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IAMTHETREND 2011 T-Shirt Roundup — A Year In Tee Review

With what simply seems like a blink of an eye 2011 has come and gone and with it some t-shirts have been released, bought, sold and reviewed! I wanted to take some time to shine a spotlight on some brands that I have really enjoye More...

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UGMONK and the $299 Ampersand

You have to hand it to Jeff Sheldon and UGMONK, he knows how to think outside of the box and has a knack for releasing products a cut above the rest. His latest release is not in the form of a tee but in the form of a 18" wooden More...

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8teeSix Launches New Typography Tees

UK based 8teeSix have just launched their typography based brand comprised of 3 designs on four tees. When you are launching a typography based brand, the typography has to be killer. Looking through 8teeSix tees I dig some of t More...

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UGMONK Release Limited Edition 3rd Anniversary Tee

It's hard to believe it's already been three years that UGMONK has had their doors open. UGMONK was one of the first brands I featured when IAMTHETREND was launched three years ago, so it has been truly amazing to see Jeff grow h More...

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50 Awesome White Tees & Brights Tees For Your Summer Look

Let it be known that absolute favorite style and color t-shirt is American Apparel Tri-Blend Heather Grey, but with that said nothing to me looks better in summer than white and bright colored tees. I have scoured the internet to More...

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28 Stories of How Clothing Companies Picked Their Names!

If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me about how certain brands got their name or asked for a suggestion on picking a name I could actually run IAMTHETREND full-time! Well being proactive I decided to contact a bunch of More...

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My Favorite Tee of the Week: “Mountains” By Ugmonk

It is really quite amazing how to overlapping triangles can look this sexy, but guess what? They do. The "Mountains" tee which was recently released as apart of the "Minimal" series from UGMONK took less that 12 hours to sell out More...

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UGMONK Release Three New Tees With “Minimal” Series

I don't think I am alone when I say every time UGMONK drops new tees I get excited and considering these just dropped today and are selling out, I believe that confirms it! The new batch of tees titled the "Minimal" series featur More...

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Ugmonk Release A Journal Worthy Enough To Drool Over

Jeff Sheldon has been extremely hard at work expanding the UGMONK brand even further past just a clothing line which is further evidenced by his latest release of the UGMONK premium line. The first product from the new premium li More...

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7 Pieces of Advice For Running A Clothing Line From Clothing Company Owners!

Over the course of the few years of running IAMTHETREND I have done my fair share of interviews with some great indie clothing companies such as More...

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Jeff Sheldon of UGMONK Talks Tees & Growing A Business

Whether you are just a t-shirt lover or the owner of a t-shirt brand, Jeff Sheldon and his brand UGMONK are a company that you need to know. This indie clothing startup was launched just over 2.5 years ago and today, Jeff has bee More...

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Product Etcetera’s Beautiful Typography Tee

Product Etectera’s 24/7 tee is the most creative and well executed type based tees that I have seen from a company other than Ugmonk. The 24/7 tee is available for $28 and comes in 6 colorways. LINK

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20 Awesome Big Cartel Store Examples

With the recent closing of Emptees I figured I'd spotlight what Emptees creators, Indie Labs will be focusing all of their newly found time even more intensely on. Those projects are of course Big Cartel and Pulley. While Big Ca More...

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