Custom Uniforms | NewGen Apparel

Custom uniforms

Uniforms built around your team — custom where it adds value.

Some ranges need proven catalogue products. Some need a few changes. Others need original design from the ground up. NewGen can combine all three — then support the range through production, ordering, stockholding and national delivery.

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NewGen uniform options across different roles

Catalogue when it worksEstablished products where they make commercial sense.

Custom when it mattersOriginal design and technical development where it adds value.

One program after launchOrdering, stock, replenishment and fulfilment.

How custom do you need to go?

Use the level of development that fits the job.

A uniform range does not have to be all catalogue or all bespoke. NewGen can combine established products, adapted garments and fully custom development within the same range.

Catalogue

Proven garments ready to brand when an established product already does the job well.

Faster and simpler to implement
Useful for lower-volume items
Branding and range coordination available

Adapted

Start with a proven garment and change selected details to better suit the organisation.

Colours, trims and branding
Fabric, fit or feature changes
More distinction without redesigning everything

Original custom uniform design and development

Fully custom

Create an original garment or coordinated range when existing products cannot deliver the required result.

Original design and CAD
Technical development, samples and fit
Prepared for repeat commercial production

The important part is not choosing “custom” for its own sake. It is knowing when an established product is enough — and having real garment capability available when it is not.

When custom is the right answer

Real garment design and development sits behind it.

Marie Brereton Designs has been creating and developing uniforms since 1979. It now forms part of NewGen.

NewGen was established in 2011 by David O’Keeffe and John Simmons, drawing on substantial experience across textiles, garments, sourcing, finance and commercial supply. Marie Brereton Designs later brought an established Australian uniform design business, its technical knowledge and its development archive into NewGen.

That means custom work can move beyond a concept or sketch into something that can be fitted, manufactured consistently, reordered and supported over time.

Original design & CADGarments and coordinated ranges developed around roles and wearer groups.

Technical developmentPatterns, specifications, fabrics, trims and construction review.

Samples & fitSampling, fittings, grading, movement and wearer-comfort refinement.

Commercial continuityDevelopment with production, repeat orders and ongoing supply in mind.

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NewGen custom uniform technical development, fabrics and garment details

Public case studies

Custom can mean a whole range, one garment or one smart change.

These examples show how NewGen uses different levels of development depending on the problem — rather than making every product bespoke.

Metricon coordinated custom uniform range

Complete uniform range

Metricon — custom where it mattered, sourced where it made sense.

Metricon needed a more distinctive uniform range than shared catalogue stock could provide. NewGen developed the range around the brand, wearer needs and customer-facing environment, combining custom-designed garments with sourced products where that was the better answer.

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Early learning blouse

A commercially workable custom blouse program that created a more polished alternative to catalogue polos.

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Reversible hospitality apron

Improving a fast-wearing product through custom fabric, Teflon coating and reversible construction — while keeping it under $20.

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Ponytail cap

A practical wearer-led cap design with a magnetic opening for staff with long hair.

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From design through to supply

The same business can stay connected to the product.

A custom garment is only useful if it can be produced reliably and supported after launch. NewGen can carry the work from initial requirement through to ongoing supply.

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UnderstandRoles, conditions, wearer requirements, presentation, quantities and operational constraints.

Select or developChoose catalogue, adapted or custom products — often a combination across the range.

Design, sample & refineCAD, fabrics, trims, specifications, samples, fit and construction where custom work is required.

Prepare for productionSupplier coordination, production instructions, approvals and quality requirements.

Launch the rangeProduction, stock establishment, wearer ordering and controlled rollout.

Keep it movingStockholding, replenishment, reporting, account support and national fulfilment as required.

One coordinated range

Different roles do not have to mean disconnected uniforms.

NewGen can coordinate custom and established products across the wider uniform range so each role gets what it needs while the organisation still presents consistently.

Polos, tees, shirts & blouses

Corporate & front-of-house

Hospitality & service wear

Healthcare & care uniforms

Workwear, PPE & hi-vis

Outerwear, headwear & accessories

The range can also connect to branded merchandise, online ordering, stockholding and fulfilment where required.

Coordinated NewGen uniform range across different garments

Considering a new range or improving an existing one?

Talk to NewGen about what should stay simple, what could be adapted and where original custom development would genuinely add value.

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