Custom Varsity Jackets: FSP5107 and FSP5107H Give Brands a Classic Look With Custom Possibilities
The varsity jacket is one of those apparel styles that never really goes away.
Its recognizable silhouette works for schools and athletics, but today's custom varsity jackets have a much broader place in branded apparel. Corporate programs, restaurants, automotive brands, beverage companies, events, promotional campaigns, employee apparel and merchandise collections can all take the classic varsity look and make it their own.
The FSP5107 Classic Varsity Jacket and FSP5107H Hooded Classic Varsity Jacket from HeadToToe give distributors and branded apparel buyers two ways to build that look, starting at just 50 pieces.
FSP5107 or FSP5107H: Choose Your Style
Both jackets share the same classic button up varsity construction.
The primary difference is simple.
The FSP5107 provides the traditional varsity jacket silhouette without a hood.
The FSP5107H adds a hood for customers who want a more casual, contemporary version of the same style.
This gives distributors an easy way to present two different looks without moving away from the overall design concept.
Classic Varsity Jacket Details
Both styles feature a color matched knitted collar, two front side pockets, set in long sleeves, and color matched knitted cuffs and waistband.
The knitted cuff and waist can be produced with solid or striped options, opening up additional opportunities to incorporate company, school or program colors.
That detail can make a major difference in the finished jacket.
A subtle tonal combination can create a clean corporate look, while contrasting stripes can push the jacket toward a more traditional athletic or collegiate appearance.
Turn the Entire Jacket Into Part of the Brand
These jackets can go far beyond adding a logo to a stock varsity jacket.
The FSP5107 and FSP5107H support embroidery, sublimation, applique and screen printing, giving designers several ways to build the customer's identity into the garment.
A company might choose an embroidered chest logo and simple brand colors. An event could incorporate large back artwork. A school or athletic organization could use applique for a traditional varsity inspired treatment.
Sublimation opens up even more possibilities, allowing colors, patterns and graphics to become part of the garment design itself.
HTT's broader FSP decoration capabilities include an extensive range of techniques and custom treatments, making it possible to develop apparel around the project rather than simply decorating a finished blank.
Four Fabric Directions
The FSP5107 and FSP5107H can be produced using Fabric #10, #14, #15H or Mossy Oak, giving buyers several directions depending on the desired appearance and application.
Mossy Oak provides a particularly different approach for outdoor, recreation and lifestyle programs. HTT currently lists Mossy Oak as a 100% sublimation pattern available for both the FSP5107 and FSP5107H
Combined with custom decoration and color choices, these fabric options allow the same basic varsity silhouette to take on very different personalities.
Not Just for Schools and Sports
Varsity jackets naturally fit school and athletic programs, but limiting them to those markets overlooks much of their promotional potential.
The silhouette has become part of fashion and streetwear, which creates opportunities for corporate merchandise, employee recognition, restaurant apparel, hospitality, automotive promotions, beverage brands, entertainment, special events, retail inspired collections and customer gifts.
A restaurant could create a retro employee jacket. An automotive company could build a racing inspired design. A corporate brand could create a premium piece for an anniversary or employee recognition program.
The jacket becomes merchandise people may actually want to keep wearing after the event or promotion ends.
50 Piece Minimum Opens Up More Opportunities
Both styles start at a 50 piece minimum.
HTT's FSP program is specifically structured around accessible custom quantities, with a minimum of 50 pieces per style, color, design and logo. The program also offers multiple fit options and free graphic layout when supplied with vector artwork.
That quantity makes a custom varsity jacket realistic for programs that might never justify several hundred pieces.
For distributors, that means the conversation does not have to begin with a huge national rollout.
It can start with one location, one event, one department, one promotional campaign or one merchandise collection.
Men's, Ladies', Youth and Tall Sizing
Both jackets are available from XS through 5X in men's and ladies' fits, with youth and tall sizing also available.
HTT also offers no upcharge from 2X through 5X on these styles.
That broad sizing makes the jackets particularly useful when they need to become part of an actual uniform or employee apparel program rather than simply promotional merchandise.
HTT's broader uniform program supports customized apparel across jackets, polos, T shirts, sweatshirts, aprons, headwear and other categories, allowing a varsity jacket to become part of a larger coordinated collection.
Custom Apparel That Starts With an Idea
One of the biggest advantages of FSP is that buyers do not have to start with a finished stock jacket and ask where a logo can go.
Start with the brand.
Choose the jacket silhouette. Select the fabric. Build the colors around the customer's identity. Decide whether the collar, cuffs and waistband should be solid or striped. Then determine how embroidery, sublimation, applique or screen printing can bring the concept together.
HTT's FSP program is built around multiple styles, fabrications, color choices and decoration options, with a 50 piece minimum.
That gives promotional product distributors more room to sell an idea instead of another basic piece of apparel.
Your Brand. Your Varsity Jacket.
Whether the project calls for the timeless FSP5107 or the hooded FSP5107H, both styles provide a familiar varsity silhouette with the flexibility to make it distinctly yours.
With multiple fabric options, solid or striped knitted details, extensive decoration possibilities, broad sizing, a 50 piece minimum, no setup charges and no upcharge from 2X through 5X, these jackets can work across an unusually wide range of branded apparel programs.
The result can be classic, athletic, corporate, retro, bold or completely unexpected.
Your brand provides the inspiration. HTT helps bring the apparel to life.
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