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Why is it that today’s ubiquitous face masks seem to come in only one size? The wrong size.  

For a garment that enjoys such widespread use, you’d think manufacturers would have the sizing down pat.  And you’d be wrong.  

 If you’re a fan of the iconic game show “Family Feud,” you might recall this episode. The host asks contestants to name someone who wears white g...

I’m often asked what gives J.A. Uniforms a leg up over its competitors. You might say it all starts with the telephone. No, it’s not what you’re th...

It’s been said that competition is a consumer’s best friend.  It promotes innovations in design and function and is often credited with keeping pri...

Uniform n.: dress of a distinctive design or fashion worn by members of a particular group and serving as a means of identification  Uniforms shoul...

Spend enough time at J.A. Uniforms’ factory and you’ll become desensitized to sounds. Maybe it’s the constant vibration of undulating needles, emit...

All the recent talk about face masks got me thinking.    A few keystrokes later, I discovered the use of face masks dates to an ancient human pract...

We’ve all been served by waiters with frayed cuffs and missing buttons. Often their uniforms will exhibit a distinct fabric sheen, the product of o...

I work in a factory brimming with garments of all stripes. So it should come as no surprise that I can identify a women’s shirt from a distance, ev...

Occasionally a customer will ask whether J.A. Uniforms offers domestic sewing. Often the customer is weighing the pros and cons of domestic sewing ...

Innovation has been kind to yesterday’s boxy medical scrubs. Real kind. Gone are the stiff, ill-fitting garments that roamed hospital hallways, the...

Few articles of clothing trigger as much discussion as bowties, neckties, scarves, and shawls. Worn about the neck, these vestiges of old-school fo...