When starting a clothing embroidery business, embroidery store owners often face a common challenge: choosing the right blank apparel. As a matter of fact, choosing the right blank can effectively boost your embroidery business, but it is not an easy task. It requires careful consideration of many factors. If you're unsure about how to choose, don't worry. This article will provide you with a detailed guide on selecting blank apparel.

The following will be mentioned:

#1 Types of blank apparel

#2 Sizes of blank apparel

#3 Colors of blank apparel

#4 Material of blank apparel

#5 Brands of blank apparel

#6 Purchase channels for blank apparel

#1  Types of blank apparel

The fact is that there are so many different types of apparel. But in the vast majority of cases, you don't need to buy all types of blank apparel. This is because not all types of apparel are suitable for embroidery machine, and not all styles of apparel are popular. We will recommend a few types of blank apparel that are commonly used for embroidery and are relatively popular:

• T-shirts
• Sweatshirts
• Polos
• Jackets
• Vest

These above recommended types of apparel are great for customization and are very popular in the embroidery business. You can make these clothes personalized event shirts, team wear, gifts, etc. by embroidering them with various designs or text.

Of course, you can also purchase some other types of blank, such as denim jackets and dresses. Here is a tip: when you buy blank apparel, try to buy some recently popular or more classic and not easily outdated apparel styles, so that you can effectively avoid the inventory backlog.

#2 Sizes of blank apparel

As we all know, clothes come in different sizes, and when consumers buy clothes, they choose them according to their height and body shape. So, you need to consider the size carefully when buying blank apparel.

It is important to note here that the sizing system may not be the same for different brands of clothes, so make sure you check with the seller about the size of the clothes you need when buying. Also, when buying blank apparel, you can buy more sizes that fit the vast majority of people, which is also known as average size, and try to buy fewer sizes that are extremely large or small.

#3 Colors of blank apparel

Color is also a factor that must be taken into consideration when buying blank apparel. Generally, basic colors like black, white and grey are must-haves. In addition, you can also make purchases based on specifics, such as the current trending colors or seasonal tones, and so on. However, if your custom apparel can satisfy a wider range of consumers, then you can store some blank apparel in various colors.

#4 Material of blank apparel

For clothes, the material is very important because it directly affects the quality of the clothes. When buying blank apparel, the first thing you need to consider is its fabric. Common fabrics include cotton, silk, wool, polyester and so on, and each fabric has its unique characteristics.

Aside from focusing on the fabric, you also need to focus on the quality of the blank apparel. This is because the quality of the clothes will very much affect the consumer's experience, and if you are offering clothes with quality problems, then you are likely to lose a lot of customers.

When purchasing blank apparel, pay attention to checking its detailed workmanship, such as whether the stitching is neat, whether the buttons are secure, and so on. In addition, you can wash the blank apparel in advance before embroidery to check whether it is prone to fading, shrinking, and so on.

#5 Brands of blank apparel

When selecting blank apparel, you may come across various brands. Although the brand does not represent everything, the well-known brands usually have higher requirements for product quality and workmanship, so when buying blank apparel, choose some well-known brands can be more secure. Here are a few of the more popular brands for you:

• Bella + Canvas
• Comfort Colors
• Gildan
• Devon & Jones
• Hanes
• Next Level Apparel

It should be noted that there will be some differences between different brands of blank apparel in terms of style, quality, price and so on, and you need to consider them according to the actual situation. If you find a brand that you like, then you can continue to choose it for future orders. Try not to change the brand of your blank apparel too often, as this will help to provide consistent quality of clothes to your customers.

#6 Purchase channels for blank apparel

There are many channels to buy blank apparel, you can choose to go to the physical store to buy, you can also go to the online shopping site or e-commerce trading platform to buy. When you have not found a suitable brand of blank apparel, I suggest you go to a physical store first. Because in the physical store, you can see and touch the clothes, which is good for you to judge the quality and overall effect of the clothes. If you have already found a favorite clothes blank apparel brand, then you can try to go online to find wholesale resources. Because generally speaking, the price of buying blank apparel in bulk on online websites or e-commerce trading platforms will be much lower than offline.

Well, that's all there is to this post, we hope it will help you to pick and buy blank apparel. If you have any other questions, feel free to contact us, we are always here.