Gildan G64VL - Women's SoftStyle® Fitted V-Neck T-Shirt - Heather Royal

The Gildan G64VL is the Women's Softstyle Fitted V-Neck T-Shirt, the contoured women's cut of the Softstyle V-neck, a 4.5 oz 100% ring-spun cotton tee whose soft 30-singles smooth face is the reason a decorator picks it over a basic-cotton women's v-neck. The Softstyle fabric is finer and softer than Gildan's heavy-cotton line, the knit is smooth enough to take tight halftones, and the body is cut and side-seamed to take in at the waist, so the G64VL reads as a fashion-tier women's v-neck at a Gildan price. It is the blank a shop reaches for when a brand drop, boutique line or event run needs a soft women's v-neck that prints clean and sizes across a women's range, the default for retail-tier women's merch and decorators who want a contoured v-neck that matches the unisex Softstyle v-neck on the same colour system. The body runs a fitted cut in S-3XL, the narrow rib v-neck collar sits clean, and the soft ring-spun face suits soft-hand artwork.

The 100% ring-spun cotton body sets the decoration plan, and the smooth Softstyle face is why a screen printer reaches for it. Screen printing prints clean on the solids: run straight on white and light bodies and over a white underbase on darks, where the fine 30-singles face holds tight halftones and detail better than a coarse open-end v-neck; keep designs scaled to the contoured women's panel so the print sits centred on the fitted body. DTG prints bright and crisp on the 100% ring-spun cotton solids, an ideal digital target on this smooth face; it prints near-solid on the 90/10 Sport Grey and turns muted over the 65/35 Dark Heather and Heather colours, so route the brightest digital art to the solid colourways. Discharge strips the cotton solids to a soft vintage hand with no hand feel, ideal on this soft ring-spun body; it wants a wash-test on the 90/10 Sport Grey and fails on the 65/35 poly-majority heathers, which will not knock out clean. DTF presses consistently across the whole card, including the heathers, and is the most reliable single method when one artwork has to span solids and the heather blends. Embroidery runs well on the smooth Softstyle face with a cut-away backing and a light fill, since the 4.5 oz body is lighter than a heavy-cotton tee. Vinyl and HTV bond cleanly for names and numbers on a small run. Sublimation does not apply, since the cotton body will not hold the dye; route to a 100% polyester tee for dye-sub.

• Brand: Gildan
• Style: G64VL (Women's Softstyle Fitted V-Neck T-Shirt)
• Weight: 4.5 oz
• Fabric: 4.5 oz 100% ring-spun cotton (30-singles) on solids; Sport Grey 90/10 cotton/poly; Dark Heather and Heather colours 65/35 polyester/cotton
• Construction: fine-knit smooth Softstyle face, contoured women's fitted side-seamed body, narrow rib V-neck collar, taped neck and shoulders, tear-away label
• Fit: women's fitted
• Sizes: S-3XL
• Colors available: 13 shades from White, Sport Gray and Sapphire to Black, Navy, Berry, Azalea, Cherry Red and Royal Blue, plus a Heather range (Dark Heather, Heather Purple, Heather Irish Green, Heather Royal) (check current availability on the product page)
• Ordering: available by the piece or by the case; confirm current packing per case for your colour before a large order
• Care: Machine wash cold, inside out. Tumble dry low. Do not iron decoration.

The reorder note specific to this style: confirm whether your colourway is a solid 100% ring-spun, the 90/10 Sport Grey or a 65/35 Heather before a repeat run, because the blend changes how discharge and DTG behave on the grey and heather shades. The G64VL shares the 4.5 oz Softstyle fabric and colour card with the unisex G64V v-neck, so a program can run one artwork across the women's fitted and unisex cuts as a matched set across a full size range. The smooth ring-spun face keeps the G64VL in retail-fashion territory rather than a basic promo v-neck, and the contoured body holds its shape across reorders. TheClothingSpace stocks the G64VL 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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