October is a t shirt printing, screen printing, garment sourcing and embroidery supplier established in 1990. We source a wide range of clothing and accessories to fit the most demanding of specifications. Although we print and embroider for a variety of sectors, our speciality is fashion.
With this in mind we offer a full service including garment sourcing, graphic design input, range development, technical screen print and embroidery advice, label supply, re-labelling, bagging, swing ticketing and bulk distribution.
This isn't everything. That would just be too massive, but it is a cross section of all our favourite T-shirts, sweatshirts, hoods, polos, hats etc. It's what a pretentious bell end might call a curated edit. Feel free to call us with any questions, and let us know if we left anything out.
It all started 25 years ago. Paul finished a degree in obscure eastern religions, and was surprised to find he couldn't get a job. Not a problem, a friend had a sewing machine,
October is a t shirt printing, screen printing, garment sourcing and embroidery supplier established in 1990. We source a wide range of clothing and accessories to fit the most demanding of specifications. Although we print and embroider for a variety of sectors, our speciality is fashion.
Stickhedz launches to target the latest players in the recession-riding sport.
Think Polo think elitist sport? Not anymore. Official figures show that since 2001 the number of registered players in the UK and Ireland has almost doubled.
Polo has had to evolve in the face of the economic climate to survive and the businesses connected to the world of polo are finding themselves having to change rapidly. One such business launching this month is Stickhedz.
Stickhedz aims to change polo fashion to reflect the actual needs of these new players, grooms, trainers and fans: affordable fashion they will want to wear on and off the pitch.
The last twenty years has seen polo expanding at such a rate as never seen since pre WWI amassing some 3250 registered players. Sam Morris-Warburton, long-term polo-addict and director of Stickhedz said, “All walks of life have been flocking to take up the challenge of this modern extreme sport as it has become more and more affordable. I want Stickhedz Polo Apparel to reflect the fresh new approach this influx of people brings to polo fashion and the way polo sees itself.”
Online fashion bargain hunters now have access to a dedicated fashion comparison service that aims to make shopping for clothes easy, quick and suitable for any budget.
Founded by three entrepreneurs from Nottingham, Style Compare was set up to make online fashion shopping easy. By putting all of your favourite brands in one place, with a comparison tool at your fingertips, you can find the right item at the right price – hassle free.
Style Compare recently launched to enable a quick, comprehensive and trust-worthy price check of over 20,000 different items, is keen to offer the much needed service to the price conscious fashion buying public.
A model that has experienced huge success in the financial services sector, price comparison is yet to fully encompass the whole retail market, with fashion being one area in particular that has so far been weakly serviced by any comparison service.
“Stylecompare.co.uk makes it easy for people to find the right product at the right price” – says co-founder Jonny Challenger.
He continues – “It enables people to shop for their favourite brands from their favourite retailers, such as Laura Ashley, Urban Outfitters and Miss Selfridge to name just three, whilst knowing that they’re getting the best deal.”
With strong relationships with some of the fashion’s biggest retailers, Style Compare combines the familiarity of the high street with the convenience of online shopping – all guaranteed to be at the best price.
Additionally, a regular flow of discount codes makes Style Compare an essential online service for anyone looking for a stylish bargain.
Style Compare is the brainchild of Jonny Challenger, Jake Gibilaro, and John Nolan – all under the age of 30 and all sharing a joint frustration at the lack of comparison services for fashion conscious online shoppers.
Co-Founder Jake Gibilaro said. “If you’re looking for car insurance, a loan or even a toaster, you’re likely to be able to run a quick and reliable comparison. But if you want a maxi dress, trainers ,or a playsuit, you have to either hope you’re getting the best price or spend hours going back and forth between sites to find the best price. You may as well just go into town”.
The site was launched on 27th April 2009 and boasts over 20,000 products from 500 different labels and an increasing amount of big-name retailers.
Medium is approximately 35 3/8″ (89.9cm) in total length
Slim cut
Fabric weight 4.3 oz/yd² (146 g/m²)
Superior screen printing results
Made of 100% fine ring-spun combed cotton, this lightweight fine jersey is exceptionally smooth and tight-knit, making it a perfect surface for screen printing.
“These are one-of-a-kind tees. Before we print a run of shirts we test the design on a tee to make sure there aren’t any leaks, pin-holes and overall defects in the screen. After a while the designs overlap creating layers and layers of greatness. Every single test tee varies a bit. Also, there may be finger smudges or other attributes that add character to these artifacts.”
It is the question I know you have been asking for some time. Well for those of you involved in streetwear and urban fashion then you will already know the answer. For those of you who are either too old or just out of touch then you could be forgiven for not recognising the names. One thing is for sure, you will have seen clips of it around. This video clip demonstrates beautifully the differences and reminds you that its not too late to go to the gym. However if you are under 25 then who needs it. Party on.
A behind the scenes look at a photo shoot for urban fashion label South Pole Ladies Spring/Summer Collection 2009. Directed By Chris Belgrave Production Manager : Sebrina Pitt Post Production pro…
Step into spring with your favorite piece by Naketano! This year is already in full swing — and so is our creative crew at Naketano. In the workshop in Essen they toyed and constructed with fabrics to the limit, resulting in the — familiarly colorful — Naketano Spring Collection 2009!
The designers at Naketano have once again put lots of energy and spirit into creating a whole new range of favorite garments, just for you! A row of perky designs awaits you, of course including the typical Naketano hoodie-style. Using the palette of colors, the label presents itself as we know it: vivid, fancy, and yet subtle! A rare combination which hardly any other brand can come up with. Starting from fresh turquoise, the palette plunges into dark purples and blue tones, surfacing in the functional Naketano grey.
Ladies, get ready for a refreshing springtime!
You can find more information at: www.naketano.de.
If you have further questions or need picture material, please contact: info@naketano.de
T-shirt printers and screen printers sometimes get twitchy and you may even hear a low pitched grumble at times when garment designers provide images that do not take into consideration the desired level of thought or print preparation when the creative juices are flowing. The ordinary business that may just want a cool image on T-shirts or polo shirts and may even require some cutomisation may not be aware of the colour separation problems or dot density issues when printing thin lines onto a course garment. So “Yougraph” has come to the rescue with very cool graphics all print ready for decorating garments.
What is the graphBOX of YOUGRAPH?
Each graphBOX contains 30 royalty free, vector images developed by the designers of YOUGRAPH especially for the fashion market. The graphs, logos, prints and illustrations in each graphBOX can be resized in any dimension without losing resolution. The images are downloadable files in the extensions (.cdr) of CorelDRAW and (.ai) of Adobe Illustrator.
www.yougraph.com
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Reusable shopping totes and produce bags bags by Bag the Habit, available at bagthehabit.com
Made from premium recycled fabrics with low-impact dying and finishing and fair wage, minimal waste manufacturing in Los Angeles and Mexico. Chic, sturdy and perfect for everyday wear.
These bags are of a quality we don’t see every day, so the October Screen print dept. were more than happy to supply a 4 colour process printed label onto a natural fabric for a bagthehabit special order.
Some words from Terry Christian about the man behind the brand.
Pretty Green, taken from the title of a Jam song, is to be the name of Liam Gallagher’s new clothing range: classic styles as befitting a true star and reflecting the tastes of his audience. Liam says he is sick of the studenty skinny-jean look and wants to bring lads’ fashions back, and what true lad wouldn’t want to look like a rock star?
Gallagher was always going to be a star, from the first time I saw him, singing shyly at the Boardwalk club on a bill with Molly Halfhead and a band called the Cherries, to larging it up to full houses at Earls Court and Maine Road. If you were a 15-year-old kid sitting in your council house watching the telly, you’d want to be Liam Gallagher and to look like him; you wouldn’t necessarily want to look like Brandon Flowers or Russell Brand. The older I get and the more I hear the middlebrow brigade in their Hush Puppies sneering at Gallagher, the more I embrace the lad. To be annoying people still after all these years, he’s got to be doing something right.
Gallagher was always a bit of a style icon in his native Burnage. According to his old mate from school, Mark Bierne: “He was always smart, with good taste, a sort of Sixties-influenced mod look with a bit of Stone Roses thrown in. He used to love those Belstaff leather jackets, Converse boots – a classic, young-lads-around-Manchester look, really – but he carried it off well. It was the sort of look most of us were trying to perfect. He always looked good, even when he was broke.”
In the book Brothers from Childhood to Oasis, Gallagher’s older brother Paul told of how the 14-year-old Liam would help himself to his stuff while he was out at work. “Things would always go missing from my bedroom: adidas bags, T-shirts, the lot. It was my shirts that bugged me, especially my Ben Shermans. I’d complain and our Mam would just say: ‘Leave him alone, Paul. You’ve plenty of money for shirts.’ He always wanted to look perfect; he used to smother his hair in my gel, nicking my deodorant and aftershave too. He wouldn’t go out unless he looked perfect.”
Back then Gallagher was very much a young lad on the dole in a new band (Noel hadn’t joined Oasis yet and Liam, Bonehead, Guigsy and Tony McCarroll were still called Rain). He’s remembered for occasionally descending on offices in New Mount Street in Manchester, where small record labels, independent music pluggers and the Inspiral Carpets were all based. He would flog jeans and T-shirts out of a huge holdall: mainly Calvin Klein, Stone Island and that type of gear. There was a lot of it about at the time, allegedly thanks to a Burnage contact at Manchester Airport.
In many ways, you could say that selling clothes was Gallagher’s first real earner from the music business, but then that was what scallies did.
No doubt the glossies will sneer at a working-class kid who dares to call young student types sartorially challenged. Personally, I look forward to rummaging through his new collection, perhaps out of a holdall sported by some young scally in a bar in town.
Kitten Magazine is a new fashion magazine with a focus on all things new and emerging. Published four times per year each issue is based around a theme and features stunning models wearing the hottest new fashions from established and emerging designers.
In addition to the photo pictorials Kitten also showcase fashion strait from the runways of the worlds fashion capitals and interviews with people who are shaping the industry from art and design to music and movies.
Kitten is a unique magazine read by both men and women alike. Male readers enjoy the beautiful pictorials and stunning models along with thought provoking interviews. Female readers enjoy the latest in fashion along with an insight of new trends to come. Kitten is a new kind of magazine, a bit fresher, a bit edgier and a bit sexier than what most fashion readers are used to. Kitten love to push the limits and go where other magazines don’t dare to. Kitten create content for print, video, internet and multimedia.
For more information please visit: www.kittenmag.com or view copy on Issuu (highly recommended).
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T shirt printing using screen printing techniques is the most common garment printing method.
Listed below are some of the best and most effective garment printing methods used by us to help you decide on what may be best for your garment designs.
Plastisol printing – the most common plastisol based print used in garment decoration. Good colour opacity onto dark garments, clear graphic detail, with as the name suggests, a more plasticized texture. This print can be made softer with special additives or heavier by adding extra layers of ink.
Water Based inks – these penetrate the fabric more than the plastisol inks and create a much softer feel. Ideal for printing darker inks onto lighter coloured garments. Also useful for larger area prints where texture is important.
Discharge inks – used to print lighter colours onto dark background fabrics, they work by removing the dye in the garment – this means they leave a much softer texture. They are less graphic in nature than plastisol inks, and exact colours are difficult to control, but especially good for distressed and vintage prints.
Foil printing – is what you would imagine. A glue is printed onto the fabric and then foils applied for a mirror finish. Due to the gold or silver foil used, minimum quantity of 100 applies.
Glitter/Shimmer – silver flakes are suspended in a plastisol ink to create this sparkle effect. Usually available in gold or silver but can be mixed to make most colours.
Metallic printing– similar to glitter, but smaller particles suspended in the ink.
Expanding ink (puff) – an additive to plastisol inks which raises the print off the garment, creating a 3D feel.
Caviar beads – again a glue is printed in the shape of the design, to which small plastic beads are then applied – works well with solid block areas creating an interesting tactile surface. Minimum quantity of 100 applies.
Four colour process– artwork is created using dots (CMYK) which combine to create the full spectrum of colours needed for photographic garment printing – this means an infinite number of colours can be printed using only 4 screens, making the set-up costs viable. The inks are required to blend and are more translucent, meaning a compromise with vibrancy of colour.
Gloss printing– a clear base laid over plastisol inks to create a shiny finish.
Mirrored Silver – Another solvent based ink but you can almost see your face in it.
