About an hour from York
Clothing manufacturer for York brands
The unit is in Bradford, about an hour from York by road. Handle the blanks, see the label folds in a real garment, and leave with a first drop worked out. From 25 garments.
BR Apparel Launch Studio is in Bradford, about an hour from York by road, with parking on site. Founders come over to handle the garments before they order, because weight and handle do not show in a photograph.
Relabelling and finishing start at 25 garments, mixed styles counted together. Lead time four to six weeks from artwork approval.
Why York founders make the trip
Ready for shops as well as online
If you plan to sell through independent shops, the garment has to arrive retail ready: your woven label in the neck, a printed care label, a swing ticket, and bagged with a size sticker. That is the finishing on every own label order.
Small mixed runs
Tees, hoodies and caps in one order. Mixed styles count together toward the 25, and embroidery on caps and beanies has no unit minimum.
Handle the weights
A 180gsm Creator 2.0 (STTU169), a 280gsm Asher (STTU078) and a 500gsm AS Colour Made Hood (5151) on the same table. The difference is obvious in the hand and invisible on a screen.
One job, one invoice
Garments, decoration, labels and finishing are one order. You are not coordinating a blank supplier, a printer and a finisher.
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
- 10 to 14 working days, new and repeat orders, alongside production
- Orders without labels
- Usually two to three weeks
Woven labels take 10 to 14 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.
York founder questions
- BR Apparel is in Bradford, about an hour from York by road. We take a new brand from first sample to first sale: premium blanks from Stanley/Stella, Native Spirit and AS Colour, your own woven neck labels, decoration, relabelling and finishing, from 25 garments with mixed styles counted together.
- Yes. Every own label order is finished to retail standard: the supplier label is replaced with your woven label, a printed care label and a swing ticket are added, and each garment is bagged with a size sticker. Ask each shop early whether it needs a barcode on the ticket.
- Four to six weeks from artwork approval. Woven labels take 10 to 14 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. Unit 2 Great Russell Court, Fieldhead Business Centre, Bradford BD7 1JZ. Mornings are quietest and parking is on site. Book a visit and the weights, the label folds and finished garments will be out to compare.
Start your brand
Quote the first drop, book a visit to the Bradford unit, or order a single sample.