Those Scratchy Clothing Labels and the Soft Edge Solution - What Every Designer Should Know

Clothes tags are like a billboard to the worldedge, the cost premium is 35% more over standard
establishing who you are. However, the last thing youhot cut clothes tags.
want is your "billboard" to be cut off from your apparelIf you are open to the printed option, organic cotton
because it feels irritating to the skin. Without costing aclothing labels are very soft and very durable. New
bundle, you can opt to have the edges of your clothestechnologies in textile now allow for ultra-high resolution
labels finished so that your customer will never feelphoto image quality. So it is now possible to have
their presence.almost any color, shading, or fine detail printed onto a
You can choose a woven edged finish for yourvery soft and durable clothing label.
clothing tag. The edges are woven with fine polyesterFinally, another new technology allows for clothing tags
thread, rather than simply heat cut. As a result, themade of faux suede. Like the cotton label, this type of
labels do not "grab" at skin textures. The cost is usuallyclothing tag allows for a myriad of colors and designs,
35% more than a standard hot-cut clothing label, butalthough of slightly less detail than the printed cotton.
the investment may be well worth it.Still, the edges are extremely soft and the quality is
Another option is the ultrasonic edge cut. Rather thanvery upscale.
a woven edge, high frequency vibrations, or "sounds"Remember to design and order your clothes labels
cut through the fabric. The result is that the edges areearly in your design process. Give yourself a lead time
microscopically sheared and feathered, so the label'sof 2-4 weeks to avoid unnecessary stress and
edge is manufactured super-soft. Like the wovenexpense.