Production, Materials, Printing & Partners

Every product has a story that begins long before it reaches you.

For us, that story isn’t just about design. It’s about the decisions behind it. The garment it’s printed on. The way it’s produced. The people involved. The companies we choose to work with. The compromises we make today, and the improvements we hope to make tomorrow.

This page explains those decisions.

Production

Jacquerie currently produces most products on demand rather than manufacturing large quantities in advance.

Producing only after an order is placed helps reduce unnecessary inventory, overproduction, and waste. It also allows us to release new ideas without carrying stock that may never be used.

To make this possible, we currently work with Gelato, a global print-on-demand network that routes orders to local production partners wherever possible. Producing closer to the customer often reduces shipping distances and avoids moving products across multiple countries before delivery. (Gelato Support)

This approach isn’t perfect. It gives us less control over certain parts of the fulfilment process than producing everything ourselves. At our current stage, however, it allows us to balance quality, cost, and responsible inventory management.

Materials

The garment matters just as much as the artwork.

Whenever available for a particular product, we favour premium blanks from manufacturers such as BELLA+CANVAS and Comfort Colors, while also using selected Gildan garments where they provide the right balance of quality, availability, and value. Gelato’s local production model means the exact blank may vary depending on the product and production location, although substitutions are intended to be equivalent in quality and specification. (Gelato Support)

We review garments based on comfort, durability, fit, print quality, and the information manufacturers make publicly available about their production practices.

If we cannot confidently support a sustainability claim, we simply won’t make it.

Printing

Different designs require different printing methods.

Most Jacquerie products are currently produced using Direct-to-Garment (DTG) printing, with Direct-to-Film (DTF) used where it provides a better result for specific garments or artwork. Both methods allow high-quality, low-volume production without requiring large manufacturing runs.

As the brand grows and demand becomes more predictable, we’ll continue evaluating additional production methods, including screen printing, where it offers a meaningful improvement in quality or durability.

Every production method involves trade-offs. Our priority is always to protect the integrity of the artwork while delivering a product that holds up over time.

Packaging

Packaging should protect the product without becoming the product.

Where possible, we favour lower-impact packaging options and continue exploring recyclable or compostable alternatives as they become available through our fulfilment partners.

Some packaging decisions remain outside our direct control because they depend on local production facilities. Rather than presenting those limitations as strengths, we prefer to be transparent about them.

As more sustainable options become practical, we’ll adopt them and document those changes publicly.

Partners

Every company we work with becomes part of Jacquerie’s supply chain.

That includes blank manufacturers, print providers, packaging suppliers, fulfilment partners, and logistics providers.

We consider product quality, reliability, publicly available information about labour practices, environmental commitments, and long-term alignment with our values when choosing who we work with.

We know that no supplier is perfect, and we don’t expect them to be. We also won’t describe a partner as ethical or sustainable simply because they say they are.

Where information is available, we review it. Where it isn’t, we’ll say so.

This Will Continue to Evolve

Jacquerie is still an early-stage brand.

The decisions documented here reflect where we are today, not where we expect to remain.

As we grow, we’ll continue reviewing our materials, suppliers, production methods, and packaging. When we make meaningful changes, we’ll update this page so you can see not only what changed, but why.