How to Start Your Own T Shirt Clothing Line
T-shirts never go out of style. If you love T-shirts, have some great designs and want to dress the world in your creations, you'll need to know how to start your own T-shirt clothing line, which you can do by brainstorming ideas, creating designs, printing shirts, setting up an Internet store and promoting your brand. Websites such as CafePress.com and Etsy.com allow designers to set up virtual shops and launch their own T-shirt clothing lines for free. Does this Spark an idea?
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Brainstorm T-shirt design ideas and brand your clothing line. For example, you could come up with a bunch of designs based on a particular theme: manga, aliens, horror, etc. Think of a number of designs that are eclectic, but unified.
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Contact a printing company and find out to what specifications you should make your T-shirt designs. For example, a company might ask for designs with specific measurements and/or in a specific file format.
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Design your T-shirts using a graphic design program such as Corel Draw or Adobe Illustrator, adhering to the specifications of the printing company you plan on using.
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Submit your design to the printing company and order a small run of T-shirts to start out. You can increase your runs after you start selling out of your first run. Order sizes that fit the market you are pursuing. For example, if your T-shirts are intended for teenage girls, order "girlie"-sized shirts and go light on larger sizes.
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Register at a website like BigCartel.com, Etsy.com or SupermarketHQ.com, set prices and upload images of the T-shirts in your line.
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Promote your T-shirt clothing line on social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace, T-shirt forums and T-shirt websites including Threadless.com and Emptees.com.
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Tips & Warnings
Be unique with your designs. You have a lot of competition. Don't fall prey to fleeting trends.
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