Trademark Clothing

Logo Processes

Whether you have an existing embroidered logo for your range of staff wear or a head full of ideas for a new corporate logo or motif for your staff uniform, our studio is the first step in producing the finished items you require. We can visualize concepts, create new logos and design ideas or simply convert existing artwork into alternative formats.

Embroidery

Pros: Suitable for most garments, up to 10 colours per design,

Cons: Embroidery can be expensive for large designs and is not suitable for small text, fine details or blended colours and halftones.

Practical Minimum: 10

Best For: most types of garments except waterproof outerwear (i.e. Gore-Tex) and very fine fabrics.

Direct Screen-print (plastisol)

Pros: Suitable for most garments (except fleece), lower cost for large designs,

Cons: Print has some 'feel' and is not directly ironable, minimum run required for economical printing,

Practical Minimum: 50 for single colour designs, up to 250 for full colour designs

Best For: Most types of cotton, poly/cotton garments.

Direct Screenprint (water based)

Pros: No 'feel' to print, fully ironable, can be printed on light and dark garments, more environmentally friendly,

Cons: Can be expensive for short runs of large multicolour designs

Practical Minimum: 100 - 250 depending on design

Best For: Most types of cotton garments.

Heat Seal (transfer) Printing - General

Pros: No separate origination (screen) costs. Prints can be bought in bulk to reduce long-term costs and applied as required in low quantities. All traditional direct print effects available as well as some specialist finishes; i.e. Puff, Glitter, Photographic, Reflective, etc. Wash temperatures up to 90c and iron resistance with some systems.

Cons: None, other than products must be suitable for heat press.

Practical Minimum: 50

Best For: Most types of garment or bag.

Cad-Cut (transfer) Printing

Pros: No origination costs, no minimum, fast and accurate results from vector artwork - great for sampling, prototypes, individual names, etc.

Cons: Single colour only, limited colour range, expensive on large areas. Not economical on large quantities.

Practical Minimum: 1

Best For: Most types of garment and bags.

Sublimation (transfer) Printing

Pros: No origination costs, low minimum, fast and accurate results in full colour on many different items from one process

Cons: Substrate must be majority polyester and light in colour (garments), or polyester coated (ceramics, metals, etc.). Not economical on large quantities.

Practical Minimum: 10

Best For: Polyester garments, umbrellas and polyester coated promotional items, such as mugs, coasters, presentation plaques, Etc.

Team Numbers

Pros: No origination costs, available as standard sets (football rugby, netball, etc.) or made to order for specialist events (ie. 1 - 100). Many colours and sizes available.

Cons: None

Practical Minimum: Team quantities

Best For: Sportswear and leisure garments

Badges

Pros: Available in embroidered, woven or printed formats with plain, heat-seal or velcro-attach backings. Suitable for almost any garment. Can be moved from old to new.

Cons: Not as subtle as a direct embroidery or print.

Practical Minimum: 25 - 250 Dependent on process and design.

Best For: Any type of garment and bags.

Woven Labels - External ('Tax Tabs')

Pros: An ideal, low-cost and subtle way of applying a corporate logo to garments and to keep on the right side of HM Revenue & Customs!

Cons: None

Practical Minimum: 1000 plus

Best For: Formal staff or corporate wear, shirts, blouses and other clothing items that require discreet branding.

Woven Labels - Internal

Pros: The finishing touch to souvenir merchandise or other items that are being sold or given away. Adding your own 'brand' label gives a garment a truly unique attribute.

Cons: Difficult to apply to off-the-peg garments

Practical Minimum: 1000 plus, depending on size and detail

Best For: Bespoke garments where labels can be put in during manufacture.

Lapel Pins (Die-Cast Metal)

Pros: A neat way to promote a brand or organisation logo or motif. Excellent detail can be achieved at very small sizes. Easily transferred from one garment to another.

Cons: None

Practical Minimum: 250 plus, depending on size and colours

Best For: Any type of garment.