Production-ready specification
Polo Shirt Tech Pack Template
What to include in a polo shirt tech pack, specified rather than described: placket length, placket width and three-button spacing as separate rows, knitted collar height, side vent height, and the body and sleeve block graded XS to XXL with tolerances.
Placket length and width, button spacing, knitted collar height, optional side vents.
A free polo shirt tech pack, as a PDF download: 16 pages and 12 points of measure graded XS–XXL with tolerances, delivered as a vector PDF and an editable .ai file at no cost.
- 16 pages
- one garment
- 12 points
- 6 critical
- XS–XXL
- with tolerances
- PDF + .ai
- vector, editable
Commissioning a polo shirt spec from a technical designer typically runs €150 to €900 and takes days. This one was drawn inside a Portuguese factory that cuts the garment every week, and it is in your inbox in minutes.
Your Polo Shirt, finished
- Measurements graded XS–XXL, with tolerances
- Pantone references for every colourway
- Your brand, style code and logo placed
Every decision set in about five minutes. Works with any factory.
Why this one is different
Polo Shirt, specified
The placket is where a polo is won or lost. Its length, its width and the spacing of the buttons along it are three separate rows, and a factory that has to guess any of them will produce a garment that looks nothing like the reference. Collar height is the fourth: too low and it collapses, too high and it looks like a costume.
Side vents are the quiet one — specified here as their own height row, because a vent that runs too high changes how the whole garment hangs.
The full placket group — length, width and three-button spacing — plus knitted collar height and side vent height.
Specified down to
- Body
- Knitted collar
- Placket + buttons
- Sleeves
Silhouette
Reference: Stanley/Stella Prepster 2.0, medium unisex. Check the fit on a sample; secondary dimensions are derived.
Fabric on the spec
220gsm Piqué — a starting point on the material page, written to be overwritten with your own.
Points of measure
Every row in the pack
All 12 of them, with the convention each is measured to. 6 are marked as measurements a factory cannot cut without — they print in bold on the page. The values themselves are inside the document, graded XS–XXL with tolerances; we do not publish them here.
- AHalf chestcriticalMeasure across the garment 2 cm down from the armholes, laid flat.
- BBody length (HPS to hem)criticalMeasure from the highest point of shoulder straight down to the bottom edge.
- CShoulder widthcriticalShoulder point to shoulder point across the back
- DArmhole drop (shoulder to underarm)Shoulder point straight down to the underarm seam. NOTE: the Points of Measure page lists “Arm hole”, which is the bicep width — a different measurement
- ESleeve length (shoulder point to cuff)criticalShoulder point straight along the outer arm to the finished sleeve end
- FBicep width2.5 cm below the armhole, sleeve laid flat
- GSleeve openingSleeve hem laid flat, edge to edge
- P1Placket lengthcriticalNeck seam down to the finished bottom of the placket
- P2Placket widthFinished width of the placket band
- P3Button spacing (3 buttons)Centre of first button to centre of last, and each gap
- P4Collar heightcriticalNeck seam to the outer collar edge at centre back
- V1Side vent heightFrom the hem up to the top of the vent
Measurements in this pack are drafted from published industry sizing (EN 13402-3 body girths; Craft Yarn Council body lengths) with standard ease for the stated fit class. They are a production-ready standard block, not White Cotton house measurements. Confirm the graded spec against your own fit sample before bulk production.
The rest of the 16 pages
What else is in there
Specification — goes to the factory
- Cover & style summary
- Colourway flats, front and back
- Design details with numbered callouts
- Inside construction — every seam named
- Points of measure with tolerances
- Component measurements
- Graded specification, XS–XXL
- Material references
- Colourways with Pantone references
- Artwork placement & sizing
- Bill of materials
- Labels & care, to EU 1007/2011
- Packaging & hangtag
- Production notes
In the Textile Field Guide — with every pack
- Stitch & seam options
- Ribbing, cuffs, hems & necklines
- Washes & finishes
- 31 printing & decoration methods
- Trims & accessories
Every option, pictured, in a separate guide — so the pack itself stays the clean specification your factory reads.
Who it's for
Built for these brands
- Corporate, hospitality and golf ranges where the polo is the volume piece
- Brands moving from embroidered blanks to their own cut-and-sew polo
- Anyone who has had a placket come back the wrong length
Not for
- Rugby polos, which use a woven collar as a separate BOM material (see the Rugby Polo pack)
- Woven button-through shirts (see the Woven Shirt pack)
Usually bought with
FAQ
Before you download
Where can I get a free polo shirt tech pack?+
Here — the polo shirt tech pack on this page is a free download, in exchange for an email address. It runs 16 pages and 12 points of measure, 6 of them marked critical, graded XS–XXL with tolerances, with 220gsm Piqué written on the material page as a starting point you overwrite with your own. It arrives as a vector PDF and an .ai file, editable in Illustrator, Affinity or CorelDRAW, and carries no supplier details, so it works with any factory.
Two buttons or three?+
The pack specifies a three-button placket with the spacing between each, and the row is yours to change. What matters is that the button count, the gaps and the placket length are stated together — changing one without the others is how plackets end up crooked.
Is the collar knitted or cut from the body fabric?+
Knitted, specified as its own component with its own height row. A rugby polo uses a woven collar instead, which is a separate fabric line on the bill of materials — that is a different pack.
What do I actually receive?+
A vector PDF and an .ai file, by email, at no cost. Both open and edit in Illustrator, Affinity or CorelDRAW — nothing is flattened or locked.
Can I use it with any factory?+
Yes. The document is yours and carries no supplier details — no address, no contact, nothing that ties it to us. It is drawn to industry convention so any factory can read it.
Are the measurements already filled in?+
Yes, as a production-ready standard block graded XS–XXL with tolerances, drawn from published industry sizing. It is a starting point you overwrite to match your own fit sample — the pack says so on the page. Your own fields (brand, style code, season, colourway names, artwork) arrive marked [FILL IN] in red so nothing ships carrying someone else's data.
Wondering what each page is actually for? We walk a finished pack page by page.
The other 12
Every garment in the set
Each one is a different document, not the same file with a different drawing — the rows above exist on this garment and nowhere else. Select as many as you need on the main page and they arrive in one email.
