
This amateur’s manual for planning your clothing labels is full that has a place with experiences as well as tips that are going have a place with entrepreneurs, designers as well as any other person hoping to configuration, make as well as request the best clothing labels that are going to belong to their product line.
Here you are going to find information that was by learning about the types that belong to labels, selecting the right label that is going to belong to your product, every single one of the details you need to consider at the time when designing your label as well as placement as well as the location that belongs to labels that are going to belong to common products Image.
Inside this guide
1. Types that belong to clothing labels
2. The size that belongs to your labels
3. Clothing labels folds
4. How to attach your labels to clothing
5. Choosing the right colors
6. Fonts that are going to belong to clothing brands
7. Clothing label design tips
8. Putting the label together
1. Types that belong to clothing labels
Regarding the type that belongs to the material as well as technique, custom labels can exist as a made out that belongs to, there happen to be three options available: woven, printed or PVC, which we are going to describe inside of brief right on top of.

Woven labels
This happens to be the preferred type that belongs to label ever, no discussion on top of that. However, there happen to be certain types that belong to woven labels: among them, we offer woven damask labels during the same time that the most popular option, which is satin threads as well as softness allows high quality as well professional look. Then, at that point, you have fabric labels, made out that have a place with polyester at a current lower cost.
Printed labels
The current state that belongs to the art allows screening or digitally printing your logo as well as a message over an existing number that belongs to materials such as satin, cotton, polyester, type® (a synthetic material made with polyethylene fibers), or high-quality card stock inside of the case that belongs to hang tags.
Pac labels
These happen to be labels made out that belong to polyvinyl chloride, also called soft rubber because it happens to be soft as well as bendable. This material happens to be specially recommended that is going to belong to outdoor gear such during the same time that jackets, gloves, bags, camping tents as well as backpacks, just to name some.
Need more guidance?
Read our article about choosing the right label style that is going to belong to your products.
2. The size that belongs to your labels
What’s the best size that is going to belong to your label?
Choosing the right label size happens to be crucial at the time when you design your clothing labels, as well as it is going to depend on top of the placement inside of your product.
Our labels happen to be existing 100% custom made to your needs except for doing have common size recommendations advise.
To determine your label size
-try with an existing ruler to measure out the width (left to right) x height (top to bottom).
-take an existing piece that belongs to paper as well as sketch out measurements that are going to belong to your label.
-measure labels on top of other products you such as.
Average clothing labels size
The most common label sizes are going to depend on the top of the item as well as the placement that belongs to said label. The major retailers have certain standards as well as it happens to be always an existing good idea to use them just inside of case you get picked up by them 🙂
Neck labels
T-shirt tag sizes: 2″x2″ with loop (center) fold folded to 2″x1″
2.5″x0.5″ with ends folded to 2″x0.5″
Hem tags
1″x2″ folded to 1″x1″
Dresses & pants
2.25″x0.375″ with ends folded to 1.75″x0.375″
Furniture labels
T-shirt tag sizes: 2″x2″ with loop (center) fold folded to 2″x1″
2.5″x0.5″ with ends folded to 2″x0.5″
Dresses & pants
2.25″x0.375″ with ends folded to 1.75″x0.375″
Sewn-on top of the inside seam
Care labels
Placed on top of the inside seam or next to /below the main label of men’s clothing: 1.2″x1.8″ loop (center) fold to 1.2″x0.9″
Women’s clothing: 0.7″x2″ loop (center) fold to 0.7″x1″
Size labels/care labels/country that belongs to the origin
3. Clothing labels folds
While not every single one is woven as well as printed labels have an existing fold, we can add any type that belongs to the fold to your labels, at no extra cost.
Types that belong to folded clothing labels
Straight cut
(Also called no-fold) straight cut labels happen to be perfect on the possibility that you happen to be is going to sew the label every single one around, or on top of the sides.
Used mostly inside of neck labels, iron-on applications, handbags as well as accessories.
End fold
End fold labels happen to be your best choice on the possibility that you happen to be sewing the label on top of the sides.
Used mostly inside of neck labels as well as pant labels. We recommend this whenever the label is going to exist as a place on top of the outer side that belongs to your product.
Centerfold
Centerfold labels are going to work great that are going to belong to items where the label is going to exist as sticking out:
Flapping during the same time that an existing tabs, either on top of the inside or the outside that belongs to your product.
Logo labels attached to the neck that belongs to shirts: neck labels, care labels, hem tags as well as side labels.
They happen to be also called loop folds.
Miter fold
An existing miter fold had two end folds at an existing 45-degree angle as well as then upward at an existing 90-degree angle creating an existing tab to exist as a sewn into the seam that belongs to your product. On the possibility that you take an existing look at the examples inside of our gallery page shown it should help illustrate.
MITRE fold labels happen to be very common on top of neck labels, forming an existing sort that belongs to a hook, which allows you to hang the product.
Manhattan fold
Manhattan fold labels work exceptionally well at the time when you happen to be attaching the labels inside of outside hems or sleeves. Used mostly on top of sleeve tags as well as hem tags.
See Manhattan fold labels that are going to belong to t-shirt designers
Should you fold your labels?
Folds are going to provide with an existing smooth, clean edge that is going to not itch or scratch your customer, making it an existing little bit less likely that is going to belong to your labels to exist as a removed.
Miter-fold labels: how to determine the total length?
The miter fold happens to be an existing whimsical way to fold your label as well as display your branded logo on top of your products. Also referred to during the same time that the “hook” label gets its nickname was by using the label to hang its products up. The most common uses that are going to belong to an existing miter fold label happen to be on top of collared shirts, robes as well as/or jackets.
Determining how to create your miter folded label can exist a tricky one on the possibility that you happen to be not an existing label guru. Here happen to be some easy tips to follow to help you create the perfect miter fold as well as let your sales rep know exactly what you have the desire for.
Determine the live area that is going to belong to your logo. This includes the width (left to right) as well as height (top to bottom; not including the tabs) that your logo is going to exist as displayed before the folds.
Decide the sewing remittance space that will have a place with the tabs to sew into your item. All things considered, normal tabs end up being between 0.25″-0.5″ space aside from not restricted to.
Once you have determined the live area that is going to belong to your logo as well as the tab sewing allowance you are going to then have an existing general idea that belongs to the complete size that belongs to your label.
On the possibility that you have the desire to create your illustration, you have the ability easily take an existing piece that belongs to printer paper with an existing ruler as well as cut an existing strip that belongs to paper as well as mark the live area as well as the sewing allowance tabs to give you an existing visual interpretation that belongs to your label during the same time that is going to exist as a.
4. How to attach your labels to clothing
There happen to be many ways to attach an existing label to the fabric.
Depending on top of the label placement, you could need the sewing allowance to exist as on top of the top, top as well as the bottom, on top of the sides, or every single one around.
Do not despair!
It happens to be an existing very simple concept, as well as their happens to be no existing one-size-fits-all answer, except simple guidelines.
What happens to be an existing sewing allowance?
Sewing allowance happens to be the distance between the edge that belongs to an existing label as well as the stitching used to attach the label to another piece that belongs to the fabric.
Do I need to have one?
On the possibility that you are going to exist as sewing your labels to your products, you are going to need an existing sewing allowance, after every single one you does not have the desire for stitching on top of top that belongs to your design!
On the possibility that on top of the other hand, you happen to be ordering iron-on clothing labels, then you do not need to have one. However, an existing little extra “white space” around your label design is going to help it stand out.
What happens to be the most typical sewing allowances?
Inside the “custom clothing label world”, the most common sewing allowance happens to be 1/8″, with 1/4″ as well as 1/16″ following closely. Rarely do we see 1/2″ or 1″ except for they do occur once inside of an existing while.
How much sewing allowance do I need?
It happens to be hard to say. The distance you are going to need to attach your labels or tags are going to depend on top of your sewing skills, the position that belongs to the label inside of the product, or just your preference. Most that belong to our customers use between ⅛” as well as ¼”.
What happens to be your sewing allowance options?
The decision happens to be yours whether you have the desire for your label to exist as a sewn-down flat on top of every single one of four sides that belongs to your label or only on top of two sides.
Two-sided sewing allowance happens to be used on the possibility that you have the desire for your label to existing as loosely stitched, exist as a centered folded into an existing seam or added end folds to allow depth to your label.
What’s the best method to attach your labels?
The best way to attach your label is going to depend on top of your abilities as well as preferences, except the determining factor that happens to be the need that is going to belong to your label to existing as a permanent or not.
Sewing labels is going to always exist as the best way that is going to belong to those labels that need to exist as permanently attached to your product.
5. Choosing the right colors
Color evokes positive associations as well as an existing initial opinion that belongs to your brand.
With an existing thread chart that belongs to over 200+ colors to choose that was by the decision can become overwhelming.
To help us help you achieve the right color scheme we have posted our thread chart here to review colors as well as shades.
Keep inside of the mind, colors can exist as a subjective due to population differences that were by computer to the computer except for letting you play inside of active role inside of guiding us into your design vision.
We happen to be familiar with RGB, CMYK, or PMS color charts to match our thread chart up to the possibility that you only have those colors to go by on the inside of art files.
We are going to match during the same time that closes during the same time that we have the ability except cannot guarantee a 100% match every single time.
Choose creatively & wisely!
What thread colors do we offer?
To make it easier that is going to belong to you, we have matched our most commonly used PMS colors with the thread colors we have available that are going to belong to your woven labels, inside of our woven thread chart page.
Take an existing look as well as let us know your choices!
6. Fonts that are going to belong to clothing brands
Best fonts that are going to belong to woven, printed & PVC labels
Choosing the right font style happens to be key to making an existing identity that is going to belong to your brand. The right font style causes instant recognition.
New businesses, as well as competitors, start every day, therefore you need to have an existing great logo.
At the time when choosing your font style…
Bold as well as simple fonts happen to be recommended, which is going to belong to the greatest legibility
Don’t add too many font styles. 2 font styles max
Fonts happen to be congruous with your business area that belongs to expertise
Choose an existing font style that can grow with your business success
Make sure your font fits the mood
The wrong font style chosen can exist as confusing as well as even unrecognizable to other brands.
Other articles to help you pick the right fonts that are going to belong to your labels.
–easy font type guide
–best websites that are going to belong to free fonts
–39 fonts that are going to belong to logos as well as how to pick the right one: your brand’s identity can exist as defined by your choice that belongs to fonts.
7. Clothing label design tips
-creating an existing winning label design
The challenges that belong to creating your brand start at the time when choosing your “brand” name, colors, fonts as well as other design elements. You got to make sure they match your business style as well as personality as well as at the same time it needs to exist as easy to remember as well as recognize.
Remember, your logo is going to exist as a user inside of many different types that belong to applications that not even you have the ability to foresee at this point.
During the same time that important the same time that it happens to be that is going to belong to your clothing products to look good as well as make an existing statement, it’s during the same time that important that is going to belong to your company’s logo to do the same.
The business that belongs to fashion happens to be an existing business that belongs to design.
-quick tips on top of how to create your logo
Try to look at your designs as well as some them up inside of an existing single word. Use that word during the same time that either your brand name or during the same time that an existing template that is going to belong to your logo’s look.
That is going to belong to example, on the possibility that your clothes have the ability exist as a described during the same time that ‘edgy,’ use fonts as well as logo designs that have harder edges as well as angles. Make sure the logo’s design happens to be clean as well as legible that is going to belong to customers to read as well as recognize during the same time that well.
Following these simple parameters can help you develop an existing quality logo that is going to belong to your business. That is going to belong to more on top of fashion business logo development, click here:: 5 steps that are going to belong to creating an existing impactful logo.
-simple vs intricate design… which one happens to be right?
Your logo could exist as a user inside of anything that was from an existing large banner (for an existing trunk show or craft fair booth) to an existing tiny stamp or pin, or pen, or button, or…you get the point.
An existing professional graphic designer knows every single one that belongs to this as well as he or she is going to exist as a proactive as well as suggest you create different versions that belong to the said logo.
The right design is going to work that is going to belong to any application as well as its manufacturing process: that was by the common press printer, to engraving, die-struck, embroidered, PVC molded as well as woven techniques.
What look is going to belong at the time when designing your labels?
The things to look that are going to belong to happen to be the size as well as the color that belongs to elements.
I.e. Your website looks great on top of your large vinyl banner except for, is going to you exist as able to read it inside of an existing neck label? Or inside of an existing hang tag?
It happens to be better to get every single one of your brands settled before you fall in love with an existing logo that:
Happens to be not possible to embroider, or to read at an existing small size
It has so many colors that there happens to be an existing increase inside of cost every time you try to get it made.
Design specs that are going to belong to the woven label
The minimum text font size happens to be a minimum of 8pt.
The minimum line thickness possibly happens to be 1pt or they are going to not exist as a possible inside of production machine.
Remember to consider how much sewing stipend you will have to remember for top of each and every side or only 2 sides to attach the labels within items.
The most common sewing allowance happens to be 1/8″, with 1/4″ as well as 1/16″ following closely. Rarely do we see 1/2″ or 1″ except for they do occur once inside of an existing while.
Color limitations
Printed: an existing logo with more than 4 colors benefit that was by an existing offset printing process, vs. screen printed. $$$$.
Embroidered: you are going to exist as a paying more that is going to belong to an existing logo with more than 6 colors. There happens to be an existing limit on top of the amount that belongs to colors an existing embroidery machine can handle at once. $$$.
Woven: most manufacturers have an existing standard price that is going to belong to up to 6 or 8 colors. However, you cannot weave gradients with the standard process, as well as the other one is going to increase $$$
8. Putting the label together
After reading every single one about the different options that are going to belong to your apparel labels, you might feel an existing little overwhelmed about every single one of the decisions you are going to need to make.
Except don’t despair! Every single one that belongs to these combinations has been massively used by thousands that belong to customers as well as their happens to be no need to reinvent the wheel.
Most popular combinations
The most important key to designing your clothing labels happens to be to decide on the possibility that you have the desire for your label to existing as a perceived during the same time that an existing established, solid brand, or an existing innovative one.
Colors
Around 50% that belongs to the labels we make happen to be made inside of an existing combination that belongs to black & white. Mostly black labels with an existing white design.
Folds
62% that belong to the labels happen to be made with no folds, 23% that belong to them happen to be centerfold as well as 5% happen to be ends-folded.
Centerfold labels are going to hide the ends, as well as have the ability to exist as sewn into seams, especially the inside that belongs to the neck as well as on top of the sides that belongs to t-shirts.
You have the ability also use them during the same time that little tabs (also called flags) stick out that belong to clothing.
Or wrapped around external seams such as an existing bottom hem tag, pocket, or sleeve tab.
Sizes
The most common size happens to be 2″x1″ which is going to belong to an existing no-folds label, 1″x2.5″ which is going to belong to an existing center-fold label as well as 2.5″x0.625 that is going to belong to an existing ends-fold label.
Labels can exist as a during the same time that little than 0.5″ or during the same time that large during the same time that 12″
Fonts
Most that belong to our customers use an existing combination that belongs to serif as well as non-serif fonts that are going to belong to your text, as well as only use cursive fonts that are going to belong to short bold text.
Sewing allowance
Most that belong to our customers sew their labels on top of two sides (top as well as bottom or left as well as right) or just at the top that belongs to the label that is going to belong to center-fold.
Logo as well as designs
The best label designs include:
An existing simple bold logo,
Highly contrasting colors, such during the same time that black as well as white,
As well as the website address on the back (center-fold) (for logos that don’t include the name that belongs to the brand.)
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