Embroidered Workwear Buying Guide

Buying embroidered workwear for your team shouldn’t be a chore, but it does require some thought. Fortunately, a good workwear supplier should be able to guide you through everything you need to know and decide.

Why choose embroidered workwear?

Choosing to purchase branded workwear for your team can bring multiple benefits to businesses prepared to make the investment.

Research suggests providing your team with high quality uniforms and branded wear helps your business stand out from the competition by showcasing the value it places on creating a unified workforce that is more than just the sum of its parts. The more comfortable and high quality the garments, the more pride staff feel in working for that company, and the more the investment contributes to enhancing the business’s corporate values.

What’s more, presenting a unified image of the business gives customers greater confidence in employees’ ability to deliver on behalf of the company, as well as helps with practicalities like being able to find someone to help when they need it.

Read more about the benefits of branded workwear in our blog on this topic.

Embroidered workwear: Top tips

Here are our top tips for creating embroidered workwear:

#1 Choose the right fabric

If you’ve chosen embroidery rather than print as your method of branding your workwear, it is vital to select garments made from the right sort of fabric to enable that embroidery to look its best. When it comes to embroidering workwear, the tighter the weave of the fabric, the better the outcome. Remember, too, that any internal structures like pockets or seams may affect where embroidery can be applied to a garment.

#2 Avoid waterproof garments

Because embroidering a logo or other branding onto a garment involves making tiny holes in the fabric for the embroidery threads to pass through, it is not a suitable method for applying branding to waterproof garments, as the holes will let any water through. Instead, waterproof garments should be branded using the printing method.

#3 Use high-resolution imagery

Embroidered workwear can look fantastic, but starting with a high-quality image file is everything. Providing your supplier with a sharp, well-defined logo will give great results, while a low-quality, fuzzy image will return poor ones.

#4 Steer clear of fine detail

Any small details, such as fonts with complex serifs or thin filled areas, can be difficult to replicate properly in embroidery due to the thickness of the threads used. Avoiding thin lines, narrow spacing and text that is under 5mm high will help ensure a tidy finished product. If your logo is very complex, you may wish to choose to have it printed instead.

#5 Trust your supplier

A good supplier will help ensure appropriate adjustments are made to your initial brief as required so your finished embroidered workwear looks its best. Where logo and garment colours would clash when combined, or result in a poor reproduction of the branding, they will advise on alternative options that won’t compromise on the quality of the aesthetic. Listen to their advice – at the end of the day they want your team to look as good as you do!

#6 Take care of your finished items

To keep your embroidered workwear looking its best, educate your teams on how to take good care of it. This includes checking the label before washing and following the recommended instructions. Embroidered workwear is best washed at a low temperature, and should not be tumble dried or dry cleaned. Garments may be ironed inside out on a low setting. You should never iron over an embroidered logo, as it is likely to damage the thread and ruin the look of the garment.

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