T-Shirt Question. Help A Gal Out.

Jul 13, 2005

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Internet, I need your help. (By the way, thanks for all the deodorant help yesterday I am wearing men’s today and it’s working!). So, yeah. Help. Even if you never plan on buying a Bush Nosejob shirt, I would like you to answer some questions. If you’re fearful of leaving comments, email me at michele at mihow dot com.

I am placing an order today for shirts. I have requested medium white tees and large tees. I have also placed an order for 50 tank tops. What size tank tops should I get? Do you like your shirts large or small? Tanks or baby tees? Inquiring mihows want to know.

Here is the final art. (Sorry to go on an on about this. But if I’m going to drop the dough, I wanna get it right.)

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36 responses to “T-Shirt Question. Help A Gal Out.”

chanelbaby

July 13, 2005

I want to get one of the tees for Bartender Dude, and he’s probably a medium. But if I WERE to get one for myself I’d go with baby tees. I like my shirts smallish.

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mihow

July 13, 2005

I’m thinking the artwork will be kind of small, too. I can’t stand when t-shirts have HUGE artwork.

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Sherri

July 13, 2005

You could always put your design on stuff at cafepress and let people order what they want.

I’d want a large tank. And if you went the cafepress route, I might get a long-sleeve T as well. :-) I love this design.

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mihow

July 13, 2005

At one time I did look into Cafe Press. I can’t remember why, but I decided not to use them. I think because I wanted higher quality printing and tees. I wish I could remember why I decided against them. HmmmmMMMmmmm. Either way, the printer I found seems amazing. Plus, she’ll do a 4-color process which excites me. A lot of places that I got quotes from before said they would only do PMS colors which would make many designs cost a fortune as each color would have to be its own screen. Also makes for a nightmare when it comes to registration. I am happy they can do CMYK here for a lower cost. :]

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annejelynn

July 13, 2005

it has just dawned on me that at least one or more times, I’ve typed your ‘name’ as “mihou”

me sorry

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annejelynn

July 13, 2005

oh, um – go with large – best bet I think…regular tees always go first BUT baby tees and tanks are cuter! – um, not that this particular tee shirt design could be considered “cute” in any way, shape, or form – Hilarious, yes – but not cute

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mihow

July 13, 2005

No worries about the name. I forgive you, silly lady.
You know what expression I NEVER got? the one where someone says “You can call me whatever you want, just don’t call me late for dinner!” What the hell? I mean, what the hell?

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robyn

July 13, 2005

I always thought that the Land’s End “Team Sizing Tool” was super-helpful if you’re trying to guess at sizes.

For the record, I’m a baby-tee girl over tank tops any day.

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Sarah

July 13, 2005

I would want a medium tank…don’t do baby tees. My friend runs a store at an art college, and they sell clothing. I’m trying to ask her about what sells fastest…but she’s brutally ignoring my IM.
I’ll get back to you!

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mihow

July 13, 2005

I am, too. But that’s because of the whole underarm thing.

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mihow

July 13, 2005

Oops, that was in response to what Robyn wrote. Sarah, yes, get back to me. You’re the sweetest.

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annejelynn

July 13, 2005

Not many men ever choose a medium – I would assume even the Bartender Dude would go for a large as the minimum size UNLESS he likes his t-shirts supa-dupa (apply crazy scottish accent) tight – but many women would prefer a medium. To explain (without much detail) why I know any of this = I’ve been in charge of many a bulk t-shirt order for many an institution… a few XT large sizes for big guys, the majority size being a basic large though, and the 2nd ‘most’ being medium size. All smalls in my experience have been special order for specific and SMALL individuals requesting the size – and there weren’t ever that many wanting a small. does that help at all? I dunno.

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annejelynn

July 13, 2005

ANOTHER comment from me on this one…

that Team Sizing Tool from Land’s End TOTALLY ROCKS and it has no been added to my bookmarks foh-evah!

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tobyjoe

July 13, 2005

I wear medium.

And I’m chubby.

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mihow

July 13, 2005

Toby is weird tho. He thinks normal shirts make him look like a human bell when, in fact, he looks perfectly normal.

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Jon

July 13, 2005

I wear medium almost exclusively too. I have a couple of large.

mediums work as tshirts and undershirts.

large can be too big

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annejelynn

July 13, 2005

a man’s medium is not an all out rarity – it’s just that if you had to pick one size or another for men, I’d go with a large… mah honey-man stands 5ft 10” (pretty average male height) and weighs only 155 – and he most often wears a large size, but again, I’m not denying men wear mediums – for ordering purposes, my experience has been more larges than medium

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mihow

July 13, 2005

OK. So I think I will get a split of 50/50 in both styles. And even if I have to give them away, at the very least people will have more car-polishing rags. I’m still having a hard time deciding between baby tees and tanks, tho.

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Jon

July 13, 2005

I’m 6’0”, 165 and I like medium.

It’s plenty roomy—even in the winter months when I don’t exercise, eat too much, and drink too much bourbon.

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annejelynn

July 13, 2005

baby tees!

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mihow

July 13, 2005

Why do I get the sinking suspicion Toby Joe and Jon are trying to turn this into a A/S/L sort of thing?

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mihow

July 13, 2005

Well, OK, so maybe not Toby Joe.
We’ll see if Baby Tees are more pricey.

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greg

July 13, 2005

if it was clinton on the image, i’d say go with the wife-beater but since it’s bush, i’d have to go with the baby tee so someone could wear it to church.

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mihow

July 13, 2005

haha! freak.

What does “ribbed” mean (when referring to tanks and baby tees, not condoms perv.)

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Mojo

July 13, 2005

Ribbed refers to a ribbed texture in the shirt’s cloth… they usually run vertically and are pretty thin. You can think of cordurorys for a visual reference, but on a t-shirt it’s much less three dimensional.

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greg

July 13, 2005

serious?

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greg

July 13, 2005

i don’t think printing on ribbed would work very well…..that guy might start looking like Alfred E. Newman and nobody’d get it!

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mihow

July 13, 2005

Well, does ink sit on it ok? I mean, I am just a lowly designer. When I hear ribbed I get concerned that they ink will not lay flat. You see, I’m a moron. Just know that and we’ll all do just fine. I’m a stinky moron.

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mihow

July 13, 2005

Yeah, greg. that’s what I was worried about. I will ask the woman I’m working with and see what she says.

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Sarah

July 13, 2005

Ok…I’ve been in touch with my friend, and she says regular t-shirts sell the best..she works at an all-women’s college, though..art college too…so I was surprised.
I don’t know if this helps you at all. I know I want a medium tanktop. Non-ribbed, please. ;-)
I have no idea what sizes you should get!

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greg

July 13, 2005

i’d go with an “iron-on”

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Sarah

July 13, 2005

Update:
She also thinks more men would wear that shirt than women…so larger sizes are better. I don’t know. If the image isn’t HUGE and centered on the shirt like you say it won’t be, I don’t have a problem with it!
IF it was the whole shirt, then I might not wear it out either.

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mihow

July 13, 2005

I was reassured by the printer lady that the ink will be just fine on the ribbed shirts. She said they do work for MTV and VH1 all the time and there are 20 year old girls running around in these shirts. (I am curious to see what she’ll say when she sees this artwork.) Sarah, I am going small on both but even smaller on the women’s.

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Sherri

July 13, 2005

Whatever you order, I’ll need a large for my girls.

I prefer tank tops though. :-)

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mihow

July 13, 2005

Standard girl tank tops or the ones with spaghetti straps? How is it that less material is more expensive? So weird.

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Sherri

July 13, 2005

Either variety is cool with me. My shoulders just got to be free, man.

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