Apparel Boning
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Spiral Boning
Perfect for foundation garments such as corsets and body shapers, or active sportswear such as knee and wrist braces.
The innovative design of this galvanized, spring steel, round wire with dual, flattened coils has the following benefits:
- Flexibility on all axis allowing unlimited, creative garment design and supported, consumer mobility
Lengths: Cut to your specifications.
| Widths: | 6mm, 3/8″, 7/16″ |
Plastic Boning
Excellent for intimate apparel, evening wear or any garment requiring flexible support for body contouring.
This lightweight, extruded polypro boning has the following advantages:
- No risk of corrosion.
- Rounded edges for smooth garment entry.
- Maximizes consumer comfort.
- Natural opaque finish that is esthetically pleasing in sheer garment design.
Lengths: Cut to your specifications.
| Width | Thickness |
|---|---|
| 6mm | 0.040″ |
| 1/2″ | 0.080″ |
White Boning
Suitable for any garment demanding stable and reliable support.
The white plastic coating and rounded, white coated ends provide the following benefits:
- Coating protects the surface of this durable, carbon steel, flat wire boning.
- Facilitate insertion of the boning into garments.
- Maximize the garment’s longevity and consumer satisfaction.
Lengths: Cut to your specifications
| Width | Thickness |
|---|---|
| 6mm | 0.014″ |
| 5/16″ | 0.018″ |
| 3/8″ | 0.014″ |
| 1/2″ | 0.014″ |
Flex Stays
“The Revolutionary Spiral Stay Alternative” · New “Tapered” End Design
Patented by Higgins Supply Company, Inc.
1. Superior Design & Durability
- Can be implemented in any application currently using traditional, galvanized steel, spiral stays.
- Insertion-friendly product with rounded edges and no sharp-edged caps to snag or cut through finished garments.
- Opaque appearance minimizes showing through garments.
- Flexible support prevents garment rolling or twisting while allowing garment to conform to wearers’ movement on all axis.
- Resumes its natural position when not flexed with no deformation after extensive usage.
- Strength and durability have proven to be the same, if not greater than that of the traditional spiral.
| Width | Length |
|---|---|
| 3/8″ | 10″ |
2. Cost Savings
- Flex Stay product is a less expensive option than the spiral stay.
- Insertion-friendly product with rounded edges and no sharp-edged caps to snag or cut through finished garments.
- Freight costs will decrease for raw material and finished goods because the Flex Stay is 66% lighter weight than the spiral stay.
3. Improved Consumer Satisfaction
- Increased consumer comfort due to lighter weight finished product and no sharp-edged caps.
- Improved safety as product is non-conductive.
- Increased product longevity due to reduced pocket wear, no stay corrosion and minimized tendency for breakage or “poke-through”.
4. 6mm Sewable
- Our new patented sew through flex stay is our latest improvement to this very popular product. The patented sew through technology saves time in the sewing over traditional spiral metal boning. Flex stays also give you a 66% weight reduction over traditional spiral boning which is a huge plus with the sleeker lightweight products being designed today. We currently manufacture seventeen different lengths from three to eleven inches. We are also adding different lengths if volume warrants. Please call or e-mail to request a flex stay sample package today!
Precision & Experience
We provide a wide range of services which include, metal stamping, metal forming, plastic extrusions, plastic injection molding, powder coating, custom prototypes, design work, and short and long run production. Our custom services include metal stamping and forming, plastic extrusion, and injection molding.
ADDRESS
18-25 South Street
McGraw, NY 13101
glenn@higginssupply.com
PHONE
607.836.6474