<div dir="ltr">this from my daughter in the apparel industry:<div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)">==========================</span></div><div class="gmail_quote">--------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Diane Sheehan Egnatz</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dianecsheehan@gmail.com" target="_blank">dianecsheehan@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 1:08 PM<br>Subject: Re: [SML] black polo shirts, etc<br>To: Dan Sheehan <<a href="mailto:dsheehan.sml@gmail.com" target="_blank">dsheehan.sml@gmail.com</a>><br><br><br><div dir="auto"><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>As far as other blank suppliers:</div><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>American apparel- not worth the price. Also really slim fits</div><div><br></div><div>Next level- a little more expensive but good quality. Fits, especially in women's are slim. Will need to size up.</div><div><br></div><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>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. </div><div><br><div>Sent from my iPhone</div></div><div><div>==========================</div></div><div><br></div></div></div>-- <br><div>...Dan Sheehan<br>Fixer of things that break<br><br></div>
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