Bella: The Best Women's T Styles

Bella continues to give American Apparel a run for it's money with beautifully styled women's T's and Sportswear. Today I'm posting about the Bella Baby Rib Scoopneck T (#b1003). It's a basic women's T that flatters the figure and features a stylish scoop neckline. It comes in offbeat colors like moss, plum, chocolate and currant along with standards such as navy, baby blue, black, red and white.

The baby rib fabric takes a print like a dream. Manx Media can set you up with a custom order of the Bella #B1003 scoop neck T with a one color print for under $7.00 per shirt on orders of 50 pieces or more. Of course we can do multi-color printing, for a bit more. There is a one time/first time fee of 40.00 to set up a film and screen for your custom screen printing job. Shipping via UPS is extra. Bella comes in a wide range of great women's styles, such as spagetti strap tank tops. Call or drop me an email to discuss your imprinted sportswear needs. Steve Lafler Manx Media 503-213-3671 Email me

Bella Women's T Shirts: The Antidote to American Apparel

Manx Media Custom Screen Printing offers the full line of Bella women's style T-shirts. These great looking T's come in a wide range of flattering styles and take a print beautifully.
We recommend Bella as an alternative to American Apparel. Both companies make an outstanding women's T, but American Apparel uses questionable imagery in it's marketing, utilizing erotic images of young women.
Call Steve Lafler at 503-213-3671 for a quote or zip an email.

How to Start A T Shirt Printing Business

I'm writing this in September 2012. We are four years into the worst economy I've lived through in my 30+ years in the T-Shirt business (thanks Bush!).

The amazing thing is that I've always been able to make a decent living in the T Shirt printing biz through every recession since 1980, when I graduated from college. I argue that the T Shirt business is as recession proof as any. Nearly everyone wears T Shirts. When I started printing shirts as an undergrad in 1978, there was a general sense that imprinted sportswear was a fad that would pass. I knew it wouldn't.

We print other garments too.

A few days ago I posted a piece on how to start a T Shirt printing business on my other blog (Self Employment for Bohemians). Take a look if this subject interests you. Just click through the link. My motivation is to help people get a good start in successful self employment.

Steve Lafler

Manx Media Custom Screen Printing

Bella: Made in USA women's T

Bella has added a stylish made in the USA women's T-Shirt to their catalog, style #6004U. It features a feminine fit and a longer body length to show those curves. This 100% cotton T comes in seven color choices.
Zip me an email if you'd like price information for printing on this new item.

Bella Scoop Neck T-Shirt Deals

Bella offers a stylish array of women's T-Shirt choices. Here at Manx Media, the top selling style from Bella is the womens scoop neck cap sleeve T-Shirt, #1003. It comes in a wide range of colors.

We are offering a special price of $7.95 per shirt on this style for 50 pieces printed with one color ink. Total on this job would be $397.50. Price is good for all available colors, with the exception that white is available for $7.50 per shirt. This price includes the set up--one film positive and one screen, working from your graphic file. Shipping is extra, FOB Portland Oregon.

At 100 pieces, the unit price for the Bella #1003 with a one color print comes down to $7.65 per shirt, or for white $7.15, again including the set up of one film positive and one screen.

All Bella styles can be seen in the Manx Media online catalog.

While American Apparel has been the top selling women's T-Shirt for quite awhile, we've had many requests for other brands. Bella is the leading alternative in terms of style and value.

Contact Steve Lafler for further details.
503-213-3671

Best Women's T-Shirts

The most popular brands of stylish women's T-Shirts I sell are Bella and American Apparel. Both offer a great looking scoop neck cotton T with cap sleeves.



This is the American Apparel version pictured here, style number #4321. The very similar Bella scoop neck T-Shirt is style number #1003, which can be seen on my web catalog by clicking the catalog button and searching for Bella 1003.

The American Apparel shirt is a bit cheaper that the Bella.

With the American Apparel, I can print 100 white shirts with a one color print for 5.25 per shirt. One hundred color shirts with a one color print are 5.95 per shirt with a dark color ink, and 6.25 per shirt with a light color ink. The one time set up fee of $35.00 for film and screen is extra.

The Bella is just a bit more expensive, and they have the advantage of not being owned by Dov Charney, but that is a whole other story!

While these are great prices, I note that I do not compete on price. I'm all about quality and service. I promise great printing and attention to detail. For example, I printed all of Margaret Cho's tour shirts from '99 to 2007. When Margaret was on tour and need another 400 shirt to magically appear at her next date in two days, I made it happen. That's what it's all about!

Steve Lafler
Manx Media