T-shirts and Tanks

Streetwear brand Chinatown Market is testing just how committed to the brand its fans are by making a T-shirt that is so small it could maybe fit a stuffed animal (depending on the size of the stuffed animal). It all started on Instagram, when the meme page @dubstep4dads messaged Chinatown Market to ask for a free shirt...

It’s hard to take Kanye West’s presidential run as seriously as he seems to. He’s not even on the ballot in some states, and this always seemed like more of a branding opportunity than an actual attempt to land in the Oval Office. But, of course, Kanye still dropped official campaign merchandise. And, on brand for Kanye, it’s much more streetwear drop than traditional campaign merch...

Shirt Lab founders Tom Rauen and Marshall Atkinson have put together another top-level virtual decorated apparel education event, this time focusing on the intricacies of e-commerce platforms. You can preview an online event guide here. “One of the biggest problems many small businesses and shops in this industry currently face is the ongoing challenge of…

The 2020 presidential campaign is getting even more heated with one debate in the bag and a little over a month until election day. Keeping the trend of combative merchandise, the Biden Campaign's latest releases mock Trump's tax returns and celebrate a quip from the debate last night. We've seen similar merchandise from the Trump Campaign...

OkCupid, one of the many dating services available today, is trying to bring some romance to the civic duty of voting in the 2020 election. It's doing that by introducing a full line of merchandise like bags, lawn signs and T-shirts that say “Be a #VILF,” which, of course stands for, “Voter I’d Like to…” well, you know...

Walmart's new private label apparel collection includes items for men and women. But after seeing other big-name retailers, like Amazon, try private label apparel lines to uninspiring results, it leads to some questions about apparel trends and what consumers are actually looking for in their apparel...

Corbin Smith put the shirt, originally printed in 1992, up on Virtual Flea, a livestream flea market. Smith was reportedly looking to flip the shirt, which he got for $500 last year, for $2,000. With a starting bid of $1, he watched as the shirt went for a total of $6,000...

The California Avocado Commission is trying to boost local produce pride by introducing a full line of California Avocados merchandise, such as apparel, bags, stickers, magnets and more. Competing with Avocados From Mexico in the marketing race is tough, but this is a good start...

In July, Oprah Magazine called tie-dye “the unofficial uniform of the pandemic.” What’s sparking the tie-dye rebirth to this extent? Well, one thing might be that making tie-dye shirts is a fun way to spend a day. Everyone’s been looking for new hobbies during quarantine, and we can only make so much bread...

A Kalamazoo, Mich., screen printing company is being accused of failing to deliver $38,000 worth of T-shirt orders. He's also being accused of faking his identity, pretending to be a single mother, and using the promise of profit donation to boost sales.