Sizing

10/03/2010 by admin.

If ever there was a reason for a t-shirt printing job to go wrong, it is clothing that ends up the wrong size. The manufacturers are partly to blame because for example a large in a Fruit of the Loom is quite different to a large in a Gildan. This problem gets far worse when you get into womens clothing. Different brands have a very different concept of what a size 8 is, according to the age group and demographic their products are aimed at. If they design for the more mature women a dress size 10 could be closer to a dress size 14 of a younger producer.

Of course this is not too much of a problem if you have a shop with a changing room facility. The trouble starts when you have an on-line clothing catalogue. At typical senario would be that a company is having an exhibition with about 20 staff maning the stand. A great deal of effort goes into the t-shirt printing design, so that everyone will look great on the day. Then someones secretary is given the task of collecting all sizes of the staff. This usually is done by either a memo or a phone call requesting their size. Back comes a mish-mash of sizes ranging from 38″ chest to medium and also dress size 14. This either get sent on in its raw entirety to the t-shirt printer or the secretary takes it upon herself to do the conversition.

Finally the member of staff attending the exhibition (usually a man) who was asked their size, did not have a clue what size they were because their wife has bought all their cloths for the last 10 years. He still think he is a medium, when he grew out of being a large last Christmas. I don’t think any man (me included) knows what neck size he is without taking off his shirt!

Of course, come the day of the exhibition when everyone turns up in t-shirts 3 sizes too small or large, it is the t-shirt printing company that gets the blame.

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