SO a number of years ago, a site called Betabrand had an interesting contest- any user could submit a design, and if enough people said they'd buy it if it got made, they'd make it. At the time I was growing tired of wearing t-shirts every day, and dreamt up a nerdy button-down design inspired by my teenage love of drawing maps on whatever graph paper I could come across.
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| admit it- you want one |
I cooked up an old-school shirt design, and it did fairly well in their contest. I actually had a pretty solid number of respondents say they'd love to own it- and of course, I wanted one too.
Sadly, Betabrand didn't get a lot of submissions for men's shirts, so they dropped out of menswear to focus on women's athletic apparel. Fair enough, and I'm sure their stuff is great, but not a good fit for my design. Periodically over the years I looked into getting fabric printed and having one custom made, but it was always a bit out of reach.
Behold, today we live in an age of wonders. With the growth of digital print-on-demand and drop-shipping, I found a way to bring that design to life- and a few more as well.After ordering a few shirts for myself to make sure they were of decent quality (yup, they are), I've launched a humble Etsy store I'm calling Vorpal Threads.
I've got four designs so far, three that are D&D themed and one devoted to my love of the old vector arcade classic Asteroids. If you're in the market for slightly upscale nerdwear, have a look (and keep an eye out for more designs to come)
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| here's how it looks on a balding old nerd |
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