Scoop neck

The scoop neck rounds out instead of pointing — where a V ends in a mitered seam, the scoop's collar traces a wide, shallow arc that can drop 4 to 6 inches below the collarbone on a women's fitted tee like Bella+Canvas's 6035 or Next Level's 3940. The wider the arc, the more binding or self-fabric trim is needed to keep the edge from stretching out after a few washes.

That curve changes where a front design actually lands. A logo centered the way it would be on a men's crew sits noticeably higher relative to the collar on a scoop, because the fabric available above the bust starts lower and the shoulders read wider. We've adjusted print placement down and in on scoop-neck reorders more than once because the same coordinates from a unisex crew file left the design floating oddly close to the collar.

Print shops spec scoop-neck placement from the shoulder seam down, not up from the hem, since scoop depth varies by brand and even by size within the same style — a 2XL scoop sits shallower than a small cut from the same pattern. Smaller, single-color left-chest marks or narrower vertical designs generally hold up better than a wide full-front graphic.

A common mistake is treating a scoop neck as just a "wider crew" and reusing crew placement numbers unchanged — the deeper curve means the same coordinates can put ink closer to the collar edge than intended, especially after the first wash relaxes the neckline further.