The short answer
Few activewear brands connect a product to a named factory. Of the brands reviewed here, Athleta’s parent Gap Inc. publishes a group-level factory list without brand assignments, Nike reports its main apparel-producing countries in its annual report, and Sweaty Betty states how many countries it uses. SKIMS, Vuori, Beyond Yoga and Set Active publish fabric details but no factory names in the pages reviewed. For a particular item, rely on its listing and sewn-in label, not a supplier’s claim.
A group factory list is not a product map; read its coverage note first.
Published fiber content does not identify the mill, knit or finish.
Sharing a factory would not give you another brand’s specification.
What do activewear brands disclose about who makes them?
Brand disclosures come at three levels: a facility list names factories and locations, a country statement names or counts sourcing countries, and a product listing gives one item’s fiber content and origin status. None of the sources reviewed connects a named retail style to a single factory, so each answer below stops where the brand’s own publication stops.
| Brand | Who or where: what the reviewed source states | Fabric: what the reviewed source states | Not stated in the sources reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athleta | Gap Inc. group factory list, February 2026 | Not covered by the factory list | Which listed factory makes Athleta, or any style |
| Nike | Fiscal 2026 annual report: apparel factory count, countries and top-three country shares | Principal apparel materials in general terms | The factory behind a specific shirt or sweatpant |
| Sweaty Betty | 2024 supply-chain statement: products made in eight countries | Not covered by the statement | The eight countries and the factories |
| SKIMS | Product listing marked “Imported” | Fiber content on product listings | Manufacturing country and factories |
| Vuori | No factory list found | Named fabrics with recycled-content figures | Factories and countries |
| Beyond Yoga | No factory list found | Fiber content for seven named fabrics | Factories and countries |
| Set Active | No factory list found | Four fabrics described by feel and compression | Fiber content in the guide, factories and countries |
| Fabletics | Storefront could not be retrieved for this review | Not verified | Factories, countries and fabric details |
Four brands have their own research pages: Lululemon’s supplier list, Gymshark’s factory list, Alo Yoga’s disclosures and SHEIN’s production model.
Who makes Athleta, and does Gap Inc.’s factory list answer it?
Athleta is one of four brands covered by the Gap Inc. Branded Apparel Factory List dated February 2026. Its cover note says the list is updated twice a year and accounts for nearly 100% of business spend through Tier 1 facilities used by Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic and Athleta. The spreadsheet holds 552 factory rows in 25 locations, with fields for product category, workforce size, share of women workers and address. No column says which brand a factory serves.
The list therefore shows where the group’s finished-goods base sits—the largest row counts are in Vietnam, India, Indonesia, Cambodia, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, with China next—but it cannot tell you who makes Athleta leggings. Its IPSS category (intimates, performance and swim) covers 68 rows, none of them in China in this edition. That describes facility categories, not the origin of an Athleta item. For a style’s fabric and country, use its product listing and garment label.
Where are Nike and Dri-FIT clothes made?
NIKE, Inc.’s annual report for the fiscal year ended 31 May 2026 says nearly all of its footwear and apparel is made outside the United States by independent contract manufacturers. At that date, contract manufacturers operated 321 finished-goods apparel factories in 34 countries; during fiscal 2026, factories in Vietnam, Cambodia and China made about 34%, 15% and 12% of NIKE Brand apparel.
That answers the country question at brand level only. The report lists Dri-FIT among Nike’s product technologies—a technology name, not a place or a factory—and assigns no shirt or sweatpant to a facility. Nike’s and adidas’s facility-level disclosures are compared in our ranking of public supplier resources. China is a common origin among major brands but not the only one: Nike’s filing puts Vietnam and Cambodia ahead of it for apparel, and Gap Inc.’s list has more rows in six other countries. For how sourcing countries compare, see activewear manufacturing by country.
Who makes SKIMS, Vuori, Beyond Yoga and Set Active?
We found no factory list or manufacturing-country statement for SKIMS, Vuori, Beyond Yoga or Set Active in the official pages reviewed, so their manufacturers are not publicly disclosed. Forum threads and websites presenting themselves as “the manufacturer” are leads at best. What these brands do publish is fabric information:
- SKIMS: the Fits Everybody T-Shirt Bodysuit listing gives 76% polyamide and 24% elastane with a 100% cotton gusset. Shapewear, cotton underwear, sleepwear and T-shirts have their own listings and compositions.
- Vuori: its design-philosophy page describes DreamKnit as a brushed jersey with four-way stretch and moisture-wicking qualities, made from 89% recycled materials, and BlissBlend as an airy stretch fabric made with 75% recycled materials.
- Beyond Yoga: its product guide lists Spacedye at 87% polyester and 13% elastane, Featherweight Spacedye at 94% polyester and 6% spandex, SoftWash Terry at 100% cotton and LuxeFleece at 67% cotton and 33% polyester.
- Set Active: its fabric guide calls Luxform its “most luxurious and smoothing” fabric with medium-to-high compression, Formcloud “buttery-soft” and lightly brushed, Sportbody “sleek and cooling”, and Aeraline its “weightless and breathable”, most technical option.
These are the brands’ own fabric names, not grades a mill can quote. Fiber content is only the first line of a specification: it does not identify the yarn, knit structure, weight or finish that create the hand feel shoppers ask about.
Is it made in China, Turkey or the USA? Read the label rules
For textile products sold in the United States, the FTC’s labeling guide requires catalog and internet descriptions to say whether an item was made in the USA, imported, or both, and requires a product made entirely abroad to be labeled with the country where it was processed or manufactured. A listing marked “Imported”, like the SKIMS bodysuit above, therefore indicates foreign manufacture without naming the country.
An unqualified “Made in U.S.A.” label is permitted only when the product is made completely in the United States of U.S.-made materials; a garment sewn domestically from foreign fabric must disclose it, for example “Made in U.S.A. of imported fabric”. For Beyond Yoga, Vuori or SKIMS pieces, the item’s label is the evidence, not a store address or a reseller’s description.
Sweaty Betty’s supply-chain statement, issued jointly with its parent Wolverine World Wide for 2024, says it makes its products in eight countries using its own factories and suppliers. It does not name them, so “made in China” or “made in Turkey” can only be confirmed item by item. Fabletics’ storefront, including product pages, could not be retrieved for this review; this guide makes no claim about its factories, origin or fabrics, and the same label check applies to its leggings, shorts and scrubs.
Can a dupe come from the same factory as SKIMS or Set Active?
A shared factory is not a shared product. The brand controls its pattern, grading, fabric article, trims, finishing instructions and approval standards, and a facility that sews for several clients should not hand one client’s specification to another. Even when two fiber contents match, a different yarn, knit, weight or finish produces a different garment.
Set Active’s fabric guide does not compare its fabrics with any other brand’s, so a claim that one of them feels like a rival legging fabric is an opinion, not a specification. If you want a similar experience in your own line, write it down: target composition range, weight, construction, surface, stretch and recovery, opacity and care. Compare samples against that brief, and leave another brand’s fabric names, logos and product presentation out of it.
Why is branded activewear expensive, and what does it cost to make?
None of the disclosures reviewed states a unit manufacturing cost, so there is no sourced answer to what a SKIMS bodysuit or a Lululemon legging costs to make; the Lululemon research page linked above explains why a supplier list cannot supply that number.
A retail price carries much more than sewing: development and sampling, fabric and trims, grading across a size range, testing, packaging, freight, import duty, warehousing, returns, marketing and retail margin. High-stretch fabrics, bonded or seamless constructions and wide size ranges add development and approval work. Whether a seamless set is worth more depends on whether its knitted construction delivers something your customer values, which only samples can show. For your own line, compare costed quotes against one fixed specification; another brand’s price is not evidence of what yours should cost.
Decision map from this guide
| Decision area | What this guide establishes |
|---|---|
| A seller claims to make a famous brand | Match the legal facility against the brand’s current official list; with no list, record the claim as unverified. |
| You need the origin of one item | Read that item’s listing and sewn-in label; do not extend one label to the whole range. |
| You want a comparable fabric | Record the published fiber content, then specify weight, knit, finish, stretch and recovery for your own samples. |
| The brand uses a proprietary fabric name | Treat the name as the brand’s own and describe the properties you need instead. |
| You are estimating manufacturing cost | Price your own specification with suppliers; retail prices and disclosures do not reveal unit cost. |
Sources and scope
Official brand and parent-company disclosures—Gap Inc.’s February 2026 factory list, NIKE, Inc.’s fiscal 2026 Form 10-K, the Wolverine and Sweaty Betty supply-chain statement and the brands’ own fabric and product pages—support only the specific facts cited; the FTC guide supports the labeling rules. The comparison table, dupe guidance and cost reasoning are MOTIONFORM editorial guidance, not findings about any brand’s factories, costs or product quality. Sources reviewed 27 September 2026.
- Gap Inc.: Branded Apparel Factory List, February 2026 (reviewed 27 September 2026)
- NIKE, Inc.: Annual Report on Form 10-K, fiscal year ended 31 May 2026 (reviewed 27 September 2026)
- Sweaty Betty and Wolverine World Wide: Anti-Human Trafficking and Transparency in Supply Chain Statement, 2024 (reviewed 27 September 2026)
- SKIMS: Fits Everybody T-Shirt Bodysuit product listing (reviewed 27 September 2026)
- Vuori: Product design philosophy and fabrics (reviewed 27 September 2026)
- Beyond Yoga: Product guide and fabric compositions (reviewed 27 September 2026)
- Set Active: Activewear fabric guide (reviewed 27 September 2026)
- FTC: Threading Your Way Through the Labeling Requirements Under the Textile and Wool Acts (reviewed 27 September 2026)
Buyer questions
Who makes SKIMS?
SKIMS does not publish a factory list in the official pages reviewed, so its manufacturers are not publicly disclosed. Its listings give fiber content and origin status instead. Anyone claiming to be the SKIMS manufacturer should prove the legal facility and a current relationship; without a brand disclosure, keep the claim marked unverified and qualify the supplier on your own product.
Is SKIMS made in China?
The listing reviewed says “Imported” without naming a country, and SKIMS publishes no country list. For items sold in the United States, the sewn-in label of an imported textile product must name the country of manufacture, so check the label of the exact piece. One label does not describe the whole range, because different products can be made in different countries.
What is Vuori DreamKnit made of?
Vuori describes DreamKnit as a brushed jersey with four-way stretch, made from 89% recycled materials. The design page does not give the fiber split, so read the exact jogger, legging or shirt listing and its label for the composition. Vuori’s reviewed pages do not name the factories that make its garments, so its manufacturer is not publicly disclosed.
Is Beyond Yoga made in the USA?
Beyond Yoga’s product guide lists fabric content but no manufacturing country, and we found no factory list in its official pages. Check the item’s label. A plain “Made in U.S.A.” requires U.S. manufacture from U.S.-made materials, while a piece sewn in the United States from foreign fabric must say so on the label.
Who makes Fabletics, and is it made in China or the USA?
Not verified here. We found no Fabletics factory list or country statement in the official material we could retrieve, and its storefront, including product pages, could not be reviewed. For a specific pair of leggings, shorts or scrubs sold in the United States, the listing has to state made in USA, imported or both, and the label has to name the country.
Is Sweaty Betty made in China or Turkey?
Sweaty Betty’s 2024 statement says its products are made in eight countries but does not name them, so a range-wide yes or no is not supported. Check the country on the label of the specific product. The statement also lists no factories, so a supplier claiming to make Sweaty Betty needs its own evidence.
Which Set Active fabric is the best-selling?
Set Active’s fabric guide describes Luxform, Formcloud, Sportbody and Aeraline by feel, compression and intended activity, but it does not rank them by sales. “Best-selling” or “most popular” claims on forums are therefore unverified. Choose by the job instead: the guide positions Sportbody for heated workouts, spin and cardio, and Formcloud as a soft, lightly brushed everyday option.
Is Nike made in China still original?
A China origin is consistent with genuine Nike production: Nike’s fiscal 2026 annual report says factories in China made about 12% of NIKE Brand apparel. Origin does not prove authenticity either way. Buy from Nike or an authorized retailer when authenticity matters, and treat any website presenting itself as “the factory” selling branded goods with caution.
