At SCODY we make garments for high performance. Each element of your garment is chosen and engineered for performance. We make the majority of our garments in our Burleigh factory. To take a tour of our factory visit the page: How your garment is made

Fabrics and Accessories
Our fabrics are selected to enhance the performance of the athlete wearing them. Our fabrics must also look and feel good. For example the fabric used in a cycle jersey should breathe, protect you from the sun and should draw moisture away from the skin; the fabric in a swimsuit should remain opaque when wet; the fabric for a rain jacket should be waterproof and should breath; and the fabric used for the chamois in cycle pants should take moisture away from the skin and should have anti-bacterial properties. Once we have found the technical characteristics required we insist that the fabrics are comfortable to wear.

The accessories we use are just as carefully selected as our fabrics. For the cyclist perhaps the most important accessory we use is the chamoise in your cycling shorts. All pads we use are imported from Italy and are made by some of the leading manufacturers in the world who combine experience with the latest technical materials. The fabric covering the padding, the materials used for the padding and the design itself all have to work together to give you a better ride. It may look the same but it is often not the same and for this reason we do not use cheap substitutes from low wage countries.

For more detail on our fabrics and accessories visit the page Fabrics and Accessories.

Garment Construction
We select patterns to enhance athletic performance. For example we provide pockets in our triathlon suits for nutritional supplements; cut our cycle jersey long so that you can use the pockets without being a contortionist; use a stretch panel on the back of our ladies run shirts to promote a good fit across different body shapes to utilise the technical characteristics of the fabric.

We then select the sewing technique best suited for the purpose, select thread that matches the fabric and will not easily snap and we make sure that all sewing is properly finished so that it will not unravel. For example where there is a danger of chaffing we use flat locking so that the seam is flat; with Lycra we use very strong thread sewed closer together so that it will not snap with the normal stretch of the lycra; and we use bar tacking and other finishing techniques.

For more detail on your garment construction visit the page Garment Construction

Image technology
Four image technologies are used on our garments: Sublimation, Screen printing, Transfer printing, and Embroidery.

We choose the technology to fit the garment and your preferences.

Sublimation
At SCODY we expect high performance from our designs. For this reason we favour sublimatic printing. Sublimation allows as many colours as you desire and facilitates designs utilising fine detail. We use the latest digital technology in our printing process and are able to print in fine detail, including the printing of photos on fabric. The lay out for sublimation printing is, however, time consuming and there are therefore minimum order sizes if you wish have your garments custom made.

Screen Printing
Screen printing is more affordable than sublimation printing and we are able to accept smaller minimum order sizes. Screen printing is not as hard wearing as sublimation printing and there are design and colour limitations inherent in the process. We normally suggest screen printing when logos are to be applied to a ready made garment, your budget is tight, the designs are simple or where you only require a small quantity.

Transfer Printing
Transfer printing applies ink to the garment at heat. We do not use transfer printing in our manufacturing processes at SCODY but some of our bought in garments are transfer printed.

Embroidery
Embroidery is a technique where many different coloured threads are sewed onto you garment to replicate a logo or design. It is long lasting and well suited to garments like caps, polo shirts and bags.

For more detail see the page Image Technology.

Tested by Athletes
Performance garments cannot be designed in an office. They need to be worn under demanding conditions so that every flaw is exposed. The final garment is the combination of many small enhancements based on feedback from athletes who push themselves and our garments to the limit. So while you are the only person who can really judge our garments we do our bit by using a very critical team of athletes to test our garments before we make them available. If you would like to see how our testing played out in the development of the latest triathlon suit visit the page tested by an athlete.