Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Compared Organic Cotton T-shirts by American Apparel, Alstyle and Anvil

Organic T-shirts in a variety of colors are finally available.

T-shirts.org will be offering Wholesale Organic T-shirts at Organic.T-shirts.org and distributing through Y-Que.

After ordering sample orders from American Apparel, Alstyle and Anvil I compared the 3 brands based on style. I ordered one of each size from Small-2XLarge in both black and white. Although the hue of the black was off on the Anvil, the color doesn't seem to be an issue. The American Apparel was the softest, but they run small. The Alstyle has the best price and is the right fit for the American market. The Anvil felt like paper and was a little stiff, plus the fit seemed to be a bit boxy like their other shirts. The main benefit of marketing the organic cotton shirt is that now we can get a variety of colors in these styles and the companies seem to be taking it serious enough now that they are stocking inventory so that we could fill orders instead of just talk about the benefits of organic. Currently I am going to move my store designs in both white and black over to Organic and most likely offer our own YQ Brand of organic cotton shirts. The prices can finally be competitive and I plan to list these at a low-markup to push the T-shirts.org website with a focus on value and quality. I'll shoot some pictures later, but those are the basic facts about the 3 available organic t-shirts that I will be selling. You can also order them blank or get use organic tee shirts for custom printing.

3 comments:

Granny Sue said...

Billy T: I find your blog extremely enlightening. I'm starting an online business selling kids' cotton garments screenprinted with unique graphics. I have 2 grandkids and they go through clothes like crazy--what a market! I want to go organic--because of the waste of bleach/chemicals on regular tees. I hate American Apparel(can't help it--the owner and his ads make my skin crawl) but want US made clothes if possible. Your info is very helpful. Did I see something in your blog about a store in the Haight? If so where? Thanks again! Granny Sue

Granny Sue said...

Found your store address. I'll try to make a visit. Cheers.

beinggreen said...

Thanks for the info and detail. I recently bought the most amazing organic cotton tee from a company called econscious.

The site is at www.econscious-store.net

All of their products are GOTS certified which is so great since you know you are getting the real organic deal. They are also members of 1% for the planet and are committed to sustainability.

All that said, the most important thing is that the shirt is unbelievably soft and well made.

Check them out. I also noticed that they sell some great organic sweatshirts and hats and bags.

Stay Green!