As a textile designer, probably the last item on your mind is the clothes tag that serves as advertising and marketing billboard of your work. It's a good idea to strategize a month in advance, as many designers often overlook labeling their custom textiles until the very last minute. This article covers classifications every designer needs to know about custom garment labels.
Apparel Tags---The Essential Definitions.
There are two major types of custom fabric labels: Printed and woven.
Printed textile labels are made out of several kinds of ribbons that are printed, hot-cut, and folded. The most common materials used are satin, cotton, and tyvek.
Pros:
-Depending on the garment tags provider, a shorter production time. fashion labels!
-Very intricate details of your logo can be captured.
-Soft to the touch.
-Overnight rush production service offered with some suppliers
Cons:
-Image will fade over time with repeated hot washing and dryer use.
-Background colors oftentimes are required to be either soft or white colors, unless of course your manufacturer has colored ribbon printing capacities---though textile innovation is constantly changing.
Woven apparel labels are woven yarns with a woven structure based on your requirements for the design. A loom manufactures your graphic as part of the cloth. The tags are then hot-cut and/or folded.
Pros:
-Durable through repetitive use, such as washing and dryer use.
-Damask woven fabric labelsare a thicker fabricand possess a very high-end appeal
Cons:
-Usually a longer lead time to completion. This is due to the fact most woven textiles have to be imported, and numerous logistical factors with production and delivery need to be considered. If the designer is short on production time, then woven labels are not the suggested choice for clothes labels.
-Artwork restrictions: All artwork and lettering have to have a clear, clean 2-D line drawing presentation. There can be no color transitions, shade variance, or very small detailed lettering. Keep in mind, the loom is weaving a tiny section of cloth, and the artwork woven is required to adapt to weaving loom patterns. Thus if you have an elaborate logo, it is best to stay with printed clothes tags.
So remember---do not forget your labels! Planning early saves you stress, time, and a LOT of money.
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Apparel Tags---The Essential Definitions.
There are two major types of custom fabric labels: Printed and woven.
Printed textile labels are made out of several kinds of ribbons that are printed, hot-cut, and folded. The most common materials used are satin, cotton, and tyvek.
Pros:
-Depending on the garment tags provider, a shorter production time. fashion labels!
-Very intricate details of your logo can be captured.
-Soft to the touch.
-Overnight rush production service offered with some suppliers
Cons:
-Image will fade over time with repeated hot washing and dryer use.
-Background colors oftentimes are required to be either soft or white colors, unless of course your manufacturer has colored ribbon printing capacities---though textile innovation is constantly changing.
Woven apparel labels are woven yarns with a woven structure based on your requirements for the design. A loom manufactures your graphic as part of the cloth. The tags are then hot-cut and/or folded.
Pros:
-Durable through repetitive use, such as washing and dryer use.
-Damask woven fabric labelsare a thicker fabricand possess a very high-end appeal
Cons:
-Usually a longer lead time to completion. This is due to the fact most woven textiles have to be imported, and numerous logistical factors with production and delivery need to be considered. If the designer is short on production time, then woven labels are not the suggested choice for clothes labels.
-Artwork restrictions: All artwork and lettering have to have a clear, clean 2-D line drawing presentation. There can be no color transitions, shade variance, or very small detailed lettering. Keep in mind, the loom is weaving a tiny section of cloth, and the artwork woven is required to adapt to weaving loom patterns. Thus if you have an elaborate logo, it is best to stay with printed clothes tags.
So remember---do not forget your labels! Planning early saves you stress, time, and a LOT of money.
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