Women's

Sizing & fit reality

The differences are structural, not cosmetic: side seams hold a tapered waist through repeated washing (tubular unisex bodies can twist), shoulders sit narrower, and necklines open up. Scoops, V-necks, and relaxed crews show up here far more than in unisex collections.

Expect customers to size up one from their usual unisex size, or order true-to-size in relaxed women's styles like the Bella+Canvas 6400. Always point buyers at the garment's own size chart; women's sizing varies more across brands than unisex does.

Why stock it next to unisex

Relying on "unisex fits everyone" measurably costs sales on retail merch. A large share of any audience wants a fitted option and will skip the table without one. Bands, breweries, boutiques, and corporate stores routinely order the same art across a unisex and a women's style as a pair.

Decoration notes

The print window shrinks with the garment: a full-width adult chest print lands oversized on a tapered, shorter body, so scale art down and raise placement slightly. Build that second art size into the quote rather than discovering it at the press.

Lighter fabric weights How dense a knit fabric is, measured in oz/yd². Typical ranges: under 4.5 oz is lightweight fashion; 4.5–5.5 oz is the midweight band most everyday tees fall into; 5.5–6 oz is heavy everyday and fleece; 6 oz and up is the heavyweight range, with 7 oz and up the streetwear max-weight class. Heavier fabric drapes more substantially, holds prints flatter, and costs more per blank. are common in women's collections, so favor thinner ink deposits or softer methods ( water-based ink Screen-printing ink where the carrier is water rather than PVC. It soaks into the fabric fibers instead of sitting on top, so the print feels like the shirt itself. Less opaque on dark garments than plastisol. , DTF) where hand How a fabric feels against the skin. Printers also use it to describe the tactile thickness of an ink deposit (a thick plastisol print has "high hand"). matters. These are retail garments; customers feel the print.