An integral garment tag, comprising: an RFID device, the RFID device having an antenna and an integrated circuit connected to the antenna and first and second layers of a flexible material laminated together to cover the antenna and integrated circuit to form an RFID inlay (40, 64) having first and second surfaces and a first dimension; a flexible fabric substrate having a second dimension at least one and half times greater than the first dimension, the fabric substrate having first and second surfaces, first and second longitudinally extending side edges and first and second transversely extending end edges; an adhesive layer applied to one of the first and second surfaces of the RFID inlay; wherein the RFID inlay is positioned on a portion of the first surface of the fabric substrate such that the adhesive layer is directly in contact with the fabric substrate to hold the RFID inlay securely to the first surface and the RFID inlay is positioned between the first and second longitudinally extending side edges and adjacent one of the first and second transversely extending end edges; wherein the fabric substrate is folded over the RFID inlay such that the first surface of the fabric substrate is in contact with the first and second surfaces of the RFID inlay and the first and second longitudinally extending sides of the fabric substrate are secured together to form an envelope encasing the RFID inlay; wherein the envelope with the RFID inlay has a head space which does not contain any portion of the RFID inlay; and characterized in that the first surface is provided with indicia visible on both surfaces (34, 36) of the fabric substrate, wherein the indicia appear in a mirror image format on the first surface. an RFID device, the RFID device having an antenna and an integrated circuit connected to the antenna and first and second layers of a flexible material laminated together to cover the antenna and integrated circuit to form an RFID inlay (40, 64) having first and second surfaces and a first dimension; a flexible fabric substrate having a second dimension at least one and half times greater than the first dimension, the fabric substrate having first and second surfaces, first and second longitudinally extending side edges and first and second transversely extending end edges; an adhesive layer applied to one of the first and second surfaces of the RFID inlay; wherein the RFID inlay is positioned on a portion of the first surface of the fabric substrate such that the adhesive layer is directly in contact with the fabric substrate to hold the RFID inlay securely to the first surface and the RFID inlay is positioned between the first and second longitudinally extending side edges and adjacent one of the first and second transversely extending end edges; wherein the fabric substrate is folded over the RFID inlay such that the first surface of the fabric substrate is in contact with the first and second surfaces of the RFID inlay and the first and second longitudinally extending sides of the fabric substrate are secured together to form an envelope encasing the RFID inlay; wherein the envelope with the RFID inlay has a head space which does not contain any portion of the RFID inlay; and characterized in that the first surface is provided with indicia visible on both surfaces (34, 36) of the fabric substrate, wherein the indicia appear in a mirror image format on the first surface.