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Money Tree Clothing - Personal Clothing line - Very unique :)

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Originally Posted by ice_skater101
I dont call myself a designer..i literally am a guy who just makes T-shirts
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Im a student at the moment and have always been interest in business, so i thought "A small clothing line is a fairly easy, low cost start up business" and gives me an idea of how to run a business. If it fails, well then i can only learn from that and move on :p But at least im trying? :/

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Originally Posted by Uncontrol
what makes this "very unique" btw

The majority of the members on here are American etc, and im guessing that £ Pounds Sterling isn't used in many designs over in America? So could be seen a "quirky"?

The saying "Money Doesnt Grow on trees" is used quite a bit, but you hardly ever see the concept in design form..especially not on Clothing...

Well thats the kinda thing im going for
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You are probably talking to the wrong people.

SF consensus comes out pretty firmly against graphic t-shirts; you can see in WAYWT, with a few exceptions, no one is wearing any kind of image.

That said, if you want to start a t-shirt line,

- Have more than one idea/image, but make sure you
- Give your shirts a cohesive aesthetic, but at the same time
- Do something to set yourself apart from the pack, but always
- Make sure it looks good

Aside from the shirts that trade on brand cachet - the big D&G logo shirts, True Religion slogan tees, etc. - no one will be able to tell where your shirts are from. You need to have an overall look that will set your stuff apart, that will make people look at your shirt and say, "Where can I buy one of these".

Make sure the color, fit, and fabric of the shirts you're printing on are top notch; it's an additional enticement to buy, and can really elevate the level of your brand. You really need to have a strong eye for color and composition in order to make clothes; are you taking art classes? Have you read Learning to Look, or something similar? Here is an example of what not to do: that off-white color will look terrible with any human complexion. Make clothes that look good on people.

Even if you do all of that well, SF members are probably not going to buy your graphic t-shirts, because that's really not what most of us are into.

Good luck, though.
 

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Originally Posted by ice_skater101
The majority of the members on here are American etc, and im guessing that £ Pounds Sterling isn't used in many designs over in America? So could be seen a "quirky"?

The saying "Money Doesnt Grow on trees" is used quite a bit, but you hardly ever see the concept in design form..especially not on Clothing...

Well thats the kinda thing im going for
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If you only like the image aspect, and that's all you want to work on, try submitting designs to Threadless or Design by Humans. If you do well, you'll make money, and you won't have to cover printing costs.
 

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Originally Posted by Makeshift_Robot
You are probably talking to the wrong people.

SF consensus comes out pretty firmly against graphic t-shirts; you can see in WAYWT, with a few exceptions, no one is wearing any kind of image.

That said, if you want to start a t-shirt line,

- Have more than one idea/image, but make sure you
- Give your shirts a cohesive aesthetic, but at the same time
- Do something to set yourself apart from the pack, but always
- Make sure it looks good

Aside from the shirts that trade on brand cachet - the big D&G logo shirts, True Religion slogan tees, etc. - no one will be able to tell where your shirts are from. You need to have an overall look that will set your stuff apart, that will make people look at your shirt and say, "Where can I buy one of these".

Make sure the color, fit, and fabric of the shirts you're printing on are top notch; it's an additional enticement to buy, and can really elevate the level of your brand. You really need to have a strong eye for color and composition in order to make clothes; are you taking art classes? Have you read Learning to Look, or something similar? Here is an example of what not to do: that off-white color will look terrible with any human complexion. Make clothes that look good on people.

Even if you do all of that well, SF members are probably not going to buy your graphic t-shirts, because that's really not what most of us are into.

Good luck, though.


This is what i was after, some real advice
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Thank you.

Ive had a look at the WAYWT thread and i saw that there were no graphic wearing members, but thought id post my thread anywaynd that hopefully people would share their knowledge etc.

Im not solely into just the graphic, and i do make sure that the quality of the item is top notch, and i wouldnt sell it if i didnt think it was. But thank you for your advice
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P.S ..The white T-shirt is actually pure white..its just the lighing used in the photography isnt great.
 

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Originally Posted by mack11211
It also helps to be aware of large corporate entities already using your name.

This may affect perception of the brand you are trying to build, and could point to trademark issues later.


That is an American Loan company and mine is a UK based Clothing line name. The copyright over here stated that there was no other company over here using the name and that it was ok :/ Forgive me if im being naive but thats what i have been told
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Having one tee shirt is not a clothing line. Come back when you've done something real.
 

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^exactly. this isn't a clothing line. it's just a graphic. printed on tees. that no one has bought.
 

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watch How to Make It in America :0
 

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Honestly though, this guy is being relatively nice about taking criticism.

As it has been said you can't really present this as a "clothing line" seeing as you only have a few t shirts and what looks to be one design. It's not really that bad a design, there's a bunch of shirts over at Urban Outfitters that aren't much different.

You honestly won't find too many people here that will help you if t-shirts is what you're all about.

If you were really interested in moving beyond t shirts, look at guys like temple of jawns, kent wang, etc that are on here that have small-ish clothing/accessories companies. I dont know if you have any actual designing talent in the way of clothes, but you might want to consider learning or hiring someone later down the line if you become very interested. At this stage in your life (student) it's probably not an option.

You might want to try other forums where graphic t shirts are more accepted.

Most people here endorse plain t shirts over graphics 99% of the time.
 

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