The man himself, Mark Diehl, President of Douthitt Corp, is spending a few days with us this week. The purpose of Mark’s visit is to do some in-depth training on CTS maintenance and repair work with a couple of our key team members. When Mark arrived this morning and I made the introductions, his first…
The hottest fashion of the past five plus years is the fitted t-shirt. It is interesting that the biggest jump in t-shirt sales ever was after Marlon Brando wore one on screen in 1951. Not only did he start the fashion of wearing t-shirts, he also was way ahead of his time. It turns out…
And this ends our dip into the world of fashion that we covered over the past week. Of course no discussion of fashion trends in the t-shirt world would be complete without a mention of American Apparel. Echoing some of what we heard from other brands and of course taking a bit further, here is…
San Mar has emails you can sign up for to get a head up on style developments, they call it “The Style Network.” You can view it here. Among trends they identify are new uses of neon color accents, pockets, “sporty” casual athletic looks, further advance in polyester technical pieces, and use of mesh. They…
Wednesday I pointed out some trends as identified by pals in the industry, and here is the third part of our five parts on fashion trends in the screenprinting world. Mike Manning of LAT’s talked about the promotional world more and more looking like the retail world. He sees his retail oriented pieces increasingly being…
I just found this old shirt that we printed for our own amusement. I took the front Cubs logo off a 1960’s Ron Santo of the Cubs baseball card I had. On the back was written “Nomah” which was an approximation of Nomar Garciaparra’s name pronounced with a Boston accent. Nomah has been a star…
Part 2 of 5 about fashion trends in the screenprinting world. Hanes reports increasing interest in the soft fabrics of their Nano collection, whether t-shirts or hoodies. This is true of both unisex and women’s shirts. Thinner fabrics are gaining traction, and their lightweight Nano hoodie has particularly been a favorite. Folks seem to know…
We interrupt our fashion series to mention that shirts have always been a means of expression. You’ll eventually see everything on a t-shirt, the profound, the ignorant, the silly, the poignant and more. You’ll see individual expression, expressions of solidarity, selfless promotions of peace and justice, and cold calculated grabs for. Sometimes it all gets…
I asked friends in the industry where fashion is going and got quite a few similar responses. I’ll put a few up today and tomorrow. We just designed a shirt on this alternative apparel piece which is a football retro-looking shirt. It hits a few bases that fashion is headed toward: sporty and retro sporty…
Most of us aren’t going trashless like Lauren Singer. However, she is pushing the envelope and trying to do something positive. Plus she is a non-UK person using the word “tosser”, so she can’t be a wanker. Her blog Trash is for Tossers is pretty interesting. In our industry I know that many folks are…
