Jackets and outer layers
Work jackets NZ crews wear, branded with your logo
Work jackets in NZ get bought once and then worn every day from about April, which makes the outer layer the thing your logo is seen on most. Custom jackets from us come supplied and branded, or decorated on the stock you already buy — softshells, rain shells, puffers and fleece.
Decorated in Glenfield, couriered to you — Mon–Fri 8:30am–5:30pm.
Before you ask
- What we do
- Decorate your garments — we are not a clothing shop
- Methods
- Stitched on our own machine, or transfers pressed here
- Minimum order
- None — one jacket or a hundred
- Delivery
- Couriered NZ-wide, South Island included
Brands we decorate — garment brands we supply and decorate, not our clients
The range
Six jackets, and they do not all take a logo the same way
Work uniform jackets are not one garment, and the differences matter more here than on anything else we decorate. A softshell takes a stitched logo without complaining. A coated rain shell and a down-filled puffer both have something inside them that a needle goes through. Workwear uniform jackets are worth choosing on what the layer has to do outdoors first, and on colour second.
Softshell jackets
The corporate and trades default, and the easiest jacket in the range to brand. A bonded woven face with a fleece back, no membrane to worry about and a flat chest panel. The custom softshell jackets we brand in Auckland are usually left chest and a back yoke, because the fabric is stable enough to hold both.
Waterproof and rain shells
The layer that has to keep water out, and the one with the most to think about before a logo goes on it. The outer fabric is coated or laminated, so where the mark goes and how it is applied is a decision rather than a default. There is a straight answer further down the page.
Puffers and insulated jackets
Warm, light and increasingly what crews ask for. The shell is quilted into padded channels with down or synthetic fill behind it, so a logo belongs on a panel rather than across a seam line — and on the yoke or the chest, where the stitching has something to sit against.
Fleece and mid-layers
Worn under a shell in winter and on its own in the shoulder seasons. Fuzzy on the surface like a hoodie, so fine detail sinks in unless the logo is sized up or built to sit on top of the pile, and the same logo will look denser here than it does on a softshell.
Colour, and what it does to a logo
Red work jackets, navy, black and hi-vis orange all take thread differently, and a logo that was drawn for a white background rarely survives being dropped onto a dark one unchanged. We match thread to the garment rather than to the brand guide, and tell you where the two disagree before anything is stitched.
Bombers and corporate jackets
The smarter end — a clean front, a knit collar and cuffs, and no technical fabric to work around. This is the jacket that gets worn to a client site, so the logo usually wants to be smaller than the one on the site gear.
If the jacket has to be certified hi-vis rather than just bright, it is a different garment with a standard behind it and it has its own page. Start at hi-vis workwear instead, where the placement rules are tighter.
Everything above is the non-certified end of the range. For the layers underneath a jacket, there are hoodies and workwear pants to match.
Branding jackets
A jacket has the most panels and the fewest good spots
More seams, more pockets, more zips and more linings than anything else in the range. Three things get settled before a machine is turned on.
Zips, seams and pockets take the middle
Embroidered jackets almost never carry a centred chest logo, because a zip runs straight through where it would go. Left chest above the pocket line is the reliable one, the back yoke is where a big mark belongs, and a sleeve is the third option that works on nearly every jacket in the range. A logo crossing a seam or a pocket opening puckers the moment the garment moves.
Coated shells: what we can and cannot tell you
On a waterproof or coated shell, be straight with us about what the jacket has to do. Stitching puts needle holes through the outer fabric, and a heat press puts heat and pressure on it — those are facts about the two processes, and what either one does to a particular jacket’s waterproof rating is not something we can tell you. We will not claim it is unaffected. If the rating matters on your site, check it against the garment’s own specification before you order, and we will place the logo where you want it once you have.
Linings, padding and what is behind the panel
A lined jacket has a layer behind the panel being decorated, and the logo is stitched through both, so the back of the stitching shows on the inside of the lining. On a down-filled puffer the fill sits right behind the shell, which is why the yoke and the chest panel are the placements we suggest and a quilted seam is not.
The two methods do different jobs on a jacket, and the fabric usually decides which. If you want to get a jacket embroidered, the softshells, fleeces and bombers take it without any fuss. Custom embroidery on a jacket is the finish that lasts, because thread goes into the fabric rather than sitting on top of it where a season of wet weather can lift it.
A name embroidered on a jacket is the other thing this garment gets asked for constantly — a first name under the logo, or a role across the back. The name is stitched at the same time as the logo, so it does not add a second setup, and it is worth deciding before the order goes in rather than after.
Two ways to start
Get your crew into jackets before the weather turns
Most quotes go back the same business day. There is no obligation and no minimum order.
Or call 021 082 12843 — Mon–Fri 8:30am–5:30pm.
What happens next
- 1. You send rough numbers and what the team does.
- 2. We come back with garment options and a price per garment, decoration included, usually the same business day.
- 3. Once you go ahead, we confirm logo size and placement in writing before anything is decorated.
How it works
Three steps from a logo to a boxed order
Ordering branded jackets runs to the same three steps as everything else we do. The one thing worth settling early on this garment is the fabric, because it decides the method as much as the logo does.
Step 1
Send the numbers and the logo
A garment code if you have one, or just "black softshells, about fifteen, mixed sizes". Send the logo in whatever form you have it, and say what the jacket has to stand up to — outdoors all day, or on and off between a van and a client site.
Step 2
We quote it per garment, decoration included
One price per garment per size run with the branding already in it, plus a one-time setup if the job is stitched and we have not already set your logo up at that size. We will say whether stitching or a press suits the fabric and the placement you have picked, and tell you when the honest answer is the other one.
Step 3
You approve it, then we decorate it
Size and position confirmed in writing before anything is decorated. Then the order is stitched or pressed here, packed and couriered out with tracking.
On embroidery, a price is an estimate until the logo is digitised. The exact stitch count — and with it the final price — is only known once your logo, at the size you want it, has been turned into machine instructions by a one-time setup. That setup is charged once at that size and kept on record, so reorders for new starters skip it entirely. One setup covers your garments at the same logo size, so jackets and polo shirts share it; caps stitch differently and need their own. A pressed transfer has no stitch count, so nothing on the print side works this way.
Who we brand jackets for
Orders for branded jackets in Auckland tend to come from three places, and each one wants a different jacket.
Questions
Questions people ordering jackets ask
If yours is not here, ask when you request a quote and you will get a straight answer.
Do you supply the jackets, or do I?
Either. We buy blanks from the NZ wholesalers most workwear ranges come off, so a whole crew is quoted the same way as a single jacket, or you send us stock you have already bought and we decorate that. Jackets are the garment people most often already own, because they were bought before anyone thought about branding them.
Can you embroider a waterproof jacket?
We can put a logo on one, and there is something you should know first. Stitching makes needle holes through the outer fabric, and pressing a transfer applies heat and pressure to it. What either one does to that particular jacket’s waterproof rating is not something we can tell you, and we are not going to claim it makes no difference. Check the rating against the garment’s own specification if it matters on your site, then tell us where you want the logo and we will put it there.
Should a jacket be embroidered or printed?
Stitched, for most of the range. Embroidered jackets in Auckland hold up better on a garment that lives outside, because thread goes into the fabric rather than sitting on it. Printing wins in two cases: artwork too big or too detailed for thread, and full colour where matching thread would mean compromises. On a coated shell the conversation starts with the fabric rather than with the artwork.
Can you put names on them as well as a logo?
Yes, and on this garment it is the most common request after the logo itself. A first name under the left chest, a role or a surname across the back yoke. The name is stitched in the same run, so there is no second setup for it — but every name is its own line on the order, so send the list with the sizes rather than after them.
Do you do hi-vis jackets?
Yes, and they sit on their own page because a certified hi-vis garment is a different thing to a bright one. If the jacket has to meet a standard on your site, start there rather than here — the placement rules are tighter and the answers about what decoration does to a garment are more careful.
What does a branded jacket cost?
It is quoted per garment with the decoration already in the price, so you get one number per size run rather than a garment price and a branding price to add up. What moves it: the jacket itself, how many you order, how many colours and stitches are in the logo, and whether we have already set your logo up at that size. There is no minimum order — a very small run carries a handling charge, shown on the quote, because the setting up is the same work for one jacket as for fifty. Speciality film is the one exception to no minimum: reflective and fluorescent logos, and fabrics that need a film made for them, start at ten transfers of each design at each size (twenty for fluorescent), counted in transfers rather than garments. The quote says which your garment needs.
How long does it take?
About five to twenty-one working days from the moment you approve the artwork. A reorder of a jacket uniform we have already decorated, with stock on hand, is at the quick end. Logo jackets in Auckland ordered for a specific date are worth starting earlier than you think, because winter stock moves and the size you want is the one that runs out.
Can I come in and pick the order up?
No — everything leaves by courier, Auckland included. We work from a Glenfield workshop with no counter and no walk-ins, so the quickest route is an online quote and a tracked courier. The parcel usually lands the next working day in Auckland.
Send us the numbers and the logo
Usually same-business-day replies, Mon–Fri. One jacket is a real order.