With space @ the 440 Studio becoming available in December, the race was on to fill the racks with the newest, finest, meshiest Hackawear! T-shirts were requested by the owner (we've got lots of jackets at the moment), so I set to work producing the "Internazionale" T-shirt from my senior collection. Tonal black-on-black seemed a chic way to go, and I found two different weights of athletic mesh which seemed up to the challenge. Comfort is key!
The shirts during the assembly process. LOTS of corners to over-lock together -- holy heck, I didn't realize there were 12 of them per shirt!
After the shoulder seams are attached, time to stitch down some contrast yellow twill-tape for added strenf!
Here's a detail of a couple of those corners.
Some branding -- included are hang-tags, care & sizing labels.
Costing these things was a bit tricky -- I inquired with our professional sewing ladies, and they said they would want around $45 to sew each shirt. With that in mind -- as well as the fact that the studio takes half of sales to cover utilities, machinery & maintenance -- the first offering of these shirts will be at the steep price of $80. We'll see how/if they move at that price.
...and here they are on the rack! Come get yours :)
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