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Regarding metallic foil print yes, it’s not that durable… it’s best suited for woven materials that don’t stretch, that’s when it looks the best. Because when you have a stretch material and you apply a foil print, it will crack when you stretch the material out and this doesn’t look that nice or qualitative. Also depending on the print quality, the metallic “shine” is what disappears the quickest in washing, leaving you with a weird color in the print. Can you have other metallic details like ribbons, bindings or piping? And apply the print in another technique?
Embroidery can be OK, it just needs to be quite small, because the backside is going to be uncomfortable on the skin. Also the best print option depends on the base material it’s gonna be printed on. So have a discussion with your manufacturer and test stuff out. Have them make strike offs for you.Regarding the fabric composition, well it depends what your brand story will be. If you are talking about only using natural materials and tying it in with natural mateirals on the skin etc, then poly or nylon is not what you are looking for.
BUT, a poly or nylon blend can actually strengthen the material in the long run, making it more durable in washing and tearing. Now it’s a matter of the % of poly or nylon in the blend. If it’s mostly poly or nylon, then…. but if it’s mostly hemp it could be fine. Just be careful with what you promise the customers in your story.
You can of course educate your customers telling them about your choice of the mixed material and the benefits with it. The elastane will only be a small percentage to give the stretch and to have a better stretch recovery.110-120gsm is the fabric weight. It means grams per square meter.
A normal t-shirt quality is in between 110-160gr. So it means the material they are talking about is fairly lightweight. Ask them to send you a sample:)