How Our Apparel Is Made

Most of our apparel is printed to order in the USA. Hats, stickers and other in-stock goods ship from us in Central New York.

Shop apparel

Most apparel · printed to order

Arrives in 8–13 business days

Printed and shipped from North Carolina, Texas or California

Hats, stickers & in-stock goods

Ships in 1–2 business days

Packed and shipped by us from Central New York

Pure ADK is a small, independent Adirondack brand. When you order apparel from our online store, it's almost always printed on demand by a trusted production partner here in the USA. Hats, stickers and other in-stock goods are packed and shipped by us in Central New York. If your order mixes the two, they'll arrive in separate packages. Our limited pre-order runs and the pieces we supply to Adirondack shops are the exception: those are screen printed in Buffalo, NY.

Made-to-order

Print-on-demand · 8–13 business days

Some of our apparel is printed and shipped on demand by a trusted production partner. That lets us offer a wide range of sizes and colors without holding inventory, which keeps things efficient and cuts waste.

These pieces are printed and shipped within the USA, usually from one of three facilities in North Carolina, Texas or California. When possible, your order ships from the one closest to you. They ship separately from our in-stock items.

Wash inside out, on cold

Made-to-order pieces are printed with either direct-to-garment (DTG) or direct-to-film (DTF), depending on the garment and the design. Both are different from traditional screen printing. Washing inside out on cold keeps the print looking its best the longest.

Locally screen printed

Limited pre-orders & wholesale only · Buffalo, NY

Screen printing is only for two kinds of runs: the pieces stocked at the Adirondack shops we work with, and our limited-time pre-order campaigns. For those, we partner with Positive Approach Press, a screen printer in Buffalo, NY. Everyday orders from our online store are printed to order, as described above.

Screen printing gives the highest-quality printwork, and it supports another Upstate New York business.

Pre-orders help us:

Make the exact sizes you actually need
Cut waste and overproduction
Keep costs down without overstocking

We usually order a few extras to cover size exchanges and late requests.

Stocked in-house

Hats, stickers & more · 1–2 business days

Hats, stickers and our other in-stock goods are stored and shipped by us from Central New York. Orders with in-stock items usually ship within 1–2 business days.