What to put on the t-shirts for a stag do
Twelve lads, one weekend, and a shirt nobody wants to be seen in twice. What actually works, what to avoid, and how to get the sizes right.
Stag do shirts go wrong in the same three ways every time: the joke only makes sense to four people, somebody is swimming in a 2XL, and they turn up the morning you leave. None of that is about the printing. It is about deciding a few things early.
One joke, printed twelve times, is a uniform. Twelve jokes is a mess.
Pick one line that works on everybody, then differentiate on the back - names, nicknames, numbers. A matching front is what makes a group look like a group in photos, and the back is where you put the thing that makes each person laugh.
If you want the groom to stand out, change his colour rather than his wording. It reads instantly from across a bar; a different slogan does not.
Write it so a stranger gets it
The best stag shirts are funny to the pub, not just to the group. An in-joke that needs a paragraph of explanation is a shirt that gets worn once. Something like "Chat Shit, Get Banged" works because nobody needs the backstory.
Rule of thumb: if you have to explain it to the barman, it is a back print, not a front print.
Sizes: ask, do not guess
Everyone guesses and everyone gets it wrong. Ask for sizes in the group chat and write them down against names. Our tees are a classic unisex fit - if somebody is between sizes or likes a bit of room, size up. One person in a shirt that does not fit ruins the photos more than a bad joke does.
Order one spare in the most common size. Somebody always brings a mate.
Leave more time than you think
Everything is printed to order in Manchester, so there is a making stage before there is a posting stage. Order the week before the weekend, not the night before. If you are genuinely up against it, ask us - we would rather tell you honestly that it is tight than take the order and let you down.
Doing your own
If you have the artwork, or a photo of the groom you are legally obliged to use, put it on a shirt yourself in the design studio - drop it on, move it about, and the price updates as you go. No minimum order, so a group of six is as welcome as a group of sixteen.
And if you would rather somebody else did the thinking, the range is here.
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