[SML] Fwd: black polo shirts, etc

[Dan Sheehan]

this from my daughter in the apparel industry:

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From: Diane Sheehan Egnatz <dianecsheehan at gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 1:08 PM
Subject: Re: [SML] black polo shirts, etc
To: Dan Sheehan <dsheehan.sml at gmail.com>


San mar is the biggest supplier & most consistent in quality.  They have
multiple brands with different fits- I'd stay away from port
authority...that's their cheapest brand and the fits tend to be boxy and
"old" with somewhat lower quality materials (although not bad for the
price/value trade off) District is their younger, more modern brand- good
fits but women's runs small so size up.

As far as other blank suppliers:
Alstyle- ok if you get their more expensive options.  Their low end product
is really cheap quality.  Fits are pretty generic/universal.  This would be
my second choice.

American apparel- not worth the price.  Also really slim fits

Next level- a little more expensive but good quality.  Fits, especially in
women's are slim.  Will need to size up.

There's a bunch of other smaller suppliers that might be ok if they can
look at the actual product first & check fits- consistency and availability
is usually an issue with the smaller brands so I tended to stay away from
them.

Also,  the middle men (embroidery or screen printers) often stock a
specific brand then will fill in with another brand if the supplier runs
out of a specific size.  As you can imagine, this leads to discrepancies in
color lots & sizing.  Might not be an issue with plain black & outfitting a
team but it's something to be aware of.

Sent from my iPhone
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...Dan Sheehan
Fixer of things that break
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