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DAIR · November 16th, 2009

Hi People,

My names Daniel.

I've been creating my own designs for some time now.

Now I want to take it up another level and turn this into a business.

I'm looking to design and create my own brand of T-Shirts, jumpers and other things. However, I'm finding it very hard to find websites that supply a good supply of info (Hopefully my search is over lol).

I assume many of you have started you own brand. Are you able to refer me to some well known clothing/textile producers?

The plan would be to give them picture/drawings of what I want and have them make it.

Any help / advise would be awesome.

Thanks in advance.

And sorry if I've posted within the wrong area.

Dan

Rodney · November 16th, 2009

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	I assume many of you have started you own brand. Are you able to refer me to some well known clothing/textile producers?

If you are just looking for the blank t-shirt and apparel suppliers, we have a whole section of the forum for that here: Find Wholesale Blank T-Shirts and Other Imprintable Products - T-Shirt Forums

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	The plan would be to give them picture/drawings of what I want and have them make it.

If you want someone to print your designs, then generally you'd just look in your local phonebook under t-shirts or screen printing and you'll find lots of local companies that can both provide the t-shirts and the printing for you.

If you're looking for a referral of a specific printer, you'll need to provide more details about quantity and post in our referrals and recommendations area here: http://www.t-shirtforums.com/referrals-recommendations/

DAIR · November 16th, 2009

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. Perhaps I didnt make my request clear enough.

I do my own screen printing. So that part is covered.

Its the actual making of clothes that I'm interested in.

Specifying my sizes, types of fabric, colour, ect ect.

Rodney · November 16th, 2009

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	Its the actual making of clothes that I'm interested in. Specifying my sizes, types of fabric, colour, ect ect.

What kind of clothes specifically? What kind of quantities?

It sounds like you're looking for a custom manufacturer. You can find a few recommendations here: cut and sew related topics at T-Shirt Forums

muneca · November 16th, 2009

interesting....i'll keep watching this one. thanks again, rodney for the link. where do you get these??!!!??!!

DAIR · November 17th, 2009

Thanks Rodney.

Well as Im starting out Id probably only want around 10 peices.

Rodney · November 17th, 2009

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Originally Posted by DAIR


	Thanks Rodney. Well as Im starting out Id probably only want around 10 peices.

I'm not sure of any manufacturer that would produce only 10 pieces.

It's just not economically feasible for them to go through all the process of cutting patterns, paying workers, running machines, just to produce 10 pieces. Custom manufacturing is a high volume type business.

You'd need to run 1000's of pieces per design (or at least in the high hundreds) to get custom manufactures to even talk to you.

You'd be looking at probably well over $100 per piece if a manufacturer did decide to take on that size job as a sample order.

If you're just starting out, it may be better to start out with smaller requirements. Just have your graphic designs printed onto t-shirts and try to get those sold, then as your demand and business grows, you can grow into those larger, more custom items. Many successful brands started out small and grew over time.

Here's a couple of companies that offer "cut and sew" type manufacturing to start your research:

::::::: JS Apparel :::::::

Ochoas Designs-* Full Service Screen Printing

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