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Custom Clothing & Workwear Guides
Choosing personalised clothing is easier when you know which garments suit your needs, how your design will be applied and what information to prepare before ordering. Our guides cover the practical details of custom workwear, T-shirt printing and embroidery, helping you make informed decisions about clothing for your business, team or event.
Whether you're organising your first staff uniform order, comparing printing methods or preparing a company logo for embroidery, you'll find useful advice below. Start with the topic most relevant to your project, or read our guide to embroidered and custom clothing for a broader introduction.
Choosing Workwear for Your Business
The right workwear should suit the job, fit your employees comfortably and represent your company consistently. These guides cover garment selection, branding decisions and the practical requirements of supplying clothing to a team.
How to Choose the Right Workwear for Your Business
Not sure where to start with a new company uniform? Learn how to select suitable garments, compare fabrics, plan seasonal layers and choose clothing for different employee roles.
What Is the Best Workwear for Builders and Tradespeople?
Explore clothing considerations for builders, electricians, plumbers, decorators and other trades. The guide covers everyday workwear, additional layers, company branding and the importance of choosing appropriate protective clothing where required.
How to Choose Between Printed and Embroidered Workwear
Compare the appearance, garment suitability, durability and cost considerations of printing and embroidery. Find out when each method may be appropriate and how to combine both in one uniform range.
Once you've identified the garments your employees need, browse our custom clothing range to explore options for your business.
T-Shirt Printing & Decoration Methods
Different printing processes produce different results. Your design, fabric choice and order quantity can all affect which method is suitable for your personalised T-shirts.
DTG vs DTF vs Screen Printing: What's the Difference?
Understand how three common garment printing methods work and compare their suitability for detailed artwork, different fabrics, small orders, bulk printing and merchandise.
If you already know what you want printed, take a look at our T-shirt printing and custom T-shirt collections.
Embroidery & Company Logo Artwork
Embroidery can create a smart, textured finish for company logos and staff names, but garment construction and artwork preparation both matter. These guides explain what to consider before choosing a clothing style or submitting your design.
What Is the Best Clothing for Embroidery?
Find out how polo shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, fleeces, jackets and T-shirts differ when it comes to embroidery. Learn why fabric stability, logo size and garment construction are important.
How to Prepare Your Logo for Printing and Embroidery
Learn which artwork formats to provide, how image resolution affects printing and why some logos need adapting for embroidery. Includes advice on colours, transparent backgrounds, design dimensions and checking artwork proofs.
For garments with a stitched company logo or personalised name, explore our embroidered clothing collection.
Planning & Placing Your Clothing Order
Once you've selected your garments and decoration method, the next stage is organising your order. Getting the artwork, sizes, quantities and personalisation details right from the outset can make the process more straightforward.
How to Order Custom Workwear for Your Business
Follow a practical step-by-step guide to ordering company clothing. It covers choosing garments, preparing logos, collecting employee sizes, adding staff names, checking proofs and planning for future uniform orders.
Guide to Embroidered and Custom Clothing
Looking for a general introduction before selecting your garments? Start here for guidance on personalised clothing and the options available for creating clothing around your own branding.
Frequently Asked Questions
Have a question about ordering personalised clothing? Visit our Frequently Asked Questions page for further information. If you need advice about a specific garment, logo or order requirement, you can also get in touch with The Clothing Company before placing your order.
Ready to Choose Your Custom Clothing?
Our guides can help you narrow down your options, but the right clothing ultimately depends on who will wear it, where it will be used and how you want your branding to appear. When you're ready to choose garments, browse our branded clothing, custom printed clothing and embroidered clothing ranges.
From a small set of personalised T-shirts to a coordinated workwear order for a larger team, The Clothing Company can help you find clothing suited to your requirements.