FTM: Announcing Shred Clothing

Jon Kruse sent us this press release and we bet there are some of you considering starting your own label who can appreciate all he does to make the process transparent and effective:

I’m sure everyone at one time in their life has been given the advice to “Do what you love”, but how many people actually follow that advice. I’ve tested video games, modeled characters for a video game, worked at a place that did movie posters for Hollywood, animated storyboards for test commercials… and worked at Taco Bell. What I learned from all of these jobs was that I didn’t love them and what I was truly passionate about was starting my own business, doing things differently, and coming up with new creative ways to solve problems.

I started Mediocore Clothing almost a year ago and it has been a learning experience that has completely changed my life. Getting that first sale online was an awesome feeling and getting over 50 sales in one night made me realize I could do this for the rest of my life.

SHRED was something I wanted to do a while ago but I never had all the pieces to complete the puzzle. I met Eric through a design job I did and he put together a solid team to make my dream into a reality. What we are all trying to accomplish with SHRED are those beautifully illustrated, highly detailed, epic designs that are so badass they give you goosebumps just looking at them. I have hired some of the top artists from around the world to design our first line and we will be launching by the end of April.

For the next two months I am going to post articles and info about all the behind the scenes work that goes into creating a clothing line on our site www.shredclothing.com. Follow us on Twitter and sign up for our RSS feed so you don't miss anything. Right now we have articles about Choosing the right business partners, How to properly contact artists, and Bios about all of us.

JellyFiz Launches New Twist on T-shirt Contest Site

Here are the salient details, but read on for the press-released version:
1. JellyFiz prints real shirts (not POD) but won't do it unless you can prove there's an audience -- like the bastard child of Cafepress and Design by Humans.
2. Artists set the price point, but we're a little fuzzy on who sends out the shirt.
3. They're launching November 14th and need artists. Submit four related designs by this date and get 20% off printing and garment costs.

We (JellyFiz) have created a marketplace where people can buy, create and sell their own fashion line with no upfront costs and profit from every sale.

Basically designers can create a small collection using our templates and then list the designs on the "runway". Only designs that collect over 12 pre-orders within a week get manufactured. Shoppers pay sellers directly via PayPal for these items and then sellers work with JellyFiz to manufacture the items within 7-10 business days and ship to customers themselves. Sellers set the price and profit levels. The more you sell of a particular item, the higher the profit levels.

We offer 55 fashion garments to design on and printing techniques like jumbo prints, foil, discharge and water based inks, inside labels, poly bagging etc. All over printing, rhinestones and embroidery are available when designers manufacture the items upfront and then list it within the "instock collection".

We are looking for designers and bands who may be interested in launching their own fashion line and to be part of our official launch. We need the designs submitted by 14th of Nov 2008. There is 20% off printing and garment costs if you submit a collection of 4 designs by this date. ( All designs need to follow a single collection theme).