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Grab your quirky t-shirts and head over to the Metro tonight to celebrate the grand opening of the first Threadless store at 3011 N. Broadway in Chicago. To really tee it up and kick it off right tonight, Threadless and Metro are bringing you two free shows. Tonight's lineup will feature Hey Mercedes, Anathallo, Freer and host Marcus Monroe. It starts at 6:00 p.m. and is open to all ages, but you will have to stop by the Threadless store to pick up your free ticket. But that's not all! Following the early show, there's another FREE party, with a lineup consisting of Office, White Hot Knife, The Assembly and the Life During Wartime DJs. The show is at 10:30 p.m. and is 18 & up. No ticket is needed for the later show. We recommend both, especially at the enticing price of free.
Founded in 2000 by two Chicago-area designers, Threadless is essentially an ongoing design competition. Submit your t-shirt design, visitors to Threadless.com vote on it and other designs, and voila, four to six designs are chosen for print each week. Aside from the glory and fame of having your work chosen, you also get a cool $2,000.
Threadless is doing an amazing job of taking the community feel of their website and bringing it to a physical locale. The store will feature new tees every Friday, an upstairs gallery for Threadless designers' work, design classes, weekly window paintings, and discounts for reusing your bag. Now if we just have to snag our favorite designs before they are gone.
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$2,000?? holy crap, t-shirt hell only offers $200.
That is what it says in the press materials, I also didn't know it was that much. They must be selling a LOT of T-Shirts.
Hey Chicagoist,
If you look at the image you posted, as well as the Metro and Threadless website, both shows are TONIGHT.
And you wonder why people question your credibility when you can't get a simple fact correct that's prominently displayed for you.
Hey Guest,
Thanks for logging in to add some constructive criticism. That was a mistake it was fixed just little while ago.
People question our credibility?
mmm, threadless. I wonder if they'll still have the $10 deals at the store, because their shipping takes forever.
Stopped in there. Laughed at the designs and the $40 price tags. Walked out.
$40? i've never bought a tshirt from them for more than $10.
I find it very irritating that half of their designs are sold out...a lot of good ones too, like the guy stuck in the Little Tikes care, being pried out by firemen.
the tees are $15 for guys and $17 for girls. only the hoodies are $40.
the reason most tees are sold out is that threadless would much rather continue to print new tees than reprint their back catalog of 950+ designs. the limited nature of the designs is much more appealing than always having everything in stock.
Hi i am 14 years old and find threadless totally super great.
I believe the $2000 is a combo of cash and store credit.
Yeah, they were totally super great before they totally super sold out.
How exactly does a T-shirt firm "sell out," #11?
I mean, it is a store.
And, these are T-shirts.
Is there something about selling T-shirts in a store that lends itself to super special notions of indie street cred?
Sounds likes these guys founded a great business. Good for them. I hope they sell out even more. Chicago needs all the thriving businesses it can get.