Royal Apparel

American-made, stylish &
eco-friendly garments

As Wisconsin’s largest purchaser of Royal Apparel garments, Offbeat Press can honestly say this is our first choice for American-made garments. Royal has a vast inventory of American-made shirts, sweatshirts and other garment styles for women, men, children, toddlers and infants. Their basic apparel options are ringspun cotton and all garments are fashion-fitting styles for various ages.

Royal Apparel fabrics include 100% ringspun cotton, 50/50 cotton/polyester, triblend t-shirts, organic cotton, RPET recycled polyester, eco-triblends, and hemp and bamboo blends. Each fabric blend includes at least a few different garment styles, while the most popular fabrics might have up to 50 different garment styles. Royal is probably 99% American-made with a handful of imported apparel styles. Royal Apparel sizing for men’s t-shirts is considered a unisex fit, but usually runs slightly small, especially in the larger sizes. Some women’s styles also run rather small. You should also be aware that Royal also makes a variety of juniors’ fits in addition to women’s fitted shirts.

American Apparel

Past leaders of American-made shirts

American Apparel is a well-known brand, popularized with retail stores in every major American city, racey ad campaigns and support of progressive causes. The company was founded in Los Angeles and made a strong impact on the wholesale industry with their soft fabrics and comfortable fits. They brought fashion fit garments, ringspun cotton, and triblends back to mainstream, though their rise to prominence has been followed with a fall from graces.The embroiled company went bankrupt for a second time in mid 2016 and was purchased at bankruptcy by Gildan Activewear, the company that also owns Anvil Knitwear and eliminated Anvil Organics. Today, American Apparel has drastically scaled back their American-made manufacturing and is beginning global production. The World Line of the American Apparel brand is the new focus and these are not American-made.

LOS ANGELES APPAREL

American-made, stylish &
eco-friendly garments

Los Angeles Apparel looks and feels very much like American Apparel and there’s no accident in that. Los Angeles Apparel was recently launched by the founder and former CEO of American Apparel, Dov Charney. Dov has a muddy past from his years with American Apparel, but he’s also been an industry pioneer. Today, Los Angeles Apparel is giving the revamped American Apparel a run for their money. Los Angeles Apparel offers many of the exact fabrics and styles that Dov’s team created and popularized, each at a slightly better price than American Apparel.