Port Authority LK821 Womens Breakwater 1/4-Zip

Wholesale Port Authority LK821 Womens Breakwater 1/4-Zip

The Port Authority LK821 Women's Breakwater 1/4-Zip is a soft, subtly textured women's layer built for corporate, resort, and hospitality programs that want a relaxed, casual look with a clean logo surface. Its cotton-blend slub knit gives the LK821 an easygoing, upscale-casual feel that fits gift shops, front desks, and business-casual staff. Buyers who stock the performance Wearever 1/4-zip reach for the LK821 when a program wants a softer, cotton-rich hand.

Port Authority designed the LK821 with a subtle slub texture and a modern women's silhouette, which gives it a boutique feel that reads well at retail. For distributors building wholesale quarter-zip offerings, the Breakwater 1/4-zip is the casual women's layer that complements a performance uniform line.

Because it layers cleanly and decorates well, the quarter-zip suits both resort retail and business-casual staff programs. A dealer can offer it beside the Therma-Tek fleece vest so an account can pair a soft layer and a warm vest in one program.

Key Product Specifications

• 6.3 oz., 60/40 cotton/polyester
• Low-pill finish
• Cadet collar with topstitch detail
• Covered dyed-to-match coil zipper with metal pull
• Slight drop shoulder
• Set-in sleeves
• Self-turned cuffs
• Side vents
• Wide banded high-low hem

Fabric and Construction Overview

The quarter-zip is built from a 6.3 oz 60/40 cotton/polyester with a low-pill finish, a soft, casual knit with a subtle slub texture that gives it an upscale-relaxed character. The cotton-rich blend keeps it comfortable for all-day wear while the polyester adds durability.

The build is finished with a cadet collar with topstitch detail, a covered dyed-to-match coil zipper with a metal pull, a slight drop shoulder, set-in sleeves, self-turned cuffs, side vents, and a wide banded high-low hem for a current silhouette. Buyers who also stock the Wearever 1/4-zip can offer a performance option alongside this casual layer.

The low-pill finish keeps the soft cotton-blend surface looking clean through repeat wear and washing, so a decorated layer holds its upscale-casual look season after season. That relaxed quality is what resort and business-casual accounts want. Pairing it with the wholesale layers range lets a dealer build a casual program around one soft women's layer.

Decoration Compatibility and Print Performance

The quarter-zip is a clean embroidery blank. The soft slub knit holds a left-chest logo cleanly, and the quarter-zip placket keeps the chest open for a clean corporate or resort mark.

The subtle texture and casual look suit tonal and understated embroidery that boutique and hospitality accounts favor. Decorators run the quarter-zip beside the Therma-Tek fleece vest so an account can offer a soft layer and a vest decorated to match.

Because it reads as upscale-casual, the quarter-zip fits a wider wholesale quarter-zip program a dealer keeps for resort, hospitality, and business-casual accounts. A stable, low-pill surface keeps decoration predictable across reorders, which is what turns a first order into a standing program.

Wholesale and Program Buying Advantages

For wholesale buyers, the quarter-zip is the soft, casual women's layer in a Port Authority program, giving resort, hospitality, and business-casual accounts an upscale-relaxed option that a performance knit cannot match. It coordinates with the Wearever line and the Therma-Tek fleece for a full program.

Consistent case packs and a full women's size run make the quarter-zip practical for resort retail and staff orders that reorder through the year, and the trusted Port Authority name lets a dealer promise reliable reorders.

For a wholesale account, the quarter-zip opens the upscale-casual and resort market that a performance polo program cannot fully serve, giving a dealer a soft, boutique-feeling women's layer to sell into gift shops, front desks, and business-casual staff. The slub texture and high-low hem read as current retail, so it can sell at a real shelf price rather than only as a uniform piece, which lifts an order beyond basic staff apparel. Because it decorates cleanly and holds its look with a low-pill finish, a decorated layer stays presentable through a season of wear. Pairing it with the wholesale layers collection surfaces the adjacent pieces that complete a casual program, which is what turns a single order into a repeat account. A dealer who keeps the Breakwater in depth can serve the boutique and hospitality accounts a performance line alone would miss, and its retail-ready look means it can be reordered as a merchandised piece rather than only as staff apparel. That retail crossover is rare in a uniform catalog, and it is what lets a dealer open gift-shop and front-desk accounts that would never buy a plain performance polo.

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