ImagesMagUK_November_2021

68 images NOVEMBER 2021 BESPOKE GARMENT SERVICES For each custom request, Continental can draw upon an extensive range of stock fabrics across its four core brands: Continental, EarthPositive, Salvage and Fair Share. These fabrics include organic cotton, bamboo viscose, lyocell Tencel, recycled polyester and EcoVero. Continental Made-to-Order also offers Pantone colour-matching, as well as custom label manufacture and insertion. Bespoke orders are limited to 500 pieces per colour from Turkey and 1,500 from Asia, with a 250,000 unit capacity per week. Grahame Gardner: Advance The Advance range combines “state-of-the-art fabrics with the latest dye-sublimation printing techniques for fully bespoke and contemporary uniforms”, says Grahame Gardner. “No matter your industry, our Advance range can provide the perfect design for your uniform, which is exclusively yours with any colour, image or pattern. You can even use your company logo to create bespoke panels and trims to truly reflect your company’s brand identity and values.” Livingstone International: Global Sourcing Livingstone International specialises in the sourcing and manufacture of bespoke clothing and accessories for customers and A customer wants a particular Pantone colour polo shirt to match their corporate colour scheme or event branding. A different customer asks for a specific fabric or finish for some branded outdoor workwear items plus some shaped, all-over print gymwear for an upmarket health club, while another enquiry is for some retail styles whose intricate cut and design details will command a premium price. In spite of the vast selection of ex-stock garments now offered to garment decorators, much of it with next-day delivery availability, there is bound to come a time when winning an order depends on being able to deliver on a particular customer brief. That’s where bespoke manufacturing comes in. Whether it’s taking stock promo styles and making them in specific colourways, customising them with different collar and cuff details or panels, or starting from scratch and designing a truly bespoke style, there is now a choice of suppliers that can meet whatever brief you throw at them. We review the range of options available. Continental Clothing: Made-to-Order Continental’s custom garment manufacturing service, Made-to-Order, focuses on “high-quality retail products in industry-leading sustainable fabrics with ethical credentials”. “We offer both factory and fabrics certification, plus full supply chain transparency, high specification and close support throughout the entire process,” notes the company. We look at the custom garment manufacturing services available to decorators and their customers Customise it! clients based in the UK, Europe, Africa and North America. Established in 2001, the company’s expert and experienced international network encompasses offices and factories in China, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Ethiopia, India and Turkey along with its head office based in Livingston in the UK. “Through our extensive network we source and produce a wide range of garments for varying requirements from indoorwear to extreme weather apparel. This can include bespoke Continental uses stock fabrics from its four core brands: Continental, EarthPositive, Salvage and Fair Share Grahame Gardner’s Advance range is ready for decoration