Customized Apparel Hub – Introducing Pimpashirt.com

If you’ve been following me on Twitter then you know I’ve been working on a new project called pimpashirt.

The idea stemmed from my love for t-shirts and the different styles that I’ve found online from my favorite brands such as beandip, rocksmith and arch rival to name a few.

Well the problem is that I’ve searched loads and loads of tees and can never find the one that is just right for me. I usually like to go online at karmaloop.com or 80spurple.com since they have a pretty wide variety and offer most of the brands I like – plus they always text message me discount codes (I guess that form of marketing works on me). So anyways, I order this shirt last year when the celtics and the lakers were getting set to play in the NBA finals. The t-shirt had a photo on it of Kevin Garnett going up to block Kobe Bryant’s attempt at a slam dunk – here is a link to a photo. The shirt kind of leaves you hanging – not knowing if Garnett blocks the shot or Kobe dunks on him. I guess it’s up to you to create your own story. Well thats what I wanted to do. I wanted to create my own story with the shirt and show what I felt happened – Garnett said get that out of here!!! I wanted to show my love by heat applying 2008 Champions – Celtic Pride over top of the screen printed shirt with a green flock heat applied vinyl material. Now this makes my shirt a one of a kind. No one else has this on their shirt – I’m sure of it.

So than I started thinking, why don’t more t-shirt brands and screen printers give you the option to customize their preprint lines or offer customization of blank shirt in general?

I think its a good question. So I kept thinking how do I sell this….

I threw the idea out there to a few companies at trade shows that were launching customization businesses in mall kiosks. I thought maybe they could network with brands like Abercrombie, Hollister, or the staple stores of any mall and begin offering customization of their shirts. Think about it – no shirt inventory – just rolls of vinyl ready to pimp out the shirts.

Side note – (please don’t take offense to the word pimp – my generation, Generation Y – thinks of the word pimp as a synonym for customize or sometimes even as an adjective used when something is cool.)

Anyways – that started it – the pimpashirt idea was born.

Now – months and months later, I’m ready to do something with it.

So now I announce – pimpashirt.com

Pimpashirt.com will kick off with a webinar this Thursday giving you a sneak peak at new customization techniques for apparel. After the webinar, actually on Monday the 13th – pimpashirt.com will release our very first pimpashirt. And this is just the start of it. Each week we will release a new, one of a kind shirt through a blog post and occasionally show a video on how it was created.

There are a lot more specifics, such as each week the shirt will be given away to one of our subscribers and the artwork will also be available for download for you to use. A few apparel manufacturers have already jumped on board and will be donating their latest lines to showcase during the upcoming weeks and we expect to co-op with many cutting edge companies to bring you the latest in apparel, artwork and shirt pimping techniques.

Now to get on board with this, receive email updates and be entered to win the shirt and another BIG giveaway – visit Pimpashirt.com and click the weekly updates and giveaways at the top of the right column to get on our list. Or if this all sounds good – I will give you a shortcut link and you can sign up now by clicking here.

Mike Koval – a fellow rep at Imprintables Warehouse (who also has his own blog) has collaborated with me on this website and we have been shooting videos the last couple weeks. Trust me there is some great stuff that you won’t want to miss – so be sure to sign up.

As always thanks for reading and joining me on this new endeavor!!!

Please feel free to post your comments.

Josh

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