seibei

When I heard that Seibei were going to be running a Kickstarter campaign I wished David luck, because traditionally, t-shirt companies don’t do particularly well on Kickstarter. I think that is probably because it is hard to do anything new and innovative in the t-shirt world, and that’s the kind of thing that pique the interest of the casual Kickstarter user that is browsing the site finding something interesting to invest in. However, David Murray is a popular dude, and I was previously unaware of the sad story behind why he even needed to run a Kickstarter project in the first place.

When he was preparing to do a craft show (I forget which), David’s van Beauford was stolen when it contained just about all of his stock (and that of another brand too), he eventually got the van back minus all of the shirts in the back. We can hope that someone is enjoying the shirts, though it’s unfortunately more likely that they were disposed of, because if anything can tie you to a crime it’s having a couple of hundred t-shirts with ‘Seibei’ printed on the neck.

So, Kickstarter projects are hard right? Especially fashion related ones? Not for David, he set his sights on a lofty $9,000 dollar, and already smashed that target over the weekend, and at the time of writing is well over $10,000. That says a lot about his fans and the community that surrounds one of the nicest guys in the industry, and I’m really glad that with that support there’s no need to fear that SEIBEI will be going quietly into the night anytime soon.

Just because David has reached his goal doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t back him, because the pledges are actually a good deal, and there are even a couple of shirts that will only be available through Kickstarter, which is a nice little extra for hardcore fans that already have a lot of SEIBEI designs in the closets.

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