JERZEES® Premium Blend Ring-Spun T-Shirts feature moisture-wicking fabric for all-day comfort and are made with a 50/50 premium combed ring-spun cotton/polyester blend for superior softness. With a classic fit that allows for more dependable sizing and a tear-away...
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Dressing Down: Womenswear Trends in 2021
If you think you’ve heard all there is to hear about the pandemic and its effect on fashion, think again. It’s a bona fide phenomenon, and 2021 will be no different. Womenswear fashion once again will swing in favor of work-from-home-inspired looks. That means brands...
Plackets and Wovens Check All the Boxes for Wearers
For the time being, much of the world is working from home and comfortable clothing is ruling the weekdays. Still, with the rising popularity of video meetings, it’s important for workers’ top halves, at the very least, to look professional. As they were pre-COVID,...
Dialing Up DTG Prints
Let’s be honest — direct-to-garment (DTG) printing isn’t always straightforward; there are just a few unforeseen variables. In this article, you’ll learn a relatively simple way to mitigate them and find some comfortable consistency in your production process. It all...
The Nuts & Bolts of Hybrid Printing
As you may have heard by now, hybrid printing is rising in popularity. New screen-printing chemistry is available; decoration on more specialty products is being attempted and achieved; and more new users are adopting this technology into their workflows. The large...
Kids Cozy Up to Comfort
Each year, new trends surface in the childrenswear market while those from previous years persist — and 2020 is no different. What actually has changed is an apparel market that is functioning amid a COVID-19 pandemic. In the last few years, children’s apparel has...
Advantages of Supportive Software
As print shops face the new reality of workplace adaptations resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, many apparel decorators are questioning whether their everyday processes will support the new way of conducting business — specifically with regard to maintaining...
Ahead of the Curve
It’s not an understatement to say that when you want to talk about innovation in decorated apparel, the first person you should call is Mark Coudray. Regarded as an industry pioneer, he has extensive history in four-color-process screen printing and is respected as an...
COVID-19 Updates
We realize the enormous impact the Coronavirus pandemic is having on our communities, nation and world. At Impressions, we've decided to use this space as a hub that will be updated daily with information from suppliers and decorators about how they're responding to...
Managing Today’s Workplace
Two months ago, we were all enjoying the synergy typically found in most workplaces, whether it’s handing out high-fives for fellow colleagues’ accomplishments or socializing near the microwave in the break room. Conversations — mostly of the trivial nature — centered...
The Intersection of Innovation
In 2020, decorators have access to a wide variety of new apparel styles, fabrications and decorating techniques to better serve other industries, particularly those centering on fitness, fashion and athleisure. However, as competition continues to heat up in these...
Pushing the Creative Comfort Zone
If you’re fortunate enough to have customers that request highly detailed prints, it can be important to consider how you can offer them. There’s a reason that few printers can handle such retail-quality graphics: Most don’t want to be uncomfortable. Printers who...