Socks and apparel window boxes let shoppers see the pattern, color and fabric through a clear cutout, with your print framing it. Sized for folded socks, tees, scarves and gift sets, hang tab for retail pegs if you need it, kraft or white board.
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Nobody buys socks without seeing the pattern. Simple as that, and it’s really the whole reason socks and apparel window boxes exist, since the cutout shows off the stripes or the cartoon avocados and the printed board around it tells people who made them.
Sock startups order these. Gift shops putting together sock bundles, T-shirt and baby clothes brands, scarf and tie makers, subscription boxes too. They all want the fabric on show without it getting crumpled or grubby from being picked up all day.
The fold decides the box. A single pair of crew socks folded flat often comes out around 4 by 9 inches, a three pack side by side is wider, and a folded tee usually lands somewhere near 9 by 12, so honestly the easiest thing is to send us the product folded exactly how you’ll pack it and we’ll size with a little room so the fabric isn’t squashed up against the window.
Depth is sneaky. Too shallow and thick wool socks bulge and push the window out. Too deep and the item slumps down and leaves an empty strip at the top, which makes the whole box look half full.
Plenty of sock brands slip a printed card in behind the socks too. It stiffens thin pairs so they don’t sag against the window, and you get one more spot for a size chart or a line about how they’re made (costs very little, makes a soft product feel finished).
Frame the best part of the product.
For socks that’s usually a long vertical opening running down the leg pattern, whereas a T-shirt graphic wants a wide rectangle, and on baby clothes a small shaped window, a heart or a star, looks kind of adorable.
Leave about half an inch of solid board around the cutout or so, for strength. Rounded corners on the cutout tear less than sharp ones. And we’d put clear film over the opening, because in a shop each box gets picked up a dozen times before it sells and you don’t want fingers on the fabric.
For retail pegs a hang tab at the top is simple and barely adds cost. Prefer a hanger style that wraps round the product? Have a look at our five panel hanger boxes, and hosiery brands with thinner items often go for our custom tights packaging.
Selling online? Then the window box needs an outer mailer, the window can tear in transit, and our article on corrugated boxes for online clothing stores covers that side. Kraft or white SBS, matte or gloss, foil on the logo if you like, and we set up the dieline free and send you a digital proof. More styles are in our window packaging boxes range.
Yes. One long window or three little ones, and a card divider keeps each pair in its own lane.
The board usually is. Pull the film off first, and some brands just skip the film for an all paper box.
Low, often around 50 boxes depending on the style, and cheaper per box as you order more. Ground shipping is free across the USA, so request a quote whenever.
Brands ordering these often look at custom hair extension boxes, custom eyelash boxes with window, custom window soap boxes with logo and custom macaron boxes with window as well. You can see the full range in window packaging boxes.
