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January 26, 2010 • Vol. 7, No. 2
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New Green Products
While the economy has impacted every aspect of the decorated apparel business, interest continues in offering organic, sustainable and/or more eco-friendly products. Manufacturers and decorators who want to be more Earth-friendly also still see potentially larger margins from green goods, keeping this niche market lively. Below is a sampling of new products that fall into the organic, eco-friendly, green and/or sustainable categories.

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The new Vista jacket from Tri-Mountain, style 7385, is made of 80% recycled polyester and 20% polyester anti-pilling microfleece. The 8.2-ounce fabric is super soft and offers warm protection against chilly fall mornings. Details such as chest and front zippered pockets and elastic-bound cuffs give it a fashion edge.
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The Clean Dirt Shirt, style CD100, is the latest by SOS From Texas. Made of 100% certified organic cotton grown and sewn in the United States, the shirt is garment dyed using the red dirt that grows the cotton. It's put in a slurry and strained many times to get a fine pigment used in the dyeing process.
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Royal Apparel's ladies’ long-sleeve T-shirt, style RA8002ORG, is made of 100% combed ring-spun certified organic cotton. The super soft 6.5-ounce 20/1 thermal is garment dyed in seven fashion colors. It has rib knit neck binding and set-on cuffs, with an overlock finish on bottom hem. Side seams give a contoured fit.
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Brisco Apparel offers a great, low price on Gildan style G5000 T-shirts. The shirt comes in a wide variety of Basic and Premium colors. It's available in sizes S - 2XL and, in select colors, up to size 3XL.
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EDUN LIVE has expanded its organic product line. New styles are crafted from 100% ECO-CERT Certified Organic 5.1-ounce combed ring-spun African cotton and are dyed with GOTS-certified ecological dyes manufactured in Uganda. All styles are available for men and women in a range of colors.
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The Organic Youth Fine Jersey Short Sleeve T-Shirt (style 2201ORG) by American Apparel is a classic T-shirt made from organic cotton. Unisex sizes provide great fit for both boys and girls. It has a durable rib neckband, is available in a variety of colors and is designed to produce superior screen printing results.
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Otto Caps presents its Organic Superior Cotton Twill Sandwich Visor Low Profile Pro Style Caps (style 23-890). Made with 100% organic cotton, this structured six-panel style has seamed front panel with full buckram, matching color sweatband and adjustable hook-and-loop closure with "Organic" tag.
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S&S Activewear distributes Outdoor Cap's style ORG600 Organic Cotton Cap. Available in six soft palette colors for men and three for women (ORG600L), this six-panel, low-profile, unstructured model has a pre-curved visor, color-matched undervisor and Eco3M tag embroidered on back right.
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Fashioned just like Bella's regular 2x1 tank, style 4020 Organic 2X1 Rib Tank is made with natural-colored, custom preshrunk 100% organic cotton. The fabric is 30 single combed ring-spun, 5.8-ounce super soft baby rib knit. The tank is available in eight colors.
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Anvil Knitwear debuts four new garments in its Organics line, including style 520, the Anvil Recycled Cotton Blend Short Sleeve Tee. Anvil recently was named Earth Day Network's official T-shirt and knitwear partner for the 40th anniversary Earth Day, April 25, 2010.
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Style 6590 from Flexfit/Yupoong is made from 98% Organic Cotton, with 2% Lycra spandex. This is a low-profile cap with hard buckram, stitched eyelets and eight rows of stitching on matching under-visor. Available in two sizes to fit most (S/M and L/XL), it comes in six colors.
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Article 1's Short-sleeve Jersey Crew (Organic) is made with 5-ounce, 100% certified organic cotton. Style 211O features double-needle bottom hem and shoulder to shoulder tape. Preshrunk, it's available in adult S-3XL in six colors.
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ISS Orlando
Check out our coverage of this cool category! Link to fun and informative stories below.

Young Printers Think Green First
Atlas Print of St. Augustine, Fla., brings eco-first business ethos to screen printing.

Green Shop Changes Things One Shirt at a Time
Married couple's steady success in eco-friendly shop proves any decorator can become green certified and survive.

Impressions Virtual Catalogs Catalogs are perhaps the single most important tool you have as a decorator. Click on the links below to see how Impressions has developed true-to-form virtual versions of these industry vendors' catalogs:

American Apparel

Article 1

Augusta Sportswear

Blue Generation

Continental Clothing

Flexfit

Gildan

Holloway Sportswear

Pepco Poms

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12/1/09: Catalog Request 12th Edition

11/3/09: Active Apparel & Performancewear Products

10/20/09: Green & Sustainable Products

10/6/09: Denims & Wovens

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Gildan
Gildan is a vertically integrated marketer and manufacturer of premium quality branded basic apparel. The company manufactures basic T-shirts, sport shirts and sweatshirts for sale in the wholesale imprinted sportswear industry in the United States, Canada and other international markets. Gildan's overall mission is to deliver better value through better design.
Kavio!
Kavio! provides unmatched workmanship, innovative design and exceptional customer service to the apparel industry. Kavio! offers the promotional products, imprinted and embroidery markets with a range of basic to fashion apparel available in a multitude of vibrant colors. Our collection includes Kavio! Juniors, Jr. Plus, Women, Girls, Infants, Youth and Guys.
Digital Art Solutions
Digital Art Solutions leverages years of experience to make complex graphics and imprinting issues simple for the widest audience. The centerpiece of this is our integration of production-ready digital art and add-on graphics software: Smart Designs Art System. By combining artwork and software into a single integrated system, our clients design and produce custom graphics in a fraction of the time compared to traditional design and production methods.
American Apparel is a vertically integrated manufacturer, distributor and retailer of branded fashion basic apparel based in downtownLos Angeles. Within our business model, knitting, dyeing, cutting, sewing, photography, marketing and design all happen in the company's facilities in Los Angeles, creating a shorter turnaround time and a greater ability to service the needs of our clients. American Apparel employs more than 10,000 people and operates a leading wholesale business that supplies T-shirts and other casual wear to distributors and screen printers.
Next Level Apparel
Next Level Apparel delivers the latest fashions with superb quality and heavenly soft fabrics at sharp price points. Our outstanding color pallet, up-to-date styles and fit continue to define us as one of the leading suppliers of fashion blanks in the U.S. market.
Every individual at Next Level Apparel is committed to our mission to deliver top-quality product through outstanding service. Value combined with the newest fashions and superior fabrics define what being Next Level is all about.

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On Jan 25, 2010, at 5:02 PM, Terry Murphy wrote:

CONNECTIONS


http://www.impressionsmag.com/impressions/screen-printing/Young-Printers-Think-334.shtml

Young Printers Think Green First

Atlas Print of St. Augustine, Fla., brings eco-first business ethos to screen printing.




http://www.impressionsmag.com/impressions/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003856203

Green Shop Changes Things One Shirt at a Time
Married couple's steady success in eco-friendly shop proves any decorator can become green certified and survive.




From: Ben Carpenter <ben@bc2design.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:50:32 -0500
To: Terry Murphy <terry.murphy@nielsen.com>
Subject: Re: On it...

Cool. I'll have all this ready in a bit. Any Connections this time?

Ben Carpenter
BC Squared
ben@bc2design.com
www.bc2design.com <http://www.bc2design.com>
404-538-0659

On Jan 25, 2010, at 4:45 PM, Terry Murphy wrote:

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