Designers | How to start a Clothing Company

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.

How to be a good client

10. November 2009

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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.

Glamour Kills Interview

27. October 2009

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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!

Interview with Keaton Henson

15. September 2009

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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 [...]

Ugmonk Interview

10. September 2009

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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 [...]

Electric Zombie Interview

6. September 2009

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I’m very glad to say that the first interview for tee shirt fashion is with Kyle Crawford of Electric Zombie. I want this interview to speak for itself, but I will say that I chose Kyle as the first interview not only because I admire his work with Electric Zombie, but also because of his [...]

Interview with Mark Capicotto of Glamour Kills

2. June 2009

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I had the opportunity to ask Mark Capicotto of Glamour Kills a few questions about starting a clothing company and this is what he had to say. Jon: How much money did you start your clothing line with? Glamour Kills: I started off with $300.00-$400.00. I really didn’t have alot of capitol to start [...]