The Brief
For the 20th Reunion Anniversary of the NMS 96 Exboys of Nigerian Military School, Zaria, Arewatees was commissioned to produce commemorative apparel for members of the set.
The brief required premium T-shirts representing all seven companies (houses), with each company's shirt reflecting its official colour.
The project also included baseball caps with premium puff embroidery.
Solving the Colour Challenge
The challenge was more than finding seven different colours.
We needed to identify suitable colours within the Bella+Canvas 3001CVC range that closely represented each company's identity, while ensuring that sufficient quantities were available across the required sizes.
- Alpha: Heather Blue — Pantone 535 C
- Bravo: Heather Mustard — Pantone 15-0948 TCX
- Charlie: Heather Red — Pantone 193 C
- Delta: Heather Emerald — Pantone 627 C
- Echo: Heather Team Purple — Pantone 2665 C
- Foxtrot: Heather Brown — Pantone 7519 C
- Golf: Heather Bubble Gum — Pantone 189 C
Using the premium Bella+Canvas 3001CVC provided a consistent garment standard across the collection while allowing each company to retain its distinct identity.
Premium Finishing
We applied Arewatees' signature 3D screen printing to the T-shirts, giving the commemorative designs a dimensional and premium finish.
The project also included baseball caps finished with premium puff embroidery, creating a coordinated anniversary collection rather than simply a T-shirt order.
Organised for Distribution
With seven companies, multiple colours and individual sizes, distribution could easily have become complicated.
We therefore packaged each member's items individually and clearly labelled every package with the member's name and size.
This made it easy for the organisers to distribute the merchandise without having to sort through a large mixed shipment.
The Result
The project combined colour management, premium apparel sourcing, specialised printing and embroidery, inventory coordination and individualised fulfilment.
The result was a cohesive anniversary collection in which each member received the correct apparel for their company and size.
Why This Project Matters
The NMS 96 project represents an important part of the production experience from which Blanks for Brands emerged.
Although the project was executed under Arewatees, the core capabilities involved—premium blank-apparel sourcing, colour selection, custom printing, embroidery, inventory coordination and fulfilment—are the same capabilities that became the foundation of Blanks for Brands.
In 2022, Blanks for Brands was established as a distinct business, formalising and expanding the custom apparel production capabilities developed through years of Arewatees projects.
This project is therefore part of that operational history: evidence that our approach to premium apparel sourcing and customisation was established before Blanks for Brands had a name of its own.
From Arewatees' custom merchandise experience to Blanks for Brands' dedicated apparel production and fulfilment.