Donwan Harrell knows denim. His unconventional styling has achieved celebrity status among garment manufacturers as well as celebrities, including Brad Pitt and Questlove who wear his designs. In 2018, Harrell founded Artmeetschaos, a high-end denim line for men...
Roland DGA, Irvine, California, has launched its new VersaOBJECT CO Series line of inkjets—advanced flatbed and belt-driven UV printers, which print directly on an array of substrates and three-dimensional items. The new series offers customers a range of...
Among the things Austrian-born economist Joseph Schumpeter is best known for is his promotion of the idea of “creative destruction” or the “process of industrial mutation that continuously revolutionizes the economic structure from within.” Think car manufacturers...
Long-time industry expert and Impressions magazine contributor Charlie Taublieb has released a new book, The Screen Printers Handbook & Survival Guide. The step-by-step screen-printing handbook is comprised of articles and technical papers Taublieb has written...
In keeping with the state of the decorated apparel industry these days—healthy and growing fast—the apparel and equipment suppliers exhibiting at the first two Impressions Expos of 2023 presented a wealth of new products. Examples, include everything from the latest...
The future of fashion isn’t a speck far off in the distance. It isn’t even just waiting around the corner. It’s already here. Despite inflated commerce and capricious market trends fluctuating on the daily, one thing will always be constant: the apparel industry...
Sewing a patch to apparel has advantages over direct embroidery. It is less expensive, can be removed or replaced if needed, and offers a different look and feel. In general, you have two options if you want to go in this direction: an embroidered patch or a woven...
Are you interested in working smarter, not harder? Would you like to spend less time and energy on mundane business functions and more time on important things like researching new markets and strategizing how to make more money? If so, there is no faster, easier way...
Over the past decade, there has been an increasing trend of decorating companies launching their own lines of apparel. Along with this movement comes the need for providing customized neck labels to both personalize a company’s brand and deliver an upscale look. To...
There are many ways to expand an apparel decorating business with more and more of today’s companies looking to the latest innovations to help them grow. One of the reasons this approach has become so popular is when properly applied, an innovative business will not...
Environmental awareness and a sensitivity to social justice in general have long been integral to much of the decorated apparel industry. Domestically sourced cotton, organic cotton, recycled polyester, fair-trade practices, you name it, the industry is in many ways...
Threadfast Apparel, New York, New York, has revealed its latest offering, the TAP Tee, a T-shirt that allows customers to connect with a personalized digital experience by tapping their smartphone on an NFC (near-field communication) chip that in turn directs them to...
