Custom hoodies are the piece of team apparel that gets worn on weekends. A tee lives at the office. A hoodie goes to the gym, the airport, and the sideline, which is why so many teams start their first bulk apparel order here. The order itself isn’t complicated, but a few decisions made early save a lot of back and forth later. This guide walks through them in the order they come up.
Start with the fleece, then the fit
Most hoodie regret comes from the blank, not the decoration. A logo looks the same on a thin fleece as on a heavy one on day one. By month three, the thin one has pilled and stretched at the cuffs, and the heavy one still looks like the sample.
For a team that’s going to wear these hard, a performance fleece holds its shape and dries quickly. Our custom team hoodies in Under Armour fleece are built for exactly that use. For a softer, more casual feel, a garment-dyed cotton blend like the one on our custom crewneck sweatshirts gives you a lived-in look straight out of the box.
Fit questions to settle before you collect sizes
- Unisex or fitted: Unisex sizing simplifies the order. Fitted cuts need a second size run and a longer collection period.
- Pullover or full-zip: Pullovers give you a larger, uninterrupted front print area. Full-zips push the logo to the left chest or the back.
- Weight: Midweight fleece works in most climates. Heavyweight is worth it for outdoor teams and cold-weather events.
Sizing a bulk custom hoodies order
Collecting sizes is where most team orders stall. Someone’s on vacation, someone changes their mind, and the order sits for two weeks. A cleaner approach is to set a deadline, collect what you can, and fill the rest with a standard size curve.
A typical adult curve for a mixed team runs roughly 10 percent small, 25 percent medium, 35 percent large, 20 percent XL, and 10 percent 2XL. Adjust it toward the larger end for men’s sports teams and toward the middle for offices. Then add a small buffer, usually 5 to 10 percent of the total, for new hires and replacements. Reordering a handful later costs more per piece and won’t match the original dye lot exactly, so the buffer is cheap insurance.
Minimums and price breaks
Every product on Brandevois is priced for bulk orders, and the per-piece price steps down at set quantity tiers. If your headcount sits just under a break, it’s often worth rounding up to the next tier. The extra pieces become your buffer and the total sometimes lands close to what you’d have paid for fewer hoodies at the higher rate. The tier table on each product page shows where those breaks fall.
Choosing the decoration
Hoodies take embroidery and printing equally well, and the right choice depends on the logo and where it’s going.
- Embroidery suits a left-chest logo, a wordmark on the hood, or a sleeve hit. It reads as premium, survives hundreds of washes, and works well on textured fleece.
- Screen printing suits large front or back graphics with a few solid colors. It sits flat on the fabric and keeps the hoodie soft.
- Full-color printing handles gradients and photographic artwork on a full chest or back panel.
If your logo has fine text under a quarter inch tall or very thin lines, printing will hold the detail better than thread. If it’s a clean mark with two or three colors, embroidery is usually the stronger choice for a hoodie. Send us the artwork and we’ll confirm which method fits before you commit.
Artwork that saves a round of revisions
A vector file (AI, EPS, SVG, or a vector PDF) with the exact brand colors called out is ideal. If all you have is a PNG, send the largest version you’ve got and we’ll let you know whether it needs to be redrawn. You’ll see a visual proof before anything goes into production, and nothing moves until you approve it.
Timing the order around your date
This is the part to get right. Turnaround depends on the decoration method, and the timing for your run is confirmed on the proof before production starts. Working backward from a season opener, a retreat, or a trade show, submitting artwork a few weeks out gives you room for one or two proof revisions without any pressure.
There isn’t a faster lane, so the calendar does the work here. Teams that plan the order at the same time they book the venue never have a problem. Teams that remember the hoodies ten days before the event usually end up wearing them to the following one.
A simple order checklist
- Pick the fleece and the cut, and order a sample if you’re between two options.
- Set a size-collection deadline and fill gaps with a standard curve plus a 5 to 10 percent buffer.
- Choose embroidery or printing based on the logo, not the trend.
- Send vector artwork with brand colors named.
- Count back from your event using the turnaround confirmed on your proof, and leave room for a revision.
Browse the full custom hoodies collection or the wider range of custom apparel to compare blanks side by side.
How many custom hoodies do I have to order?
Brandevois sells in bulk only, and each product page lists its minimum quantity and price tiers. Most hoodies start at modest team-sized runs, with the per-piece price dropping as the quantity climbs.
Can I mix sizes and colors in one order?
Yes. Mixed sizes within one style are standard. Mixing colors works too, as long as the decoration stays the same across the run. If you need different logos on different colors, we’ll quote those as separate runs.
How long does a custom hoodie order take?
It depends on the decoration method, and the timing is confirmed on your proof before production begins. Plan a few weeks from artwork submission to delivery so there’s room for proof revisions, and tell us the date up front.
When you’re ready to price a run, send us your headcount, the style you’re leaning toward, and your artwork through the request a quote form. We’ll come back with tier pricing, a recommended decoration method, and a delivery window built around your date.
