Print Your Own Bikini - Digitally Printed Ready-to-Wear Apparel

First2Print has developed fabric printing technology that enables designers to ‘print’ their clothing or swimwear directly from their designs.  Designer Armondo Barboza commented, “We are taking original painted artwork and turning it into beautiful textile designs.”

From Giz Magazine:
First2Print, a leader in large-format fabric printing services, is collaborating with ESPI Fashion Design to transform original artwork into ready-to-wear swimwear with a sneak peek of the 2006/2007 fashion line at New York’s currently running Material World show. Via a combination of three different polyester fabrics, dye-sublimation inks, digital textile printers, and a heat transfer process, First2Print is able to digitally print fabrics that can go straight to the sewing machine, sink, or pool—for vibrant, non-fading finished goods. What makes this project distinctive is that the entire short-run, production-fabric printing process is digital—from the digital photo of the artwork design to the printed fabric itself. Unlike screen printed fabrics, which take weeks to complete, or traditional rotary mills, which have a minimum yardage requirement and a long turnaround time, First2Print is able to deliver customized yardage in just days as it is doing for ESPI Fashion Design.

From First 2 Print:
First2Print™ is a large format fabric printing company supplying digital textile printing and fabric print services to designers, manufacturers and consumers around the World from our offices in New York and Los Angeles. Our strategic partnership with Design Works International, the leading design service bureau for fashion, home furnishing, and surface designs, allows First2Print™ to be the leading provider of direct digital printing on textiles for sampling and short-run textile printing in the fashion, home furnishings, and related industries.

With First2Print™ you can save time and money and receive the quality you need for all your fabric sampling and short-run production needs. First2Print™ can print on a wide variety of textiles—in a fraction of the time and cost of traditional strike-offs and short-run production.