Apparel Gift Boxes.

A two-piece lift-off box is the traditional choice, and a magnetic flap lid is the step up when you want a slower reveal. The lift-off lid comes away completely to show the folded garment in its tissue, and a shop can prop it open for display. A magnetic flap is hinged to the base and closes with a soft click.

We'd avoid tuck-end cartons for gifting, since pulling a tuck flap feels more like opening a parcel than a present.

We make the lid rim deep enough and the board stiff enough that ribbon tension can't pull the corners in. A tied ribbon pulls hard across the top panel. On a thin lid it bows the centre and lifts the corners, and that shows the moment the wrapping comes off.

Tissue and ribbon are part of our standard kit for this box, so we size the lid against the ribbon it will actually carry.

Not if the base panel is chosen for the garment's weight, which means going heavier for knitwear. A folded sweater is soft but dense, and on a wide base it presses the centre down until the box rocks on the table. We pick the board by garment bulk, and the depth too, since a sweater needs more room than a shirt.

For heavy knits we would build on E-flute corrugated with a printed art paper wrap, which holds the base flat across its full width.

Matte or soft-touch lamination with one foil-stamped logo is the usual starting point for fashion brands. Soft-touch has a velvety surface people notice as soon as they pick the box up. Embossing or debossing adds depth to a mark without extra ink, and spot UV can pick out a pattern on a matte ground.

Printed tissue and a ribbon pull finish the inside. Keep the outside free of size or price details so nothing gives the gift away.

Our common formats are 12 x 9 x 3 inches and 14 x 10 x 4 inches, length by width by depth. The shallower box takes a folded shirt, blouse or light top. The deeper one suits knitwear and heavier pieces. Measure the garment folded in its tissue, because that is the size the box has to hold.

Two or three sizes usually cover a whole range, which keeps stock simple at the wrap station.

For direct-to-customer gifting, we'd pack it inside a plain corrugated mailer. A laminated folding box is fine for a counter handover, but parcel sorting scuffs corners and dents lids. The outer shipper takes that punishment so the gift box arrives clean.

If the box has to travel alone, we can build it on E-flute corrugated instead. Run a packed sample through your own carrier at the real weight before approving the full order.

Custom gift boxes start at 500 units. Brands with a year-round design often add a holiday print as its own run, since the seasonal artwork changes while the structure stays the same. Our upper limit per order is 100,000.

Tissue and ribbon come as part of the standard kit and are ordered together with the boxes.

Book holiday boxes well ahead of your peak, even though production itself takes only 7 to 10 business days. Artwork, proofing and a sample round all come before that clock starts. Samples take 5 to 7 business days, and the fee comes off the bulk invoice.

Rush production in 5 to 7 business days is there when a date slips, though we'd rather not depend on it for the busiest weeks of the year. We ship everywhere in the USA.