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Unfortunately that's the company I have seen the most problems with.I would just stick to Varisty uniforms! I love them.
That's part of the issue though, gyms are custom designing their uniforms so there are no basic shapes. Anything custom designed and produced is costly and takes time.
Unfortunately that's the company I have seen the most problems with.
Somehow they are able to redesign an create entire team uniforms for big worlds teams but they take 6 months or an entire season to replace a sizing mistake.
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I know I am probably in the minority on this, but I would love it if we went to a "stock" uniform design. I truly feel like putting teams in standard uniforms would be fabulous. You just pick a color and throw a program logo on the front. It would cut down on the expense and help make our sport more financially accessible. You could do a uniform for under a hundred dollars this way- we did it for our half season team this year (stock GK uni with a rhinestone logo). Further, we could focus a little more on the athleticism of the sport and a little less on the outfit. It's probably not a popular opinion, but I just had to put it out there. :eek:
Obviously the basic shape of college basketball and football uniforms hasn't held program back from being creative.That is a thought I have had a while. I think if all cuts were the same but the styles on them were whatever people wanted we could have a little more standardization and economy of scale to produce. I don't think this would hamper creativity because you could bling out and put whatever you want on them.
Obviously the basic shape of college basketball and football uniforms hasn't held program back from being creative.
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Hah! Unfortunately I've seen uglier cheer uniforms.Or ugly! SMH at Maryland football uniform. Bleh
Unfortunately that's the company I have seen the most problems with.
Somehow they are able to redesign an create entire team uniforms for big worlds teams but they take 6 months or an entire season to replace a sizing mistake.
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It's hard to disrupt a production schedule for errors. More than likely they are looking for an open window in production or just trying to find another contractor to get issues taken care of.
Every other sport truly has "uniform" uniforms. They add numbers, a name, logo and tadaaa it's done. In cases, such as skating, you are only producing a costume for one or two athletes. Cheer, though people may not like me calling it this, is creating a custom costume, for several hundred people, in many different sizes, in difficult to sew fabrics, in a very short window. Manufacturers could allot "error" production time but, that cost a lot of money, that could double pricing. Are they working with Union workers? More than likely in the US, and you are dealing with very specific time, money and vacation restrictions. An example of what is typical in the industry: Production is due to start, factory receives fabric in specified window and it isn't what was ordered or poor quality, can't find enough fabric in stock, they call textile mill, they are closed for mandatory vacation for two weeks, after vacation, they aren't working on that fabric for another four weeks, six weeks later you receive correct fabric but, now another project is in production, wait three more weeks for an open window but, not enough time to finish before mandatory vacation at your factory, so project delayed another two weeks. They begin looking for another contractor to subcontract to but, can't find anyone that works on specialized fabrics, have to wait for next open window, etc, etc, etc.
Factories truly aren't designed to do custom work, with specific size runs, in a short window. My suggestions to gyms if they want to insure their uniforms are there on time is to find a pre-produced uniform they like, fits well, and then find their own private local contractors to customize. Cleaners and bridal shops would know of several people in the area that do quality custom work. I know this isn't the answer people probably want to hear but, it's a truthful answer.
So you are saying for small batch custom work you don't think there is really a size advantage?
Think about how many people they have to satisfy! You think that GK doesn't have uniform issues? All companies will have problems. The good thing about Varsity is that they address them and it isn't their fault if coaches send in wrong sizing information and didn't research it. All uniforms fit differently. That's why I think it's always good to have 3 different sample sizes of the uniform you want made for 3 different types of bodies before ordering. You have to see how it looks.Unfortunately that's the company I have seen the most problems with.
Somehow they are able to redesign an create entire team uniforms for big worlds teams but they take 6 months or an entire season to replace a sizing mistake.
The Shark version of the Fierce Board app