PL4293 is knitted from 95% polyester, 5% cotton; the blend is what sets the hand, and here that means a smooth filament or staple that keeps its form.
Polyester leads the blend at 95% and adds dimensional stability and colourfastness, and cuts shrinkage.
The remaining 5% is carried by cotton, which breathes well and stays comfortable in mild weather.
Autumn/Winter knitwear carries the margin in most knit programmes: heavier yarns, more surface interest and a longer selling window at full price.
Polyester adds dimensional stability and colourfastness, and cuts shrinkage. Blended in when the retailer's care label has to survive frequent home laundering.
Cotton breathes well and stays comfortable in mild weather. The default choice for spring and summer knitwear sold into warm climates.
The content for PL4293 is published as 95%POLYESTER,5%COTTON, so you can price the yarn and write the care label before you sample.
AW bulk is usually placed in the first half of the year, which leaves time for a wash test and a fit approval before the cut date.
Everything marked TBC is genuinely not stated in the factory catalogue for PL4293. It is listed here so you know precisely what to ask before sampling instead of assuming a value.
| Item number | PL4293 |
|---|---|
| Fibre content | 95%POLYESTER,5%COTTON |
| Content, expanded | 95% Polyester, 5% Cotton |
| Collection | Men's |
| Season | Autumn/Winter |
| Catalogue section | Men's Autumn/Winter Knitwear |
| Product type | Knitwear |
| Gauge | TBC not stated in the source catalogue |
| Knit structure | TBC not stated in the source catalogue |
| Colourways | TBC confirm available colours with the supplier |
| Size range | TBC confirm size set and measurement chart |
| Minimum order quantity | TBC not published |
| Lead time | TBC not published |
| Packing | TBC confirm polybag, carton and labelling |
| Test reports and certification | TBC request before sampling |
| Country of manufacture | China (Guangzhou) |
Importers costing PL4293 against their own tech pack: the 95% polyester ground is the line that sets the yarn price, and it is fixed here before sampling starts.
Multi-door buyers filling a autumn/winter knit wall. PL4293 is one body in a men's autumn/winter knitwear section, so it can sit beside related yarns rather than standing alone.
Online sellers who print the content on the product page. What you publish for PL4293 is 95% Polyester, 5% Cotton, and that is what the sewn-in label has to match.
Buyers judging PL4293 on how the polyester surface photographs and how it holds through a full price selling period.
| Fibre | Hand and behaviour | Care |
|---|---|---|
| Polyester | A smooth filament or staple that keeps its form | Easy care, machine washable, fast drying |
| Cotton | A smooth, cool hand with very little stretch memory | Washes easily but can relax in length, so wash-tested measurements matter |
| Wool (alternative) | A warm, resilient hand with natural crimp | Needs a wool cycle or dry cleaning unless the yarn is treated |
The third row is an alternative fibre shown for comparison only. PL4293 is published in 95%POLYESTER,5%COTTON and nothing else, so a different quality would be a development with its own sample and its own wash test.
The stage where most knitwear orders are won or lost.
Online brands that publish fibre content and measurements on the product page and pay for every mismatch in returns.
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Autumn/Winter · View styleThe catalogue states 95%POLYESTER,5%COTTON, which reads as 95% Polyester, 5% Cotton. Ask for a yarn card confirming the same content before you place bulk.
It sits in the Men's Autumn/Winter Knitwear section of the catalogue. AW gives a little more calendar room than SS, and the sensible use of it is a proper wash test rather than an extra colour.
The catalogue does not publish an MOQ for PL4293. Ask by email, and ask whether it applies per style, per colour or per size run, because the three answers are very different.
Run a wash test and a measurement check on the counter sample, and for polyester-led yarn also run a pilling test. Write the results into the order as the accepted standard.
Possibly, but treat it as a new development: PL4293 is published in one quality, and a different yarn needs its own sample and its own wash test.
Send the quantity you are planning and ask for colourways, size range, MOQ, lead time and test reports for PL4293 in one message. Those five points are not published and decide whether this style fits your programme.
