Custom shirts are the mainstay of employee uniforms at businesses across the country. They're often what your customers first look for, and they affect both the public image of your company and the experience of your employees. When you design the uniform shirts for your company, keep these principles in mind.

How Can You Create an Ideal Uniform Shirt?

1. Prioritize Function Over Form

The most important question isn't what the shirt should look like but how to make it comfortable and convenient for your employees. Eye-catching but uncomfortable clothing can affect morale and even impact performance and create safety issues.

For instance, if your employees need to carry several small items to do their jobs, their uniforms need pockets. If they need to move freely, restrictive sleeves can slow them down or even prevent them from doing essential tasks. Talk to your employees about the features that will make their uniform easy to wear.

2. Incorporate Brand Image

Your existing branding will help you decide on colors, patterns, and logos. However, this principle goes beyond that. The cut you choose for your custom shirt and the placement of different design elements can make the difference between a formal, upscale image; a fun, trendy one; or an efficient, modern look. A high-end restaurant might opt for dress shirts with embroidery, while a fast food place would lean more toward T-shirts or polos and screen printing.

3. Pay Attention to Significant Details

Small touches can make a big difference in the finished product. For example, you can get a more distinctive, eye-catching look by adding trim in a contrasting color, and a shirt that fastens with buttons will look completely different from one with a zipper.

Start by choosing a fabric that's heavy enough to provide coverage but not heavy enough to make employees overheat, and continue to pay attention to the small details as you work.

For help choosing and customizing shirts for your company, contact Honolulu Shirt Shop. Serving the island of Oahu, they have 35 years of experience and provide both ongoing contracts and individual orders of 36 shirts or more. Call (808) 847-0831 or visit their website to get started.