Thirty to forty minutes from Wakefield
Clothing manufacturer for Wakefield brands
A short drive on the M1 and M62. Bring the garment you want yours to beat and compare it with the blanks in your hands. From 25 garments.
From Wakefield the Bradford unit is thirty to forty minutes by road, by the M1 and the M62, with parking on site. That is close enough to make the garment decision in person rather than from a product photo.
A useful visit is a practical one. Bring the hoodie or tee you want yours to beat, put it next to the blanks on the table, and compare weight, fit, size range and colour. Then pick the styles by code and the first drop is quoted from there.
What to compare on a visit
Weight against weight
The 300gsm Stanley/Stella Archer (STSU011), the 350gsm Cruiser 2.0 (STSU177) and the 500gsm AS Colour Made Hood (5151), side by side. The difference is obvious in the hand and invisible on a screen.
Colour on the fabric
Colour range narrows as weight goes up. The 350gsm Cruiser 2.0 comes in 51 colours. Most 400gsm hoodies come in eight or fewer. Check the shade on the fabric, not on a monitor.
The sizes you sell
Most styles run XXS to 3XL, and several go to 5XL, including the Cruiser 2.0 hoodie. Try the fit in the sizes your customers actually wear.
Your label against theirs
Turn the benchmark garment inside out. Put its neck label, care label and swing ticket next to our woven label folds and tickets, and decide what yours should beat.
What we do
- Garments
- Premium blanks from Stanley/Stella, Native Spirit and AS Colour. Caps from Beechfield, Yupoong and Flexfit. Held in stock.
- Decoration
- Screen print, DTF and embroidery. Spot colour with a base white included as standard, every job specified and checked to our standard.
- Your own label
- Supplier label removed, your woven label stitched in. Printed care labels and swing tickets. Labels are 100 per design.
- Finishing
- Bagged, tagged and packed, ready to sell. Relabelling and finishing from 25 garments, mixed styles counted together.
Style codes, weights and fits are on the garments pages. The difference between white label and private label is on that page.
Minimums and lead times
- Garments
- From 25, mixed styles counted together
- Label minimum
- 100 per design. On a run of 25 you pay for 100 and we hold the rest
- Lead time
- Four to six weeks from artwork approval
- Reorders
- The same as the first run
- Woven labels
- 7 to 10 working days, new and repeat orders, alongside production
- Orders without labels
- Usually two to three weeks
Woven labels take 7 to 10 working days from the label maker, on new and repeat orders alike. They run alongside production rather than adding to it. Orders without labels are quicker. Decoration and finishing only is usually two to three weeks.
Wakefield founder questions
- Put them side by side at the Bradford unit, thirty to forty minutes from Wakefield by road. Compare weight, fit, size range and colour in the hand, then pick the blank by style code. Relabelling and finishing start at 25 garments, mixed styles counted together, with your own woven neck label.
- Bring your logo file, vector if you have it, and a garment you want yours to match or beat. The blanks, the label options and finished examples will be out, so you can compare weight, fit and colour side by side.
- Four to six weeks from artwork approval. Woven labels take 7 to 10 working days from the label maker, on new and repeat orders alike. They run alongside production rather than adding to it. Orders without labels are quicker. Decoration and finishing only is usually two to three weeks. Reorders on approved artwork take the same time as the first run.
- Yes. Mixed styles count together toward the 25 garment minimum, so a set of hoodies and matching joggers is one order. The Stanley/Stella Cruiser 2.0 hoodie (STSU177) and Mover 2.0 jogger (STBU185) are both 350gsm and brushed.
Start your brand
Quote the first drop, book a visit to the Bradford unit, or order a single sample.