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Threadless Seminar
The founders of Threadless talk about their rise to awesomeness and a few other projects you might not have heard about. The real talk about threadless doesn’t begin until halfway into the video. Their other ventures sound interesting but none of them have anywhere close to the success or traffic Threadless does. This website even gets [...]
Continue reading...Interview with Flying Mouse
3. December 2009
Over the past few months I’ve been fortunate enough for the opportunity to have some lengthy discussions about the t-shirt industry and get to know one of today’s top and one of my favorite designers. Chow Hon Lam (aka Flying Mouse) is revered in the t-shirt design world and you’ve no doubt seen his awesome work all over the internet. In the past he has been awarded newcomer of the year and most printed artist on Threadless, has took up the recent challenge of creating a new design everyday and now is branching out with his own clothing line.
Continue reading...Interview with Snakes and Suits
29. November 2009
A few questions with Johnny Minardi of Snakes and Suits about his company and advice he would give to those looking to start up a similar venture. Snakes & Suits is a clothing company from Chicago, IL. The brand launched on November 23rd, 2007. The company was started and is run by three friends with a [...]
Continue reading...Interview with Dance Party Massacre
29. November 2009
Dance Party Massacre is a small clothing line with its roots based in Boston, MA. Drawing inspiration from film, music, pop culture, and nightlife, it’s a youth-oriented brand with an independent spirit. It’s conceptually-driven with the main focus based upon horror elements, and juxtaposing them with a fun edge. Started in 2007 by designer Alex Dakoulas, [...]
Continue reading...Storenvy: Free online store review
17. November 2009
oday I’m reviewing a new e-commerce store system called storenvy which offers a free stores to everyone. It is most similar to big cartel which charges $10- $20 a month for it’s services but also includes a bunch of social networking stuff to get your site seen.
Continue reading...How to be a good client
10. November 2009
1. clear your mind of any image you have built up. A designer cannot read your mind so the finished product will never ever look exactly how you see it. And they will not spend the next year revising the design over and over in the hope that it might. Put your ideas in the designers hands, and be excited to see something completely unique by a creative professional. 2. look carefully at your chosen designers work, develop their brief in accordance with their personal style. stop asking me to draw sexy chicks. 3. Remember that a professional designer is not a way for you to exercise your artistic frustrations, They are not just a pair of hands for you to feel creative with. A professional designer does so because of an ability to come up with ideas not just realize them, and their ideas may well be better than yours.
Continue reading...Glamour Kills Interview
27. October 2009
I was very pleased to be able to interview the seriously cool and visionary dude behind Glamour Kills, Mark Capicotto. He has done amazing things with his brand and the success he is now enjoying should ignite the spirit and desire in all fledgling tshirt designers and fashion entrepreneurs! It can be achieved! Glamour Kills have just put out their summer line and it is immense! So enjoy the interview below and have a look at just a very select cross-s3ection of the new threads available!
Continue reading...Ask top store owners questions about anything!
5. October 2009
Hey guys so I’ve been talking with a few friends about doing interviews and I thought it would be cool to throw it to you see what questions you want to ask. You can ask specific questions to a certain store owner or throw it up to everyone. I thought it would be really cool to hear the different perspectives from everyone.
Continue reading...Interview with David Murray of SEIBEI
16. September 2009
David Murray is the man behind Seibei, an awesome, quirky and extremely unique brand that has gained a large fan base for good reason! David, a self-taught illustrator with a college degree in Japanese Literature, began the brand in 2004 by screen printing and designing his tees, but it was in 2006 when Seibei really took off. One of the things I love about Seibei (and there are a lot) is that the tees are both amazing artistic designs and they’re funny. Most of the time when I see a tee that is funny, it usually isn’t aesthetically pleasing. This is absolutely not the case with Seibei tees, which is one of the many reasons this brand stands out and has had so much success.
Continue reading...Interview with Keaton Henson
15. September 2009
Website: www.keatonhenson.com originally posted on iamthetrend Could you start off by giving us a little background on yourself? Keaton Henson: I was born and raised in london england. was always into both art and music and have been in love with nothing else ever since. i now work as an illustrator/artist and musician in greater london and rarely [...]
Continue reading...Networking for clothing lines
14. September 2009
What is networking? Why is networking important? Why am I writing this and how does it have to do with Too Legit? All of these questions will be answered in the following Facet of Legitimacy. Let’s say that you need to find a job. You spend hours and hours and come up with a resume that [...]
Continue reading...Ugmonk Interview
10. September 2009
originally posted on Build.AOK. Check out the full interview with pics there. AOK: Hey Jeff how’s it going today? Ugmonk: Busy, but good. AOK: Before we get into Ugmonk tell us about yourself and your design background. Ugmonk: I’ve grown up doing all type of traditional art and decided to get into design a several years ago. I started [...]
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