Playtex apparel is best known for full-figure wire-free support bras sold from mass merchants to department stores, and is a separate business from the Playtex tampons and gloves that Edgewell sells. Gildan gained it with Hanesbrands on 1 December 2025. In the United States and Canada it uses the name under a perpetual royalty-free licence from Playtex Marketing Corporation, in which it owns 50 per cent; in Europe it licenses Playtex to the DIM Brands International Group.
Trademark record for Playtex (apparel)
The USPTO record for the Playtex (apparel) mark lists PLAYTEX MARKETING CORP. as the owner of record (serial number 73675191). A trademark is often held by a group company rather than the listed parent, so the registrant's name can differ from the owner named above.[5]
Gildan is a publicly listed company headquartered in Montreal, Canada, founded in 1984. Brandtree records 13 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: GIL.
Gildan makes the blank T-shirts that other people print on, which means its garments are worn by millions of people who have never heard of it. It manufactures in its own factories in Central America and the Caribbean rather than contracting out, unusually for the industry. It acquired Hanesbrands on 1 December 2025, adding Hanes, Bali, Maidenform and, in Australia, Bonds, and in July 2026 agreed to sell the Australian part of that business.
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,570 brands that began in the United States.
501 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Playtex (apparel) among them.
Gildan Activewear acquired Hanesbrands, completing the merger on 1 December 2025; each Hanesbrands share was converted into 0.102 Gildan shares and $0.80 in cash. Gildan's annual information form lists the trademarks it gained as Hanes, Bonds, Bali, Maidenform, Sol y Oro, Sheridan, Bras N Things, Playtex, Wonderbra, Berlei, Comfortwash and JMS/Just My Size, and it classified the Australian business behind Bonds, Bras N Things, Berlei and Sheridan as a discontinued operation from the day it closed. Champion was not part of it: Hanesbrands had already sold that brand to Authentic Brands in 2024. Neither company's filing states a single total value for the transaction.
The parent company of Playtex (apparel) is Gildan, a publicly listed company headquartered in Canada.
Is Playtex (apparel) American or Canadian?
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Playtex (apparel) originated in the United States, but it is owned today by Gildan, which is headquartered in Canada. So Playtex (apparel) is an American-origin brand under Canadian ownership.
When did Gildan buy Playtex (apparel)?
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Gildan completed its acquisition of Playtex (apparel) on 1 December 2025. The price was not disclosed.
Is Playtex (apparel) still owned by Gildan?
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Yes. As of 29 October 2026, Playtex (apparel) is still owned by Gildan. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (5) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
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