Gildan 880 - Women's Lightweight T-Shirt - Orange

The Gildan 880 is the Women's Softstyle Lightweight Tee, the semi-fitted women's cut of Gildan's softstyle line in a 4.5 oz 100% ring-spun cotton body. The softstyle yarn is the point: a 30-singles ring-spun knit that runs lighter and softer than a standard 5 oz Gildan cotton tee, finished with a narrow rib collar, side seams, and a tear-away label so it reads as a women's retail fashion blank rather than a boxy unisex basic. That makes it the tee a shop reaches for when a program needs a fitted women's body in the softstyle hand at a value price, the default for women's retail and boutique drops, event and team merch with a women's cut, fundraiser and spirit shirts, and any high-volume run where a soft, lightweight women's silhouette and a low unit cost decide the order over a heavier unisex tee.

The 880 prints like a true 100% ring-spun cotton tee on its solid colours, which is its advantage, with the lightweight body the one thing to plan the decoration around. For screen printing, the smooth softstyle face holds fine line detail and bold spot colour; print straight to the light solids and lay a white underbase on the darks for opacity, and keep the flash gentle so the lightweight knit does not scorch. For water-based and discharge, the 100% cotton solids strip the dye and lay the ink into the cotton for a soft, no-hand vintage print that suits a women's fashion piece. For DTF, the transfer bonds to the cotton face at standard heat-press settings across every colour, the most consistent single method on the heathers as well as the solids. For DTG, the ring-spun cotton pre-treats and prints bright and sharp on the solids. For embroidery, the 4.5 oz body is light, so use a cut-away backing and a moderate-density left-chest design so a dense fill does not pull on the lightweight knit. For vinyl and HTV, solid heat-transfer vinyl presses clean on the softstyle face. The one caveat is the heathers: Heather Grey is a 90/10 that behaves close to a solid, but Heather Dark Grey is a 65/35 polyester-majority blend, where the polyester migrates and discharge fades to a tonal result, so treat it like a blend with a poly-block underbase on the dark and a lower cure. Sublimation does not apply, since the cotton-dominant body is not a polyester sublimation substrate.

• Brand: Gildan
• Style: 880 (Gildan Women's Softstyle Lightweight T-Shirt)
• Fabric: 100% ring-spun cotton, 30 singles; Heather Grey 90% cotton / 10% polyester; Heather Dark Grey 65% polyester / 35% cotton
• Weight: 4.5 oz/yd2
• Construction: 30-singles ring-spun softstyle jersey. Narrow rib collar. Taped neck and shoulders. Side seams. Semi-fitted cut. Tear-away label. OEKO-TEX certified low-impact dyes.
• Fit: Women's semi-fitted
• Sizes: S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL
• Colors available: 40+ colours across solids and heathers (check current availability on the product page)
• Ordering: available by the piece or by the case; confirm current packing per case for your colour and size before a large order
• Care: Machine wash cold. Tumble dry low.

The reorder note specific to this style: the solids run a true 100% ring-spun cotton while Heather Grey is a 90/10 and Heather Dark Grey a 65/35 polyester-majority blend, so confirm whether your colour is a solid or a heather before a repeat run, because the poly-rich Heather Dark Grey will not discharge to the same soft result as the solids and needs a poly-block underbase. Pair the 880 with the unisex Gildan 980 Softstyle Lightweight when a program runs the same artwork across a mixed-gender order in one softstyle body, and step up to the Bella + Canvas 6004 when a job wants a premium Airlume women's slim fit. TheClothingSpace stocks the 880 at wholesale pricing with bulk discounts that increase as case and unit quantities rise, among the lowest prices online for this style, with fast US shipping on stocked colours.

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