Luxury Apparel Boxes.

The core is rigid greyboard in the 2 to 3mm range, wrapped in printed or dyed paper and glued up so it never folds flat. That thickness gives the box its weight in the hand and the dull knock when the lid lands. A folding carton in SBS or E-flute prints just as well, but it flexes when you pick it up, and a buyer at this price notices.

For a heavy knit or a coat we would go to the thicker end of that range so the long sides don't bow.

A dyed-through paper is coloured all the way through the sheet, so a scuff or a knocked corner shows the same colour underneath. A printed wrap on a white base shows a pale fleck the first time it rubs against another box in the stockroom. On a navy or black house colour that fleck is the first thing a customer sees.

Dyed stocks still take foil, blind deboss and a spot of print, so the brand mark goes on top as usual.

Thin magnets are set into the board under the wrap, one in the front flap and a matching plate in the base wall, so the lid pulls shut by itself. Nothing shows on the outside. We set the pull so the lid stays closed when the box is carried by its sides but still lifts with one finger.

A ribbon pull on the front edge gives the customer something to lift by and keeps fingernails off a soft-touch wrap.

Blind deboss, hot foil, spot UV and soft-touch lamination are the usual choices, and most houses pick one or two. A blind deboss on a dyed wrap is the quietest option and survives handling better than ink. Foil reads best on dark papers. Soft-touch gives the wrap a velvety hand but shows fingerprints on deep colours.

If the box travels with printed tissue, a seal and a carrier bag, we colour-match all of them to one house standard so the navy doesn't drift from piece to piece.

Yes, at this tier the box is usually sized up so a jacket or dress takes one or two folds instead of three or four. Every fold is a crease the customer has to steam out, and a hard fold across a structured shoulder can stay visible. The trade-off is a larger footprint and more board per unit.

Our common sizes of 13 × 10 × 4 in and 16 × 12 × 5 in cover most folded tops and knits. Coats and gowns usually need a custom size, which we quote from your folded dimensions.

The minimum run is 500 boxes per size and design. Setting up a rigid job means cutting board, printing the wrap, placing magnets and making a foil die, and 500 units is where that set-up spreads sensibly across the order. Runs can go as high as 100,000.

If you carry two sizes, each one counts as its own run of 500. Keeping the same wrap paper across both at least holds the colour steady.

Production takes 7 to 10 business days once the artwork and a sample are signed off, or 5 to 7 business days on rush. The physical sample comes first and takes 5 to 7 business days. We'd push for it here, because the magnet pull, the wrap colour and the lid fit are things you have to hold to judge.

The sample fee comes off the production invoice when you place the order, and delivery is anywhere in the USA.

Yes, the collapsible edition folds flat and squares up at the packing bench, which is what makes rigid workable for e-commerce. A fixed rigid box takes its full volume on the pallet from the day it is made, so warehouse space fills quickly. The collapsible build keeps the wrap and the weight.

For carrier shipping, pack the box inside a plain corrugated shipper. A rigid wrap scuffs on conveyor belts and parcel sorters, and the outer box takes that wear instead.