Oh thanks.
Those were just from our old tags for our shirts back in the day. They were still cut-and-sewn t-shirts, but we had different tagging. We made our first 12 t-shirts and 12 sweatshirts back in 2004 (before we registered the business) on Gildan blanks. Taylor Krik, our first customer, bought one out of the trunk of my car in the Breck parking lot. After that, all t-shirts and sweatshirts were made from our own patterns because we hated the way the generic blank sweatshirts and t-shirts fit. First cut-and-sewn piece was a long fitting hoodie for David Byrd in 2004 at the X-Games qualifier. We then made a jumpsuit for Mickael Deschenaux that he wore after he won the Big Air at the US Open (with the illest switch 10 in history in my opinion). It is how we met Phil Belanger and a bunch of other people at that time.
After that we started making small runs of hoodies in Denver and worked with a pattern maker to make longer fitting hoodies. No one had done it at that point so there was nothing to sample from or base our designs off of. We just knew we wanted them longer so they wouldn't crop on us. We were doing all-over prints too and those were a logistical nightmare because we had to buy fabric, have it cut, drive it to a print shop to have it screen printed, bring it back to the factory and have them sew it together along with adding zippers, ribbing, drawcords, etc. We lost money every time we sold one because they cost $150 a piece to make, haha.
Anyways, that is a little insight into the earlier days. There are some really funny stories from back then. We had no idea what we were getting into.
