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Building A Concept – Knowing When To Not Use A Design
This article was originally written by Ray Masaki of Lowdtown and posted on his blog: http://www.lowdtown.com/blog/ I’ve hinted in previous posts that I have lost a lot of money from deciding not to use designs. In fact, I hired a couple designers to work on a collaboration that is going unused. This brings me to [...]
how to start a clothing line, tshirt business, clothing company, t-shirt blog, shirt design, continue reading...Book Recommendations for Clothing Company Owners
11. January 2012
I just put up a page for my book recommendations. You can check it out on the very top navigation of the site on the far right. Or you can just click here book recommendations Also post some comments on the books I missed. I am going to go through and add some more in [...]
how to start a clothing line, tshirt business, clothing company, t-shirt blog, shirt design, continue reading...Costs Of Starting A Clothing Brand (Revisited)
25. October 2011
This article was originally written by Ray Masaki of Lowdtown and posted on his blog: http://www.lowdtown.com/blog/ A lot of you guys curious in starting a clothing brand have probably read my “How To Start A Clothing Brand” series on howtostartaclothingcompany.com Those series of blog entries have really taken off since I first wrote them, but [...]
how to start a clothing line, tshirt business, clothing company, t-shirt blog, shirt design, continue reading...T-shirt Blanks – How to choose one
20. October 2011
I wrote this article for my blog, Tee Spotter. If you have an idea for a future article, or want your brand featured/reviewed please feel free to contact me at teespotterblog@gmail.com Enjoy =) T-Shirt Blanks & How To Choose One When starting your clothing line, one of the many factors that come in to play [...]
how to start a clothing line, tshirt business, clothing company, t-shirt blog, shirt design, continue reading...It’s about how hard you can get hit
13. October 2011
saw this video recently and thought I would share.
how to start a clothing line, tshirt business, clothing company, t-shirt blog, shirt design, continue reading...Don’t start a clothing company
11. October 2011
Let me first say that starting a clothing company has been an amazing experience for me personally. I have met tons of amazing people in this industry and had tons of positive customer feedback and I wouldn’t change anything. This post is just meant to make you cautious about getting into this industry. First of [...]
how to start a clothing line, tshirt business, clothing company, t-shirt blog, shirt design, continue reading...Fur Face Boy at Pool Tradeshow
4. October 2011
I posted Fur Face Boy’s experiences at Pool last year and saw he had a new blog post up about his experiences this year. You can read his whole article here Early this week, I exhibited my brand at the Pool Tradeshow for a 2nd time. I figured that since I lived through a Pool [...]
how to start a clothing line, tshirt business, clothing company, t-shirt blog, shirt design, continue reading...New e-book about starting a clothing company: releases on 4/19
15. April 2011
Threads not Dead is an e-book written by Jeff Finley of Go Media with the help of many big names in the clothing industry (including myself). Here is the description What if the most prolific and influential people in the modern t-shirt design scene got together and discussed everything they wish they knew when they [...]
how to start a clothing line, tshirt business, clothing company, t-shirt blog, shirt design, continue reading...Storing and bagging your shirts
6. January 2011
Some tips from what I have learned over the years about storing tees. -NEVER hang them! After about a month or 2 the tees will get permanent crease marks and if they are a V-neck or a softer material neck the back of the neck will fold down the middle pointing out and it looks [...]
how to start a clothing line, tshirt business, clothing company, t-shirt blog, shirt design, continue reading...Getting your line into boutiques/ shops
30. September 2010
What you should know before you approach a boutique/shop Being in a room with two buyers can be a very tense situation. Throw on top of that inexperience and you are quickly driving down the road of wrong decisions with signs of regret along the way. I felt like an amateur with terms like Consignment [...]
how to start a clothing line, tshirt business, clothing company, t-shirt blog, shirt design, continue reading...T-shirt Packaging
20. September 2010
Written by Adam Hendle For those of you that may have followed Iamthetrend TV live while that show was still alive and kicking, you may remember us grading and breaking down t-shirts into our 4P’s. Since we haven’t done the show in quite sometime I thought it would be great to sit down and write [...]
how to start a clothing line, tshirt business, clothing company, t-shirt blog, shirt design, continue reading...How to get more blogs to post about you
14. September 2010
By Adam Hendle at I am the trend After having several companies ask how to get blogs to post about them I decided to throw this video together to give a few tips. 1. Be Personal 2. Be Persistent 3. Send Products 4. Offer Affiliate Programs.
how to start a clothing line, tshirt business, clothing company, t-shirt blog, shirt design, continue reading...You’re self employed with your business, now what?
21. June 2010
In the beginning I worked as hard as I could to do everything. I wanted to make it and be able to live off of the clothing company I started. This made me work long hours with little sleep to try and get everything done. T-shirts were everything for me for a little while. I [...]
how to start a clothing line, tshirt business, clothing company, t-shirt blog, shirt design, continue reading...It’s not just about the product
4. May 2010
I was reading Cashflow Quadrant and I thought a lot of clothing companies could benefit from this information. The cash flow Quadrant has 4 sections. The left side is an Employee and Self-employed and the right side is a Business owner and Investor. So many clothing companies with me included are actually just self employed [...]
how to start a clothing line, tshirt business, clothing company, t-shirt blog, shirt design, continue reading...Lowdtown is Closing Down – Clearance Sale
4. March 2010
Ray at lowdtown has written some awesome articles for this site and I thought it was only right that I help him when he needs it. Here is his post he wrote This post has been a long time coming, but it should definitely clear everything up for those confused with the state of Lowdtown. [...]
how to start a clothing line, tshirt business, clothing company, t-shirt blog, shirt design, continue reading...How to Design for the Apparel Market
30. December 2009
I saw this great article by Jimiyo and had to share it. Art Doesn’t Sell In my experience as a designer and curator, there is a truth about the apparel world that has become apparent. If my hunch is correct, this probably spans the whole world of art: Artsy fartsy doesn’t sell in a mass [...]
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- Don't start a clothing company
- Print to order sites don't work
- Costs Of Starting A Clothing Brand (Revisited)
- Getting your line into boutiques/ shops
- Stop trying to do it all and delegate
- Characteristics of Successful Clothing Company Owners
- Shirt Hive - Connecting t-shirt brands with designers
- You're self employed with your business, now what?
- Stop emailing me!
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