B2B custom apparel · Sampling before bulk production · Made in Shanghai, China
Custom team apparel · Shanghai

Apparel that carries
your brand, made
to your brief

We design, sample and produce team uniforms, workwear, school uniforms and event apparel for brands, promotional agencies and trading companies. You bring the theme — we handle colour, fabric, fit and delivery.

Sample in about 7 days · Reply within one working day · English and Chinese

Custom navy polo shirts Custom white hoodies Corporate uniform suits Airline crew uniforms Light blue technical jackets Navy school uniforms Promotional event apparel British style school blazers Kindergarten summer uniforms
28yrsApparel experience in the founding team
14yrsContinuous operation of our contracting entity
7daysStandard sampling turnaround
6stepsFrom first brief to delivered order

Six steps, one team

We don't push a catalogue at you. We build the apparel around what you are trying to say.

1

BriefStep 01

Brand tone, occasion, quantity, budget and deadline — settled in one conversation, not five emails.

2

Design & colourStep 02

Concepts and colourways built around your brand, sent to you for sign-off before anything is cut.

3

Fabric & styleStep 03

Fabric weight, hand-feel and cut matched to the job — from lightweight event tees to hard-wearing workwear.

4

SamplingStep 04

A physical sample you can hold. Standard turnaround is about seven days; complex builds take longer and we say so up front.

5

ProductionStep 05

Capacity matched to your quantity and date, including peak season, through facilities we have worked with for years.

6

DeliveryStep 06

Checked, packed and shipped on the date written into the order. Export documents handled for overseas buyers.

What we produce

The categories corporate buyers order most, in fabrics and cuts matched to the use case.

Custom polo shirts

Polos & tees

Everyday branded basics, embroidery or print, in combed cotton and performance knits.

Custom hoodies

Hoodies & sweats

Fleece and loopback weights for team, campus and retail programmes.

Workwear and uniforms

Workwear

Durable twill and canvas sets, with reflective detailing where the job requires it.

Promotional apparel

Promotional apparel

Aprons, dresses and tabards for sampling teams, store launches and roadshows.

Also produced: shirts and suiting, softshell jackets, school and kindergarten uniforms, caps and small accessories.

Where it gets worn

Same factory floor, very different briefs.

Corporate team apparel
Corporate teams

One look across offices, stores and sites

Event and conference apparel
Events & conferences

Staff, volunteers and delegates, dressed to the same brief

Who we work with

Four kinds of buyer, four very different pressures.

Brands

Branded merch · team image

Retail and campaign apparel that has to look like the brand, not like merchandise.

→ Worn in public, so it has to be right

Promotional agencies

Gifting · fast repeats

Apparel as a gift or campaign item, with quick sampling and reliable repeat runs.

→ Your client's deadline is our deadline

Trading companies

Volume · stable lead times

Bulk orders to spec, with inspection and shipping milestones we can hold to.

→ A supply side you can promise against

Consultancies & event teams

Events · project apparel

Annual meetings, team builds, summits — short notice, fixed date, no room to slip.

→ Fast response, dates that hold

Selected work

Four programmes we can talk through in detail — the brief, the sampling rounds, what changed and why.

Barista aprons for an international coffee chain01
Global coffee chain · store image

Barista aprons, multi-colour

Green, black and charcoal aprons matched to the client's brand standard through several sampling rounds, with sizes checked line by line against the confirmed sheet before bulk delivery to stores.

Colour matchingSample sign-offBulk delivery
Promotional dresses for an international beer brand02
International beer brand · campaign

Promotional dresses for field teams

Red promotional dresses with brand mark application, produced after sample approval, then batch-inspected, packed and shipped to hit the campaign start date.

Sample approvalBatch inspectionOn-date shipping
Retail promotional uniforms for a snack brand03
Snack brand · retail promotion

A full promotional wardrobe

Aprons, tees and softshell jackets built as one coordinated set around the brand's green palette, covering in-store sampling and outdoor activation with a single look.

Multi-categoryBrand colour matchBulk delivery
Campaign shirts for a beverage group04
Beverage group · sports marketing

Campaign shirts with crest and slogan

Blue-and-white raglan shirts combining an embroidered crest with a printed campaign slogan, individually poly-bagged and packed for distribution to regional teams.

EmbroiderySlogan printIndividual packing

Client names are withheld on this page; full references and sample photos are available on request.

How we de-risk an order

The things buyers ask about before they commit, answered up front.

Sample before bulk

Nothing goes into production until you have approved a physical sample.

Dates in writing

Lead time is agreed and written into the order before production starts.

Contract & company account

Signed contract, corporate bank account, invoices that fit your finance process.

One contact

A single person from first quote to after-sales, reachable on WhatsApp or email.

About 168 Uniform

168 Uniform (www.168zf.cn) is the trading name of a Shanghai apparel group operating through Shanghai Jincong Garments Co., Ltd. and Yiluba (Shanghai) Apparel Co., Ltd. Our founding team has spent 28 years in garment production and sourcing.

We work with brands, promotional agencies, trading companies and consultancies. The work is not catalogue selling — it is interpreting a theme, then translating it into colour, fabric, cut and finish that hold up in real use.

Jincong has traded continuously for 14 years and acts as the contracting entity, handling contracts, invoicing and delivery. Yiluba handles brand, product development and client service. Both are registered in Shanghai; the group's registered capital and business scope are available on request.

28Years of apparel experience in the founding team
14Years of continuous trading
7Days standard sampling
ShanghaiDesign and sourcing base

Questions buyers ask

It depends on the category and the decoration. Knitted items such as tees and polos can start lower than structured workwear or suiting. Tell us the quantity you have in mind and we will tell you honestly whether it is workable.

About seven days for a standard build. Complex constructions with special fabric or multiple decoration techniques take longer — we confirm the date before we start, not after.

Yes. Send the tech pack, artwork or a physical sample and we will handle fabric selection, pattern matching and sampling to reproduce it.

Yes. We ship internationally and can work with your nominated freight forwarder. Export documentation is handled on our side. Duties and import clearance stay with the buyer.

A signed contract through Shanghai Jincong Garments Co., Ltd., with corporate bank transfer. Payment terms are agreed in the contract. We do not take orders through personal accounts.

Three things: the style or reference, the quantity per size, and the date you need it. With those we can give you a real price and a real lead time the same working day.

Tell us the brief.
We'll come back with a plan.

Style, quantity and date — that's enough to start. We reply within one working day.

Mr. Li · Export & project enquiries
+86 139 1767 8080 WhatsApp · message us directly

Shanghai, China · www.168zf.cn

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