Fifth Sun is located in Chico, California and has been a leading supplier of graphic apparel for the retail clothing industry for 15 years. We are nationally recognized as a progressive and creative supplier of trend right and art intensive apparel including polos, woven shirts, jackets and tees.
Fifth Sun produces licensed and private label apparel for specialty chains such as Hot Topic, Urban Outfitters and Zumiez as well as most major National Chains such as Target, JCPenney, Kohl’s and Walmart, as well as over 3500 independent accounts. We hold over 40 licenses including Warner Brothers, Nickelodeon, Paramount, Fox, Discovery Channel, HBO, Gibson Guitar, Nike and Reebok.
We are a growth oriented, employee centered company and occupy a state of the art, custom-designed building.
NEWS
Fifth Sun is excited to announce several new relationships and licenses that have been added to their portfolio!
• Hostess: Fifth Sun has secured a deal for exclusive apparel rights to produce Hostess in the US! Your favorite snack characters such as Twinkie the Kid and Captain Cupcake are currently showing their vintage style at retail.
• Kellogg’s: A powerhouse of timeless characters like Tony the Tiger™, Toucan Sam™, Dig ‘Em™ and of course Snap™! Crackle™! Pop™! Fifth Sun will focus on progressive and trend right executions to reintroduce the brand to a whole new generation.
• Fifth Sun has re-launched the Teenage Millionaire brand in Japan with exclusive designs for their retailers! The brand is known for it’s street smart style and zest for life and now the dream of the Teenage Millionaire is available to the Japanese!
In The Community
Fifth Sun is a proud partner of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America and has found innovative ways to provide our local club with support. From a fund raising art show to providing temporary job opportunities that allow young adults to be introduced to our business. Fifth Sun has raised thousands of dollars in support and looks forward to their continued involvement over the future.
Fifth Sun is a proud supporter of Green efforts such as recycling, use of phthalate free inks and sponsors an annual bike to work week with local businesses.
Licenses and Brands need to be executed so they are relevant and current in this fast changing market or they can’t compete with those that are. Our promise to our licensors is that we will be creative with their properties, we won’t ignore them, and we will strive to be the best partners we can be. Period.
For Licensing inquiries please contact us at licensinginquiry@5sun.com.
For Licensing inquiries please contact us at licensinginquiry@5sun.com.
Fifth Sun has partnered with some of the most creative brands from the vinyl toy world to an online artists community. We seek out fresh content and untapped trends and bring these exclusive opportunities into the apparel world. We apply our industry experience and offer complete programs to our retailers for a uniquely branded product that is not found anywhere else..
Born in Hollywood and embraced around the world, Teenage Millionaire is a brand known for its humor, intelligence and most importantly its style. Take a brand guided by passion and imagination mix in street-smart stewardship and a zest for life and you’ve got the dream of a Teenage Millionaire. The wish of the Teenage Millionaire is for everyone to not be so serious but look seriously good doing it.
A Teenage Millionaire is not defined by age but by a state of mind, fun, erudite, and forward leaning. A fresh iconic style that doesn’t follow trends but leads, Teenage Millionaire is a brand poised to assume its position as the brand that all others aspire to.
Qee is the champion collection for vinyl toy company Toy2R. Celebrating its 15th Anniversary, Toy2R has propelled vinyl toys into the mainstream with the invention of the first every DIY art toy, now an industry standard. Qee has not only caught the attention of toy collectors worldwide, but also the imagination of art lovers, graphic designers, and the world's youth alike.
Powerhouse Qee partnerships have included adidas, Lesportsac, Playstation, 20th Century Fox and now Fifth Sun.
UNKL was founded in 2003 by Derek Welch and Jason Bacon. The founders have created for companies such as Virgin, Dell, Adidas-Salomon, Starbucks, LEGO, NFL, Microsoft, Converse and Nike.
As UNKL has grown, the focus has narrowed to concentrate on creating a unique point of view. UNKL’s mission is simple: create original characters and products for aesthetically minded people. Fifth Sun has partnered with this philosophy and brings their creative experience in apparel design to this brand.
Launched in July 2007, DesignByHümans (DBH) is an international community where artists and t-shirt lovers can create, vote, and buy the most dynamic T-shirts on the market. Based around an ongoing t-shirt design contest, all designs are submitted, discussed, and voted on by the Design By Humans community.
Through an exclusive partnership with Fifth Sun, this current and unique opportunity is now growing from an online culture phenomenon to a direct-to-retail reality.
“American Made and World Played.”
Music legends such as Jimi Hendrix, B.B. King, Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley have all had the preference for Gibson guitars. Gibson has a rich heritage in Rock, Country, Blues and Jazz with fans around the world.
The Gibson brand is a great opportunity for retailers who want a program with the heritage of the Gibson name and the trend right approach that Fifth Sun brings to all their brands.
LICENSING PROGRAM
Licensors come to Fifth Sun because we have a reputation as the “go to company” for creative on-trend graphic executions. We ship everyone from mom and pops to mass retailers making us a one stop shop for boys, young men, juniors and girls products. We encourage you to contact any of our licensors and ask them about our commitment towards creativity and communication.
For licensing inquiries please contact us at licensinginquiry@5sun.com.
CUT & SEW
Our Cut & Sew team researches the market for the latest fashion trends and best possible sourcing to offer our retailers full package programs. We partner only with quality manufacturers who meet our standards and have a history of successfully getting product to market on time. We actively supply full package, cut and sew products to retailers such as Target, Walmart, Sears (Structure), Kmart and Kohl’s and have been for 5 years.
JUNIORS
Once only recognized as a young men’s company, Fifth Sun has shook up the juniors industry by our trend right art, fashion bodies and cool licenses! Not only do we sell mom and pops, we sell our juniors products to Hot Topic, Urban Outfitters, Spencer’s, Delias, Journeys, Zumiez, Kohl’s, Walmart, Sears and now Target Juniors!
YOUNG MEN
Fifth Sun takes pride in our retailer relationships and diversified lines of the best young men’s Licensed properties. With shelf space more competitive than ever, every ingredient of proper execution must be present to be successful. Not only do we sell to all of the Mass and Mid Tier national chains, but we sell to Old Navy, PacSun, Urban Outfitters, Hot Topic, Spencer’s, Journeys, Macy’s, Zumiez and many more.
BOYS & GIRLS
Boys and Girls don’t want watered down art anymore so we challenge our designers to take the same creative approaches to this market as we do our Young Men’s and Juniors. It needs to be sophisticated enough for the market but still get by MOM who does the purchasing! We have found success in all of the national chains both at mid tier and mass and are aggressively growing this division.
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