every category, and the whole range comes back as a single order.

The collection you need

Specialist lanes

  1. Circular seamless knitting machine knitting a tube of activewear fabric01

    Own seamless knitting

    Leggings, sets & seamless bras

  2. Close-up of a flatlock seam on black activewear fabric02

    Own cut-and-sew

    Leggings, bras, short-sleeve tees, shorts, sets & jackets

  3. Water beading on dark swim and performance fabric03

    Swim & performance

    Swimwear & racing suits

  4. Rolled yoga mat with a strap, a yoga block and knitted sports socks04

    Gear & accessories

    Mats, bags, socks & more

  5. Fan of fabric swatches in black, greys and coral on a ring05

    Your next category

    Qualified and added to the same order

An activewear collection packed for shipping: jacket, leggings, sports bras, shorts and a tank with hang tag and poly bags beside a carton

SEAMDANCEOne partner

The same desk,
from pre-sale to after-sale.

Collection ready to ship
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    One approval path

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    One QC standard — AQL 2.5

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    One export file

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    One consolidated container

Fabric mapping
Colorfast testing
Construction
Pattern cutting
Color development
Garment engineering
Abrasion testing
Knit development

Eight disciplines, one garment

From first idea
to finished garment.

Development stays close to production

Made where decisions become product.

Catalogue / 2026

Get the full 2026 catalogue.

Browse a wider range than the curated collection on this site, with style-specific prices and minimums. Leave your work email to open the online catalogue immediately, then confirm sample fees and available options for the styles you choose.

Colour direction / SS26

This year’s colours

The palette leading activewear this season — from Pantone’s Cloud Dancer white to WGSN’s Transformative Teal, grounded earth tones and statement brights. Every shade is a live production colour, shown on real garments.

TealWGSN 2026

WGSN's 2026 Colour of the Year — a grounded blue-green for a season of change.

Four decisions / 03

Product feel, fit and finish—developed as a single system.

01Material direction

Hand feel + recovery

“Soft” and “supportive” mean nothing to a knitting machine. Your reference garment becomes weight, stretch, recovery and surface numbers a sample room can hit — and hit again on the reorder.

02Fit in motion

Movement before bulk

A measurement chart will not tell you the waistband rolls in a squat. Fit review runs the movements the garment will live in, checking hold, opacity, seam behavior and recovery before anything goes to bulk.

03Construction route

Seamless + cut and sew

Seamless is not automatically better — it is better for some styles and wrong for others. Each style is routed on support, styling, order quantity and target cost, so you are not paying for machinery your product does not need.

04Brand finish

Color, logo + detail

This is where a collection stops looking like sampled product. Color, stitching, logo placement, labels and packaging lock into a single sealed standard — the document your reorder is measured against a year later.

Buyer confidence / 05

Fewer unknowns between brief and bulk.

Published program facts — development, our own factory, one-stop service and delivery.
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24hQuotation response on every brief
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3–4 daysStock samples · custom first sample in 7
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MOQ 100Stock styles · custom 300–500 by style
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AQL 2.5Final inspection by our own QC team
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~97%Bulk lots passing final inspection first time · 2024–2026
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~98%On-time shipment · about 350 bulk orders, 2024–2026
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48%New customers reordering within 12 months
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106Countries and regions with buyers · since 2019
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2,000+Orders since 2019 · our order records

Case studies / 06

How real collections get managed.

Twenty honest case studies — first collections, fit rescues, color systems, delivery risk. Read all 20.

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A first activewear collection, with no tech pack in sight

Verified outcome — Production-ready specification after 2 fit rounds and 1 color confirmation, 18 Mar–10 Jun 2025

Read the case
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Small first order — but it can't look like generic stock with a logo

Verified outcome — First buy stayed manageable, with the budget spent on fit and hand feel — 2 fit rounds and 1 color confirmation

Read the case
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Opaque on the table, transparent in a squat

Verified outcome — Light colorway kept its soft hand; “squat-proof” became a documented gate every next colorway must pass — 2 sample rounds

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'All normal' for three weeks — until the launch date was already lost

Verified outcome — The full collection missed the original date, but launch content and first sales held — 2 shipment waves, 23 and 30 Aug 2025

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Three product types, three specialist factories — one project to manage

Verified outcome — Launched as one commercial release: one consolidated shipment, 18 weeks, 2 warehouse arrivals

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Every reorder of the bestseller needed re-explaining — because no product standard ever existed

Verified outcome — A written standard — size chart, material records, workmanship photos, packaging spec — that can be reordered, upgraded and extended

Read the case

About

Our own factory and a one-stop service for your whole range — with trend and colour direction, range planning and one quality standard.

SEAMDANCE is a gym wear, activewear, yoga wear and sportswear manufacturer in Xiamen, China. With our own factory and a one-stop service, we take a whole range from development to delivery — leggings, sports bras, tops, shorts, sets, seamless styles, jackets and hoodies, swimwear, tennis wear, bags, yoga mats and accessories. One order, one quality standard, one team accountable for all of it.

Learn about SEAMDANCE
Working with us

A clearer first brief saves time later.

Bring the customer, reference fit, target quantity and launch timing. We confirm the route for each style: our own factory or our one-stop service.

Advice in practice

Construction and cost options — before you commit.

Buyer knowledge / 08

Latest insights

All buyer guides

Common questions / 09

Before you send a brief.

All 44 questions
Are you a manufacturer or a trading company, and where are you based?

We are a manufacturer in Xiamen, China. Our own factory has 150 sewing machines, 6 pressing stations, seamless circular knitting machines and a three-person development team, and our one-stop service covers the rest of your range under the same quality standard. We have been in activewear since 2018; by our order records, buyers in 106 countries and regions have placed 2,000+ orders with us since 2019. Visits are by appointment, or book a live video walk-through.

What products do you make?

We make leggings and yoga pants, sports bras, tops, shorts, sets, seamless styles and jackets in our own factory, for yoga, Pilates, gym and athleisure collections. Our one-stop service adds hoodies, menswear, swimwear, tennis and golf wear, bags, yoga mats and accessories, made by a partner factory that is named for your order, so a whole range ships as one order under one quality standard.

Can you make seamless yoga leggings and seamless sports bras?

Yes. Seamless leggings, sports bras, tops and sets are knitted to shape on seamless circular machines in our own factory, with rib structures, compression, ventilation and support zones mapped into the knit. When a design needs panels, bindings or specific seam placement, it is made cut-and-sew on our own sewing lines instead.

What is your MOQ, and do you take small orders?

From 100 pieces per style for stock programs, with colours and sizes mixed, so yes, we take small orders. Fully custom development normally starts at 300–500 pieces per style, depending on construction and fabric, and a custom-dyed colour at 300–500 pieces per style per colour because of dye-lot minimums. We confirm exact quantities on the quotation, which comes back within 24 hours.

How long does sampling take, and how is the sample fee handled?

Stock-program samples ship in 3–4 days; a custom first sample takes about 7 days, or 7–10 days for a new design that is not complex. The sample fee is $20 to $100, lower for a stock style with your branding and higher for full custom development, and it is deducted from your bulk order payment. If you do not order, it is not refunded and the sample is yours to keep. Courier is billed separately.

What is the bulk production lead time?

Bulk takes 25–30 days for stock styles with your logo, hangtags and wash labels, 6–8 weeks for OEM custom production and 7–9 weeks for ODM development and production, counted from confirmation of the order, payment and production files. The ship date is set on the quotation, and final inspection is to AQL 2.5 before release. About 98% of our roughly 350 bulk orders in 2024–2026 shipped on the agreed date.

How do you ship, and on what terms?

FOB is our standard term, and other Incoterms are arranged by agreement. We coordinate freight and advise on Incoterms and duties for your market; you clear import in your market. Multi-category orders, from activewear and swimwear to bags and accessories, are consolidated into one mixed shipment under a single delivery plan, so you receive one coordinated delivery instead of managing several suppliers.

Can you develop from a sketch, reference sample or tech pack?

Yes. A tech pack, a sketch, a reference garment or just a product direction is enough to start. Without a tech pack we run ODM development with you, resolving material, construction, fit and colour; the style then moves through prototype sampling, fit review, colour and trim approval and a sealed reference sample before bulk. A tech pack is helpful but not required, and it usually shortens sample rounds.

Can you match our Pantone colours?

Yes. We match custom Pantone colours by lab dip: you approve the physical dip against your reference under controlled light before bulk, and colour fastness to washing, rubbing and perspiration is tested on the actual fabric. A custom-dyed colour normally starts at 300–500 pieces per style per colour, because the dye house needs a minimum dye lot; stock colours are available from 100 pieces.

What fabrics do you work with?

We work mainly with performance knits: nylon/elastane and polyester/elastane blends for four-way stretch, recovery and squat-proof opacity, plus recycled, cotton-blend and organic cotton options. We select the mill and blend per program against your target for support, opacity, hand feel and recovery, and confirm it on the sampled garment before bulk. Cut-and-sew fabrics are knitted and dyed by our partner mills.

What logo methods do you offer, and can you supply labels, hangtags and packaging?

We offer screen print, heat transfer, silicone and embroidery, chosen per fabric and placement and agreed on a free digital mockup before sampling. Yes, we also supply main and care labels, hangtags, polybags and carton marks, resolved together with the garment so the order arrives retail-ready.

How do I get a quote, and how fast do you reply?

Send your brief through the form on this page or to development@seamdance.com, with a tech pack, sketch, reference garment or photos, your target quantity and destination market, and we reply with a full FOB quotation within 24 hours. Price depends on fabric, construction route (seamless or cut-and-sew), quantity and finishing, and the quotation also confirms the sample fee and the ship date.

Development brief

Bring your collection
into motion.

Only a work email is required — add whatever else you already know.

Confidential project review · reply target within 1 business day