What is so special about blank t-shirts? A blank is an undecorated garment — a t-shirt with no print, logo or embellishment — sold ready for someone else to decorate. Blanks are the starting material of the printing trade: screen printers, brands and corporate apparel programs buy them in quantity and add the artwork. This page explains blank t-shirts and fashion blanks generally.
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What is so
special about blank
t-shirts? Well, why
don't you sit back a minute, and I will
try to tell you...
A blank t-shirt is
not a t-shirt that says "blank" across
the front. That would actually be an
embellished t-shirt. If a
t-shirt did have the word blank, that
word would have most likely been
printed or
embroidered. Therefore, it
would not truly be a blank tee.
The blank shirt
that we are discussing in this article
is in reference to a solid color
t-shirt. Essentially,
a "blank t-shirt" is a t-shirt that has
been dyed a solid color and has yet to
be embellished in any way. It is a
"blank" shirt with nothing on it...
Blank t-shirts have
two entirely different purposes (maybe
more, if you consider white t-shirts in
the rain). A solid t-shirt may mean one
thing to a "consumer", but will have an
entirely different purpose for a graphic
designer.
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For the
consumer, a blank t-shirt is
fine to wear with jeans, a skirt, or
shorts on a hot summer day. It is also
very useful when
layering in the winter. In
regard to solid white, many career
minded people wear them on a
daily basis under their dress shirts
when they go off to work. All in all,
solid color blank t-shirts are very
important to the stylish consumer. They
can be worn in many different ways.
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For the
fashion industry a blank
t-shirt is similar to a blank canvas for
Picasso. Developing graphics for
t-shirts is certainly an art form. The
blank shirt is simply a
tool in which to display the art. A
blank t-shirts is merely the starting
point for designers to begin their
creative work. Therefore, when the
fashion industry looks at a blank shirt,
we see a canvas waiting to be turned
into art.
Yes, you are
correct that the fashion
industry does not
only use blank t-shirts as a canvas. It
is true that we sell both embellished
shirts as well as solid shirts.
Obviously, the fact that we also sell
solids is how consumers have those
wonderful blank t-shirts to wear on warm
summer day...
Where can
the Fashion Industry buy Blank T-shirts?
Here is
where you can view pictures of blank
t-shirts, read news about blank t-shirts
and more...
Women's Blank T-shirt guide
Men's Blank T-shirt guide
Children's Blank T-shirt guide
Where can consumers buy blank
t-shirts?
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Blank shirts can be crew neck, v-neck,
raglan
sleeve, ringer
tees, etc.
Blank
T-shirt Distributors
Children's
Blank T-shirt Wholesalers
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What is a blank t-shirt?
An undecorated t-shirt — no print or logo — manufactured and sold, usually wholesale, specifically so that a printer, brand or organization can add its own design. Blank shirts can be crew neck, v-neck, raglan sleeve, ringer tees and other styles, as this page notes.
Who buys blank t-shirts?
Screen printers and print shops, clothing brands producing decorated lines, companies ordering corporate apparel, and event and promotional buyers — the page links to blank t-shirt distributors and children's blank t-shirt wholesalers.
What are fashion blanks?
The broader category blank t-shirts belong to: undecorated garments — tees, fleece, polos and more — produced for the decoration industry rather than for retail sale as finished branded clothing.