Frequently Asked Questions

Colorful rainbow fabric — Pride Clothes pride apparel

At Pride Clothes, we're all about providing the LGBTQ+ community with unique, high-quality pride apparel for all ages. We want you to look great, feel great, and show your pride! Here are answers to our most frequently asked questions.

Sizing and Fabric

Do your shirts run true to size?

They run slim. Our unisex tees are a retail fit — closer through the chest and a little shorter in the body than a classic Gildan or Hanes shirt. If you usually wear a Large in those, or you just like room, order one size up. Our size chart lists exact garment measurements so you can compare against a shirt you already own.

What are the shirts made of?

Solid colours are 100% Airlume combed and ring-spun cotton. Heather and marled colourways are a cotton-polyester blend — that blend is what creates the heathered look. Athletic Heather and Black Heather are 90% cotton / 10% polyester; other heathers are 52% cotton / 48% polyester. The exact composition is listed on every product page.

What sizes do you offer?

Most tee designs run XS–3XL, with a growing range up to 4XL and 5XL. Toddler tees and baby onesies are available on selected designs. The sizes available for a given shirt are shown on its product page, and all measurements are on our size chart.

How should I wash them?

Machine wash cold, inside out, and tumble dry low — that keeps the print sharp for years. See our care guide for more.

Designs and Flags

What are the lesbian pride flag colors, and which one is on your shirts?

The five-stripe sunset flag in use since 2018 — dark orange, orange, white, pink and dark rose. The oranges stand for gender non-conformity and community, white for unique relationships to womanhood, the pinks for serenity and femininity. That is the version on our lesbian pride shirts, flags and throw blankets. The older labrys and lipstick flags still circulate, but the sunset flag is what most people mean today. For the other flags, see what each pride flag represents.

What is a good first pride shirt if I want something subtle?

Look for a design that reads as a nice graphic tee to anyone not looking for it — flag colours used as a palette rather than a printed flag, or wordplay without an explicit label. Bee Yourself and Lesbian Pride Core Values both work that way. If you want the opposite, unmistakable and needing no interpretation, Girls Love Girls and Lesbian Love Wins do that job. Every order ships in plain, unmarked packaging either way.

Ordering and Shipping

When will my order be processed?

All apparel and accessories are printed on demand and typically take 2–5 business days to process. Flags and blankets usually ship within 1 business day. Processing times may be longer during holidays.

When should I order for Pride month?

Order by mid-June for parade season — most U.S. orders arrive within 5–8 business days.

Can I cancel my order?

You can cancel your order before it enters the fulfillment process, which begins before the order is shipped. Once fulfillment starts, cancellation is not possible. If your order has already shipped, you can initiate a return or exchange upon delivery. Please contact us as soon as possible if you need to make changes to your order.

What is your return policy?

Items in new, unused condition can be returned within 15 days of the delivery date. For more details, please visit our Returns & Exchanges page.

How can I track my order?

You will receive an email with tracking information as soon as your order ships. You can also track your order:

  • Via text/SMS (if you opted in during checkout)
  • In your Pride Clothes account under “My Orders”
  • By contacting us directly
Is my order shipped discreetly?

Yes — every order, every time. Packages carry no Pride Clothes logos or identifiable branding, and ship from our legal entity name only. See our discreet shipping policy.

Payment and Taxes

What payment methods do you accept?

We accept all major credit cards (Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, JCB, UnionPay), debit cards (processed like credit), PayPal, Amazon Pay, Shop Pay, Facebook Pay, Google Pay, Apple Pay, Afterpay, and Klarna.

Do you charge sales tax?

We collect sales tax only in locations where we are legally required to do so.

About Us

Who designs these shirts?

Every design is created in-house by our gay-owned small business — when you wear them, you support the community directly.

Is Pride Clothes a real, legitimate store?

Yes. We have been selling since 2022 and we are operated by CLS Empresas LLC, a US-registered business in Cleveland, Ohio. You can reach a human at 216-230-4897 or through our contact page, and we publish our full returns policy and packaging policy rather than burying them. We are gay-owned and minority-owned, and every design we sell is our own.

Are you the same company as other stores with similar names?

No. There are a number of pride apparel stores with names close to ours, and we are not affiliated with any of them — their reviews, shipping times and policies are not ours. Pride Clothes is only ever at prideclothes.com, and charges from us appear on your statement as CLS Empresas LLC. If you were charged by a different name, it was a different store.

What will show up on my bank or credit card statement?

CLS Empresas LLC — nothing else. In some cases you may briefly see a pending charge from Sheertlab LLC before your bank consolidates the transaction, and it will settle as CLS Empresas LLC. Nothing on your statement identifies us as an LGBTQ+ retailer.

Who actually owns Pride Clothes?

Leon Stephens, who founded the store in 2022 and still runs it. We are not a dropship front reselling stock graphics, and we are not owned by a larger apparel group. Our pride flags and throw blankets ship from our own shelves; shirts and mugs are printed to order in the U.S. so we are not sitting on landfill inventory.

Have More Questions?

If you have any other questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us. We’re always happy to help!