Out of their bankruptcy, the founder and ex-CEO did purchase up the equipment and started up Los Angeles Apparel a few miles away. Same cuts, same knits, even some of the same workers. The operation is nowhere near as large, however.
If there was anything I learned out of Woot changing the blanks back in 2012 and their #1 volume artist’s subsequent venture: offering unisex-only removes an audience in which the straight-body shirts do not fit them well.
Three ranges would really be necessary to be more encompassing: men’s, women’s, and junior’s/petite.
Back in the AA shirts at Woot, there were complaints that their women’s cut weren’t supportive of folks with larger features due to its straighter cut.
With the subsequent Anvil shirts, the women’s cut were bell shaped, which was disliked for obvious reasons.
A multi-vendor approach is sometimes necessary. In their earlier years, Teeturtle was using AA or Next Level for men’s, Bella+Canvas or Next Level for junior’s, and Live and Tell for women’s. In more recent years, they’re all LAT – which is why I personally haven’t been buying much.
And FFS, do not copy the idiocy over at New! Improved! WOOTAZON! whose “women’s cut” is just a short-length men’s; too wide to ever be fitted, and way too short if you pick one small enough to not be super-loose.
I just wish you could offer American Apparel shirts again.
GFY Gildan!!!
@yakkoTDI Alas, the old AA factory isn’t even a factory anymore. It’s all been redeveloped already:
https://rowdtla.com/
Out of their bankruptcy, the founder and ex-CEO did purchase up the equipment and started up Los Angeles Apparel a few miles away. Same cuts, same knits, even some of the same workers. The operation is nowhere near as large, however.
@yakkoTDI Gildan owns the AA brand now. That should tell you more than you wanted to know.
@werehatrack Oh I know that hence me telling them to GFY. I remember that one of the first things they did was move all manufacturing over seas.
@werehatrack @yakkoTDI Moving the factories was the second thing. The first was closing down the US operations.
FWIW, Amazon was one of the other potential buyers.
If there was anything I learned out of Woot changing the blanks back in 2012 and their #1 volume artist’s subsequent venture: offering unisex-only removes an audience in which the straight-body shirts do not fit them well.
Three ranges would really be necessary to be more encompassing: men’s, women’s, and junior’s/petite.
@narfcake
What he said!
And FFS, do not copy the idiocy over at New! Improved! WOOTAZON! whose “women’s cut” is just a short-length men’s; too wide to ever be fitted, and way too short if you pick one small enough to not be super-loose.
@werehatrack AFAIK, the blanks decision (and printing) are all under Amazon’s control nowadays.
Aren’t the men’s kinda unisex already?
I don’t understand the question I guess.
@RiotDemon Yes. I may be reading too deep into it, but I see it as a question of only offering men’s/unisex sizes.
What about long-sleeved?
@AbbiSams Same answer as kids sizes. Until us Mehtizens start buying a lot more shirts the sizes/style options will be limited.