The Exclusive Line is here and we kick off our series here in the Blog with Barking Irons from New York. Founded by Daniel and Michael Casarella in 2003, the brand with the pistols (barking irons is an old fashioned term for pistol) is all about bringing a touch of american mythology to fashion. They say, each of their items is based on a character or a story, most probably from the 18th or 19th century.
In our Exclusive Line you’ll find 4 products (two shirts, one hoodie and one zipper), and we also have some more background information about the Barking Irons: Check out their blog, the New York Times article on “Brand Underground”, or the video featuring the Casarella brothers. We also did a short interview and asked Michael Casarella a few questions.

What is the barking irons brand about (one sentence)?

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Read on for an interview with our very own CEO Iron(wo)Man.

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David Dimitrov is Spreadshirt’s Chief Controller. Find out what that is, why it is even more confusing to work at a long established company like Daimler than at Spreadhirt (yes, this is a gibe) - and why David is actually going to Plovdiv once a year..

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Matthias is one of the Spreadshirt founding fathers – he joined the little shirt venture in 2002 as seventh shop-partner, because he wanted shirts for his site ‘Dotcomtod’. Ever since, he has helped Spreadshirt grow and develop. Read his interview (German version here)

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Saturday was International Women´s Day. A good reason for talking to a female expert: our CEO Jana Eggers who has been the head of Spreadshirt since August 2007.

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Which of our two OLP winners wanted to be a rock star yet listens to Reggae & Ska? Which wanted to be ace head butter Zinedine Zidane? Yep its been a month or so since the dust of the OLP settled. Come and find out how the past, present and future in the lives of our two OLP winners.

Come over to the OLP blog, there you’ll find an intimate fireside chat between Rebekka, and our two OLP winners Nicolas and Kim.

The OLP Blog

As of now, Maïa (aged somewhere between 20 and 30 according to her agent) will be responsible for all of the laFraise blogs. Previously Maïa has been blogging for fluctuat and occasionally contributed columns for men’s magazines such as Playboy and FHM (it’s true!). Here’s the why….

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Its gone video crazy on spreadblog lately.
1. Heres an interview with our very own CEO Jana on CNN Techtalk.

2. Heres a 5m video I made with Jana talking about the Open Logo Project 1.6. She discusses the logos she’s liked and what she would like to see more of (yep I regret using the word mastermind, i’ve been getting stick ever since, I was just playing around

It’s been a while, but it’s time to meet the next Spreader, Juliane Nowak.

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We know its not easy as a new shop-partner. Those first few months are hard work as you refine your concept, work to create your products and start to promote your creations. Its great to see partners that appear almost from nowhere and start selling quickly, building up a loyal fan base. We thought we’d check in with one such partner the fast growing RetroFootballT-Shirts.co.uk and its head honcho, recent graduate James.

We discussed how he’s found the service so far and get some of his top tips:

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