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We love what we do, and we want to show you how we do it. Check out the spectrum of our work on our Instagram feed.

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You need great blank garments if you want to produ

You need great blank garments if you want to produce great custom clothing 🙌 The polo shirt, first seen in Manipur, India in the late 19th century, has come a long way. It’s become a staple for printing and embroidery. A practical and versatile piece of apparel that has a wide appeal 👕 Polo shirts are great for workwear, a favourite for organisations and work places. The polo is also an enduring fashion statement and standard kit for sports related activities. Choosing the right one to personalise can make all the difference to the finished project. So here are 9 of the best polo shirts for printing and embroidery (numbered for reference rather than ranking). Part of our best blank merchandise 2020 series🏅
By the way, these polos are sustainably sourced and ethically manufactured. 🌍Many are made from organic cotton. These aspects are really important to us here at Fifth Column. We love what we do, but prefer to ink and stitch stuff which is made by principled people who are trying to make our industry more ecologically aware and socially responsible.
Click the link in bio to check the full list featuring @wearestanleystella @ascolour @continentalclothing
@neutral_certifiedokay
@ecologiebyawdis
#fifthcolumn #screenprinting #polo

Sustainable merchandise, ethical screen printing.

Sustainable merchandise, ethical screen printing. Two things which
when added together equal a better way of doing things 💚👌 We’re delighted to say that Neutral products are now fully showcased on our website 🥳
Neutral® Certified Responsibility™ are a leading light in sustainably sourced blank merchandise for the B2B sector. Their supply chain is tracked from field to final product and certified to international standards at every stage. High in quality and okay for everyone involved. Okay to make okay to print and okay to buy 👕
They even make the buttons for their polo shirts from COTTON! Yes that’s right
not plastic or metal 🤩
Click the link in bio for more details 🔗🌐
#screenprinting #sustainablefashion #neutral

Last year, we plundered the Fifth Column archives

Last year, we plundered the Fifth Column archives and published an article about iconic punk t-shirts 👕🧷 It proved to be really popular and generated a fantastic response. Lots of great comments and thoughts about the old punk days 😎 So, we thought it was high time to once more raid the rails of our secret stockroom and share some more classic punk t-shirts from the Fifth Column vault 🤩
We’ve been around a long time now, but it never hurts to think back to where you came from. These days, our name is synonymous with a wide range of services – screen printing, direct to garment and embroidery – but printing t-shirts for punk bands was where it started for us. 🎶☠
We haven’t forgotten our roots. Sadly, we no longer produce these particular items, but let’s take another stroll down memory lane and look at some vintage punk shirts🤘 #screenprinting #vintage #tbt

We printed a bunch of these samples to show our cu

We printed a bunch of these samples to show our customers the difference between the most commonly used inks on various garments 👕
Education is key in our industry 🤓 and with these tees you can actually see and feel how each option comes out 🤩
Plastisol is great for the print colour to be consistent a wide range of fabrics and colours 👍 Waterbased and discharge is considered to be more eco friendly but the print colours throughout a batch can vary 🎨
#screenprinting
#fifthcolumn

Are you looking for ethical t-shirts? 👕 No Swea

Are you looking for ethical t-shirts? 👕
No Sweat at Fifth Column printers, you’re talking our language. And when we say ‘No Sweat’ we mean that in more ways than one. It’s the kind of thinking we love, an area in which we specialise and also the name of one of our favourite new t-shirt suppliers. 🖤
No Sweat supply blank t-shirts that fight sweatshop labour. That’s the type of blank merchandise we’re always ready to endorse and are generally itching to print.
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We have a really good feeling for the direction that No Sweat are taking. It’s great working with people who want to make a difference ✊ No Sweat tees are produced in worker’s co-operatives run by ex-sweatshop workers and the profits are used to fight sweatshop labour. We’re only too willing to spread the word for something like that. Check out our new blog post and find out a little more about No Sweat. You may decide your next run of tees to be printed on these 😍
#screenprinting #nosweat #fifthcolumn

Please welcome AS Colour at Fifth Column 💥💥🥳
We’re delighted to announce that AS Colour products are now fully featured on our website! 🌐
Great printing and embroidery needs great blank merchandise and AS Colour clothing and accessories are up there with the best 👌
Here at Fifth Column, we’re lucky to work with some fantastic suppliers. We count AS Colour amongst them, and are proud to be official AS Colour dealers 😊 Their attitude is all about high quality and social responsibility – things which echo our own outlook and philosophy. Click the link in bio for a flavour of what they have to offer and why you might want to be thinking about them for your next print run or custom merch project 👕
#screenprinting #fifthcolumn
#ascolour

Next weekend our friends and neighbours @pressure

Next weekend our friends and neighbours @pressuredropbrw will be hosting a big fundraiser for the Aussie bushfire crisis.
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It will be a mini beer festival with kegs (kindly donated) from @verdantbrew @deyabrewery @lefthandedgiantbrewing @northbrewco and of course their own amazing stuff 🍻🍻
A proper Aussie sausage sizzle & bake sale, coffee stall & a pizza party with all proceeds going to the fundraiser.
Not to mention the MEGA raffle with loads of beery (and not so beery) prizes.
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We also decided to donate a bunch of ethically made, organic cotton t-shirts💚👕
Come along and Help A Mate! 👌✊🤝
Check out the event page on @pressuredropbrw

The new Spring/Summer 2020 range from @wearestanle

The new Spring/Summer 2020 range from @wearestanleystella is finally here and the new colours are more exciting than ever ☀️
We LOVE the new tye dye options 🍭🍭 but the smoky greys, misty yellows and neon greens will all be festival favourites this year ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤎
They also have new styles including pocket and sleeveless tees, airy slubs and vintage sweats👕
Get yourself familiar with these tops on our website, pop into our showroom or order your samples in an email 👌📧
#screenprinting
#organiccotton
#tyedye

We're back in full printing mode 🤟 After our we

We're back in full printing mode 🤟
After our well earned X-mas break our Screen department is busy with exposing dozens of new images on screens each day 👕 reclaiming screens and sending frames out for recovering 🖼
Happy 2020 everyone! 🥳
#fifthcolumn
#screenprinting #2020
#ethicalfashion

Do you ever hear somebody refer to Pantones and on

Definitely one of our highlights this year 🖤 W

Definitely one of our highlights this year 🖤
We had the honour to print a limiter run for our childhood legends @agnosticfrontnyc 👕
They're playing tomorrow at @theunderworldcamden
Get your tickets and grab one of these tees 👌
See you soon in the pit!
@thexessence
@rogermiret #NYHC #fifthcolumn #screenprinting

We're proud to be a living wage-accredited employ

We're proud to be a living wage-accredited employer and have been paying the London Living Wage since 2013 🙌🤝
This week (Monday 11th to Sunday 17th November 2019) is Living Wage Week and, amongst other things, sees the announcement of the new hourly wage rates. That’s £9.30 for the UK as a whole and £10.75 for the higher cost of living in London.
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It struck us as an appropriate moment to restate our support for the Living Wage movement, celebrate its achievements, and also think about how much further we need to go as a society. How great it would be if more employers were in a position to support the campaign. Better still, how great it would be if there was no longer any need because the official minimum wage made the campaign obsolete.
Check out our latest blog post 🔗
Link in bio 👩‍💻
#fifthcolumn #livingwageweek
#screenprinting

Working with like minded people has always been im

Working with like minded people has always been important for us at Fifth Column, it helps us to build solid relationships 🤝🙌
It’s our pleasure that Ed @earthlinged behind Unity Diner @unitydiner chose us to print t-shirts for their non-profit restaurant which has recently moved to a shiny new and much bigger location.
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They chose the most eco-conscious option so we printed on ethically sourced, organic cotton t-shirts and tote bags printed with water-based inks.
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Unity Diner is London’s biggest 100% vegan diner & cocktail bar, make sure you pop in for a Surge burger and their signature Keewee cocktail, a winning combo 💚 #unitydiner #fifthcolumn #vegan

If you’ve been keeping an eye on your news feed

If you’ve been keeping an eye on your news feed or watching television recently, you may have seen articles about Sky Ocean Rescue and the Exxpedition Round the World mission. A women-only crew setting out on a two-year sea voyage, the purpose of which is to analyse and examine the impact of plastic pollution and toxicity in our oceans 🌊🌊🌊
Fifth Column are supporters and official suppliers of Exxpedition. We were only too happy to print the t-shirts and equally pleased to see them being worn during the ship renaming ceremony. We love screen printing, it’s where we started, but some printing jobs take things to another level. They simultaneously put a smile on your face and make you think about serious issues. You want to talk about them. So, here we go, a short article about printing t-shirts for Exxpedition Round the World 🌍
#exxpedition #oceanplastic #screenprinting

Another year, another great design we had the plea

Another year, another great design we had the pleasure to print for our friend, the outrageously talented Rob @grindesign_tattoo 🖤
He's attending @londontattooconvention again this year @ Great Gallery - Booth 15
😈 These limited long sleeve tees will be available from him too 👕
Check out our fresh blog post on tattoos and Rob's work #tattoo #screenprinting

We've been printing t-shirts in London for decades

We've been printing t-shirts in London for decades now and we thought we’d share some of the lessons we’ve learned over the years 🤓
There are a lot of things to consider when it comes to bespoke printed merchandise, but we all want the same outcome 👕 A great quality product, professionally printed, that tells your story in the most effective way🖤
An article of clothing which people treasure as soon as they set eyes on it.
Check out our latest blog post, link in bio 🤗⚡
#screenprinting #sustainablefashion

Print vs. Embroidery? 🤔 It’s a question we’

Fifth Column started when a group of friends decid

Fifth Column started when a group of friends decided to design and print – by hand – punk rock t-shirts for bands like X-ray Spex, The Clash, The Jam and The Damned. After creating the artwork on paper and printing with waterbased inks the t-shirts were cured in tumble dryers at a laundrette on Kilburn High Road.
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Today, these screen-printed t-shirts have become iconic and we at Fifth Column have evolved into one of the country’s top custom garment printers and embroiderers. After 35 years working from a space above the landmark Kentish Town station, we moved to our 11,000 sq ft facility in Tottenham Hale in 2013.
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Just like the old days, we’re still a close-knit team driven by an eco-ethical conscience. Our clients range from small t-shirt startups, streetwear brands and breweries to music merchandising companies, cosmetic brands and charities. Our equipment may now be cutting-edge, but we’re as committed to the detail and finish as we’ve always been❤💛💚
Check out our latest blog post about a few of these classic designs 🤟👌 #screenprinting #vintage

Have you seen the 8 new colours from Continental C

Have you seen the 8 new colours from Continental Clothing's Earth Positive range including
Mango 🥭
Pale Lemon 🍋
Buttercup Yellow 💛 ?
Made of 100% GOTS certified organic cotton as standard, they look and feel fantastic and are available now 👌
100% of the EarthPositive® production undergoes annual audits to comply with the FairWear Foundation Code of Labour Practices in accordance with the International Labour Organisation’s conventions. ✅
Don't hesitate to get in touch for a quote.
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#screenprinting
#ethicalfashion

It is no secret that here at Fifth Column we love

It is no secret that here at Fifth Column we love craft beer 😍
We also love helping people in need so this year we teamed up again with the great guys behind @craftbeercares to produce some merch 👕 for their Craft Beer Cares London event from the 19th to the 21st of July 2019 🍻 Following a highly successful event last year when they raised over £10,000 for London-based anti-violence charity Art Against Knives; proceeds from this event will be donated to local homeless charity - Hackney Winter Night Shelter.
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The event will take place at the Hackney-based London Fields Brewery, and will feature beer from over 30 breweries including Beavertown, Cloudwater and Denmark’s Dry and Bitter and Mikkeller.
Grab your tickets now before they’re gone!
#craftbeer #charity

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