Story — FUTBEXO Streetwear

Hello!

Who we are

Designers who listen.
Kits that last.

FUTBEXO began as a small bench focused on jerseys and heavyweight hoodies and grew into a full football streetwear studio serving neighbours, club sides, and weekend supporters across Timaru, Canterbury, and cities further north. Today the team handles sneakers, oversized tees, tracksuits, joggers, sweatpants, shorts, jackets, caps, football jerseys, and exclusive accessories with modern equipment and a commitment to clear, friendly conversation at every step. We do not treat a match shirt as a costume you fold away on Sunday. The same piece should carry you from the warm-up to the bus and into a city evening without looking borrowed from a different sport. Early orders were almost all jerseys. Supporters then asked for a hoodie that matched the crest, then for joggers that survived the away trip, then for sneakers that did not look like gym leftovers. The range grew because the wardrobe was incomplete, not because a season calendar demanded a new category. Caps, jackets, shorts, and oversized tees arrived the same way: someone needed them between the whistle and the street, and the bench had a clear way to make them.

Head of design Marcus Hale and studio lead Aroha Bennett keep orders organised, cloth stocked promptly, and supporters informed. We believe memorable football style starts with honest conversations: we share fabric notes, explain options in plain language, and only recommend pieces that match your game and your street. That is how we earn trust — one carefully finished garment at a time. Over eleven years the studio has sent more than 18,700 pieces out the door with a 4.6 average supporter rating, and the standard has stayed the same whether the order is a single cap or a full squad set. If a colour lot shifts mid-drop, we stop and tell you before the print is locked. The 4.6 average rating across 18,700 pieces is not a sticker we print on a bag. It is the number returning supporters give after a second season, when fleece still recovers and a number has not peeled. We publish it because a perfect score would be less honest. Eleven years in Highfield have also taught us that a quiet update beats a loud promise. If a squad of nineteen needs hoodies before a winter cup, the date we give is the date we can defend.

Visit the studio

Values

How we show up for every supporter.

Clarity before the cut begins

Transparent fit guidance every time

We listen first, then suggest pieces with fabric notes when helpful. You choose the size, colour story, and graphic before we start, so there are no surprise substitutions waiting when your name is called. If a cloth lot changes midweek, we pause and share the new profile immediately with options ranked by weight, stretch, and how the FUTBEXO mark will sit on the chest. Supporters in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch get the same notes as someone standing in the Timaru studio, because a good fit should not depend on who happens to be at the counter. Measurements are written down, not remembered, and you can ask for them again before the next drop. Clarity also means saying when a piece is the wrong buy. A heavyweight hoodie is a poor answer to a hot afternoon fixture, and a thin training top is a poor answer to a Timaru evening. We would rather lose that sale than watch a supporter learn the lesson on the sideline. The size card stays yours. You can take it away and compare it with what you already own before you commit.

Partnership, not pressure

You stay in the loop

Friendly updates keep you informed without jargon. We recommend what wears best this season and what can wait for your next drop, so your budget stretches further without compromising quality. Returning supporters rate us 4.6 out of 5 for hospitality and consistency across eleven seasons of football streetwear. Aroha Bennett will tell you when a heavier hoodie is the better call and when a lighter jersey is enough, even if that means a smaller order today. The studio would rather see the right piece on the pitch than an extra item left in a bag. That patience is part of the brand, not a slogan we print and forget. Partnership shows up in small refusals. We will not add a second crest because the order looks thin. We will not push sneakers onto a brief that only asked for a cap. Aroha Bennett keeps a note of what you declined as carefully as what you bought, so the next conversation starts from your actual wardrobe. Supporters who rate the studio at 4.6 mention that habit more often than they mention a single graphic.

Craft that lasts beyond the final whistle

Built for the long game

We cut patterns to specification, use cloth suited to each piece, and finish-check critical seams before handover. Our goal is fewer returns and more seasons of confident wear — Born for Football. Built for the Streets. Made for New Zealand. Stitch density, print cure, and rib recovery are checked on the bench at 312 Otipua Road so a hoodie still looks intentional after a wet away day. We design for movement first, then for the photograph, because a crest that cracks after three washes is not a crest worth wearing. That long view is why supporters come back when the next season starts. Craft, for us, is a set of checks you could watch. Seam density, print cure, rib recovery, and the sit of the FUTBEXO mark are looked at before a piece is bagged. A garment that only works in a photograph fails the test. The goal is fewer returns and more seasons of wear, which is a quieter success than a crowded launch, and a more useful one for the person who actually has to get dressed for kickoff.

Experience

Where our streetwear craft was forged.

JerseysHoodies SneakersTracksuits CapsGraphics JerseysHoodies SneakersTracksuits CapsGraphics

11+ years

2015 – Present

Football Streetwear Studio

FUTBEXO · Highfield, Timaru

Operating a neighbourhood studio focused on premium football clothing and signature accessories for daily supporters and small club orders. Over 18,700 pieces sent with a 4.6 average supporter rating and a growing community who return for matchday layers and trusted fit recommendations. The bench covers hoodies, jerseys, sneakers, tracksuits, joggers, shorts, jackets, and caps, always with the FUTBEXO logo as a mark of confidence rather than a sticker added at the end. Squads from Canterbury and travellers from Auckland use the same size language, which keeps repeat orders calm even when the calendar is full. The studio years are not a highlight reel of launches. They are a record of pieces that came back for a second season. Hoodies, jerseys, sneakers, tracksuits, joggers, shorts, jackets, and caps share one logo and one set of finish checks. When a supporter in Wellington orders the same block as a supporter in Timaru, the size card means the same thing. That shared language is the quiet reason the rating has held at 4.6 instead of swinging with every drop.

JerseysHoodiesFit

6 years

2009 – 2015

Kit Pattern Lead

Harbour Athletic Atelier · Wellington

Pattern discipline, wear-test workflows, and high-volume club work that shaped our standards around documentation, cloth hand-feel, and supporter updates — practices we still follow independently at FUTBEXO today. Those six years taught Marcus Hale to write a spec before a sample is cut, and to show a supporter the difference between a training layer and a terrace layer before money changes hands. The habit travelled south to Timaru and still sits at the centre of every drop we release. Pattern work from those six years still shows up when we refuse a sample that only looks finished on a table. A wear test asks someone to train, sit on a bus, and walk a street before we call a block done. Supporter updates were part of that job in Wellington, and they remain part of the job here. Documentation is not paperwork for its own sake. It is how the next size matches the last one when the person who cut the first piece is on another order.

PatternsWear TestsQC

Training

Where we sharpened the craft.

2008 – 2010

Pitchwear Foundations Diploma

Canterbury Design Institute

Garment systems, graphic placement, sensory cloth checks, and studio safety — the foundation behind every precise piece we finish for FUTBEXO supporters today. The course covered how a jersey should move in a sprint and how a hoodie should sit when the hood is down on a city street. Those lessons still decide where we place a number, a crest, and a seam.

2021

Advanced Pattern & Graphic Systems

Streetwear Continuing Studio

Block calibration, print ratios, and structured wear-test trees for modern football cuts with complex sponsor-free graphics. The year sharpened how we scale the FUTBEXO mark across caps, chests, and sleeves without losing proportion when the size runs from youth to tall adult fits.

2024

Jersey Print & Badge Mastery

Independent Athletic Atelier

Ink cure control, badge stitch patterns, and performance fabrics increasingly common among New Zealand supporters who want streetwear that can also survive a real training week. The studio brought those methods straight onto the Timaru bench.

Let's make your next kit memorable.

Share your sizes, colours, and the match you are dressing for — we reply within two business days. Email [email protected] or call +6436869000. Visit 312 Otipua Road, Highfield, Timaru 7910, New Zealand. Whether the brief is a single oversized tee or a full tracksuit for the squad, the same designers stay on the order from the first note to the packed parcel. You will not be passed to a different desk once the cloth is chosen. Marcus Hale and Aroha Bennett keep the size card, the colour, and the date in one place, and the reply within two business days will name the next step in plain language. If you are writing from Auckland, Wellington, or Christchurch, include the city so the timing reflects the trip, not only the bench. A local collection in Highfield is often the faster path when the fixture is close.

Message the studio See the looks

Designers who listen.Kits that last.