Design Your Own Headband
from $79.00
Was $89.00- Your choice of smooth or bubble Nappa leather
- Diameters: 11 x 12.5cm
- 25mm or 32mm band options
- Elegant black stitching
- Handmade to order
- Sustainably printed
- Quick worldwide delivery
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Wholesale and student discount from no minimum to bulk orders
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Care instructions
Always test an offcut or sample prior to working the leather with tools, adhesives or heat. To ensure the leather print on your product is as durable as possible, we’ve worked hard refining our printing process and craftsmanship. Repeated turning or working may affect the digital print, always test your processes on a sample first. As leather is a natural material you may notice small differences in surface and texture, as well as wrinkles, which is common to products made from natural leather. All leathers age naturally according to the usage, and this can cause the print to wrinkle or fade slightly over time. It is possible the base colour may show through the leather as it ages with wear. When not in use we recommend storing your product in a protective dust bag or box to keep your product looking its best. Avoid prolonged exposure to extreme heat, sunlight, water, and chemical cleaners to maintain a bright and long-lasting print. Avoid contact with light coloured fabrics or upholstery as the colour may transfer. Whilst a light rain shower is unlikely to harm, we recommend protecting from rain. Should your product get wet, allow to dry naturally away from direct heat. To clean surface wipe only with a damp lint free cotton cloth.
How it works
Upload your design
We automatically apply your design to the product you selected
Make it perfect
Use our smart tools to get it exactly right and select the finishing options
Preview & checkout
Confirm your designs with our 3D previews and checkout with confidence
1-2 Days Production
Sit back and relax. Your product is on its way!
How our pricing works
Our competitive prices reflect the handmade, made-to-order craftsmanship of our products. We offer custom quotes and special discounts for students and wholesalers. Contact us to learn more!
We offer discounts
We offer discounts on all our products, including bulk, quantity and student discounts. Enjoy great deals whether you're a small business, designer, or student.
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Design Your Own Headband
from $79.00
Was $89.00- Your choice of smooth or bubble Nappa leather
- Diameters: 11 x 12.5cm
- 25mm or 32mm band options
- Elegant black stitching
- Handmade to order
- Sustainably printed
- Quick worldwide delivery
Explore our
Wholesale and student discount from no minimum to bulk orders
View discountsHelp
About Your Custom Printed Headband
When you design your own headband, you take this popular style and make it completely yours. From animal print to abstract, this headband was made to be an extension of your style, so get creative. You've got a number of options to design your own headband so it will look exactly how you envisioned it. Start with smooth or bubble Nappa leather. Both choices are of premium quality, but the smooth is a bit sleeker, while the bubble Nappa has some character. You can also select the band's thickness at the top: 25mm for a thinner band, or 32mm for a thicker one. The thicker option is a great choice for someone with lots of hair as the added width can help pull everything back. The thinner option is a more subtle width, and perfect for those looking for a sophisticated hair accessory.
How Your Headband is Made
Once you design your own headband, we start printing on a blank piece of premium Nappa leather, either smooth or bubble depending on what you've selected. From there, our artisan leatherworkers cut the leather to shape and adhere it to the padding and band with precision. Your headband is finished with a black piece of smooth leather on the underside for added grip, and just like that, your headband is brought to life. We double check everything to ensure it's up to our standards, then it's sent straight to you from our studio.
Print Guideline
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What's the best resolution to print in?
We print at 200dpi, which is a good combination of quality and file weight. Ideally your image should be scaled to 100% at 200dpi; this means that no resizing of your file occurs, preventing any interpolation. Our design interface will have a quality marker next to the design that you have uploaded, this will change colour using a traffic light system and display a message. The message will let you know if the resolution is too low or if you have a good quality image.
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How will my image scale?
When you upload your design our system will automatically scale it to fit your chosen fabric dimensions. In the ‘Product Image’ tab, the displayed dimensions under ‘Print Size’ will show the dimensions of the piece of fabric that you are ordering. For image/design dimensions you need to see the ‘Images & Text Tools’ tab. You can see and edit the dimensions of the image under the quality information next to the thumbnail.
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Which colour model should I choose? RGB or CMYK?
We advise providing images in the RGB colour space. Specifically using the sRGB image profile, to achieve best colour results. What does this mean? In your editing software choose RGB as the working space, and assign the image profile as sRGB (full name sRGB IEC61966-2.1)
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What is gsm?
Grams per square meter (gsm) is the unit of measurement used to measure the weight of a paper or fabric. This measurement uses the weight of one square metre (1000 x 1000mm) as an indication of the weight and thickness of a fabric. We classify fabrics of 10-100gsm as light (fabrics for summer, fine silk), fabrics of 101-249gsm as medium (most fabrics for clothing) and fabrics of more than 250gsm as thick (upholstery and other specialised fabrics).
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What is the bleed area?
When creating your product, it is important to make sure that your image is a little wider than the size needed. In printing, the bleed area allows you to obtain a borderless print. We would advise filling the blead areas, maked with a red checkered area, to ensure you don't end up with white edges. You should make sure that you do not put important details within the bleed area as these will quite likely be lost.
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What is crocking and why might it occur?
Crocking, which is fading along the creases, often after washing or heavy use, occurs when you digitally print on natural fabrics - more so when dark or dense colours are used. It can be minimised by using a cool hand wash instead of machine washing as the tumbling of the machine is the main cause of this. To avoid entirely, we would advise using a poly fabric.
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Why do my colours appear lighter on organic fabrics?
Our organic fabrics do not have any coatings that the non-organic fabrics have. This means the ink absorbs into the fibres, reducing the colour strength slightly (by approx. -40%). For super strong colours we recommend a non-organic natural fabric.
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Can you perfectly join two separately printed panels?
We always try to provide the utmost precision in printing and manufacturing. However, due to unavoidable stretching or movement of the fabric at the time of sewing, we can not guarantee a perfect alignment of the pattern on the seams of the garment. Generally we are accurate to 2-3mm, which is sufficient for most reasons but can pose minor problems with patterns or geometric designs.
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Should I save my file as a TIFF or JPEG?
For multi-coloured or very detailed files we recommend using a tiff format, but they must be flattened. For simple colours and low detail files, a jpeg is fine.
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Is it possible to print your own label?
Most of our clothing is made with a label space. You can print your label and add information about your brand. If you want to sew your own labels, we offer customizable labels of different sizes.
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Can I print on both sides of the fabric?
We do not offer printing on both sides of the fabric, as a lot of our fabrics are semi-transparent. As the customer, you can consider the effect of printing on both sides one of our fabrics and contact us, and we will get back to you if it's feasible.
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Can I order labels in another fabric? Will you cut them like you do with the normal fabric labels?
At the moment no, our labels are all printed on the same satin fabric. We may introduce more in the future, but for now this is the best choice. The labels are all cut the same way. You can order the fabric of your choice and make the labels yourself, but we do not cut different fabric into label format.
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How is your fabric printing eco-friendly?
With environmental consciousness in mind, our fabrics are all printed using completely water-based inks. This means no chemicals or solvents are used. Our heat fixing procedure fixes the colours and prints, avoiding the downsides of steaming, such as excess or contaminated water returning into the waste system. We have one facility in London where we conduct all the printing, production and fulfillment.
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Why are there slight colour differences between my orders?
We work at improving our colour profiles all the time. Though rare it may happen that from one print run to another, and there could be slight colour differences, this is normal and part of the process when we are constantly improving. It is extremely unlikely that there will be a huge difference (like orange instead of red for example). Please bear in mind such colour variations can be intensified from fabric to fabric due to the varying grains and textures of the fabric; natural fabrics tend to have more muted colours than their poly alternatives. This is due to the construction of the materials as well as the print methods that have to be altered slightly for more delicate, natural textiles.
Please note: As everything we provide is handmade to order, you may find a slight variance in the sizes.
Will this headband slip while I'm wearing it?
Don't worry, we already thought of this. Your headband is made from 100% Nappa leather, including the underside that touches your hair. The smooth leather is perfect for staying in place, the intuitive curved design is just slim enough to hug your head without being uncomfortable.
What type of designs work best for this headband?
Because the print area is long and thin, it's best to use repeat patterns and prints when you design your own headband. Text is also a great option as long as it doesn't overlap with the bleed area.
What is the headband made of?
Your custom printed headband includes a plastic band in the middle to keep the shape, padding on top, and two pieces of premium 100% Nappa leather on either side. The top side is printed and comes in either smooth or bubble texture, while the underside is smooth black leather. The edges of the leather are painted black for that added touch of luxury craftsmanship.