We source only the best quality
local and international cotton

Who We Are

Baywear Clothing, a private company established in April 1952 by George Helliwell, is located in the city of Port Elizabeth, which is located on the South African south east coast. The city has an excellent modern harbour which handles all the containers for the local automotive and other industries as well as agricultural exports.

What We Do

Baywear Clothing produces a range of knitted undergarments for infants, children and adults.

Cotton underwear manufacturersThermal underwear manufacturersClothing manufacturers
A product capacity
of 50 000 pieces per week

How We Work

We are housed in a modern 2 850m2 premises incorporating a vertical knitting and sewing operation.

Knitting

Our fabrics are produced on a range of 80 knitting machines using locally and internationally sourced yarns. The fabrics produced are 1 X 1 rib, rib tuck, rib transfer and interlock.

Sewing

The sewing department consists of modern sewing machines with a strict upgrade policy in place.


A recruitment training programme for machine operators is followed to ensure quality standards are maintained, while providing flexiblity essential for adapting to the market.

Our Camille® Range

The Camille® range offers a variety of adults', childrens' and infants' undergarments produced from our cotton, thermal and wool fabrics.

Feel free to contact us for further information or download our Camille® brochure.

Camille wool underwearInfants bodyvestsChildrens and adults underwear
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