How much difference is there between an authentic jersey and a replica jersey?

The difference can be big or small, depending on your knowledge.

As an insider who has been doing replica jerseys for more than 10 years, I’m going to reveal some insider secrets to you today.

After reading this piece of my blood, in the future, no matter what version to buy, will not be pitched.

There are no less than 1,000 factories or small workshops that make replica jerseys, and their selection of materials and craftsmanship levels vary, so the jerseys that are made are naturally different from the genuine ones, either in a big way or in a small way.

The quality of the jerseys is mainly divided into 3 grades:

[A1]: The top goods are mainly sold to more economically developed places within Europe and the United States, such as the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, etc., and sometimes to some of the more affluent areas of the Middle East. For example, Riyadh Victory, where Crow is located, is simply hot, this jersey from Crow announced to join, we have been restocking. Last month, one of our clients, a Middle Eastern high school, ordered more than 3,000 pieces in one go, all printed Crow.

Previously, we do the MLB jerseys, basically is how much the customer wants us to do how much, production out of the direct customer to take.

Since Messi joined, Miami International jersey orders have not been broken, all under a North American wholesaler, he bought back and then distributed to small wholesalers looking for him.

Customers in these regions have very high requirements for quality, so the goods made are also the closest, or even no difference. Europe, I mainly do Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Spain, but the customs over there, especially Britain, Germany and France, the card is particularly strict, want to enter the threshold is also very high, a little bit of trouble will be confiscated all the goods, and it is impossible to get back, so customs clearance by our customers over there to deal with their own. No kidding, can handle this kind of thing in the local more or less with the nature of the underworld, they can get the Chinese goods in, and then there is a safe underground distribution. 15 years, we have a Turin customer, got two standard containers, the most inside stuffed jerseys, outside all normal customs clearance of women’s clothing. It used to be fine according to this process, but when it arrived at the port in Italy, it was unloaded late at night by an unannounced inspection, and all the goods were confiscated on the spot. The next day they were transported to the processing station and destroyed in front of him, and he was holding a fine of 80,000 euros at that time. Later, his assistant told me that it was because his other sensitive goods were targeted by the police that he was implicated this time.

A2]: Slightly inferior to A1 mainly sold to Japan, Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan, Brazil and Southeast Asia more developed areas. In fact, the consumption power of these regions is not worse than many countries in Europe, so we set the unit price is not much less than that sent to Europe. But because the number of high consumption fans in these regions is far less than in Europe, so even if the high price can be sold, but there is no way that the unit volume is not as good as in Europe. In terms of jersey quality, than sent to Europe is slightly worse than a drop, mainly in the selection of materials will be more control of the cost, but the workmanship with the same group of people and machines.

A3: cheap goods are mainly sold to Central and South America (except Brazil) and Africa. Sent to these regions of the goods, whether it is the quality of fabrics, or production process, are significantly worse than the first two places. This gap is mainly reflected in the perception, especially the feel, in a word is rough. After all, the economy of these areas is not developed, and their spending power is also limited. Although the number of consumers is large, but their budget is relatively low, so they are given some cheap goods, which is known as ‘rags’ of this kind of jersey. But even so, these quality jerseys are very popular in these places.

Next, let’s talk about the production process.

Before the official production, each factory will get the drawings or templates of the jerseys from their own sources, and some of them will buy them from foreign ‘jersey spies’.

I usually get them from foreign customers, who can get drawings, templates and even samples from the design departments of several major companies in advance and send them to us.

Before the new season starts, each company (Nike, Adi, Puma, etc.) will have several sets of jersey designs, and some customers will let us make hundreds of each of the 2-3 versions that they are sure of in order to rush to the market, and then they will start selling them. At this time, the selling price is not high, at most, it is a price to test the water, in order to attract fans. Some of our more capable customers will find out the final version from insiders before the club or national team announces the new jersey, and then they will ask us to make the goods quickly so that they can capture the market in the first time after the announcement. So we basically can’t take a break in this situation, we work three shifts a day, and our machines can’t break down, and we are busiest before the new season starts, as well as during the UEFA Cup and the World Cup every year.

Next, let’s talk about the production process. Before the official production, each factory will get the drawings or templates of the jerseys from their own channels, and some of them will buy them from foreign ‘jersey spies’. I usually get them from foreign customers, who can get drawings, templates and even prototypes in advance from the design departments of several major companies, and then send them to us.

Finally, I would like to say a few words about the differences in ‘copying’ between the different manufacturers, as the difference between Z and D versions depends mainly on the latter’s ‘copying method’:

1. The choice of fabric is the same unless the fabric is not commercially available. Most of the sporty fabrics can be found in Lishui, Zhejiang Province or Jimo, Qingdao (we mainly source our fabrics in Lishui). 2.
2. the consistency of the layout of this depends on the level of the layout, the basic skills are good can copy a eight or nine not quite ten, which is more than the complex women’s clothing or fashion copying up much easier, as long as the front piece of the jersey, back piece, the sleeves are disassembled, compared to do it. The pattern makers we use must have at least 5 years of ‘copying’ experience and must bring their ‘work’ with them to the interview. We currently have two printmakers, and when we are busy, we will borrow one from a friend’s factory.
3. The production of ‘accessories’ mainly refers to team badges, brand logos, sponsor graphics, star names, and tournament logo badges. First of all, the team logo and brand logo, the fan version of the basic are embroidered, embroidery is divided into straight embroidery and paste embroidery. Straight embroidery refers to the front piece of clothing on the machine directly embroidered on, this for the machine and fabric requirements are relatively high, embroidery is easy to screw, in the embroidered logo around a circle appeared a lot of folds, looks Zoubaaba. But the German machine is better, although more expensive, but in order to ensure quality I also bought several units, made out of the embroidery logo looks very positive, the surface is silky smooth, flat around.

The other is called paste rust, the process is to use a separate machine to embroider a label first, and then later sewed on top of the clothes. Which of the two to use depends mainly on the fabric. Some fabrics can’t do straight embroidery and start to shrink as soon as the machine hits them. The players’ version of the team crest and jersey brand logo are generally made of silicone, using high temperature ironing on, tightly fitting on the fabric of the clothes, more solid than the back of the printed lettering and printing numbers.

Of course, if the material is not good, or the temperature of the machine when stamping is not enough, stamping time is not enough, it may not be printed firmly. Besides, we have a special art department for sponsor graphics. They will download the samples of graphics from the official websites of clubs, sponsors and spy websites, and then fix the graphics to improve the clarity, so that they can be printed out to look good.

As for the star font size and tournament logo badges, there are also special websites abroad, so you can download them directly and use them.

I hope the above sharing can help friends who like jerseys know how to identify the good and bad. Pay attention to our website to get more practical jerseys in the future.