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Football Fever – Team Kit and the Power in a Uniform

Football fashion – The power in a uniform Even before the first kick of the World Cup, competition between the teams is already fierce. Over what you ask? Who has the best team strip, of course. Or, as we would say, their uniforms. The creative design process follows much the same pattern as for any corporate or staff uniform. There’s a client, a brand, aesthetics, comfort and guidelines. The only […]

Dress Codes or Uniform? – How to Decide

Dress Codes can be more trouble than they are worth. Don’t dismiss investing in staff uniforms before reading this… With many businesses moving towards more relaxed dress codes at work or none at all, and even traditional customer-facing organisations, where uniforms have always been a staple, dressing down their workwear to be more flexible and individual, you might think that your business doesn’t need to invest in a uniform. After […]

Why Invest in a High End Uniform?

8 Reasons why you should invest in a high-end staff uniform People often say that what you wear says a lot about who you are. So by that assumption, what uniform you choose for your staff says a lot about who you are as a brand and as an employer. A well-designed, bespoke, high quality uniform may seem like a big outlay, but you should treat it as an investment […]

21st Century Punks: Hospitality Staff Uniforms Get a Transformation

New Street Food Concept Restaurant Showcases Punk Uniforms as Antidote to Hipster Culture JSD recently received a brief from a new concept restaurant chain to design a uniform that would both showcase their brand and provide the latest in practical features. Background: The street food scene has been taken over by slick-bearded hipsters who have turned the tradition of hygiene-light, greasy roadside snacks into a corporate niche, taken over by […]

Connected Threads – Fabric Technology and Workwear

E-textiles open up an exciting future for Corporate Uniform Design Smart fabrics was one of the biggest talking points at the recent Paris Fabric shows – Premiere Vision and TexWorld. The upcoming WEAR 2018 conference in New York will also focus on emerging trends in smart fabrics and wearable tech. While these areas are still quite new, they present opportunities for uniform design in the near future. These are exciting […]

New Year, New Look: How Do You Know When It’s Time To Change Your Company Uniform?

Is It Time To Replace Your Staff Uniform? Among the many well-meaning resolutions we make come the start of January, one of the most common is wanting to improve our looks or update our wardrobe. Have you taken a look at your corporate workwear lately and considered whether it’s ripe for a makeover? Here are some of the most common reasons for companies to replace their uniforms. Time For A […]

New Uniforms for Ocado

JSD are delighted to let you know that we recently redesigned the uniform for Ocado. This was a complex brief for a bespoke uniform that worked well for staff in all weathers, climbing in and out of their vans to make deliveries and using performance fabrics to cope with the challenges that posed. You can read more about our work with Ocado here.

Modernising the Most Recognisable Uniform of All!

JSD Called in to Modernise the Most Recognisable Corporate Uniform of them all! This winter the JSD uniform design elves have been busier than ever. We’ve been called on to redesign the most iconic set of staff uniform ever, or at least we thought it might be time for an upgrade and decided to have a go. Since Thomas Nast drew Santa for Harper’s Weekly in 1881, and Coca Cola […]

Gender Neutral Fashion: Should it Influence your Uniform Design?

Can Uniform Designs Really Be Gender Neutral? As Retail Week asks whether retailers should abandon gender labels, we examine how gender fluidity translates to corporate uniform design. Societal norms are changing. As part of a drive for gender equality, there is growing demand to break down gender stereotypes and for children, not assign them in the first place. One obvious place to start is what we wear. When couture fashion […]