Tru Youth is a clothing lifestyle company that aims to communicate the
“tru” purpose of life. Youth isn’t based on your age; it’s how you
live your life. They are endlessly promoting passion and creativity to
everyone. It doesnt matter who you are, or where you came from, its
about your life now and where you’re going.

Inspired by individuals who stay youthful by living their dreams, Tru
Youth uses t- shirts to channel their message to the world.

Tru Youth started with the ideas of both Jon Herrera, a
DJ/ Club Owner, and his sister Rosario Herrera, a fashion stylist/
creative consultant. They combine their knowledge on style, music,
art, and culture to create the dopest designs and inspirational
messages.

Triko is an eco-conscious and sophisticated street wear collection for the progressive and eclectic individual. Based in New York City since 2001, designer and founder Hector Estrada is the driving creative force of the Brand.

Triko is a unique and progressive premium clothing brand with an aim to inspire by promoting environmental and social issues through its designs and lifestyle, with a zen like approach to fabric cutting and design.

As an eco-concious designer, Hector utilizes sustainable materials such as, raw and organic cotton, coconut, tagua and recycled soda can buttons in some of his pieces.

Most of the line is limited edition, with great attention to detailed finishes. Hot picks for the summer are the polo weave tops, you’d never look so fresh and clean.

Grooveeffect is an urban style, music, and events guide focusing on men’s and women’s streetwear, indie and underground music, and the club and party scene.

Grooveeffect was created by Ivy Rashid and Sean Mulholland, veterans of the streetwear and club culture coming out of the underground rave scene in the 90’s. We watched streetwear go from camo and phat pants to nu-camo all-over prints and skinny jeans. We don’t do any one ‘thing’, but rather take our influences from all around us.

We’re not sneaker heads, we’re not clubbers, we’re not hardcore hip-hop heads, we’re not hypes for any product dropped by flavor-of-the-month brands.

But at the same time we do take a little from all of that, and them mix it in with whatever other random things we think are hot. It’s about developing a personal style. We just try and filter out the noise and give you the good stuff.

Subscript, an NYC based clothing line, which debuted in Spring 2005, is an ongoing design experiment that employs widely disparate, sub/cultural references, combined with heavy-handed graphic design.

Presently limited to no more than 300 cut-and-sew pieces per style, Subscript combines meticulous attention to detail while integrating traditional and luxury fabrics thereby providing a sophisticated interpretation of classic streetwear.

Well my name is Fredrickus Williford (Fashion Industry Ceo). I am the creator of How to start a clothing line from scratch.

When I started my first clothing line in 2003 (I worked with other clothing lines as far as developing and designing before starting my clothing line and attended college for my BA in Fashion design/marketing) and researched everything from the internet to libraries and couldn’t find a complete source on building a clothing line from the ground up.I talked to mulitple clothing lines and all were very hesitant to share info with me on how to get started because they were too afraid of competition I guess and only want to succeed themselves.

So in 2006 I decided to start a blog which will become the one place to learn how to start a clothing line from scratch. The blog is updated daily through the week and has an industry links page with everything you need to get started from manufacturers to legal business websites (tax, business license). We cover all topics and the blog is a collective effort with input from designers from independent clothing lines and will eventually include input form major clothing lines as our reach grows.

Monday: Movie/Book reviews
Tuesday: tips and advice
Wednesday: reviews
Thursday:reviews
Friday: Fashion Feature Fridays

Everyday I give a daily definition and include fashion news (on new clothing lines or expansion of major clothing lines) basically entrepreneurial efforts except for on sat and sunday. We just started a new category named Tip of the day which is a daily tip to help with starting your line…anything from business, design, motivation, financing, promotions.

On the internet today, there are a lot of websites that only feature and review
t-shirts. But there are some who choose to dig deeper and look at the t-shirt
industry with a critical eye. HipHipUK is a part of the second group of
websites, or more accurately, a blog in this case.

HipHipUK is the brainchild of British blogger Adam Fletcher who is currently
based in Leipzig, Germany. He currently works as a creative director for the
apparel brand Spreadshirt.

The idea for his blog came from his dissertation on the t-shirt brand
Threadless and the role of virtual communities in supporting innovative product
development, thus the academic treatment of some of the topics discussed.

But being academic doesn’t mean it lacks that cool factor that makes a site
interesting. On the contrary, the blog is filled with interesting articles as
well as interviews of some of the big names in the industry. Sure, the template
is simple, but in this case, the content of each entry and interview rules the
other features that the blog has.

Speaking of features, HipHipUK has a cool one that makes it easier to go to
previous posts without clicking on the archive menu. On the blog’s main page,
just above the newest entries is a horizontal scroll bar that lets visitors
simply scroll to their desired archive page number. It is more convenient than
having to click through loads of monthly archive pages. But if you want to view
the archives by month instead, there’s a drop-down menu at the sidebar.
Alternatively, there’s a separate archives page that lets you dig deeper into
them.

The t-shirt industry is a very dynamic and creative one. Look into it deeper
and you find something more beautiful and valuable. www.hiphipuk.co.uk helps
you do just that.

Divine Clothing is a small, intimate clothing line from just outside of Philadelphia. We have been around since the summer of 2005 and are ran by one person, Bill Pyle, out of his bedroom. Everything from the design process to mailing the shirts is done from there.

Divine features many products ranging from t-shirts, polos, and hoodies, to handbags, buttons, and even stuffed plushies. All products are hand screen printed with love. We occasionally print one of a kind items that feature unique designs or are printed on specialty shirts not normally used.

All products are relatively cheap and come with free shipping and other free goodies. So if you\’re looking for more than the typical logo tee, check us out.

The Indie Clothing Blog is not only a fresh resource for those starting indie clothing companies, but it is also a great site for those looking for amazing indie brands to sport to their affairs.

Written by a true T-Shirt Entrepreneur, the Indie Clothing Blog offers trends, tips, howto’s and links to get you into the deepest pits of indie culture and know-how.

Indigo Clothing is a UK-based brand that focuses on designing and manufacturing customized clothing and other products for their clients. Some of their services include screen printing, embroidery as well as promotional merchandise.

Although it considers itself as a small company, Indigo Clothing has a wide variety of clients. They range from big players like BBC and Kodak to smaller business clients who regularly order clothing in small quantities.

Indigo conducts almost all of its business online. From its real-time quotation system to ordering, interested businesses can do it at Indigo’s website. Doing this instead of keeping a shop helps them cut costs and maintain their excellent service. The materials they use are sourced directly from manufacturers thus keeping the prices low and reasonable.

The company’s website has a lot of great information that helps visitors find exactly what they are looking for. Things like the kind of work they do, their online catalogue, their portfolio, client list and the frequently-asked-questions (FAQs) can be easily found using the tabs just below the site’s banner.

Their informative website is complemented by their blog. Visitors can get the latest updates on the company and the people behind it with the help of this page. This is a very welcome feature on the site which makes it a dynamic one and the feeling that there are real people behind it, not a bunch of unnamed and faceless business people. There is also a link to the flickr page of the company’s founder, Alex Walker. This further adds a human dimension to what could have been just another website.

If you want to check out more of Indigo Clothing, check out their website at www.indigoclothing.com. Also check their blog at www.indigoclothing.com/blog for the latest news on Indigo and its team of very dedicated people.

our motivation to launch born-clothing 2003 in cologne/germany was
after an odyssee for getting quality-shirts with fresh prints and fair
prices.

so we just decided to do those artworks by ourselves … after this decision there was a great resonance by our brotherhood/friends which is now extended to shops and design-agencies. there are also collabos with pixelkrieger from cologne and the first international collabo with retreat-brand from england. we are also start the band-support for the rockers of “nineteen reasons” from nuernberg/germany.

the question is what it’s all about? it’s about independence, personality and freedom expressed by the different styles in our collection. our style manifests itself in the expressions of personality. at the moment we are working on our online-shop. so if you like to order get in touch with us via email …

are there any plans for the future?
makin’ money! no, without kiddin’: satisfied faces on both sides and
hopefully further more great design-collabos with interesting people.