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A woven label is produced using a weaving process, typically on high speed looms, and not all weaves are of equal quality. High definition labels are made from damask; woven satin labels, produced on automated high speed single needle and broad looms, give a soft and lustrous product in nearly any color; and taffeta labels are woven with a lower density thread, providing good durability at a lower price than satin or damask. Damask labels use fine thread and a maximum amount of thread to create a tight, durable look similar to a printed label, and a woven label should outlast its printed counterpart. Label shapes include center fold, mitre fold, straight cut or fuse cut, end fold and die cut labels.
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Satin Woven Labels are often produced using an automated high speed single needle and broad looms. This will produce a soft and lustrous final product. Most label manufacturers can match nearly any color you choose to have woven. You can ask your label manufacturer about monofilament layered satin, regular satin, or reverse satin. You may also find other questions for them as well...
Tafetta labels are typically woven with a lower density thread which provides good durability at a lower price then a satin label or a damask label.
Damask labels are typically more expensive them tafetta weave or satin weave. These are produced with fine thread and on high speed machinery. This process uses a maximum amount of thread to create a tight and durable look that will appear similar to a printed label. The woven label is more beneficial then printed label in the fact that the label should outlast its printed counter part. In my opinion, if price of the label is not your concern, the damask may be the way to go.
When selecting a woven label you will want to discuss with your label factory the shape of the label as well. You will want to consider center fold labels, mitre fold labels, strait cut or fuse cut labels, end fold labels, die cut labels etc. Also, you will want to check with your sewing contractor if they want the labels pre-cut or delivered on rolls.
You can find woven label factories in our clothing manufacturers directory. In that section you will also find care labels and other trimming components needed when producing clothing. Learn more about woven labels from the label definitions page.
You may want to also learn about damask fabric which can be used for making woven garment labels.
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A woven label does three jobs in one small piece of weaving. At the neck or waistband it carries the brand, which is the label shoppers recognize; at the side seam it commonly carries size and the care and content information detailed in the wash care labels term; and as a small external tab — on a pocket, hem or sleeve — it works as a visible brand mark. Because one label often combines brand, size and care roles, factories order woven labels alongside the other trimming components of a garment, and the trimming terms and labels pages linked from this page place them in that full component list.
Damask is woven with fine thread at maximum density for a tight, high-definition, durable result, and is the most expensive. Satin is soft and lustrous, produced on high speed single needle and broad looms. Taffeta is woven with lower density thread, giving good durability at a lower price than satin or damask.
Durability: the design is the weave itself rather than ink on a surface, so a woven label should outlast its printed counterpart, keeping the brand and care information legible for the life of the garment.
The weave quality, the colors to be matched, the shape — center fold, mitre fold, straight cut or fuse cut, end fold or die cut — and whether the sewing contractor wants the labels pre-cut or delivered on rolls.