Default clothing

[mac15]

I was stumped on what doing after I left school. I'd wanted to do something to do with BMX/Skating so at first I thought either frame/parts maker or skatepark owner.

Both of them appealed to me largely. Specialling owning my own skatepark. but after doing some research, I realised for now both were way out of my budget of 'nothing' to start with :) skateparks cost upwards of $10000 to get going. Plus say $1000 a month regular upkeep. And building bikes cost somewhere near $40000-50000 plus alot more know how.

So I though well I still want to stay in the BMX/Skate game but what to do. Then I though why not bring out my own apparel and sponser people as things get better further down the line. Its a great idea

After some research , I found you need nothing but a computer and some design skills. Great I got both. And bam 'default clothing' was born. Why the name default came up I don't know, at first I'd opted for either PurpleHazeApparel or Amplify Apparel. But default seemed better to me.

So here we have me , seting up tyhe process of starting my own company and at the tender age of 16. Life is great huh :)

I've started with some basic PS designs to get this rolling. I haven't got anything I want to show people yet. I'd rather keep things under raps for now.

This is just a silly post letting people know about default clothing and my adventures from now on

Cheers
Chris

[iGav]

Good luck there fella!

Here's a couple of Skate/BMX sites I frequent alot...

http://www.geneticshoes.com/geneticSite.html

http://www.dirtyhabit.co.uk/

Inspiration and all that jazz!! ;)

[mac15]

I just watch DVDs, or read RideBMX. Best mag ever :)

I got a bookmark folder dedicated to BMX :) I live and breathe it

[robbieduncan]

Wow! Nice going. Let us know when you actually have some product and we can put some business your way...

[Mr. Anderson]

Good luck! You just going to do shirts first or other articles as well? Also, you might want to think about a website.

defaultclothing.com is already been taken, but not used
http://www.register.com/whois-results.cgi?cc8972ed64c56e420ca88f0650370f44ad7fa9a0bf3031d89e2eb39526af99aa7d8bd4aeade635630ce1e908 23f0f19b0da004a8508f3793

So maybe tweaking the name - clothingdefault, etc.

clothingdefault is available...

D

[iGav]

Originally posted by mac15
I just watch DVDs, or read RideBMX. Best mag ever :)

I got a bookmark folder dedicated to BMX :) I live and breathe it

is RideBMX the same mag as Ride here??

http://www.ridebmxmag.co.uk/

I quite like the name Default Clothing... makesure you get all the legalities of ownership etc sorted, because the last thing you want is to set everything up, get customers and then someone steals your name!! that'd suck BIG TIME!!

I wanted to be a Mountain Bike designer in my teens... but figured that people like Tomac could do it better!! :(

Tomac bikes rule!! :D

[medea]

I'm not into that scene, but the name sounds good and fits the scene well.
Best of luck.

[mac15]

Originally posted by iGAV
is RideBMX the same mag as Ride here??

http://www.ridebmxmag.co.uk/

I quite like the name Default Clothing... makesure you get all the legalities of ownership etc sorted, because the last thing you want is to set everything up, get customers and then someone steals your name!! that'd suck BIG TIME!!

I wanted to be a Mountain Bike designer in my teens... but figured that people like Tomac could do it better!! :(

Tomac bikes rule!! :D

yeah its the same mag. Its the US version. Take a look at BMXonline.com . I just got a brand new Mosh Brass 3 star today, its a sweet ride. its got the most perfect manual sweet spot. I almost creamed when riding it home :)

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by mac15
I've started with some basic PS designs to get this rolling. I haven't got anything I want to show people yet. I'd rather keep things under raps for now.


I'm curious to see what u have thus far. If u need any advice & whatnot, u can always hit me up ;)

congrats... :D

[P-Worm]

Well, hope it works out for you. As I understand it, starting your own business is super tough. But if it works out for you more power to you.

P-Worm

[iGav]

Originally posted by mac15
I just got a brand new Mosh Brass 3 star today, its a sweet ride. its got the most perfect manual sweet spot. I almost creamed when riding it home :)

Sweet... ;)

I've got a crappy red Felt piece of *****, that weighs a ton and is twitchier than a seizure! :eek: :eek: :p

Last time I had a BMX the Burner was the bike to have and Andy Ruffel was the man!! :eek: :eek: :eek:

[tazo]

Hey well if you ever get it up and running, make a dark blue shirt t-shirt with a simple design on the front and whatever on the back you have a guaranteed sale from me ;)

[Abstract]

The name "Default" is okay, but I'll buy a dark blue t-shirt from you as well if it's cool. ^^^ ;)

[tazo]

Originally posted by Abstract
The name "Default" is okay, but I'll buy a dark blue t-shirt from you as well if it's cool. ^^^ ;)

hehe great minds think alike, right Abstract? :) ;)

[Royal Pineapple]

best of luck, hope this pans out for you, it would be good to retire at 25 :D

[jelloshotsrule]

are you thinking of making the shirts yourself?

this is very feasible...

key is:

1. finding a place to buy t shirts from in bulk... can be done for like $2/shirt... of course, if you get non-sweatshop shirts it's a bit more..

2. learn some stuff about silk screening.. that's probably the best bet as far as which method to use for a personal type set up


my bros and i have been silk screening shirts for years... with a bit of practice and a relatively cheap set up (ie, under 100 bucks to start with), you can easily be doing some pretty cool shirts in no time... can also apply to other articles of clothing, but t shirts are the most common and probably the easiest.

couple things to keep in mind... limit the number of colors of the design (anything over 1 is exponentially harder)...

and of course work out which color inks go with which color shirts best.

i've always been a sucker for light colors (white mainly) on dark shirts.

like i have on now. ;)

[tazo]

Originally posted by jelloshotsrule
are you thinking of making the shirts yourself?

this is very feasible...

key is:

1. finding a place to buy t shirts from in bulk... can be done for like $2/shirt... of course, if you get non-sweatshop shirts it's a bit more..

2. learn some stuff about silk screening.. that's probably the best bet as far as which method to use for a personal type set up


my bros and i have been silk screening shirts for years... with a bit of practice and a relatively cheap set up (ie, under 100 bucks to start with), you can easily be doing some pretty cool shirts in no time... can also apply to other articles of clothing, but t shirts are the most common and probably the easiest.

couple things to keep in mind... limit the number of colors of the design (anything over 1 is exponentially harder)...

and of course work out which color inks go with which color shirts best.

i've always been a sucker for light colors (white mainly) on dark shirts.

like i have on now. ;)

i agree. dark blue with white lettering. very cool. like default in white letters across the chest area of a dark blue tshirt.

[MacAztec]

Its a cool name and all, but I think it may be a little too computery. I mean, its just weird, having the word "Default" on your chest. Reminds me of like robots.

Anyways, about BMX. I used to be into it, and I went to Sheep Hills (ever heard of it)? Its extremely hard to find, and you will never find it unless you are on a bike.

If you ever want any suggestions, im open. I think i might be in the age group you are looking at.

[mac15]

I was thinking white, bllack and blue as they seem very poular and maybe a grey if I can.

I got 1 design down pat, nothing more I wanna do to it and I'm working on another as I'm typing now

[tazo]

http://images1.pacsun.com/products/9412727.psd.xml?cmp-show=Background&cmp-show=01&cmp-hide=00&cmp-hide=02&cmp-end=1&wid=208&qlt=90&cvt=jpeg

This is my favorite shirt, it then has a deisgn on the back.

but yeah if u make a shirt kinda like the above in dark blue i will take it :)

[iGav]

I'd go for earthy shades as well as the de-facto navy.

Brown, olive green, battleship grey etc... even red... ;)

White looks cool on all of the above, although obviously you could end up with a range that is distinctly similar, maybe check out other combo's, very dark grey ink, on a battleship grey is a good one, much more subdued... understated!

Anyway below are my last 2 Tee buys...

DH Specials!! got my eye on a couple of naughy Little Devil's too! :D

However, if you want trick Tee's, there's only one place to go!!

www.threadless.com

Ongoing T-shirt comp!! kewl! :D

[Wardofsky]

Cool, if you open up a store, I'll go there next time I'm up at Sydney.

Clothing came to mind every now and again mainly everytime a pass a big label company, Paul Frank I can remember started off as a flash animation site and then grew and grew and grew until it is where it is now.

I thought of a Wardofsky Jester clothing brand, with the face from my avatar :D

Make sure you go into snowboarding :D

[Juventuz]

Good luck mac15, I started up a small clothing company for paintball about a month ago. Got a few designs done and should have the tees back relatively soon. I can't stress it enough, but do your research. I took a couple months to get all my research and I was able to find the right places that I can get great quality tees and screenprinting done for a low price. I was also able to talk to a few local clothing stores that have agreed to carry some of the tees as well.

Here are a couple designs...

http://www.redstarmultimedia.com/paintball/tees/boxstarblackt.jpg

http://www.redstarmultimedia.com/paintball/tees/chineseblackt.jpg

[evoluzione]

i'll buy a default tee, and one of them redstar ones too.....


i just found a place that sells clothing with my company name!!! haha

my own clothing company, kind of (http://www.evoluzione.us/)

[eyelikeart]

Too bad u aren't in the south or near New Orleans...I have a t-shirt maker connection. ;)

as for t-shirts...I'd buy one...just make sure u offer small sizes... :D

[mac15]

first preview. I like this one, it needs a few touchups and the guy in the middle is now my offical logo.

http://mac15.ambitiouslemon.com/default/lush.jpg

[job]

Looks nice mac15. I'll take a black one with a red man logo on the front. ;)

Actually, I'm surprised no one has come up with any Macrumors t-shirt designs.

[tazo]

I don't know about 'lush'. But the font is kinda cool. I like the color scheme though.

You might want to consider a straight font for the word default. words that are curved on the chest area of the shirt look kinda odd. But I like the design of the shirt other then lush and the way 'default' is written.

Good concept though....lets see what others think, don't just go on my opinions ;)

[jelloshotsrule]

the attachment is too dang big. can't even see it all at once.

[Abstract]

Tazo is right. Yes, you heard me correctly. :p The lettering of "Default" must be straight. Oh, and the guy in your logo: did you suddenly get this brilliant idea for a logo while you were walking towards the Men's toilet? Looking at your t-shirt design makes me want to take a piss right now. Hold on...........

done. ;) Also, you may want to make him red. A red silhouette (okay, that may not make perfect sense) would look good. Or just keep the grey. It also looks good.

I wanted to start a t-shirt company with a friend when I was 16. It was going to be called "Cosmo" clothing or something, and the logo was going to be a cartoon dog. Now the name just reminds me of Cosmo magazine, which eventually leads to intimate thought on '50 Ways To Pleasure Your Man'......... :barf: Hey, I think I just found a new slogan. Sweet. :D

*shudders*

[mac15]

updated the image, hit refresh on this page to see it.

I got the idea from OSX default no image guy thing. but this one is more'default' haha :D

like this
http://www.thelittleappfactory.com/images/portrait.gif

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by Abstract
Looking at your t-shirt design makes me want to take a piss right now. Hold on...........


you may want to check out this thread (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=422667#post422667)


looks better now....

i think the thing is that the colors (background, silhouette, etc) will change from shirt to shirt...

main thing driving that is shirt color of course. not going to have piss yellow letters on poo brown shirt.... or... are you? ;)

[Wardofsky]

Originally posted by jelloshotsrule
you may want to check out this thread (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=422667#post422667)

You and the PPP ;)

The clothing looks good, make a few jackets and I'll get one :D

[scem0]

maybe I should start something like this.

To tell you the truth I don't think I will be able to stand working under someone. I should just be my own boss from the start.

I can be a freelance computer entrepreneur, doing anything and everything!

Sounds good. But I gotta finish my current line of starcraft maps.

If anyone plays Brood War, message me on US east - my handle is -black-death- and I'll show you the map I'm working on. But be sure to say your from MR, because I tend to ignore messages from people I don't know - I get lots of newbs asking me how to make maps and ****.

scem0

[Abstract]

Okay, great shirt, especially the red silhouette. ;) Much better than the last one, in my opinion.

[tazo]

Originally posted by mac15
first preview. I like this one, it needs a few touchups and the guy in the middle is now my offical logo.
<2nd try on logo.....


Pretty good 2nd try there bud.

what about just the words default like you have there, and then the red sillouhette and the slogan on the back? That would look awesome and really look typical of extreme sport's t-shirts (surf, skate, BMX)

-tazo

and abstract, you disagree with me on a regular basis?

:D

[jelloshotsrule]

i think apparel for norms should be either gone, or smaller.

and "since 2003" type thing is so overdone.....

scem- nice on topic post. oh. wait.

[Royal Pineapple]

Originally posted by scem0
maybe I should start something like this.

To tell you the truth I don't think I will be able to stand working under someone. I should just be my own boss from the start.

I can be a freelance computer entrepreneur, doing anything and everything!

Sounds good. But I gotta finish my current line of starcraft maps.

If anyone plays Brood War, message me on US east - my handle is -black-death- and I'll show you the map I'm working on. But be sure to say your from MR, because I tend to ignore messages from people I don't know - I get lots of newbs asking me how to make maps and ****.

scem0
WTF does this have to do with ANYTHING?
i relise that this is the community fourm and threads are allowed to go off topic but come on man:rolleyes:

as for the design i think its great much better than the first one you showed me, im not a fan of the red tho i think a much more subtle thing would work better, i also like the clothing for norms but the "since 2003" thing should be implemented as soon as your company has its 50th or 100th aniversary not beforehand.
also id check on the legality of stealing the logo from apple, i dont think most people would notice it but ya never know with us macheads :D

[mac15]

Originally posted by Royal Pineapple

also id check on the legality of stealing the logo from apple, i dont think most people would notice it but ya never know with us macheads :D

Its not compied or nothing, its my design. So I'm safe a brick ****house :)

Anyways , I totally agree on the 2003 thing, its gone and I'm now doing final touches to it. Oh the excitement :)

[Mr. Anderson]

what about a website? You really need to get one for this....

nice design! :D

D

[mac15]

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
what about a website? You really need to get one for this....

nice design! :D

D

Yeah Mr. A its coming. I'm going to be doing everything and then getting a mate (j763 from the boards) funmac.com guy to clean the code up for me and well make it pretty. I got buy a domain name too, ah the fun of it all :)

[Mr. Anderson]

Get that domain name soon - you'll find that it might not be easy getting something short and related to your product.

Good luck...

D

[mac15]

yeah, I was thinking defaultclothingbrand but thats insanely long so defaultbrand.com sounds good to me and its avaliable

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by mac15
yeah, I was thinking defaultclothingbrand but thats insanely long so defaultbrand.com sounds good to me and its avaliable

Buy it *NOW*

thats a great name - and it should only cost you $30 or so for a year just to get the name - don't worry about hosting until you need it.

D

[mac15]

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
Buy it *NOW*

thats a great name - and it should only cost you $30 or so for a year just to get the name - don't worry about hosting until you need it.

D

hosting is a no brainer, I'll smack it on the ambitiouslemon.com server. nice and cheap ;)

[Wardofsky]

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
Buy it *NOW*

thats a great name - and it should only cost you $30 or so for a year just to get the name - don't worry about hosting until you need it.

D

I registered another35mm.com for $52 (Australian) for 3 years.

That's about $17 Australian a year.

Which means that it's about $33 US a year which means it's about $11 US.

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by Wardofsky
I registered another35mm.com for $52 (Australian) for 3 years.

ahem...u are welcome for the great idea... ;)

[Wardofsky]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
ahem...u are welcome for the great idea... ;)

Oh, sorry, eye helped me out on the choice of domain names, I, ahem, I mean I with the help of I, I mean eye as in I = eye.

There where a few to choose from.

35mm.com: Taken.
33mm.com (An idea by me): Not taken.
Urbantabs.com (" " " "): Not taken.
theultimatesiteforallofyourneedsincludingphotographymacscoffeeandjazz.com: Too long ;)

[Mr. Anderson]

I've managed to get a few good ones -

dukestreet.com
gone3d.com
flossing.org

And I've got a few others in the works for local stuff :D

Nice on the camera site though....it shows that some good ones are still out there.

D

[Wardofsky]

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
Nice on the camera site though....it shows that some good ones are still out there.

D

Me?

Well, photography was my main preference, but I wanted to butt in Macs, coffee, and jazz into one site, coming up with a name and URL system was hard.

I'm still making the pages for a35mm though, what to put in it... ;)

[jefhatfield]

i know a man who has a surf shop and he tells me it's the clothes that keep him in business, not boards or gear

i wish you the best of luck

[tazo]

hey mac15, your ideas are great and have some serious potential.

Here is an american clothing store's website, they sell surf, skateboarding, outdoors esque type clothing.

http://shop.pacsun.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10001&categoryId=10051&langId=-1&parentCategoryId=10001&sortBy=0&pageNumber=1

I am not telling you to copy these designs by people like billabong, etc, but these are the logos and shirt designs that are popular and selling! You sell a shirt like a billabond type in dark blue with white lettering you got yourself a ton of customers :)

As for sizes just go with S, M, L, no need to worry about the ends of the extremes size wise :)

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by tazo
As for sizes just go with S, M, L, no need to worry about the ends of the extremes size wise :)

not true. think about how big and baggy many skaters, boarders, etc wear their clothes.

xl is a must. and by all means, why not make it special order for other sizes bigger for an extra buck or 2.

no need to automatically throw away sales.

[tazo]

Originally posted by jelloshotsrule
not true. think about how big and baggy many skaters, boarders, etc wear their clothes.

xl is a must. and by all means, why not make it special order for other sizes bigger for an extra buck or 2.

no need to automatically throw away sales.

you are right.

[mac15]

got another one I like alot, and royal pinnapple seems to like it to. I won't show you anything yet and I should be buying the domain next week sometime

[mac15]

ahahaha this one is so damn cool, most should get it and laugh. for those who don't you aren't mac users :P

http://mac15.ambitiouslemon.com/default/ripmixburn.jpg

[Royal Pineapple]

love it, damn that classic :D
kinda an optical pun

[mac15]

http://www.theapplecollection.com/Collection/AppleMovies/mov/concert_long_144.html

for those who don't get it

[Wardofsky]

I hate to be a bit critical, but, do you think his arms are a bit ridged?

I don't really have a preference...

I like the peices one :D

[mac15]

I know its weak, it rough. its by all means not a finished product :) and I don't think it'd go well on a shirt anyways. but I'll see what happens

[eyelikeart]

great concept mac15... ;)

keep it up...keep sketching them out...

[tazo]

Originally posted by mac15
http://www.theapplecollection.com/Collection/AppleMovies/mov/concert_long_144.html

for those who don't get it

i still dont get it...

cool commercial but i still dont get how it relates to the 'default' guy..

[mac15]

it has nothing to do with the default guy, it was just a corny concept I was messing with

Rip Mix Burn, nothing more nothing less

[tazo]

oh haha now i get it. very cool. very clique-ish :)