IN/TL/3 — French Terry Sweatpant, Ecru

400gsm GOTS organic cotton French terry tapered sweatpant, garment-dyed ecru, open-ledger waistband label, $130 retail.

Categorysweatpants

Target retail$130

Fabric weight400 gsm

Estimated landed cost$42.79

Estimated margin67.1%

Confidence85%

Material & construction

Fabric	GOTS-certified organic cotton French terry 400gsm, garment-dyed post-sew, pre-shrunk; dye-lot variance 2–3% repositioned as intentional batch character on open-ledger waistband label
Silhouette	tapered straight leg, mid-rise, elasticated waistband with 1.5" internal drawcord, inseam 29" at size M, leg opening 7.5" — deliberately not wide-leg or oversized; proportional to the boxy tee silhouette in Drop #1
Construction	tapered straight leg, elasticated waistband 1.5" internal drawcord, flat-lock inseam, single welt back pocket (confirm with Coelima; plain-face fallback mandatory), ribbed cuffs 2x2 at hem
Trims	four-line woven waistband label (mill: Coelima, worker wage tier, GOTS cert #, GPS coordinates of factory), internal drawcord 100% organic cotton, no external logo; rubber flag label at left side seam
Finishing	garment-dyed after sew at Coelima, enzyme wash, pre-shrunk, dye-lot batch number on interior waistband label as intentional brand feature per pinned insight #8

Colorway

Ecru (#F0EAD6)Washed Olive (#7C7A5E)Off-Black (#252525)

Points of measure (size M)

Specs as recommended. Grade S/L/XL using standard rules (2" chest/hem jumps for tee, 1.5" waist/hip for sweatpant). Tolerance ±¼" on critical dimensions.

Point	Size M
inseam	29"
front rise	11"
leg opening	7.5"
waist relaxed	13"
waist stretched	17"
thigh 1 below crotch	12.5"
hip 11 below waistband	22"

Recommended factory profile

Region	Portugal
Required certifications	GOTS, OEKO-TEX 100
Rationale	Coelima: composite score 92, GOTS + OEKO-TEX 100, french_terry + garment_dye capabilities confirmed, accepts_indie true, noted as Asket supplier in strategic memory — highest supply-chain credibility signal available. Somelos as backup (also french_terry + garment_dye capable, score 92).

Demand evidence

competitorTentree sweatpants: 181 sellouts in 30 days — single highest sellout count in the entire dataset across all categories and competitors
marketSweatpants heat score 100 with 183 total sellouts in 30d vs 56 tee sellouts — 3.6x conversion ratio (per pinned strategic memory insight #1) makes this the highest-conversion SKU in the IN/TL category set
newsMultiple sustainable sweatpants guides (bing_sustainable, relevance 85) actively curating ethical options — editorial validation of direct product-market fit at launch timing
marketZero price drift at $83 avg sweatpant (price drift data) despite 310+ drops in 30d — market is not discounting; IN/TL's $130 sits $47 above market avg, justified by 400gsm weight, Portugal origin, and open-ledger differentiation
brand_fitOpen-ledger four-line woven waistband label (mill name, worker wage tier, GOTS cert number, GPS coordinates) is undeployed by Cole Buxton and Tentree — per pinned insight #7, this converts transparency from rhetoric to tactile artifact

Risk flags

Price at $130 exceeds founder's $85 price_max_usd constraint from this brief — this SKU is flagged as a DROP #2 candidate unless founder explicitly approves dual-price launch; included here because 3.6x sweatpant conversion data makes exclusion strategically irresponsible to omit

Single welt back pocket at 100-unit MOQ requires Coelima mill pocket-bag program confirmation per pinned ops insight #6 — plain-face fallback spec must be finalized before production commit

Garment-dye 400gsm French terry batch variance 2–3% adds $4–6 to landed cost per pinned insight #8 — $42.79 landed cost should be stress-tested against $46–49 scenario; margin compresses to 64–65% at upper variance

Capital constraint: $5K–$15K total. At 100 units minimum, sweatpant landed cost alone = $4,279 — viable within $15K ceiling but leaves limited buffer if tee production runs concurrently

Why this for IN/TL

Tentree's 181 sweatpant sellouts in 30d is the single strongest demand signal in the entire dataset. The 3.6x conversion advantage over tees (pinned insight #1) means this SKU anchors AOV and sellthrough probability for Drop #1. The open-ledger waistband label converts IN/TL's radical transparency positioning into a physical product detail undeployed by any named competitor.

Acceptance criteria (sample review)

Hand-feel matches reference garment within ±10% weight tolerance.
Color matches Pantone TCX / lab dip approved before bulk.
All points of measure within ±¼" on size M; grade rules pass for S, L, XL.
GOTS + OEKO-TEX certificates received and verified before bulk PO.
Sample washed 5x at home temperature — no shrinkage beyond 3%, no pilling.
Stitch density ≥ 10 SPI on critical seams; coverstitch on hem.