EXHIBIT (a)(1)(D)

                          Offer to Purchase for Cash
                    All Outstanding Shares of Common Stock
         (Including the Associated Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock)
                                      of
                               PremiumWear, Inc.
                                      by
                               Penguin Sub, Inc.
                         a wholly owned subsidiary of
                      New England Business Service, Inc.

 THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME,
            ON FRIDAY, JULY 7, 2000, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED.


                                                                   June 9, 2000

To Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees:

  Penguin Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Purchaser") and a wholly
owned subsidiary of New England Business Service, Inc., a Delaware corporation
("NEBS"), has made an offer to purchase all outstanding shares of common
stock, par value $.01 per share, including the associated rights to purchase
preferred stock (collectively, the "Shares"), of PremiumWear, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company") at a purchase price of $13.50 per Share, net to
the seller in cash, without interest thereon, upon the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated June 9, 2000 (the
"Offer to Purchase") and the related Letter of Transmittal (which, together
with any amendments or supplements thereto, collectively constitute the
"Offer") enclosed herewith.

  Holders of Shares whose certificates for such Shares (the "Share
Certificates") are not immediately available, who cannot complete the
procedures for book-entry transfer on a timely basis, or who cannot deliver
all other required documents to EquiServe Trust Company, N.A. (the
"Depositary") prior to the Expiration Date (as defined in the Offer to
Purchase) must tender their Shares according to the guaranteed delivery
procedures set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase.

  The Offer is conditioned upon, among other things, (i) there being validly
tendered and not withdrawn before the Offer expires a number of Shares that
represents at least a majority of the Shares outstanding on a fully diluted
basis and (ii) the satisfaction of any conditions to NEBS' borrowing under its
credit facility an amount sufficient to purchase all of the outstanding Shares
and to pay for the cancellation of all outstanding options to purchase Shares.
The Offer is also subject to other conditions. See Section 14 of the Offer to
Purchase.

  Please furnish copies of the enclosed materials to those of your clients for
whose accounts you hold Shares registered in your name or in the name of your
nominee.

  1. Offer to Purchase dated June 9, 2000;

  2. Letter of Transmittal for your use in accepting the Offer and tendering
Shares and for the information of your clients (manually signed facsimile
copies of the Letter of Transmittal may be used to tender Shares);


  3. Notice of Guaranteed Delivery to be used to accept the Offer if Share
Certificates are not immediately available or if such certificates and all
other required documents cannot be delivered to the Depositary, or if the
procedures for book-entry transfer cannot be completed on a timely basis;

  4. A printed form of letter that may be sent to your clients for whose
accounts you hold Shares registered in your name or in the name of your
nominee, with space provided for obtaining such clients' instructions with
regard to the Offer;

  5. The letter to stockholders of the Company from Thomas D. Gleason,
Chairman of the Company, accompanied by the Company's
Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission by the Company, which includes the
recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board of
Directors") that stockholders accept the Offer and tender their Shares to the
Purchaser pursuant to the Offer; and

  6. Guidelines of the Internal Revenue Service for Certification of Taxpayer
Identification Number on Substitute Form W-9.

  The Board of Directors of the Company unanimously (i) determined that the
terms of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby,
including the Offer and the Merger, are advisable, fair to and in the best
interests of the Company's stockholders, (ii) approved the Merger Agreement,
the Offer and the Merger and (iii) recommends that the stockholders of the
Company accept the Offer and tender their Shares pursuant to the Offer and
approve and adopt the Merger Agreement.

  The Offer is being made pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated
as of May 26, 2000 (the "Merger Agreement"), among NEBS, the Purchaser and the
Company. The Merger Agreement provides for, among other things, the making of
the Offer by the Purchaser, and further provides that the Purchaser will be
merged with and into the Company (the "Merger") as soon as practicable
following the satisfaction or waiver of each of the conditions to the Merger
set forth in the Merger Agreement. Following the Merger, the Company will
continue as the surviving corporation, wholly owned by NEBS, and the separate
corporate existence of the Purchaser will cease.

  In order to take advantage of the Offer, (i) a duly executed and properly
completed Letter of Transmittal and any required signature guarantees, or an
Agent's Message (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) in connection with a
book-entry delivery of Shares, and other required documents should be sent to
the Depositary and (ii) Share Certificates representing the tendered Shares
should be delivered to the Depositary, or such Shares should be tendered by
book-entry transfer into the Depositary's account maintained at the Book-Entry
Transfer Facility (as described in the Offer to Purchase), all in accordance
with the instructions set forth in the Letter of Transmittal and the Offer to
Purchase.

  If holders of Shares wish to tender, but it is impracticable for them to
forward their Share Certificates or other required documents prior to the
Expiration Date or to comply with the book-entry transfer procedures on a
timely basis, a tender may be effected by following the guaranteed delivery
procedures specified in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase.

  The Purchaser will not pay any fees or commissions to any broker or dealer
or other person (other than the Depositary and the Information Agent as
described in the Offer to Purchase) for soliciting tenders of Shares pursuant
to the Offer. The Purchaser will, however, upon request, reimburse you for
customary mailing and handling costs incurred by you in forwarding the
enclosed materials to your customers.

  The Purchaser will pay or cause to be paid all stock transfer taxes
applicable to its purchase of Shares pursuant to the Offer, except as
otherwise provided in Instruction 6 of the Letter of Transmittal.



  WE URGE YOU TO CONTACT YOUR CLIENTS AS PROMPTLY AS POSSIBLE. PLEASE NOTE
THAT THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY
TIME, ON FRIDAY, JULY 7, 2000, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED.

  Any inquiries you may have with respect to the Offer should be addressed to,
and additional copies of the enclosed materials may be obtained from, the
Information Agent at the address and telephone number set forth on the back
cover of the Offer to Purchase.

                                          Very truly yours,

                                          THE ALTMAN GROUP, INC.

  NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN OR IN THE ENCLOSED DOCUMENTS SHALL CONSTITUTE YOU
OR ANY OTHER PERSON AS AN AGENT OF NEBS, THE PURCHASER, THE COMPANY, THE
INFORMATION AGENT, THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY AFFILIATE OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING OR
AUTHORIZE YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON TO USE ANY DOCUMENT OR MAKE ANY STATEMENT ON
BEHALF OF ANY OF THEM IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFER OTHER THAN THE DOCUMENTS
ENCLOSED HEREWITH AND THE STATEMENTS CONTAINED THEREIN.