About the Store
Custom Singlets, operating under the parent company Flexapparel Inc, represents a testament to American craftsmanship and specialized manufacturing in the athletic apparel industry. Based in Taberg, New York, this family-owned and operated business has established itself as a premier provider of sublimated wrestling singlets and custom sportswear over its impressive 25-year history. Unlike mass-market athletic wear companies, Custom Singlets maintains direct control over their entire production process, with design, printing, and manufacturing all conducted in-house at their Upstate New York facility. This vertical integration allows for exceptional quality control, customization capabilities, and personal attention that distinguishes their offerings in a market increasingly dominated by overseas production and middleman distributors. The company’s longevity in a competitive industry speaks to their consistent delivery of quality products that meet the specific and often technically demanding requirements of wrestlers, teams, and athletic organizations across the country.
What truly sets Custom Singlets apart from larger sportswear manufacturers is their commitment to personalized service and custom design capabilities that transform standard athletic wear into unique performance apparel. Each product begins its journey as a collaboration between customer vision and in-house design expertise, with complimentary digital previews provided before production begins, ensuring complete satisfaction with the proposed design. This customer-centric approach extends to their manufacturing process, where they can accommodate specialized fit requirements based on individual body measurements—a crucial consideration for athletes who require precise fitting garments for optimal performance and comfort. The sublimation printing technology they employ allows for unlimited color options, intricate details, and edge-to-edge designs that aren’t constrained by traditional screen printing limitations, resulting in vibrant, durable graphics that won’t crack, peel, or fade over time. This commitment to customization means that teams and individual athletes can proudly wear designs that precisely represent their identity, whether through school colors, mascots, or completely original artistic concepts, without concern that they’ll encounter identical apparel elsewhere in competition.
The company’s business philosophy reflects traditional values rarely found in today’s manufacturing landscape, with an emphasis on direct customer relationships, transparent communication, and made-in-America quality that resonates with their clientele. Their A+ Better Business Bureau rating underscores their commitment to ethical business practices and customer satisfaction, earned through consistent delivery on promises regarding quality, turnaround times, and responsive service. Operating from their Carlisle Road facility, the Flexapparel team maintains the personal touch of a small business while delivering production capabilities sufficient to outfit entire teams and organizations with consistent, high-quality athletic wear. Their approach combines old-school manufacturing values—where craftspeople take pride in their work and stand behind their products—with modern digital design and printing technologies that allow for unprecedented creative possibilities. This balance of traditional business ethics with contemporary production methods has allowed Custom Singlets to thrive for a quarter century in an industry where many domestic manufacturers have struggled against offshore competition, creating a sustainable American manufacturing success story focused on specialized athletic apparel with uncompromising quality and personalization.
Departments and Products:
Custom Singlets offers a comprehensive range of specialized athletic apparel, with their Wrestling Singlets collection serving as the flagship product line that established their reputation for quality and design innovation in competitive sports apparel. These one-piece garments, essential for wrestling competition at all levels from youth leagues through collegiate and international competition, feature four-way stretch fabrics engineered specifically for the extreme flexibility demands and durability requirements of wrestling. The sublimation printing technology applied to these garments allows for unlimited color options and complete design coverage, creating striking visual presentations that range from traditional team colors and logos to elaborate artistic designs like their popular Skeleton, Evil Clown, and Devil with Flames patterns. Each singlet incorporates technical features essential for competition performance, including strategic seam placement to prevent chafing during intense movement, appropriate compression for muscle support without restriction, and moisture-wicking properties that maintain comfort during extended wear. Beyond standard sizing, the company offers custom-fitted singlets based on individual measurements, ensuring proper fit for athletes with non-standard proportions—a crucial consideration in a sport where proper garment fit directly impacts performance and can affect competition outcomes.
The Team Uniforms department extends beyond wrestling to provide comprehensive apparel solutions for various sports and athletic organizations seeking coordinated, custom-designed equipment. This collection includes sublimated team shirts, shorts, warm-up jackets, and pants that maintain consistent design elements across different garment types, creating cohesive visual identity for athletic programs. The production process accommodates both large-scale team orders with individual name and number customization and smaller batches for specialty teams or clubs, all manufactured with the same attention to detail regardless of order size. Each uniform component is engineered with sport-specific considerations, from basketball jerseys designed for unrestricted shooting motion to track uniforms optimized for aerodynamic performance. The company’s design team works closely with coaches and athletic directors to incorporate school colors, mascots, and branding elements that maintain consistent visual identity across different sports programs, often creating comprehensive style guides that ensure uniform consistency throughout an athletic department. This department demonstrates particular strength in creating distinctive designs that set teams apart visually while maintaining all technical performance requirements for competitive athletics.
The Custom Performance Wear section encompasses specialized training apparel designed for both practice environments and competition warm-ups, featuring moisture-wicking fabrications, strategic ventilation zones, and durable construction engineered to withstand the rigors of intense athletic training. This collection includes compression garments that support muscle performance and recovery, lightweight training shirts with sport-specific design considerations, and specialized layers for cold-weather training environments. The customization capabilities extend to these performance pieces, allowing teams to maintain consistent branding across both competition uniforms and practice attire. Beyond standard athletic departments, this collection serves specialty markets including CrossFit competitions, strength sports, combat sports training, and other intensive athletic pursuits requiring technical garments with specific performance characteristics. The Accessories department complements the apparel offerings with customized equipment including headgear, bags, towels, and other athletic necessities that complete a comprehensive team identity program. Together, these departments create a complete ecosystem of athletic apparel solutions that can address all aspects of a sports program’s identity and performance needs through a single, consistent manufacturing relationship rather than requiring multiple vendors for different apparel categories.
Special Services
Custom Singlets distinguishes itself through several specialized services designed to enhance the collaborative design process and ensure exceptional results for their athletic apparel clients. Their signature Complimentary Design Preview service represents a cornerstone of their customer-centric approach, providing detailed digital mockups of proposed designs before production begins. This service eliminates uncertainty in the custom apparel process by allowing customers to visualize exactly how their concepts will translate to finished garments, with opportunities for revisions and refinements before committing to production. The design team works from various starting points depending on customer needs—developing completely original concepts based on general direction, adapting existing designs from the company’s extensive library with personalized modifications, or precisely executing customer-supplied artwork and specifications. These digital previews include accurate color representation, proper placement visualization, and proportional design elements shown on appropriate garment templates, creating realistic expectations for the finished products. This service proves particularly valuable for coaches and athletic directors who must secure approval from various stakeholders before finalizing uniform designs, providing professional presentations that facilitate decision-making processes in institutional contexts.
Understanding that proper fit significantly impacts athletic performance, Custom Singlets offers Specialized Measurement and Fitting services that address the unique body proportions often found among competitive athletes. Unlike mass-produced athletic wear that follows standardized sizing charts, this service considers the specific physical characteristics common in different sports—from the broader shoulders and narrower waists typical among wrestlers to the longer torsos often found in track athletes. For teams, the company provides detailed measurement guides and consultation to ensure accurate sizing across entire rosters, with recommendations for appropriate sizing based on sport-specific considerations and growth allowances for younger athletes. For individual competitors with non-standard proportions, the service extends to completely custom-fitted garments created from comprehensive measurements that consider specific body contours. This specialized fitting approach proves particularly valuable for elite athletes whose performance depends on precisely fitted equipment, adaptive athletes with unique body proportions, or competitors with specific coverage or compression requirements based on their particular competitive needs. The attention to proper fit reflects Custom Singlets’ understanding that athletic apparel functions not merely as team identification but as essential performance equipment that must work in harmony with the athlete’s body during competition.
The Team Order Management service addresses the complex logistical challenges involved in outfitting entire athletic programs with consistent, custom-designed apparel. This comprehensive service begins with consultation regarding program needs, budget considerations, and technical requirements, followed by coordinated design development that ensures visual consistency across various garment types and sports divisions. For educational institutions and multi-team organizations, the service includes creation of standardized design templates that can be adapted across different sports while maintaining consistent branding elements, color schemes, and design motifs. The ordering process incorporates sophisticated tracking systems for individual athlete names, numbers, and sizes within larger team orders, ensuring accurate production of personalized items while maintaining efficient manufacturing workflows. Delivery scheduling coordinates with season requirements and competition calendars, with options for phased production when different teams require equipment at varying times throughout the academic year. For ongoing relationships, the service includes digital archiving of team designs, measurements, and order histories that facilitate efficient reordering, consistent replacement pieces for new team members, and coordinated evolution of designs across multiple seasons. This structured approach to team outfitting creates valuable time efficiencies for coaches and athletic directors while ensuring consistent quality and appearance across entire athletic programs.
Payment Methods
Custom Singlets offers flexible payment options designed to accommodate the varied purchasing structures of their diverse clientele, from individual athletes to large institutional athletic departments. For standard transactions, the company accepts all major credit and debit cards processed through secure payment gateways that meet current industry security standards. Purchase orders are welcomed from educational institutions, sports organizations, and government entities, with dedicated account management for organizations requiring formal procurement procedures. For established business relationships, particularly with returning team accounts, invoicing options with net-30 terms are available following credit approval processes. The company also accommodates electronic fund transfers for larger orders, providing secure banking details for direct payments that avoid processing fees associated with credit transactions. For international customers, the payment system includes currency conversion capabilities that provide transparent pricing in various denominations, though their primary focus remains on the domestic American market where their made-in-USA manufacturing offers particular value and appeal.
Understanding that athletic uniform purchases often represent significant investments, especially for teams requiring complete outfitting, Custom Singlets has developed several structured payment programs to facilitate budget management. Their deposit system allows teams to secure production slots and begin the design process with partial payment, with balances due before final production or shipping. For large orders with extended lead times, particularly for seasonal sports planning well in advance, progressive payment schedules can be arranged to distribute costs across budget periods or fundraising timelines. School athletic departments particularly appreciate the company’s fiscal year accommodation, where design work can begin in one budget cycle with production and payment occurring in the next annual allocation. For youth sports organizations operating on registration fee funding, the company offers coordination with collection timelines to ensure uniform availability aligns with program commencement. These flexible approaches reflect Custom Singlets’ deep understanding of the financial planning challenges faced by athletic programs at various levels, from self-funded club teams to institutional athletics with complex budgetary procedures, creating payment pathways that accommodate these diverse fiscal realities while maintaining the company’s cash flow requirements for materials and production.
Access and Accessibility
Custom Singlets demonstrates commitment to accessibility through both their physical operations and their service model adaptations that accommodate diverse client needs. Their Taberg, New York facility maintains standard business hours Monday through Friday, providing consistent availability for consultation, order processing, and customer service inquiries. Recognizing that many of their clients—particularly coaches and athletic directors—have limited availability during standard business hours due to teaching and training responsibilities, the company offers flexible scheduling for phone consultations and virtual meetings outside regular operating times by appointment. This accommodation ensures that busy athletics professionals can access design expertise and ordering assistance at times compatible with their demanding schedules. For customers unable to visit their Upstate New York location in person, the comprehensive website at customsinglets.com provides 24/7 access to product information, galleries of previous designs that spark creativity, and secure ordering capabilities that make their services available regardless of geographic location or time constraints.
Beyond these operational considerations, Custom Singlets addresses physical accessibility through their custom fitting services that accommodate athletes with diverse body types and specific needs. Their willingness to create garments based on individual measurements rather than standard sizing charts provides valuable options for adaptive athletes, competitors with unique proportions, or individuals whose needs aren’t adequately served by mass-produced athletic wear. This approach to inclusive design extends to their production capabilities for special requirements such as modified openings, alternative closure systems, or adapted coverage options that may be necessary for athletes with specific physical considerations. The digital design preview service further enhances accessibility by allowing clients to visualize and provide feedback on proposed designs without requiring in-person visits, creating participation opportunities in the creative process regardless of mobility limitations or geographic distance. These multifaceted accessibility considerations reflect the company’s commitment to serving all athletes and teams with their premium custom apparel, regardless of location, physical considerations, or institutional constraints.
