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Premium Gauze
Light, airy, draping
100% cotton gauze. Soft, breathable, naturally airy. Drapes beautifully — the spec for scarves, baby clothing, lightweight summer apparel and soft home textiles. 145 cm wide.
Fabrics per Metre — Fashion Weight
Lightweight cotton fabric for fashion — printed by the metre.
Three Portuguese cotton bases for design studios, fashion houses and in-house manufacturing teams cutting and sewing finished goods themselves. Premium Gauze (145 cm wide) for scarves and baby pieces. Premium Jersey 220 (220 GSM, 155 cm wide) for T-shirts, dresses and premium basics. Premium Rib 2X1 (130 cm wide, with stretch) for cuffs, collars and fitted apparel. MOQ 1 metre.
Bases
Gauze / Jersey 220 / Rib 2X1
GSM
80 / 220 / 220
Widths
145 / 155 / 130 cm
Print
Industrial reactive
MOQ
1 metre
Origin
Portugal
Shipped
On the roll
What’s in the category
Three apparel-weight bases. One Portuguese print line.
Fashion Weight is the lightest tier of the Fabrics per Metre range — cotton bases engineered for cut-and-sew apparel production. All three are reactive-printed in Portugal, on the same line that produces our finished apparel SKUs. Buy by the metre, integrate into your own production, ship under your own brand.
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Premium Jersey 220
220 g/m², smooth knit
Smooth medium-weight cotton jersey at 220 GSM. Substantial enough for premium T-shirts and dresses, soft enough for loungewear. The everyday workhorse for elevated apparel collections. 155 cm wide.
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Premium Rib 2X1
Stretch, structured
Knitted Rib 2x1 cotton with stretch and recovery. The fabric for cuffs, collars, waistbands, trims and fitted garments where elasticity matters. 130 cm wide. Pairs naturally with Jersey 220 in a single garment.
Full range
Every Fashion Weight base, with full specs.
All three bases available at MOQ 1 metre, reactive-printed to your artwork, shipped on the roll from Portugal.
| Base | Composition | Weight | Roll width | Best for | MOQ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premium Gauze | 100% cotton gauze | 80 g/m² | 145 cm | Scarves, baby, light apparel | 1 m |
| Premium Jersey 220 | 100% cotton single jersey | 220 g/m² | 155 cm | T-shirts, dresses, loungewear | 1 m |
| Premium Rib 2X1 | 100% cotton Rib 2X1 | 220 g/m² | 130 cm | Cuffs, collars, waistbands, fitted | 1 m |
Pricing is tier-based and automatic — register, add the fabric, pick your volume tier and order. No quote, no waiting. For larger orders (500 m+) talk to our team for SLA-locked contract pricing.
By the production numbers
Real meter-fabric data from the Portuguese line.
Three apparel-weight cotton bases produced and reactive-printed in Portugal — the same line that produces our finished apparel SKUs. Cut yardage at MOQ 1 metre, shipped on the roll.
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Fabric bases
Gauze · Jersey 220 · Rib 2X1
80–220
GSM range
Light gauze to medium jersey + rib
130–155
Roll widths (cm)
Width varies per base
1 m
MOQ
Cut yardage at the metre level
PT
Origin
Portuguese reactive print line
| Fabric | Composition | GSM | Roll width | Weight / linear m | SKU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premium Gauze | 100% cotton gauze | 80 | 145 cm | 116 g | PTPGMTR… |
| Premium Jersey 220 | 100% cotton single jersey | 220 | 155 cm | 341 g | PTPJMTR… |
| Premium Rib 2X1 | 100% cotton Rib 2X1 | 220 | 130 cm | 286 g | PTPRMTR… |
Portuguese cotton meter SKUs follow format PT{fabric-code}MTR{seq}. HS code 5208.32 (cotton fabrics by the metre). Final SKUs being issued by the Portuguese partner; placeholders shown.
The base material
Three weaves, three constructions, three handfeels — one production line.
All three Fashion Weight bases are 100% cotton, all sourced through the same Portuguese mill network we use for finished apparel. Where they differ is the knit or weave structure: Gauze is loose-woven for airiness; Jersey 220 is a knit construction for stretch and softness; Rib 2x1 is a ribbed knit with controlled elastic recovery.
The reactive print process is identical across all three — what changes is how each fabric takes the dye and how the resulting handfeel reads. Same artwork file, same colour profile, three different finished textures.
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Premium Gauze — 145 cm
Loose weave, soft hand, airy drape
100% cotton gauze with a deliberately open weave. Light enough for summer apparel and accessories, soft enough for baby pieces. Reactive print preserves the texture — you see the weave through the colour, not on top of it. Recommended: scarves, baby products, lightweight apparel, soft home textiles.
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Premium Jersey 220 — 155 cm
Smooth knit, substantial body
220 g/m² cotton jersey, the medium-weight knit standard for elevated everyday apparel. Smooth face takes reactive print with deep saturation and sharp definition. Wide enough at 155 cm to cut full-bleed AOP T-shirts without panel seaming. Recommended: T-shirts, dresses, loungewear, premium basics.
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Premium Rib 2X1 — 130 cm
Stretch, structure, recovery
2x1 ribbed knit with structured stretch. The companion fabric to Jersey 220 in any garment that needs trim, banding or fitted finishing — cuffs, collars, waistbands, neckbands. Also stands alone as the base for fitted apparel and babywear. Print result: rich colour depth on a textured, breathable surface.
The print
Industrial reactive printing — the same process used for our finished apparel.
Reactive dye chemistry chemically bonds colour into the cotton fibre. On a knitted jersey or a loosely woven gauze, the colour becomes part of the thread structure rather than a coating on top. The fabric still feels like cotton when you cut it. The print survives the wash cycles your end customer will put it through.
- Deep colour saturation, photographic-grade detail
- Soft cotton handfeel preserved — no plastic surface
- Wash durability typically 600+ cycles before measurable fade
- Custom artwork to your file (Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, raster, vector)
- Same dye chemistry across all three bases — consistent colour result
Roll specs & ordering
Sold by the metre, shipped on the roll.
All three Fashion Weight bases ship as continuous lengths on cardboard rolls. No panel seams, no length-cutoff. Cut to your order length — from sampling quantities (1–5 m) through small production runs to multi-roll orders.
MOQ
1 metre
Same MOQ across all three bases — sample lengths, prototype runs and full production rolls all hit the same minimum.
Roll format
Continuous
Each order ships as a single continuous length on a cardboard roll. Roll diameter scales with the metres ordered.
Width range
130–155 cm
130 cm (Rib), 145 cm (Gauze), 155 cm (Jersey). Cut planning for AOP-bleed garments should reference the specific base.
Conditioning
Pre-shrunk
Cotton bases are pre-conditioned (mercerised, enzyme-washed where applicable) so post-print dimensional change is minimal.
Production & delivery
Lead time scales with metres and queue position.
Reactive-printed fabric runs alongside our finished-apparel production in the same Portuguese facility. A short sampling run (5–20 m) typically goes through fast. Longer production rolls (100+ m) sit in queue with the finished-goods workload. Confirmed lead times come back per project at order confirmation.
Day 0
Order received
Artwork submitted, fabric reserved (Gauze, Jersey or Rib), metre count locked, slot scheduled.
Day 1–2
Print & fix
Pre-treatment, digital reactive print, steam fixation. Colour bonds into the cotton fibre.
Day 3–4
Wash & finish
Excess dye removed under OEKO-TEX-compliant water treatment. Fabric stabilised.
Day 5+
Cut & roll
Cut to order length, rolled onto cardboard cores, packed for transport.
Dispatch
From Portugal
Tracking via webhook. EU 2–5 business days, outside EU 5–10 business days.
Who buys this
Fashion Weight is for cut-and-sew teams.
Design studios
Capsule prototyping
Independent fashion designers prototyping limited runs. Buy 5–20 m of Jersey 220 with custom artwork, cut and sew in-house, ship a Drop #001 capsule under the studio brand.
Fashion houses
In-house production
Established brands running their own cut-and-sew lines. Source Fashion Weight rolls as printed input. Pair Jersey 220 + Rib 2X1 in matching artwork for fully integrated pieces.
Baby & children’s brands
Soft-fabric specialists
Brands building baby clothing, kids’ soft accessories and premium baby gifts. Gauze and Jersey 220 are both OEKO-TEX-grade for skin contact — appropriate for under-3 wear.
Private label factories
House-line manufacturing
Multi-brand factories building house lines for retailers. Predictable cotton spec, predictable widths, predictable reactive-print colour fidelity across multiple SKUs.
Pricing tiers
Your volume tier sets the per-metre price.
Register, add the fabric to your account and your tier applies automatically — no quote, no waiting. The per-metre rate steps down as your volume tier goes up. For larger orders (500 m+), talk to our team for SLA-locked contract pricing.
1–9 m
Prototyping & first orders
Standard per-metre rate · fast turnaround
10–99 m
Capsules & limited drops
Volume tier 1 · sample-then-produce
100–999 m
Steady-state production
Volume tier 2 · account manager assigned
1,000+ m
Recurring orders, growing brands
Volume tier 3 · net-30 terms after first roll
Ready to order?
Order swatches first, or price it by the metre.
Most cut-and-sew teams start with a Sample Pack — physical swatches of all three Fashion Weight bases to choose by hand. Then register and order by the metre at your volume-tier price, from 1 m.