opinion on new apparel line
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i'm glad that you're excited about it. 
it doesn't do much for me personally, it's just nothing i'd look twice at. but, you know, that's just me, and i hope i'm in the minority for your sake. my preference is for designs that engage me on some level, and i'm not overly hep on *most* brand designs to begin with unless they have a clever design to it. the good news is i'm not your target market, i'm guessing, so pleasing me is gonna be tough, lol.
it doesn't do much for me personally, it's just nothing i'd look twice at. but, you know, that's just me, and i hope i'm in the minority for your sake. my preference is for designs that engage me on some level, and i'm not overly hep on *most* brand designs to begin with unless they have a clever design to it. the good news is i'm not your target market, i'm guessing, so pleasing me is gonna be tough, lol.
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Good work done! but the design pretty confused and not satisfying me. If we take it a simple one design than its awesome.
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I have to agree with the majority so far,,,I guess some have made millions with just there brand name on a shirt but I wouldn"t look twice....I think if I was to do something like this I would place it a little more interesting,,,,maybe vertical on one side of the front,,,just looks off across the front like that,,,,,just my 2 cents though...
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It's not really a design. It's a brand name. And the problem is, your brand doesn't mean anything right now because no one knows what it is. It's easy to look at brands like Tapout, Hurley or Hollister and see them selling shirts with just their brand name. But they have spent millions in marketing and distribution so that consumers connect to the identity of those brands. There's noting wrong with including this shirt within your product line. But there needs to be more to be able to connect with your target market.
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At least you found someone who understands you.
k mma. this is my first rodeo on this, but im taking postive and negative advice to make it better before i put any on my site. I look at half of the apparel lines out their an some are good, bad, ugly but someone is interested. and with hard work and sweat, I will get it done. i dont have millions to market, maybe it dont mean anything right now. but with my $500 budget each month i will make it work.
but thanks anyway for your advice.
but thanks anyway for your advice.
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hmmm you state "apparel line" where is the rest of it? I see you have a tee with your brand name in a standard font. do you have a logo? is this the logo? i have to come off a a little blunt here. the name placement is confusing as it reads as two words but im assuming it 3 separate things going on here. also is this how your presenting your line as far as images. there are many programs to enhance your imagery. im not sayng go out and spend thousands on PS there should be some thing included in you computer that you can use to enhance your presentation. I guess simplify and clarify would be my suggestion.
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somewhat of an aside, a brand name, to me, can be a lot like vanity license plates which no one but the owner understands the meaning of. given some context i might be able to figure it out, or maybe it alludes to something whose loop i'm out of (i'm out of most loops, usually by choice, so this wouldn't be unusual), so, yeah, i don't grasp the concept because perhaps i'm not supposed to, and if i knew what it was about, maybe i'd get it. of course, what it means is something you'd clear up in the 'about us' section of your site.
knowing what the concept is would help come up with a logo, too, not to mention perhaps more appropriate font/s. this font is rather plain to me, and the result is there is nothing to identify it with. it's funny how drastic a font can change the perception of what's going on. for instance, put that in an 80's computer font and colour it green, that would have an entirely different connotation than if you blinged it out in some fancy gothic/gangsta font.
knowing what the concept is would help come up with a logo, too, not to mention perhaps more appropriate font/s. this font is rather plain to me, and the result is there is nothing to identify it with. it's funny how drastic a font can change the perception of what's going on. for instance, put that in an 80's computer font and colour it green, that would have an entirely different connotation than if you blinged it out in some fancy gothic/gangsta font.
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Your design tells me nothing about what your apparel line actually it or who it attracts. There seems to be no actual concept or if there is, I won't know it by looking at your shirt. You need designs that will attract your market customers and please don't try to say EVERYONE is your customers because unless you're already rich it doesn't work that way. Decide on a niche and go from there. Or narrow down your concept to find your market. Hollisters was a So-Cal surf style that came in and got everyone's attention. But they sold a whole style not just t-shirts. DC had top of the line skateboarding shoes and t-shirts with designs that represented a lifestyle. Metal Mulisha started with t-shirts that also represented a life style in motocross, they then expanded to everything else. Under Armour brought forth a new sports product that was great and took off. All these guys had niches that they started with and are now selling to general public everywhere. You need to find your concept/niche and go from there, it'll be much easier.
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