The Complete Guide to Garment Hang Tags: Materials, GSM & Luxury Finishes
A garment hang tag is the first tactile marketing piece a customer touches on the retail floor. It bridges the gap between garment visual appeal and brand storytelling, communicating price point, fabric heritage, and craftsmanship.
Paper Stock Selection & GSM Weights
Paper caliper and weight determine the perceived weight and luxury tier of your garment:
- 350 – 400 GSM Art Card: The industry benchmark for high-street retail; provides excellent rigidity and clean offset CMYK color reproduction. Explore our full range of custom hang tags.
- 500 – 800 GSM Duplex / Pasted Cardboard: Ultra-heavyweight board created by fusing multiple layers together; yields a rigid, luxury book-cover hand-feel. Discover our cardboard tags.
- Recycled Kraft Board: Natural unbleached organic brown texture, highly popular for sustainable, denim, and outdoor collections. See our eco-friendly paper tags.
- Black Core / Specialty Tinted Paper: Dyed-through paper pulp ensuring that tag edges remain deeply pigmented even after die-cutting.
Elevating Hang Tags with Specialty Finishes
Metallic Foil Stamping
Gold, rose gold, silver, or matte black foils hot-stamped into the board create striking light reflection.
Raised Spot UV & Soft-Touch Matte
Velvety soft-touch lamination paired with high-gloss 3D Spot UV over brand typography.
Blind Debossing / 3D Embossing
Physical depth indentation that creates tactile elegance without requiring ink.
Metal Eyelets & Custom Stringing
Reinforced brass/gunmetal grommets with waxed cotton cord, jute rope, or satin ribbon attachments.
Elevate Your Garments with Bespoke Hang Tags
Request physical sample tag swatches with foil, deboss, and art card finishes delivered to your brand studio.