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Bella + Canvas

Retail-fit favorite

Last updated September 14, 2026

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Bella + Canvas defined the retail-fit tee for the merch era, and its 3001 is the shirt most band, brand, and POD merch is printed on. The pitch is fabric: proprietary ring-spun cotton with far fewer impurities than standard cotton, knit into a smooth, consistent print surface.

Quick take

Best for
Retail merch, band tees, branded apparel: jobs where the garment is part of the product and drives reorders.
Watch out
At heavy feels like a plate; favor thinner ink films, and treat the CVC's poly with low-bleed inks.
Anchor styles
3001 Unisex Jersey Tee, 3001CVC.

Featured Bella + Canvas blanks

All 119 Bella + Canvas blanks →
96 colors

Bella + Canvas style number 3001

Jersey Tee

$6.93

Retail $9.25

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84 colors

Bella + Canvas style number 3001CVC

CVC Jersey Tee

$7.10

Retail $9.45

Save up to 25%

39 colors

Bella + Canvas style number 3001Y

Youth Jersey Tee

$6.48

Retail $8.63

Save up to 25%

The styles that matter

The 3001 Unisex Jersey Tee ( , 100% ring-spun cotton, 32 , with shoulder taping) is the hero and one of the best-selling retail-fit blanks in the country. The 3001CVC covers the heather market at 52/48 cotton/poly, same weight and retail cut.

Both run a true unisex retail fit: and slimmer through the shoulders and sleeves than a boxy tubular Gildan 5000, which customers read as a real shirt rather than a promo shirt.

Fabric & print behavior

The 32-singles knit is the main event for decorators: a tight, smooth face that holds fine detail and makes the 3001 a benchmark DTG and DTF blank. It also takes and beautifully, which suits the soft-hand prints retail customers expect.

At the fabric is light; heavy deposits will feel like a plate, so favor thinner ink films. On the CVC, treat the 48% poly with low-bleed inks and conservative cure temps.

When to choose Bella + Canvas

Choose it when the garment is part of the product: retail merch lines, band tees, branded apparel where and fit drive reorders. It costs more than Gildan and competes head-to-head with Next Level; Bella + Canvas wins on fabric consistency and color range, Next Level often wins on CVC heathers. If the end customer will wear the shirt by choice, this is the safe default.

Bella + Canvas in our catalog

Our 119 Bella + Canvas blanks look like a lot, but they're 10 collections. Each collection is one fabric, sold in companion cuts of the same garment, plus a few one-offs.

Sponge Fleece 29

The retail fleece platform behind the 3719 hoodie: pullovers, full-zips, crews, raglans, and sweats across adult, youth, and toddler.

Triblend 14

The vintage-drape 50/25/25 collection with the softest in the catalog, in tees, V-necks, tanks, and fleece.

68 colors

Bella + Canvas style number 3413

Triblend Tee

$10.02

Retail $13.37

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CVC 9

The 3001CVC heather collection: 52/48 cotton/poly in tees, tanks, and raglans.

84 colors

Bella + Canvas style number 3001CVC

CVC Jersey Tee

$7.10

Retail $9.45

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Garment-Dyed 5

Washed, pre-shrunk vintage colors; the Comfort Colors look in a retail Bella + Canvas cut.

Heavyweight 12

The boxy street-weight collection: thick tees and fleece for the oversized drop-shoulder look.

Micro Ribbed 9

Women's baby-rib tees and tanks in a fitted, stretchy 90s silhouette.

Flowy 7

Women's drapey festival silhouettes: muscle tees, racerbacks, and crops.

Baseball 3

3/4-sleeve raglan baseball tees in adult, youth, and toddler.

Slouchy 2

Two lightweight, slouchy-fit tees at 3.7 oz, cut looser than anything else in the catalog. The base fabric is a 65/35 polyester/viscose blend, but the color card runs into triblend, marble, and speckled treatments for a mottled, lived-in look straight off the rack.

Jersey 26

The 3001 platform itself: ring-spun jersey in every cut from infant onesies to long-sleeves, V-necks, tanks, and pocket tees.

96 colors

Bella + Canvas style number 3001

Jersey Tee

$6.93

Retail $9.25

Save up to 25%

39 colors

Bella + Canvas style number 3001Y

Youth Jersey Tee

$6.48

Retail $8.63

Save up to 25%

4 colors

Bella + Canvas style number 3480Y

Youth Jersey Tank

$7.91

Retail $10.55

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4 colors

Bella + Canvas style number 3001B

Infant Jersey Tee

$5.15

Retail $6.86

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3 colors

Bella + Canvas style number 3001ECO

Unisex EcoMax Tee

$7.10

Retail $9.45

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20 colors

Bella + Canvas style number 3480

Jersey Tank

$8.03

Retail $10.69

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Everything else 3

19 colors

Bella + Canvas style number 3301

Unisex Sueded Tee

$7.77

Retail $13.16

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