Ole Originals
Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in British Columbia
East Vancouver t-shirt brand founded in 2008 that hand screen-prints retro Canadian regional and wildlife designs on tees, sweaters, and toques in its Frances Street studio, sold direct and through independent Canadian gift shops.
Vancouver, BC CA · www.oleoriginals.com
Ole Originals Clothing Co. is a small East Vancouver studio that has hand-pulled retro Canadian graphic prints on a single-head manual press since 2008, with hats and patches embroidered nearby. The printing is Canadian but the blank garments are unnamed cotton-poly jersey of undisclosed origin, and no owner is named on the site or in a registry that could be reached.
Factors
Ownership
100.0 reportedCA 100%
The terms of service name the business as Ole Originals Clothing Co. at a Vancouver address, and the site describes itself as a Canadian t-shirt brand run by the Ole Originals family since 2008, with no investor or parent mentioned. Corporations Canada returned zero results for Ole Originals and Ole Clothing, so this is a provincial or unincorporated business; the BC Registry, OpenCorporates, and LinkedIn could not be checked this session, and Wikipedia, Wikidata, the CANADA List, and madeinca.ca have no entry.
- Terms of service – Ole Originals Clothing Co. vendor_statement “525 West Broadway Vancouver British Columbia CA V5Z 0C1”
- About Us – Ole Originals Clothing Co. vendor_statement “The Ole Originals family”
- Corporations Canada federal corporation search: ole originals registry “0 results were found, 0 returned.”
Manufacturing
55.0 inferredCA 50% · other 40% · US 10%
The vendor states that every print is hand-pulled in its studio at 1420 Frances Street in East Vancouver and that hats and patches are embroidered by friends nearby, so the finishing step is Canadian. The blank tees and sweaters are cut and sewn elsewhere by an unnamed supplier, and only the Signature Line is described as made in collaboration with a Canadian company, so the split credits Canada for the printing and the Signature blanks and assigns the remaining blanks to offshore and US-owned wholesale garment makers as an estimate.
- Ole Originals - FAQ – Ole Originals Clothing Co. vendor_statement “All of our soft, vintage-feel shirts are printed with care in our small studio in the heart of East Vancouver, BC.”
- About Us – Ole Originals Clothing Co. vendor_statement “our hats and patches are embroidered by some friends just down the way”
- Retro Vancouver Soccer Signature Sweater (Unisex) – Ole Originals Clothing Co. vendor_statement “Our new Signature Line is made in collaboration with a Canadian company”
People
100.0 reportedCA 100%
A single-site business: the contact page gives the studio at 1420 Frances Street in Vancouver with a 604 phone number, and the FAQ and product pages describe the same East Vancouver studio as the only workplace. No headcount or careers page is published and LinkedIn could not be checked.
- Contact Us – Ole Originals Clothing Co. vendor_statement “1420 Frances Street, Vancouver, BC V5L 1Y9”
- Ole Originals - FAQ – Ole Originals Clothing Co. vendor_statement “Ole Originals Studio in East Vancouver at 1420 Frances Street”
Inputs
26.0 inferredCA 20% · other 60% · US 20%
The main input is the blank garment, a pre-laundered 60 percent combed ring-spun cotton and 40 percent polyester heathered jersey whose brand and country of origin the vendor never names; that fabric profile matches imported wholesale blanks from US-owned tee brands, so most of the mix goes to offshore sewing and US brand owners, with a Canadian share for the Signature Line blanks and local embroidery. Ink, toque, and patch sourcing are unstated, and the store runs on Shopify, a Canadian platform. The split is an estimate.
- Ole Originals - FAQ – Ole Originals Clothing Co. vendor_statement “60% Combed Ring-Spun Cotton 40% Polyester”
- Ole Originals -Sea Otter T-Shirt (Mens) – Ole Originals Clothing Co. vendor_statement “Each print is hand-pulled on a single-head manual press using light-weight ink”
Where to buy
- Direct 75.4
- Canadian retailer · Independent Canadian stockists listed on the retail locations page, such as MAKE in Gastown and Granville Island, Walrus in Vancouver, Steeling Home in Calgary, the Royal Alberta Museum gift shop in Edmonton, and Scout in Toronto 67.9
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