The local t-shirt company now has vending machines in four locations. more ›

We found video via Threadless' YouTube channel of Justin Gignac in which he describes the concept better than we ever could. more ›

What you're looking at is a t-shirt that sells for $300,000. You wouldn't be wrong to ask that it feels like Egyptian cotton. more ›

The annual competition challenges bakers to create a cake design modeled after one of Threadless's t-shirts. more ›

It's hard to believe Threadless has already been around for ten years, thus making the Chicago-based company a veritable institution of the design and marketing of a new kind of t-shirt. Crowd sourced limited runs of a truly innovative artistic bent have helped the company succeed and earn the cache it has in the creative community today. Jake Nickell took it upon himself to write a book tracing the companies history and praising many of the members of the artistic community that have been active in getting Threadless to the point its at today. We thoroughly enjoyed lingering through its pages, lushly illustrated with iconic t-shirt designs and peppered with Threadless history. The only thing that could make this book even better would be an accompanying re-release of all the t-shirt designs contained therein since we found ourselves downright coveting discontinued past classics! more ›

As the hyperlocal t-shirt company nears its first anniversary, Scared Panda co-founder Kaitlin Olson shared with Chicagoist some of Scared Pandas plans for the future, philanthropy and how a “South Park” episode influenced their logo more ›

August 19-21, Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, 5555 North River Rd. (Rosemont), tickets $25-50 via the Wizard World site more ›

Our friends at Threadless have opened submissions for yet another contest: it’s a little bit about T-shirts and a lot about comics. The winning design will be worn by a character in an upcoming issue of New York Times Bestselling comic, Chew. Plus, the winner gets an iPad with 10 free downloads, a mini-library of graphic novels, and original artwork from Chew artist Rob Guillory. And of course, in true Threadless fashion, the top design will be printed on a shirt, and the winner gets a hefty pile of cash and Threadless credit. more ›

In honor of its 10th brithday, the Chicago-based T-shirt company Threadless is loading up a few vans and a 25-foot trailer with staff members and T-shirts and going on a nationwide tour to say thank you to its fans. more ›

Ever wonder what Threadless designs look like in their beginning stages? Well now, there’s an app a book for that. Yesterday, Threadless announced the release of a new book titled The Threadless Sketchbook. They're calling it "an amazing assortment of audacious artwork from the tremendous treasury of talent at Threadless." The book features original sketches that became t-shirts and includes more than 120 sketches from 66 artists. According to the Threadless flickr page, the concept for the book started when community member MurrayMullet (Phil Jones) posted a blog on the Threadless forum asking for sketches that went onto be printed into designs. So many sketches were submitted that the idea evolved into a hard copy book. The Threadless Sketchbook is now available for sale for $19.99 on Lulu. All proceeds go help bring Threadless community members to Bloggerraiser, the annual Threadless meet-up event. more ›

While many folks will be taking in the sights of hundreds of drag queens, a lesbian country starlet, the newly gay-friendly-fied Stanley Cup and even a giant cat head (courtesy of Threadless) this Sunday for the 41st annual Pride Parade in Boystown, the day also carries a perhaps more serious meaning: National HIV Testing Day. more ›

"Men anpil chay pa lou" translates to "Many Hands Make the Load Lighter," and it's the message illustrating a T-shirt Threadless commissioned from designers Thomas De Santis and Ivan Tarrazo Sanchez. more ›

We all know that rock bands pile into vans to go on tour -- well, why not creative agency types? So goes the rationale behind Plaid Nation 2009, a "rolling celebration of creativity and a demonstration of social media in action" founded by the principals at Plaid, an agency based in Danbury, CT. The Plaids kicked off their tour in Detroit on July 20, and yesterday stopped in Chicago to visit the headquarters of t-shirt juggernaut Threadless in the morning, and Wicker Park's The Boring Store in the afternoon. They came, they saw, they tweeted/photographed/filmed/swag-distributed. And then they headed east toward Indianapolis. more ›

Gorilla Tango Theatre, Weds. Feb. 11th and 18th, 8 p.m., Purcahse tickets here. more ›

It goes beyond saying that folks here at Chicagoist love Threadless. We also love Jones soda, their cane sugary goodness and the ability to have custom-made labels (a great gift, btw). more ›

The tiny gallery on the second floor of the Threadless shop in Lakeview usually hosts artwork of the graphic design sort, not really a surprise due to the nature of the company. In the same vein, the new show opening at Threadless gallery this evening is a celebration of printmakers and print collectives based in Chicago. All artists featured at the show have had their work printed by Threadless PRINTS.* more ›

Roll by Threadless in May, and you will get treated to a display of photography by Chris Eichenseer, who for years has been helping to shape the visual identities of artists in the Chicago independent music scene. more ›

We love t-shirts, and it seems we can’t ever have too many balled up in our dresser drawers, but it’s never fun to have the same ones everyone else has. (Think “Vote For Pedro,” or “More Cowbell.”) Thank goodness for Threadless, the online t-shirt vendor and Lakeview store that keeps its merchandise constantly rotating and therefore minty fresh. more ›