What did Threadless do about Tags before thay Made their Own Shirts?
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What did Threadless do about Tags before thay Made their Own Shirts?
Re: What did Threadless do about Tags before thay Made their Own Shirts?
I use a $3 seam ripper (although i don't rip the seam) from the local sewing store. It's U shaped with the bottom of the U being a razor sharp blade. The top of the U serves to protect the shirt from being cut. One swipe with this and you can't even tell a label was there. I replace it once a month or so after it gets dull.
Re: What did Threadless do about Tags before thay Made their Own Shirts?
A brief history of Threadless t-shirts and tags:
Originally they cut out all original tags and sewed in a woven tag with only their company name (this is illegal). Then they cut out the tags and printed a label with humorous care instructions and no real ones (this is also illegal). Then they cut out the manufacturer tags and printed the information directly into the neck.
I'm not sure if this is what they were using from day one, but for the longest part of their existence they used Fruit of the Loom 50/50 Best shirts for men, and American Apparel shirts for women (and had a $2 price difference between men and women's shirts, reflecting the wholesale cost difference).
When they introduced the Select series, they used American Apparel for men's and women's shirts.
I believe the toddler line and their hoodies were also American Apparel (I know they used AA - I'm just not 100% positive they didn't use something else earlier, but I don't think so).
When they first announced they were having their own shirts produced and released a prototype, the prototype had a tag stub from a cut out tag (on their supposedly custom product) and little to none of the legally required labelling information printed on the product (again).
They still use AA for various things to this day.
The briefer version: lots of FotL 50/50s and lots of American Apparel, generally with roughly hacked out tags.
Some things Threadless do they do well and are worth imitating. Other times the way they do things is illegal and/or shoddy. When it comes to the way they handle their labelling it's generally the latter.
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Re: What did Threadless do about Tags before thay Made their Own Shirts?
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Originally Posted by blobert
Thanks, that is the item I found for seam ripper, I was thinking it would look different.
So do you just drag it across the label like a blade to cut it?
Yes. i put the ball capped end underneath the label where I can't see the cut as well so as not to poke a hole in the shirt. The pointed end swipes across on top of the label. I push the ripper up as i am swiping and i get a cut almost to label sew line.
Re: What did Threadless do about Tags before thay Made their Own Shirts?
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Originally Posted by splathead
Yes. i put the ball capped end underneath the label where I can't see the cut as well so as not to poke a hole in the shirt. The pointed end swipes across on top of the label. I push the ripper up as i am swiping and i get a cut almost to label sew line.
Bought one and tried it out last night, it worked perfectly, you'd never have known there was a label there!
Thanks for the help, really appreciate it
Now to find the cheapest way of printing labels on to the t-shirt...
Re: What did Threadless do about Tags before thay Made their Own Shirts?
What exactly is illegal? Removing someone elses tag or the omission of information? I plan on doing tagless on some of my nicer shirts. The Gildans I may or may not remove. The information I plan on providing is "company name", "shirt size", "shirt ingredients (i.e. 100% Cotton)", and "washing instructions". Some of my shirts come from Bare Apparel and Royal Apparel and are already tagless or are tear away. Therefore I do not know where on the planet they are made. If I recall Bare Apparel says they are made in the US. But other than patriotic reasons does it matter where the shirt is made? Is there a legal reference for tag requirements? Thanks
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Thanks Joe. I actually answered my own questions and read a bunch at the FTC site prior to your reply, but thanks for replying. There is a lot to know.
What Bare Apparel and/or Royal Apparel do is link to a page which lists the details of the product line, being the shirts come with no labels. For example if I bought a shirt from the line 100A I would click on the link 100A and then all the necessary info is found there on their website.
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What did Threadless do about Tags before thay Made their Own Shirts? 
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