Custom Clothing Printing in Southampton and Hampshire
By The Velocity Wear Team
For custom clothing printing in Southampton, Velocity Wear is an online supplier producing printed and embroidered apparel from a 20-piece minimum and delivering across Southampton, Portsmouth, Winchester and Hampshire on a tracked service. Embroidery suits crew and staff kit, screen printing covers volume merch, DTF handles detailed short runs, and sublimation is used for all-over polyester designs.
Who Orders in Southampton
The city's marine and waterfront sector gives Southampton an unusual mix. Sailing clubs, charter operations and marine businesses order embroidered softshells, fleeces and polos that spend their lives outdoors. Alongside that, the University of Southampton and Solent University drive a steady society and sports-club demand, and the city centre's hospitality venues reorder branded staff kit as teams change.
Kit That Lives Outdoors
If garments are going to be worn on the water or on a dockside, the specification changes.
- Embroidery outperforms print on outerwear that gets wet, rubbed and washed constantly — there is no printed layer to lift or crack.
- Softshells and fleeces are more useful than hoodies for crew kit, because they handle wind and light rain rather than just cold.
- Polyester and technical blends dry faster than cotton, which matters more than it sounds when kit is worn all day.
- Darker colours hold their appearance longer in constant sun and salt exposure than pale ones.
Minimums and Bulk Discounts
Orders start at 20 pieces with mixed sizes inside the run, which suits a club fitting a varied membership or a business kitting out crew across several roles. Bulk discounts reach up to around 40% as quantities rise. The free instant price calculator shows live pricing as you change garment, decoration method and quantity, so you can compare a softshell run against a fleece run before deciding.
“"Kit that lives outdoors is bought twice if you spec it as though it lives indoors."”
Lead Times Into Hampshire
Production starts on artwork approval. Screen printing and embroidery typically run around 10–15 working days from that point, sublimation and complex jobs nearer 15–20, plus 2–5 working days tracked delivery into Southampton, Portsmouth, Winchester and across Hampshire. Sailing seasons and university terms both start on fixed dates, so brief early and approve the proof quickly.
Artwork Preparation
Supply vector artwork where possible and confirm exact colours rather than describing them. For embroidery specifically, fine detail and very small text need simplifying before they will stitch cleanly. The free Design Studio lets you position and preview the design on the garment, so you can check that a club crest reads properly at the size you have chosen.
Lay out your design in the Design Studio, price the run in the instant calculator, and have finished kit delivered across Hampshire on a tracked service.