The cost of lost clothes
Each year thousands of school children lose items of their school uniform. The cost of lost school uniform costs parents hundreds of pounds each year to replace.
Parents also find their children coming home with other children’s school uniform rather than their own. There is a simple way to overcome lost school uniform and this requires parents to label children’s school uniform. There are a number of different ways to label school clothing, and each way of labelling has advantages and disadvantages, below are Wovina’s tips on marking school uniform so it is not lost:
Labelling school uniform with a pen
You can write your child’s name onto their school uniform using a normal marker pen this is a cost effective way to label school wear but marker pens tend to smudge the school uniform and will wash off very easily.
Iron on print labels
Wovina sell labels which iron on to school uniform, these labels are quick and easy to attach to clothing and can be put in the washing machine. Iron on clothing labels do not require a needle and thread and are easy to read.
Some argue that iron on printed name tapes are not as durable as woven sew on name tapes and tend to fall off after time.
Sew on woven name tapes
An alternative to iron on labels are woven name tapes, woven name tapes are very long lasting and suitable for the washing machine. Woven name tapes can be sew on to an item.
Some argue that woven name tapes are harder to attach and require the nametape to be sewed on to the garment.
Wovina though have combated the problem with sew on name tapes, by offering clothing taggits, clothing taggits allow the use of woven sew on name tapes but without the need for a needle and thread, you just secure your nametape to the garment in seconds via this plastic device. Taggits are a secure way to attach a name tape to school uniform.
Iron on and woven name tapes are great for school clothing but for school accessories, Wovina would recommend property labels specifically designed for school accessories. Wovina sell shoe labels which can be applied to the sole of a school shoe. These shoe name labels are extremely durable and hard wearing. Wovina also specialize in name labels for packed lunch boxes, drinks bottles and school pencil cases. The name labels for packed lunch boxes are dishwasher and microwavable proof.
Wovina offer a large range of name label solutions and name tapes for all sorts of school uniform and all have advantages and disadvantages but the main thing is name tapes and labelling solutions will prevent school uniform from being lost or misplaced.