A wall of samples pinned up with bulldog clips, ENVY Crop Boxy and Midlength Boxy tees among them, scribbled notes on masking tape beside each. Daytime, hard sun, no candles lit.
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Choose the fit before the color

A small shop floor with a rail of ENVY blanks, two friends going through it, one holding a Crop Boxy up to the light to check the weight. Daytime, hard sun through the shopfront, no candles lit.
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What GSM actually changes

A pair of hands pulling a squeegee down a screen on a carousel press, printing onto a bone ENVY Classic Tee laid on the platen, ink tins and tape all over the bench beside it. Daytime, hard overhead shop light, no candles lit.
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The decorator-ready checklist

BLANKS Journal

Pallets of ENVY boxes
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Where the boxes go

Recycled board, printed once, stacked on a pallet. The least glamorous part of the business and the part that gets the order to you.

An ENVY store, mid-morning
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How to judge a blank online

In a shop you would pick it up, hold it to the light and pull the collar. Online you cannot, so here is what to read instead.

Inside the ENVY warehouse
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Build a range from three blanks

Starting a label or a merch table? You do not need twelve garments. Three, chosen by weight rather than by style, will cover the year.

Screen printing an ENVY blank
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The decorator-ready checklist

Seven things to check before you put ink, thread or vinyl on a blank, and a cheap way to test them before you commit to a run.

BLANKS editorial: what gsm actually changes
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What GSM actually changes

Grams per square meter is the one number on a blank that tells you how it hangs, how it takes ink and when you will wear it. Here is what changes from 140 to 380.

BLANKS editorial: choose the fit before the colour
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Choose the fit before the color

Color is the easiest thing to change. The fit decides how a garment hangs, where the print lands and whether you wear it at all, so start there.