100% organic cotton apron
SOL'S 03569- 7.08 oz/yd² (240 g/m²)
- Adjustable straps
- Large front pocket, two compartments
- Organic cotton content certified under OCS (Organic Content Standard)
- Embroidered
PIADI — Capabilities Overview
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Uniform production, built for the way a restaurant actually reorders.
DreamToMerch × PIADI — Capabilities Overview. Prepared for La Piadineria USA · August 2026.
- Prepared by
- Tyrus Clemons Founder, DreamToMerch / Stonecaster Studio LLC · US Air Force veteran
- Prepared for
- Doina Bongiovanni PIADI — La Piadineria USA
- Date
- August 2026 Samples in production
- Private storefront
- dreamtomerch.com/piadi Live · partner pricing shown
Current status
Samples in production. Five true-denim caps and four apron evaluations, current estimated delivery window 17–20 August, arriving in three parcels.
Exact cap material match: 100% cotton pigment-dyed denim, as specified. The apron is not woven denim — that limitation is stated in full in §3 rather than left to be discovered.
§1
Shipped
Nine pieces, already shipped
This is not a proposal for samples. The set was ordered on 8 August and is in production now — five denim caps and four aprons, every route you asked to evaluate. Nothing below is a rendering or a plan. These exact pieces are being made and sent to New York.
| Piece | Material | Decoration | Colourway | What it answers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denim cap — full logo | 100% cotton pigment-dyed denim | 3D puff, white thread | Blue | The raised treatment on a mid denim wash |
| Denim cap — full logo | 100% cotton pigment-dyed denim | 3D puff, navy thread | Light Blue | How navy thread reads against a pale wash |
| Denim cap — full logo | 100% cotton pigment-dyed denim | Flat, white thread | Black | Traditional flush stitch, highest contrast |
| Denim cap — LA mark only | 100% cotton pigment-dyed denim | 3D puff, white thread | Black | The boxed LA on its own, without the wordmark |
| Denim cap — LA PIADINERIA wordmark | 100% cotton pigment-dyed denim | Flat, white thread | Blue | The wordmark alone, flat, on the same blue wash |
| Cotton apron — SOL’S 03569 | 100% organic cotton, 240 g/m², OCS certified | Embroidered chest logo, white thread | Red | Our recommended apron, in your brand colour |
| Work apron — Liberty 5502 | 70% polyester / 30% cotton, 305 g/m² | Embroidered chest logo, navy thread | Black | The economical route, same stitched branding |
| Denim-look apron — chest logo | 100% polyester, not woven denim | All-over sublimation | Dark wash | The denim appearance with the logo where you specified it |
| Denim-look apron — full body | 100% polyester, not woven denim | All-over sublimation | Dark wash | The same route with the mark carried across the whole panel |
- Ordered
- 8 August 2026 — in productionPlaced before this document was sent.
- Ship to
- PIADI, 18 East 23rd Street, New York, NY 10010
- Estimated arrival
- 17–20 August
- Parcels
- ThreeCaps and aprons complete production separately, so the set arrives across three shipments. All three are part of the same sample set.
- Tracking
- Sent as each parcel moves
- Cost to PIADI
- None. The set is complimentary and yours to keep either way.
Every piece above is also live on your storefront at dreamtomerch.com/piadi, alongside the rest of the PIADI range — so once your team has handled these, reordering any of them is one click, with no minimum and no new quote.
§2
Headwear
The caps: genuine pigment-dyed denim
PIADI asked for denim, and this is denim — Otto Cap 18-204, 100% cotton pigment-dyed denim. The pigment dye is what gives the crown its worn, lived-in surface rather than a flat uniform colour, and it is the same material specification the team requested.
Two embroidery treatments are being produced so the team can hold both and decide with the pieces in hand rather than from a rendering.
All three washes are shown for each treatment — select a colour to compare. Both treatments are produced on the same cap body, and both are in the sample set.
- Material
- 100% cotton pigment-dyed denim
- Construction
- 6-panel unstructured, low profile, soft crown
- Sizing
- Adjustable strap · 21.65"–25.19" head circumference (55–64 cm)One adjustable size, 55–64 cm, greatly simplifies crew sizing compared with sized apparel.
- Detailing
- 6 sewn eyelets · 4 rows of visible stitching on the visor
- Washes
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- Black
- Blue
- Light blue
- Embroidery offered
- 3D puff, raised off the denim, and traditional flatBoth treatments are in the sample set for physical comparison.
- Price
- $24.99
Specification note — front logo size
PIADI's specification calls for a 15 cm front logo. The maximum available front embroidery area on this cap is approximately 13.97 cm, so the logo sits very close to the requested size but not exactly at it. The difference is roughly a centimetre across the front panel, and it is stated here so the team can approve the artwork knowing the true finished dimension.
§3
Aprons
The aprons: three routes, stated plainly
There are three production routes available, and they differ in material, weight and construction. Each is described here as it actually is, because the right choice depends on what the team wants the apron to do on the floor.
Poly-cotton work apron
Liberty 5502- 70% polyester / 30% cotton
- 9 oz/yd² (305 g/m²)
- 20″ × 30″
- Adjustable neck loop, long ties
- Two front pockets
- Embroidered
Denim-look apron
100% polyester — not woven denim- Denim texture and branding sublimated into the fabric, not printed on the surface
- The design cannot crack or peel with washing
- Button-adjustable straps
- Available in dark and light wash
Material disclosure
DreamToMerch does not currently produce a woven-denim apron. Route C is a 100% polyester fabric that achieves the denim appearance through a different construction: the texture and the branding are sublimated into the fibre rather than laid on top of it.
That construction has a real advantage — a sublimated design cannot crack or peel in the wash the way a surface print can. It is still not woven denim, and the team should weigh it as a different material rather than as a substitute. This is stated up front because it is the kind of detail that should inform the decision now, not surface after the first order.
| Piece | Material | Decoration | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denim cap — Otto 18-204 | 100% cotton pigment-dyed denim | 3D puff or flat embroidery | $24.99 |
| Organic cotton apron — SOL'S 03569 | 100% organic cotton, 240 g/m² | Embroidered | $32.99 |
| Work apron — Liberty 5502 | 70% polyester / 30% cotton, 305 g/m² | Embroidered | $24.99 |
| Denim-look apron | 100% polyester, not woven denim | All-over sublimation | $29.99 |
§4
Storefront
The store already exists
A complete private PIADI storefront is live at dreamtomerch.com/piadi. It was built in under two days from the original enquiry, and it holds over 40 pieces — every one carrying PIADI branding, every listed piece fully configured and purchasable right now. Nothing on the store is conceptual or display-only.
It is less a shop than a company locker room: the crew's approved apparel, in one place, already inside PIADI's standards. Whatever is on the page is what the team is allowed to wear, and there is nothing else to choose from by accident.
- Over 40 pieces, all PIADI-branded, all fully configured and orderable today
- Partner pricing displayed directly on the page — no quote request in between
- No minimums anywhere on the store
- Any team member can reorder at any time without a new quote, a new setup, or a conversation
- Beyond the aprons and caps, the store already holds a full crew apparel line — tees, hoodies, crewnecks, sweatshirts and outerwear, from $19.99 — all carrying the same embroidered mark
The store is also not fixed. Anything in our wider catalogue can be added to it, branded and priced, without rebuilding anything — so the assortment can follow what the team actually reaches for rather than what was guessed at the start.
§5
Methods
What DreamToMerch can produce
Decoration and fulfilment run through our production network. Blanks are sourced from the manufacturers named in this document. For the US programme, products are selected around US production availability; European-capable pieces can be routed regionally as the programme expands.
- Flat embroidery
- 3D puff embroidery
- Unlimited-colour embroidery
- DTG printing
- All-over sublimation
- Logo digitisation included
- No minimum order. One piece or one thousand, at the same quality.
- Volume pricing improves as quantities grow, and those savings are passed through.
- Logo digitisation is included — the embroidery file is prepared as part of setting the programme up.
§6
Operations
Why no minimum matters operationally
The point of no minimum is not a discount. It is that a uniform programme no longer has to be re-bought in bulk in order to stay supplied. The ordinary events that break a uniform programme stop being events at all.
- A new hire in October needs one cap — not a case of two hundred.
- A single damaged apron is replaced with a single apron.
- A new location opens and orders only what that location needs.
- Nothing is warehoused, nothing is written off, nothing expires.
DreamToMerch produces on demand, so PIADI can order replacement and top-up quantities without reopening a bulk production run. The same programme supports one replacement piece, a single new hire, or a complete location opening — without renegotiating anything.
§7
Geography
US and European production
United States
US fulfilment, typically 5–9 days door to door. This is the route the current sample set is travelling.
European Union
Our production network includes facilities in Spain and Latvia, which can produce several of PIADI's core pieces inside the European Union and deliver to Italy without crossing the Atlantic.
Pieces producible inside the EU
- Cotton apron
- Denim caps
- Crew tees
- Hoodie
- Crewneck
- Denim tote
Separate storefronts per region
As the programme grows, PIADI can be given more than one storefront — a US store and a European store, each with its own assortment, its own pricing and its own production routing. A manager in New York and a manager in Italy would each order from the catalogue that is actually producible for them, without either team having to know which pieces route where.
Routing and tax — how to state it accurately
Routing is decided per order and depends on product, colour, size, stock and capacity, so no specific facility can be promised for a specific order. What can be said is that the network includes EU facilities and that the pieces listed above are producible within it.
Producing within the EU avoids routing those orders through a US-to-EU import process and the customs handling that comes with importing from outside the EU. VAT is handled under the applicable EU rules based on the order and business registration.
§8
Partnership
What we build around the garments
Most suppliers sell you the garment. The garment is the easy part. What actually costs a growing business time is everything around it — reordering, sizing, new locations, new roles, a piece that turns out not to work on the floor. That is the part we build.
- Your store is not a shop, it is your inventory. A private line only your team sees, holding only what PIADI has approved. Nothing on it is a suggestion — it is what the crew is allowed to wear, and there is nothing else to choose from by accident.
- It is not fixed. Pieces can be added, swapped, retired or repriced at any time. If something is not working on the floor, tell us and it changes that week. If you want a piece we do not currently carry, we source it and add it.
- One store, or one per region. As the programme grows we can split it so New York and Italy each order from a catalogue that is actually producible for them — or build the assortment deliberately from pieces producible in both the US and the EU, so a single store serves every market and nobody has to think about which side of the Atlantic anything comes from.
- Design is included, not a line item. A new piece, a new placement, a seasonal variation, a one-off for an opening — send the idea and we build it. No design fee, no digitising fee, and no minimum attached to trying something.
What we are actually asking for
We are not trying to win an apron order. We would like to be the apparel partner for PIADI’s US expansion — the aprons and caps now, the crew line when you want it, the next location without starting over, and Italy when it makes sense.
The store you already have is the first piece of that. It took under two days to build and it does not expire, get archived, or need renegotiating. Whatever PIADI needs made, we would rather build it with you than quote it to you.
§9
Timing
Schedule for the September opening
Working backward from crew uniforms being worn in the first week of September, there is one date that governs everything else.
- Now Samples in production, arriving within days
- August 20 Target for final production specifications. This gives the cleanest production path toward having uniforms on the crew for the first week of September.
- Early September Uniforms on the crew for the opening week
If the team needs longer, a compressed schedule can be built backward from whatever the approval date turns out to be. The August 20 date is the comfortable path, not the only one.
You already know how to build a great food brand. Our goal is to make the apparel side easy for you.