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Not another streetwear brand

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TNORTS
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Me and a friend are starting a brand and making pocket shirts with various rad fabrics at a good price. Shirts will be sold for 12 a peice. Before you guys jump on me and say the market is saturated, we are mostly doing this for fun. However we do want to do a few things differently than other companies. So far we are making shirts with hawwiian print pockets, nebula/space print fabric, a sloth pattern, and a few others. I will post some samples later this week, but would love to get some input on what you guys would like to see and some advice from those of you that have done similar projects.
Apr 23 2013 9:46AM
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henrytargett
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If you make a plain brown pocket tee with the word GLOBE right above the pocket written in white, I will buy it.

GLOBE should be about a half inch above the pocket, centered directly over the pocket, and about 5 inches long.

Thank you
Apr 23 2013 7:32PM
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TNORTS
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Honestly I have no clue what will happen. Right now its just for fun but if it picks up I'll start to take it more seriously and confront these questions.
Apr 23 2013 8:07PM
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TNORTS
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If make some bucket hats, would you guys rather buy a large brimmed hat, or a smaller brim similar to the ones rip n dip makes? I'm gunna try to work on some samples tonight.
Apr 24 2013 1:10PM
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DILLINGER
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Relatively small, like the ones fishers use.

Also a small (maybe removable) cord or strap that sits comfy and can go under a bandana would be smooth.
Apr 24 2013 5:04PM
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RimJobber
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I prefer the bigger, like a boonie hat.
I would totally get a boonie from you
Apr 24 2013 5:07PM
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000000000000
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To the idea that the clothing/outerwear sector is completely saturated: Someone has to create new designs and incorporate technological advances into the evolving action sport industry. Remember when wind breaker fabric was the cutting edge, this could be said for the current advancement of goretex and soft shell material.  
Apr 24 2013 5:17PM
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Willgum
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Hey if they suck, they go out of business. If they have a quality product, then we have a quality product to buy. Yay capitalism, good on them at least they try
Apr 24 2013 5:19PM
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Inline.
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I have a large brim bucket hat, as well as a smaller brim bucket hat. I much prefer the large brimmed version, because it can sit on your head normally and not look like a fedora. My small brimmed one has to rest on the back of my head in order to look good. If you produced a large brimmed solar
Apr 24 2013 6:23PM
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Inline.
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Mobile sucks. I meant to say, If you were to produce a solar print, large brimmed bucket hat for a reasonable price (~$15) I would buy it, no doubt.
Apr 24 2013 6:26PM
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Peter.
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interested to see the final product. 12 dollars is cheap
Apr 24 2013 6:27PM
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SFB
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get out ar6rider, hes doing it for fun not to impress you.
Apr 24 2013 8:58PM
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Swaggermager
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I dig the idea of a galaxy print on these. Threads for pictures
Apr 24 2013 9:05PM
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MikeRonzitti
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i agree with @fashionkilla. i perfer the larger brimmed ones. I think the length of the ems one you have is prime.
Apr 24 2013 9:34PM
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Stose
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Good luck man. That's how unbound started, kinda. We made custom sweatshirts but also pocket Tees and now we have a full line in production so you can definitely take it places if you know what you're doing
Apr 24 2013 9:34PM
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Dingo69
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Not bad
Apr 24 2013 9:48PM
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TNORTS
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Bucket Hat Sample. Unfinished and poorly stitched as it was my first attempt at making any sort of hat, but you get the idea.
Apr 25 2013 11:57AM
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jrl
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more shirt pics
Apr 25 2013 11:58AM
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TNORTS
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And yes. Bathroom Selfy.
Apr 25 2013 11:58AM
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RimJobber
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Looks kinda like a floppy brim top hat hahah
Apr 25 2013 12:03PM
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TNORTS
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yah its a little tall, but I'm gunna tweak the measurements. This was just a rough cut trying to figure out how to make it and shit. I
Apr 25 2013 12:09PM
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RimJobber
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Yeah, It looks good for a first time though! Keep it up!
Apr 25 2013 12:10PM
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Stose
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Your best bet is to take a bucket hat you like, unstitch it and use that as a pattern
Apr 25 2013 3:23PM
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Bodhisattva_
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"Want to do some things different"

*sells pocket tees and 5 panels with floral and other random designs*

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Apr 25 2013 4:13PM
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TNORTS
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Sick
Apr 25 2013 6:41PM
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TNORTS
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Got some new fabric, stitching is a little iffy on this one but I made it for myself. What Else should I make with this fabric?
Apr 30 2013 8:10PM
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whoa-dere
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i was gonna give you shit but you need to:
forget the pockets
have large prints on the shirt, of anything ns likes. sloths, chads gap, pee in her butt, etc
make camo boonie hats, don't do floral

Apr 30 2013 8:23PM
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TNORTS
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1. NS isn't my target market. I just proposed the idea to you guys to see what you thought.
2. I'm getting some screen prints done in the future.
3. I'm not making floral bucket hats, but why would I make a camo one when you can just buy the same exact thing from hundreds of different sellers?
Apr 30 2013 8:49PM
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-emile-
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Apr 30 2013 8:52PM
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TheClap.
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$12 for a hanes 5 back under shirt, no bueno
Apr 30 2013 8:55PM
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TNORTS
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that was the first run that I was just selling to my friends. Shirts will be much higher quality and include my own tags when I actually start selling them.
Apr 30 2013 9:02PM
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