PS Apparel delivers wholesale blank apparel and custom printed workwear to Melbourne, VIC — shipped fast from our Port Stephens base to businesses, screen printers, decorators, merch brands, and organisations anywhere in the Melbourne metro area and across Victoria. Melbourne is Australia’s most demanding wholesale apparel market — a city where design standards are high, the merch culture is sophisticated, and businesses across every sector expect a level of quality that lives up to the city’s identity.
PS Apparel stocks the brands Melbourne’s most discerning decorators and businesses reach for first, with over 1,300 styles available at wholesale pricing and no minimum orders on most items. Whether you need a single sample or a thousand pieces, blank stock for a print run or a fully finished and decorated order, we supply it — and deliver it to Melbourne.
Wholesale blank apparel for Melbourne screen printers, decorators, and merch brands
Melbourne’s creative industries employ more than 220,000 people statewide and generate close to $23 billion in gross value added annually — making it the largest concentration of creative sector workers in Australia. That creative density translates directly into demand for quality wholesale blank apparel: Melbourne has more merch brands, independent clothing labels, music merchandise operations, and premium print studios than any other Australian city, and they all need reliable blank stock at prices that work.
The blank apparel brands Melbourne’s creative community and print industry demands most:
- AS Colour — 403 wholesale styles across tees, hoodies, outerwear, headwear, bags, and accessories. Melbourne’s merch brands, fashion labels, and premium print studios consistently name AS Colour as their default blank — the combed ring-spun cotton, the relaxed fits, and the wide seasonal colour range all match what Melbourne’s design-conscious clients expect from finished garments. The AS Colour Staple Tee, Classic Hoodie, and Drop Tee are the three most frequently reordered blanks in the Australian market, and PS Apparel stocks all three in full size and colour runs.
- Comfort Colors — garment-dyed, pigment-washed blanks with a naturally faded, worn-in feel straight from the bag. Comfort Colors is the blank Melbourne’s most culture-aware brands choose when they want their merch to feel like a curated wardrobe piece — the kind of tee someone keeps for years. In strong demand from Melbourne’s music labels, streetwear scene, independent restaurant groups, and craft producers who want their merchandise to reflect the same thoughtfulness as their product.
- American Apparel — ethically manufactured fashion basics with a clean, minimalist aesthetic and an excellent print surface. Popular with Melbourne’s design-led businesses, boutique hospitality venues, and any brand whose identity is built around considered production and transparency of supply chain.
- Gildan — the most cost-effective blank for Melbourne’s high-volume event merchandise, conference apparel, promotional runs, and any job where budget and quantity are the brief. Melbourne hosts 62,000 live music concerts annually and is Australia’s number one city for interstate visitors — event merchandise demand at Gildan’s price point is consistent and substantial.
- JBs Wear — a comprehensive workwear range covering hi-vis, hospitality, corporate, and healthcare clothing at genuine wholesale pricing. A versatile, well-regarded brand across Melbourne’s construction, hospitality, and professional services sectors.
- Syzmik — 192 styles of AS/NZS 4602.1-certified hi-vis and industrial workwear for Melbourne’s large construction and infrastructure sector. Purpose-built for demanding site environments, and the trusted choice for Melbourne contractors who need certified compliance alongside quality and durability.
Browse the complete wholesale blank t-shirts and singlets range, wholesale hoodies and outerwear, wholesale women’s apparel, and all 1,300+ styles at psapparel.com.au/shop.
Custom printing for Melbourne businesses
Melbourne businesses needing branded apparel or custom printed uniforms can order through PS Apparel’s in-house custom printing service — choose your garments, send your artwork, and we print and deliver to your Melbourne address. All decoration is handled in-house at our Port Stephens facility with no outsourcing, no artwork going to a third party, and no unnecessary delays in the production chain.
Decoration methods available to Melbourne businesses:
- Screen printing — the method Melbourne’s print studios, construction companies, clubs, schools, and event organisers rely on for bulk uniform runs at competitive pricing. Water-based inks for vibrant, durable results with a soft hand feel. Best for orders of 24 pieces and above with 1–4 spot colour logos. The most cost-effective method at scale — the right starting point for most Melbourne uniform and merchandise briefs.
- Embroidery — the premium finish for Melbourne’s corporate sector, healthcare providers, and quality-focused hospitality venues. Embroidered polo shirts, corporate shirts, branded caps, and outerwear — thread doesn’t fade, and embroidery consistently elevates how a uniform reads in a professional or hospitality context. Melbourne’s legal firms, financial services businesses, and high-end restaurants lean toward embroidery as their default decoration method for precisely this reason.
- Ultra-soft transfers — for short-run Melbourne merch drops, boutique venue branding, band merchandise, and any brief where the decoration should be felt rather than seen. The logo sits in the fabric rather than on it — barely detectable by touch. The right call for Melbourne’s fashion-forward brands and premium hospitality clients where the garment’s tactile quality is part of the product experience.
- Premium water-based transfers — multi-colour and photographic designs on smaller quantities. Soft feel, clean result, no cracking — a strong option for Melbourne’s events industry and creative agencies needing full-colour results without the screen printing setup cost on shorter runs.
- Sublimation — all-over printing for Melbourne’s enormous sporting community. AFL clubs, soccer associations, netball competitions, cycling teams, triathlon clubs, and Melbourne’s growing mountain bike and trail running scene all need fully customised jerseys and performance wear. Sublimation is the only method that delivers edge-to-edge coverage cleanly. Browse our teamwear range for sublimation-ready styles.
Industries we serve in Melbourne and Victoria
Creative industries, music, and merch
Melbourne hosts 62,000 live music concerts every year — three times more live music performances than the national average — and is home to more songwriters than anywhere else in the country. It’s also the national leader in fashion design, with more than 195,000 Victorians employed in design roles across graphic design, fashion, and branding. That creative density generates more demand for quality wholesale blank apparel and custom printed merchandise than any other Australian city. PS Apparel supplies AS Colour, Comfort Colors, and American Apparel wholesale to Melbourne’s music labels, fashion brands, independent restaurants, breweries, and creative businesses — the three blanks that consistently appear in premium Melbourne merch releases.
Hospitality and food & beverage
Melbourne’s CBD has the lowest retail vacancy rate in Australia and its hospitality and retail industries have seen total employment increase by 6% in the past year. The city’s food and beverage culture — from CBD fine dining and Fitzroy’s independent restaurants through to South Yarra’s café strip and Brunswick’s bar scene — demands hospitality uniforms that match the quality and personality of each venue. PS Apparel supplies aprons, chef jackets, service polos, and bar staff shirts — embroidered or screen printed with your branding — to Melbourne’s hospitality operators of all sizes.
Construction and Victoria’s Big Build
Victoria’s Big Build infrastructure program — spanning the Metro Tunnel, Suburban Rail Loop, West Gate Tunnel, North East Link, level crossing removals, and a pipeline of regional road and rail projects — is one of the largest sustained infrastructure investments in Australian history. The construction crews, site managers, civil contractors, and engineering firms working across these projects all require certified hi-vis safety workwear and PPE at scale. PS Apparel supplies Syzmik and JBs Wear certified hi-vis to Melbourne’s construction sector — blank or printed with your company logo in-house.
Healthcare and life sciences
Victoria is home to Australia’s most important life sciences cluster — more than 650 biotech companies, 10 major research institutes, and nine universities, employing more than 10,000 researchers and 7,000 biomedical and health students in the Parkville precinct alone. Alongside the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Alfred Hospital, St Vincent’s, Monash Medical Centre, and the Austin Health network, Melbourne’s healthcare sector is one of the largest employers in the state. PS Apparel supplies wholesale healthcare clothing — scrubs, lab coats, and medical uniforms — to Melbourne’s hospitals, clinics, research institutes, and allied health providers, blank or embroidered with facility or practice branding.
Corporate and professional services
Melbourne is home to more than half of Australia’s top 20 technology companies and 8,000 ICT businesses, alongside a large financial services sector, major law firms, and a growing advanced manufacturing base. PS Apparel supplies corporate workwear — embroidered polo shirts, corporate shirts, knitwear, and branded outerwear — to Melbourne’s professional and technology sectors. Consistent, well-presented uniforms for teams of any size.
Sports clubs and active communities
Melbourne is Australia’s sporting capital — home to AFL, AFL Women’s, A-League soccer, NBL basketball, Super Netball, and a deep tradition of suburban and community-level sport across every discipline. PS Apparel supplies custom teamwear for Melbourne’s sporting clubs — sublimated jerseys for all-over custom designs, screen-printed club polos, and embroidered caps and jackets — with bulk pricing for full club rosters across any sport, any level.
Events, festivals, and the arts
Melbourne is Australia’s premier events city — hosting the Australian Open, the Melbourne Cup carnival, the Formula 1 Grand Prix, the AFL Grand Final, the Melbourne International Film Festival, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, and Midsumma, among hundreds of other major events annually. PS Apparel supplies event merchandise and promotional apparel for Melbourne’s corporate events, arts festivals, sporting occasions, and community organisations — blank stock for self-decorators, or fully printed runs delivered to your Melbourne address.
Delivery to Melbourne and Victoria
PS Apparel ships wholesale apparel and custom printed garments to Melbourne and all Victorian addresses via our Australia-wide courier and Australia Post network. Blank stock orders typically reach Melbourne in 3–5 business days. Custom printed orders require additional lead time depending on the decoration method and quantity — contact us with your deadline and we’ll confirm exactly what’s achievable for your Melbourne order.
We deliver to all Melbourne suburbs and the broader Victoria region, including Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo, the Mornington Peninsula, Gippsland, and regional Victoria. For time-sensitive Melbourne orders — particularly event merchandise with a fixed deadline — contact us as early as possible so we can build your timeline into our production schedule.
No minimum orders on most blank styles. Wholesale pricing from a single unit. In-house printing across all major decoration methods.
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PS Apparel supplies wholesale blank apparel and custom printed workwear Australia-wide from our Port Stephens base. We deliver to businesses, tradespeople, hospitality venues, sports clubs, and organisations across every Australian state and territory.
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PS Apparel supplies wholesale blank apparel and in-house custom printing to Melbourne businesses, screen printers, merch brands, construction companies, hospitality venues, healthcare providers, sports clubs, and event organisers. Over 1,300 styles in stock. No minimums on most items. AS Colour, Gildan, Comfort Colors, Syzmik, American Apparel, and more — blank or printed, delivered to Melbourne and Victoria.
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