5 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD BUY INDIE CLOTHING
1. SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS THEY ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THEIR LINE
The majority of people that are starting these indie clothing lines deeply care and our passionate about their brand. They pour every ounce of extra time, money, passion and creativity in their line trying to put out the best product possible. Dont get me wrong they’re individuals out there that simply think that starting a clothing line is easy and a quick way to make a buck, but those people are quickly proved wrong and usually do not last long. Economies are also built with entrepenuers and small business growth and by supporting up and coming companies it’s a great way to help encourage the entrepreneurial spirit that drives innovation.
2. INDIE BRANDS USUALLY HAVE CHEAPER PRICES
In today’s economy everyone is looking to stretch the dollar further and further. People are looking for ways to save money and find deals. Well here is a definite avenue to cut clothing costs and buy cheaper and smarter. Indie brands tend to have lower prices and offer more deals and incentives for purchase over mall brands found at Zumiez, PacSun, Hot Topic, etc. Just last month I put together an article showing how you could buy 16 Tee Shirts for only $100, if you can do that at a mall please let me know!
Also indie brands tend to have a ton of really great sales. For Black Friday we complied a list of our 40 brands that were having sales, some of which were 50% off or more! Even when the brands are not on sale your can typically find high quality items for $20 or less. They’re a ton of t-shirt blog sites as well as iamthetrend.com that promotes these sales, so continually be checking sites such as iamthetrend, cotygonzales.com, popculturetees and hideyourarms because these sites are an incredible resource for showing who has what on sale.
3. HAVE SOMETHING THAT NO ONE ELSE HAS!
For me there is nothing worse than rocking your new favorite shirt, jeans, jacket, etc to come across someone else wearing the exact same thing! When you buy from indie clothing startups you are going to greatly diminish the chances of running into someone with the same shirt that you have. Most of the upcoming brands you find online run a very limited amount of shirts per design. Having such limited number of shirts per design is not only awesome because you have something “rare” but you are in a sense “thetrend”. You will be the person all your friends and peers will be asking where did you get that, or who is that made by and let’s face it most of us like to be the ones setting the trend and finding the coolest clothes out there!
Say it with me now “iamthetrend” : ) I cant even count the amount of times that I have been asked by friends and peers where I got a particular shirt, it’s a great feeling when people go out of their way to recognize and appreciate awesome clothing.
4. GREATER DIVERSITY AND SELECTION
Your options in clothing and style are pretty much limitless, this is one of my favorite aspects about the indie clothing world. No matter what you are looking for you can find it, from the most offensive tees, to the most loud colored illustrated tee all the way to a tee that barely has anything on it, there is an indie clothing company that fits your style. You really cant get this sort of diversity by visiting the same mall stores buying what is being spoon fed to you.
Let’s just say that you have a favorite brand that is being solid in malls, for example Obey, Lrg, DC, or Nike, guess what, there is a brand online that has a similar style that in all honesty is probably doing a better and more creative job making eye catching clothing.
5. QUITE SIMPLY IT’S JUST MORE FUN!
Honestly finding new brands that no one knows about is just plain fun! Think of it as a treasure hunt, the deeper you dig the more your going to find and the more rewarding its going to be! I can’t even begin to put a number on the amount of indie clothing companies that are out there, which can be very exciting and very daunting at the same time! If your the type of person that loves to dig around the internet looking for the next greatest thing, searching for indie clothing is right up your alley! Even if your a person that would rather just have people point out to you what’s cool and upcoming we have you covered, because quite simply that’s what we do at IAMTHETREND!
Source: http://iamthetrend.com/2009/12/11/why-you-should-buy-indie-clothing-for-the-holidays/
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