Spiro

Spiro is a performance sportswear range: moisture-moving T-shirts and polos, training jackets, shorts, skirts and gloves, aimed at teams and clubs rather than at site work.

What the range covers

This page holds the Spiro lines The Stitch Factory stocks, across T-shirts, jackets, shorts, polo shirts, skirts, gloves, dresses and accessories. T-shirts are the largest group, in short sleeve and long sleeve, with training and shower jackets next, then shorts, polo shirts and the skirts and dresses for racquet and hockey sports. Most of the range is cut for movement and finished in bright team colours, which is why it is usually ordered as a full squad set rather than piece by piece.

What a performance fabric is doing

The point of a technical sports garment is the fabric, not the shape. A performance polyester knit moves sweat off the skin and out to the surface of the cloth where it can evaporate, so the garment stays light and dries quickly instead of soaking and clinging. The knit is usually open enough to be breathable, which is what keeps it comfortable through a training session, and light enough that a full kit bag is not heavy. The fabric, the features and the size range for each style are set out on its own product page, and they are what to compare when you are choosing between two similar tops.

Who it suits

This is the range we quote for junior and amateur football, netball, hockey, athletics and running clubs, for school sports departments and PE kit, for gyms and personal trainers, and for charity runs and tournament days where a squad needs to be in one colour. Because the T-shirts, the shorts and the jackets are all from one brand, a club can build a kit that matches from the warm-up top down, and come back the following season for the same thing in a new size.

Printing and embroidery in Sheffield

Every item here can be printed or embroidered with your club name, crest, squad number or sponsor's logo, done in-house at our Sheffield works. Performance fabric is usually printed rather than embroidered, because a dense stitch pulls on a light stretch knit and can close up the very weave that makes the garment breathable; where a logo must be stitched we use a light backing and keep the design small. Names and numbers on the back are a print job. Browse the full Spiro range below, or send us the club artwork and a size breakdown through Request a Quote.