T Shirt Printing – So you want to start a T shirt label?
A two part guide to starting your own T shirt label. Part 1, Market Research, Design and Label.
So you want to start a T shirt fashion label? This could be part of an endeavour to sell your own t-shirt designs or to provide a custom T shirt printing service for customers. Whatever your business plans, the first step to success is market research.
Research:
As any business advisor worth his salt will tell you: Know your market! Identify what age range, gender and class you want to market your t-shirt label too and study the fashion trends of this group, if you want to provide a custom t-shirt printing business then study the marketing, websites and styles of established T shirt printers.
Design:
This should be guided by the results of your market research. T shirt printing technique, cut, and the fabric for your t-shirts should be based upon the prevailing trends of your rivals; there’s plenty of room for innovation in your actual printed t shirt designs once you’ve met the expectations of your target buyer.
Label:
The all important t-shirt label; this is your brand and a promise to the consumer that any t shirt bearing this label will meet with your t shirt printing, style and fabric quality promise. Try out lots of different names, but focus on adjectives and nouns which resonate with your target market. So if, for example, your t shirt designs are for young academics, try something like “Geek Pie”.
Read on in the next part of this guide to find out how to source your t shirts for printing and to find advice on the all important process of choosing between screen printing and digital direct to garment printing which will complete your journey to becoming a fully fledged fashion label.
July 23rd, 2009 at 11:45 am
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August 2nd, 2009 at 3:51 pm
hi .i from singapore.i just start tshirt printing.could you pls design for me tshirt label.tshirt label name-all black made
February 2nd, 2010 at 7:02 am
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April 11th, 2010 at 4:58 am
Hi Wordons,
nice info..i will try design my own t-shirt later
Cheers..
Printing Baju
April 20th, 2010 at 1:24 am
This blog write-up gave me an entire load of ideas, with thanks for sharing
October 17th, 2010 at 8:11 pm
Hi there,
Can someone please give me the length measurement of this T-shirt? (from top of shoulder to bottom hemline) Sizes 8,10 and 12?
TREND LADY TEE 150gsm 100% fully combed cotton jersey $5.40
CODE T-W11 SIZE: 8-16
I’m looking to buy a large number of them for promotional t-shirts.
Thanks and regards,
Em.
January 6th, 2011 at 2:54 pm
G’day,
I am a fine arts artist and do screen printing designs as well as pet portraits and animal artwork. Many years ago when I was much younger (I am now a “mature age” person) I used to work professionally as a screen printer first doing industrial type silk screen printing using high epoxy enamels. I also did silk screen printing for a T-shirt company in the USA.
I recently started doing silk screen printing as fine art in the rural regional area of Australia I live in. My prints have been well received and I actually sold one over Christmas which has encouraged me to start my own T-shirt label using my own designs.
I have also been asked by a local business to design and print some T-shirts for them.
I was very glad to find this web site and see it will be an invaluable source of support!
Littlehorse
January 6th, 2011 at 3:30 pm
Hey Littlehorse,
Great to hear!!
If there is anything we can do to help out please just let us know.