I have had a hard time finding maternity t-shirts at reasonable wholesale prices. I'm wondering if I can buy Motherhood Maternity or Old Navy maternity t-shirts, add my embellishments and resell them?
I'm not sure if this is legal even if I have a resale ID. Anyone know?
hmm...I don't think there would be an issue with this, since that is what many people do with Hanes, American Apparel, and other blank t-shirt manufacturers.
I'm not sure you would be able to get good wholesale prices on Old Navy maternity tees though.
Is there a specific style maternity tee that you're looking for? There are a few styles available wholesale by established blank t-shirt manufacturers that are made specifically for embellishment/printing.
Rodney-
Thanks for the reply. I'm simply looking for short sleeve, preferably v-neck maternity t-shirts. I've actually found better prices through Old Navy and Motherhood Maternity retail than I have anywhere wholesale. They (even being retail) range from $10-$15 each compared to wholesalers that range from $26-$59 each!
jdr8271-
Thanks for the reply. I checked out the wholesalers you found and the prices range from $39-$59 each...for a t-shirt! Quite a bit more than I had hoped. I'm looking for something closer to $10 each and have been surprised that I can find blanks cheaper at retail stores than through any wholesalers. I appreciate the help, though. Any other advice is welcomed.
Did you contact the two companies that he listed? I went to the site, and they have their RETAIL prices listed, but both said that you must contact them for their WHOLESALE prices.
I have a hard time believing that any company would wholesale a maternity t-shirt for $60.
I was actually going to ask the same question. I wanted to buy shirts wholesale and remove their tag out and add my own and resale them. I hope it isn't illegal.
Are people misrepresenting Hanes, Fruit of the Loom, American Apparel, Alternative Apparel, Gildan, etc.?
I don't think just because they have a store and sell their shirts in it (like AA) that makes them any different than anybody else.
Like Rodney said, you probably won't be able to get wholesale prices on them, but I don't see the problem if someone wanted to go in the store, buy a bunch of Old Navy shirts, print on them, then sell them.
...but surely once you buy some shirts (that is, ones without any exterior printing) you can do whatever the heck you want with 'em, regardless of source of origin. There can't be any difference between buying blank American Apparel shirts via your printer and printing on them for resale vs walking into an American Apparel brick and mortar store and buying a whole bunch of shirts and then printing on them for resale. And if that's true, what's different between doing the same at an Old Navy store?
Because Hanes, FOTL, etc are blanks sold with the intention of people printing on them.
Says who? So the Hanes, FOTL that are sold in stores (Wal-Mart, Target,etc.) are sold with this purpose? Most people who buy those shirts in those stores never have that thought.
It that were the case, they would only sell wholesale and you wouldn't see them in retail stores.
There's just not any difference.
Most people who print on blanks, just don't want to pay retail prices for a blank shirt from Old Navy or any place like that.
When we as t-shirt designers use companies such as American apparel and other wholesale clothing companies it is called private labeling. Designer’s private label clothes all the time. Companies like gap, old navy, express use manufactures to make their clothes and the stuff that is leftover is sold to people like you and me. So to answer your question, no you would not get in trouble for using their shirt and taking the tags out
Can I resell well-known brands? 
