Getting fabrics digitally printed can be very expensive so I've been searching the web to try to find some cheaper alternatives to high end print companies such as CAT Digital. I found two websites that offer printing and seemed reasonable in price: Bags of Love and Woven Monkey. The prices end up being around £20-30 cheaper than CAT.
To test out the companies' printing quality I ordered some samples. Ideally I wanted to test their cotton samples but I couldn't seem to find the option for that on Bags of Love so I chose another fashion fabric they offered - Duchess Satin. The print quality was excellent, crisp imagery and bold colour:
and the back:
Unfortunately the same couldn't be said for Woven Monkey's sample which came out faded:
and the back:
This is made more evident when you compare the two samples together:
Bags of Love also offer quite a big range of different fabrics but Woven Monkey only offer 3 cotton based fabrics so I will definitely be using Bags of Love for some of my pieces to help bring the cost down without sacrificing print quality :)
To view their fabrics visit: http://www.bagsoflove.co.uk/products/fabric-printing.aspx
My Cagecity collection will be available for the Spring 2014 season. To view my graduate collection visit: http://www.notjustalabel.com/sunna_naseer
To visit Cagecity: https://www.dresscagecity.com/
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