Custom Clothing Hang Tags
Custom clothing hang tags from 100 — single-panel swing tags printed on both sides, drilled and strung, sized so the brand reads from the rail and the price field survives a pen.
The tag is the first thing a shopper reads after the label
- Stock
- 14–24 pt cardstock, coated or uncoated, or kraft; cotton and linen stocks available
- Full color both sides, one-color on kraft, foil, letterpress, blind deboss
- Sizes
- 2 × 3½, 2 × 4, 2¼ × 4½, 2½ square; custom die-cut shapes
Get a price for Clothing Hang Tags
Send the size and quantity — we reply the same working day with a price, a dieline and a date. Artwork optional at this stage.
- Free dielineThe flat drawing comes with the quote, before you commit.
- Proof before pressNothing is printed until you have seen it laid on the dieline.
- Die kept for reordersTooling is paid once. Every reorder skips straight to press.
- Quoted in four marketsUS, UK, Canada and Australia, in the delivery currency.
A single panel, two faces
This page is about the flat tag. The front is the brand: a logo, a line, maybe a pattern. The back is for the shop: a price line to write on, an item or SKU line, a row of size circles, and a care or fabric note. We keep anything that will be written on unvarnished, because a ballpoint skates on gloss and a marker smears on it. If you need more than two faces, the four-sided folded hang tag is the next step up.
Card weight, texture and what a pen does to it
| 14 pt coated, matte | Everyday fashion; prints fine detail, pen works on the matte back |
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| 18 pt uncoated | Boutique and workwear; soft hand, takes a stamp or handwriting well |
| 24 pt kraft | Denim, outdoor, handmade; chunky, visible fiber, one or two colors |
| Textured cotton or linen stock | Bridal, knitwear; letterpress and blind deboss |
Hole, string and fastener
- A 3/16 inch drilled hole is standard; an eyelet (metal or paper) stops the string tearing out on heavier card.
- Cotton string, waxed cord, satin ribbon or an elastic loop, knotted or looped through the hole.
- A plastic swift-tack through the hole and the care label, where tags are applied by a tagging gun.
- A safety pin through the hole for knitwear and anything a tack would mark.
Sizes that read from the rail
A tag that is too small is missed and too large flaps. Common cuts are 2 by 3½ inches, 2 by 4, and 2¼ by 4½; a square 2½ inch tag suits children’s wear and accessories. Rounded corners stop the card curling at the tips. We can die-cut a shape, a scalloped edge or a notch for a swatch, and we print a variable price or barcode on the back if your stock system supplies the data.
Where a hang tag earns its place
A tag is the only part of the packaging that is still on the garment when it is tried on, so a discount code or a care message on the back is read at exactly the right moment. It also carries the price without printing it on the care label, so a markdown is a new tag, not a new garment. Tags ship strung and ready to attach, banded in hundreds.
Clothing Hang Tags — specification
The rows that are specific to this build first, then what applies to every job we run. Anything not listed is a question, not a limit — send the brief.
This build
- Stock
- 14–24 pt cardstock, coated or uncoated, or kraft; cotton and linen stocks available
- Full color both sides, one-color on kraft, foil, letterpress, blind deboss
- Sizes
- 2 × 3½, 2 × 4, 2¼ × 4½, 2½ square; custom die-cut shapes
- Hole
- 3/16 inch drilled, optional metal or paper eyelet
- String
- Cotton, waxed cord, ribbon, elastic loop, or supplied unstrung for tacks
- Variable data
- Price, SKU, barcode, size, printed per tag
- Minimum
- 100 tags per design
On every job
- Print process
- Digital below about a thousand, offset above it. One side or both, with spot colors where a match has to hold.
- Color
- CMYK as standard. Uncoated and kraft stocks print lighter and warmer; a spot color is the only exact match.
- Tolerance
- Cutting plus or minus 1 mm, creasing plus or minus 0.5 mm, confirmed on a plain sample before the run.
- Tooling
- A cutting die per size, made once and kept. Foil and emboss dies per artwork, also kept.
- Food contact
- Food-grade board and inks where the carton touches food, with the interior left plain.
- Sustainability
- Mono-material board wherever the product allows; recycled-content and FSC stocks; no claim printed the pack does not earn.
- Artwork
- Vector PDF or AI, 3 mm bleed, 4 mm safe area, fonts outlined. We check every file and send a proof before press.
- Dieline
- Supplied free with the quote, before you commit. Yours whether or not you order.
- Sample
- A plain unprinted sample at the finished size on request, for fit and construction.
- Reorders
- Skip the tooling and go straight to press at a lower unit price.
- Lead time
- Quoted with the price against your fill date rather than promised before we have seen the spec.
- Markets
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia — priced in the delivery currency, freight included.
Boards and films we build clothing hang tags on
A folding carton is one sheet of board, so the board is the product. These are the stocks we run for cartons, what each is good at, and where it lets you down.
Natural kraft
Unbleached folding board. Warm, hides marks, costs least. Mutes color — one or two flat colors print well, photographs do not.
250–350gsm sleeves; 14–24pt cartonsWhite SBS
Solid bleached sulfate: bright, coated, the retail carton standard. Takes accurate color and every finish. Shows scuffs sooner than kraft.
14–24ptWhite lined chipboard
A recycled gray core under a white printing face. Cheaper than SBS and slightly duller; the back of the sheet stays gray.
16–24ptKraft-look coated
A kraft face over a coated inner. The natural look with a barrier behind it — the answer where oil, grease or moisture would mark plain kraft.
14–20ptRecycled-content board
Post-consumer fiber with a gray-brown cast. Right for outers and inner components; poor for bright whites and photography.
16–22ptMicro-flute E and F
A fine corrugated layer where a carton needs structure it cannot get from board — a large panel, a heavy product, a box that ships alone.
E 1.5 mm; F 0.8 mmUncoated and textured
No clay coat, or a linen or laid grain. Print reads softer and warmer; a deboss goes deeper. Photographs do not sit well on it.
280–350gsmMetalized and pearlescent
A metallic or pearl face for a shelf that needs to catch light. Costly, and it fights a photograph — a mark or a pattern suits it better.
16–20ptNot sure which? Say what goes in it and where it is sold — the material follows from that. Our notes on recycled, recyclable and compostable cover which claims each stock can honestly carry.
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Send what you have
A dimension, a photograph beside a ruler, or the product itself. No technical drawing needed — that part is ours.
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We quote and draw
A price, a dieline and a date come back together. If a different build would suit the product better, that is in the reply too.
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Approve the dieline
The flat drawing is yours to check: which panel is the front, where the folds fall, how deep the cavity really is.
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Artwork on the dieline
You place your design on the flat we sent, or we place it for you, and you see a proof before anything goes to press.
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A sample if you want one
A plain unprinted sample at the finished size shows fit and construction — the things a drawing cannot.
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Cut, printed, shipped
The die is cut once and kept, so every reorder skips the tooling and goes straight to press at a lower unit price.
Format
Vector PDF or AI where possible. Raster artwork at 300dpi at final size, in CMYK.
Bleed
3 mm past every trim line, so a fraction of drift on the cutter never leaves a white edge.
Safe area
Keep type and anything important 4 mm inside the cut and away from every fold.
Color
Convert to CMYK before sending. Uncoated stock prints lighter; a spot color is the only exact match.
Fonts
Outline them or supply the files. A missing font substitutes silently and the proof will not match.
Barcodes
On a light, matte, unvarnished patch with the quiet zone clear — a code on gloss fails the scanner.
Not set up that way? Send it anyway — fixing a file is a short conversation, and we check every one before press. Our guide to preparing print files covers each point.
Every finish here is a decision about light on a shelf, not about luxury.
Matte lamination
Reads considered, hides marks, takes a ballpoint.
Gloss lamination
Lifts color; glares under shop lighting.
Soft-touch
Velvet in the hand; shows fingerprints in a bag.
Hot foil
Real metal leaf — the most reliable premium signal.
Emboss / deboss
Shape with no ink; works in the dark.
Spot UV
Gloss shapes on a matte field.
Uncoated kraft
Warm, natural, mutes color.
Textured stock
Texture in the paper; cannot scuff off.
Not sure which suits the shelf it sells from? Say where the product is sold and we suggest one — our notes on specialty finishes show them on real boxes.
Sizing a folding carton so the die comes out right: clothing hang tags
Measure the product, not the box it is in now. A carton is built around what has to fit inside it, assembled — cap on, lid fitted, folded if it folds — at its widest point in each direction. Send those three numbers and say which is which.
- Length x width x height
- Internal, always. External dimensions include the board and are what the carrier measures, not what the product needs.
- Clearance
- 2–3 mm a side for a snug fit; more where an insert or void fill goes in. A carton cut exactly to the product is slow to pack and transmits every knock.
- Board thickness
- Heavier board takes internal space from the product. It matters most on small boxes, where four walls of 24pt is a real share of the cavity.
- Varies between batches?
- Glass, textiles, molded parts and cured soap all do. Measure several and build to the largest.
- Cutting tolerance
- Plus or minus 1 mm on folding board. Confirmed on a plain sample before the run.
- Units
- Metric or imperial, as long as you say which. Mixing them in one spec is where mistakes happen.
Not sure your numbers are right? Send the product dimensions rather than the box dimensions and we work the box out — the full method is in our guide to measuring for a box.
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Build your Clothing Hang Tags in 3D
Pick a shape, type a size, choose a board and a finish. The preview on the left redraws as you go, and the spec lands with us exactly as you set it.
Frequently asked questions
Got a question about clothing hang tags? The answers below cover what we get asked most. If yours is not here, send it with a brief, message us on WhatsApp, or call +1 503-461-4788 — we reply the same working day.
What card weight should a clothing hang tag be?
14 pt for fashion basics, 18 pt uncoated for a softer boutique feel, 24 pt kraft for denim and outdoor. Heavier card needs an eyelet.
Can staff write the price on a clothing hang tag?
Yes, if the back is uncoated or matte. We leave the price and size fields free of varnish so a pen works.
Do clothing hang tags come with the string attached?
Yes, knotted or looped through the hole, in cotton, waxed cord or ribbon. We can also supply them unstrung for a tagging gun.
What size is a standard clothing hang tag?
Most are 2 by 3½ or 2 by 4 inches. A square 2½ inch tag suits children’s wear and accessories.
Can a clothing hang tag have a barcode or a variable price?
Yes. Supply the data and we print it per tag on the back, with the barcode on a plain white panel so it scans.
Will the hole in a clothing hang tag tear out?
On 14 pt coated card it holds. On heavier or kraft stock we add a metal or paper eyelet.
Can a clothing hang tag be die-cut to a shape?
Yes: rounded corners, a scalloped edge, a notch for a fabric swatch, or a shape drawn from your logo.
What is the difference between a clothing hang tag and a folded hang tag?
This tag is one flat panel printed both sides. A folded tag gives four faces for a longer story or a size chart.
Can a clothing hang tag be printed on kraft?
Yes, in one or two colors or with a black foil. Full-color photographs do not suit kraft because the brown shifts the colors.
Can the back of a clothing hang tag carry a discount code?
Yes, and it is a good place for one, because the tag is in the customer’s hand when they try the garment on.
How many clothing hang tags can we order at once?
From 100 per design. Several designs in one order is fine, each at 100 or more.
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