Comments on: Top T-shirt Designers

By: bxclark

bxclark — Fri, 01 May 2009 14:16:02 +0000

When buying designs from people should I assume that whatever we negotiate as a fee for a specific job means that I only pay them for the design and thats it. Can they come back asking for money from the sales of the shirts?

By: Dennis

Dennis — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:13:30 +0000

Just opened a shop and webstore and sincethen allways searching for new prints, designers and brands..
This list really helps! Thanx for that!
And about the site, looks really good, I will be a frequent reader from now on..

By: Salmiler

Salmiler — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 11:28:40 +0000

Hey, I think they are all unique and great. My personal favorite,however, is Yasly. He’s got some way cool stuff on his site!!! Congrats to everyone that made the list.

got miles?

salmiler.com (running lifestyle and apparel co.)

By: JEA

JEA — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:52:57 +0000

Jon, you have put together a very good site. I am also really impreseed with the information you have put together. Your post have a great deal of information that is really great for anyone at all. For newbies and even for those of us who have been doing this “t-shirt” thing for several years. keep up the great work!

By: John

John — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:37:22 +0000

Hi Jon! Great website, absolutely love it. I really respect your willingness to openly share resources, experience, and advice from established people in the T-shirt trade with anyone looking to get started. Having worked in the clothing game for a decade, and made a living off of designing, producing, wholesaling, and retailing T-shirts, I can fully appreciate how rare it is that anyone wants to help anyone else get a leg up. My particular realm of T-shirtdom is what gets unfortunately lumped into the “streetwear” realm and I can fully appreciate it if that niche isn’t your cup of tea, but I do think the title of this list of designers ought to be more specific. I mean even if you don’t like streetwear, it’s hard to deny that people like Shawn Stussy, Erik Brunetti (FUCT), and Rick Klotz (Freshjive) pretty much lay the foundation for all independent American DIY T-shirt brands. When you say “Top T-shirt Designers” a long list of people like them come to mind, not to mention the likes of say, Kevin Lyons (Red Five, Natural Born, Stussy, and Urban Outfitters), Mike Giant (Upper Playground, FIFTY24SF, Famous Stars & Straps, and REBEL8), Sam Flores (Upper Playground, FIFTY24SF, and 12Grain), Grotesk (Upper Playground, Staple Design), and many, many more. They are all T-shirt designers/artists who transcend “streetwear” and have had designs available from a plethora of successful companies. Anyway, my point being, that shouldn’t the list on this page have a bit more of a specific title? It seems you are overlooking many, many established, world famous, and successful people in the T-shirt game otherwise…
Just a thought…maybe it’s just a matter of your personal taste, I don’t know.

Thanks, John