I was chatting to a mate of mine on a road trip on the weekend, and we both agreed how hard it is to find decent blank tshirts in Australia.
I guess the Australian market is a little smaller than other parts of the world, as well as being geographically separated, which means shipping costs increase the price of blank tshirts in Australia. Since the Australian ‘minimum wage’ is also quite steep in comparison to other parts of the world, locally made tees are often 2-3 times the price of imported blank tshirts.
To save you the heart-ache of pouring through Google for hours on end, I’ve spoken to a few of my contacts, and collated the ultimate list of Australian blank tshirt suppliers. All of the business listed below can supply you with fashionable, good quality, ready-made blank tshirts.
If I’ve missed anyone out, please leave a comment at the end of this article.
Sydney
- AScolour is in Alexandria, Sydney. These guys are currently the cream of the crop for the latest styles of blank tshirts. They have fashionable, looser fitting singlets and tshirts in the latest ’boutique’ styles. Probably my pick of the bunch (but a little bit more expensive than some)!
- T-shirt Magic in Sydney are great if you are after very cheap blanks, but don’t have as many of the ‘latest’ fashionable styles and cuts. Probably best suited to promo tees in my humble opinion.
- Seven Million in Sydney only have a small selection of tees, but they are made inhouse and look like they are good quality, so fingers crossed they start making a few more styles! (Last I checked they had free postage on orders of $100, which is also a good incentive to try them out).
- Blank Clothing is pretty new on the scene, I haven’t seen their tees in the flesh, but their prices look very reasonable and they have a very extensive range, including eco-friendly tees, v-necks and more at pretty good prices.
Brisbane
- LJ Apparel in Brisbane stock a range of imported tshirts, as well as custom making tees according to your needs
- Quoz Tshirts- Quoz manufacture their own line of tshirts, with a variety of styles and colours including slim-fit
Melbourne
- Spire distribution – The gents at Spire a cool crew, rather than manufacture inhouse they import a range of awesome blanks from international suppliers (they are also distributors for a couple of sweet skate labels like 10Deep)
- Qualitops – Manufacture their own range of tees inhouse, starting from about $5 a pop
Canberra
- Fully Stoked – A good range of basic tshirts, including light-weight and 180gsm versions. These guys often have good specials on left-over stock, so it’s worth checking their website every now and again. Also, free shipping for orders over 100 bucks.
Australian distributors for high quality Blank Tshirts from overseas (ordered by their ‘cool factor’….)
- Alstyle (awesome!) http://www.spiredistribution.com/
- Continental Clothing (also might tasty tees) http://australia.continentalclothing.jp/
- American Apparel in Australia (good quality tees, but a bit expensive for what they are) http://www.machine.net.au/
- Gildan (used to be pretty dodgy, however their newer lines of 64000 softstyle tees aren’t too shabby, especially for the price in comparison to some of the more expensive alternatives listed above) http://superioraw.com.au/
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Hey Jake, congratulations. We’re always happy to help your fans with blank t-shirts online. We supply lots of professional t-shirt designers and diy t-shirt creatives with latest styles and all the classics. Make your own statement and wear it, we reckon. Cheers from the crew at blankclothing.com.au.
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I think you did a great job at finding Blank t-shirts in Australia!
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top list.. we’ve used Quoz many times and found them to be good value.
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great info – thanks
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Thanks man – this is so useful
Cheers from a fellow Australian!
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THANKS!! I have been searching all over Google
and finding blank T’s are a pain because I don’t know what the quality is like and I don’t want t-shirts that are going to fall apart once I’ve had our logo put on them… cheers for the heads up, very helpful 
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Really, I think you did a great job at finding Blank t-shirts in Australia!
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hey,
nice work with the info.
our company is a supplier of all things apparel.
and do alot of band and brand printing. with freight all over aus. if anyone is interested we are fussy about our tees also
brad@breakapromo.com
Brad (BREAKA MERCH)
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Hey Jake, great post.
Do you know of any t-shirt manufacturers in Australia that print designs onto fabric then cut your own custom t-shirt pattern?
So I custom print custom cut supplier?
Thanks.
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FRUIT OF THE LOOM are in Australia. We have distributors and sales people in all states. We sell blank T’s, Polos and Sweats for men, ladies and kids. You can see the entire range that is in stock at http://www.brandofchoice.com.au or call 0393146953
Fruit of the Loom lead the market for printability, colour fastness, colour consistency, shape retention and of course value for money. Established in 1851 and found in 85 countries including AUSTRALIA!
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I currently use Bendershirts.com for their services since they offer a wide range of custom t-shirts.
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Yeah, I agree. I studied abroad in Sydney and took a screen printing class. I was looking for cheap shirts so that I could print my own custom t-shirts but it was much more difficult to find than in the States. Also a bit more expensive in OZ.
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