Salons: Ordering Corporate Uniforms in Bulk
By The Velocity Wear Team
Salon clothing lives with bleach, colour and constant washing, so the spec starts with darker tones, an apron between the chemicals and the garment, and decoration that will not lift after fifty washes. Corporate uniforms run from $20 a piece and polos from $18 at the fifty-piece minimum, with towels quoted per job alongside them.
What does bleach do to salon clothing?
It removes colour permanently and it does it in spots, which is worse than fading because the garment looks damaged rather than worn. Black is the traditional salon answer and it is traditional for a reason, though even black marks eventually. The practical approach is to accept a replacement cycle and buy accordingly rather than hoping a fabric will defeat chemistry.
Decoration should be chosen with the same realism. Embroidery stays put through repeated hot washes, and a small stitched mark on the chest is far more durable than a large surface print on a garment that is washed after every shift. Our wholesale uniforms page lists the methods we run.
Should aprons be part of the same order?
Yes, and usually in greater depth than the garment underneath. An apron is the sacrificial layer that takes the splashes, so replacing aprons is cheaper than replacing shirts. Shirts, polos, aprons and outer layers plan as one programme, though each design counts separately against the fifty-piece minimum.
For a small team that is the tension to resolve early. Six stylists do not need fifty shirts and fifty aprons on paper, but the minimum is per design, so most salons order the core garment at fifty and treat the surplus as a multi-year stock rather than an overspend.
Where do towels fit alongside uniform?
Branded towels are quoted per job rather than carrying a published from-price, because the specification varies more than a garment does. They are worth pricing at the same time as the uniform, since a salon that is already placing an order can plan both against one delivery rather than two.
Towels also do something uniform cannot: they sit in the client's hands and in every photograph taken in the chair. Branded towels as corporate gifts covers the wider case, and the salons and barbers page sets out what we supply for the chair-side side of the business.
How many pieces does a salon actually need?
Three garments per stylist is the working minimum for daily colour work, and more if the salon runs long days. Against a fifty-piece order, a team of eight has a comfortable rotation plus replacements for the pieces that will inevitably be ruined, which is exactly what the surplus is for.
Order once and order deep rather than topping up in small runs, since every fresh design restarts the minimum. The tiers on the pricing page reward a single larger order, and the detail in custom uniforms for salons and barbershops covers the garment choices themselves in more depth.
Set a replacement rhythm rather than waiting for the complaints. Salons that check the rail every few months and pull the worst pieces keep the team looking consistent, while salons that wait until several stylists are visibly marked end up replacing everything at once and paying the minimum again on a design they may no longer want. Because sizes mix freely inside the fifty, a single larger order placed on a schedule covers the wear better than a series of small reactive ones. Put the review in the diary alongside whatever else the business checks quarterly and it takes ten minutes.
