2023 Blank Hoodie Buying Guide
Defining GSM and its Role in Fabric In the apparel business, the term GSM is a universal tool to describe a fabric's thickness and indirectly its weight. GSM stands for ‘grams per square meter, ...
Apparel Company Ends Relationship with Supplier Connected to Uyghur Slave Trade
The Importance of Traceability in the Textile Supply Chain What’s Going on in Xinjiang China produces around 20% of the world’s cotton. However, within that percentage, 90% of that cotton produced...
What is Traceability and Why is it Essential?
The lack of traceability in most apparel supply chains is a rampant issue in the fashion industry. Original Favorites believes in setting high sustainability standards for the apparel industry. In ...
Blanks vs Cut-and-Sew | Benefits of Choosing Blanks
What are Blanks? Historically, “fashion” was not available to the mainstream. It was reserved only for the elite, and everything was made custom, and by hand. At the turn of the century, when innov...
Tips on Growing Your Sustainable Clothing Brand
What is Sustainable Fashion? Sustainable fashion is a complex idea with multiple definitions. It is a general descriptor that comes with a lot of assumed meaning and responsibilities. In a nutshel...
Cotton Explained: Pima Cotton vs Regular Cotton
One simple Google search for the words “cotton plant” will open a plethora of information. For a simple plant, the diversity of applications and uses is almost endless. Similar to a tomato, many va...