An apparel show, a rotting ass and the presidential debates

We've got so much good stuff coming up! We'll be at the Northwest Trend Show October 7 to 9. It's a smaller Pacific Northwest Apparel Show and we're working to get our brand in front of buyers.


We also have the political debates starting October 3, right along with the season premiere of The Walking Dead on October 14. What do these two things have in common, you might ask? A shirt, of course! A couple of our coolest friends suggested we zombify our One Less Politician shirt and our designer came up with the walking dead animal political icons. Who wouldn't want to wear a rotting elephant and ass on their favorite t-shirt?

We're also really proud of our patriotic One Less Politician, One Stronger Nation kick-ass eagle/flag tee. The sentiment behind this design is that if we had more real people running our country instead of politicians, we would be stronger and better for it.

Both One Less Politician t-shirts are only $19.99.

Thanks to Doug, a very cool guy, professional model, a friend of Ted's, for letting us take a bunch of shots of him.

Official Twilight Convention Detriot Ticket Giveaway!

Some of you have met us at our very first events at the Official Twilight Conventions back in 2010. We love the people at Creation Entertainment, they know how to put on a hell of a convention! There are only a few Twilight conventions left before they are done and we're really excited to be able to give away 2 pairs of General Admission Tickets for the upcoming Detroit Twilight Convention being held at the Sheraton Detroit, September 29 and 30. Special guests include Chaske Spencer (Sam), Alex Meraz (Paul) and one of my personal favorite, Charlie Bewley (Demetri).

Just comment that you want to go to the convention here, on our Facebook page or mention us on Twitter by Friday, September 21st at midnight EST.

The Weekend General Admission tickets include the following: You get two non-reserved seats for Saturday and Sunday in the theater where all the guests appear on stage and all the daytime events take place, as well as access to the vendor room. This option does not include autographs or night events and the seats are in the rear of the theater. For full details about the event, visit their site at: http://www.twilightconvention.com/cal/twilight_detroit.htm.

IMPORTANT: Please remember that these tickets only include entrance into the event and do not include transportation to and from the event, hotel accommodations, and food. The winner is responsible for getting themselves to and from the convention so please only enter if you are going to be able to get yourself to the Detroit/Novi area September 29 and 30!

Remember, mention @onelessnemesis or comment here or on Facebook that you want to win the Detroit @twi_tour tickets by midnight EST Friday night, September 21st. 

We'll be vending at the final Twilight Convention in Burbank, California November 3rd and 4th, so we hope to see you there!
-Shelley

Magic or Bust? Both.

We had a spectacular looking booth at the August Magic Trade Show. I'm not afraid to admit that we felt our booth was effn awesome. We had catalogs, notebooks to hand out, a great display and even Peppermint Patties (Ted's favorite). Unfortunately, we did not stay for the whole show. To make a really long and painful story super short: we were not in the printed guide under our category and we were not placed well on the show floor. In fact, all of the independent t-shirt brands were about 7 aisles over. We were next to beanie babies and licensed sports apparel. So, we're going back in February. Crazy you say? Maybe. But the show organizers are working with us and we are not going to let an apparel trade show get us down. We will be successful and we are going to do what it takes to get there. In the meantime, enjoy some glimpses of the coolness that was OLN at our short show appearance. And remember, "Don't let the bastards get you down!"

-Shelley

Damn this looked good!

What would we do without 3M command hooks?

Just before I took this, the sportswear people in the next booth were staring at us and whispering "What are those t-shirt freaks doing here?" Then I gave her candy.

We attracted a lot of other vendors and shirt salesmen with our minty freshness

Now you know what my kitchen counters look like. Plus, cool notebooks.

Best thing about the show? The hoodies Ted got for us. I LOVE mine, thanks TT!

We were lookin' all professional-like, with our sewn in tags...

One Less Nemesis? WHO?

Remembering 9/11

Just a quick note to say that we're remembering 9/11 today and holding close to our hearts our loved ones and our beautiful freedom.

It's MAGIC time!

No, this is not Ted. Thankfully.

No, we're not putting on capes and black hats (well, Ted wears black hats, but that's another story) and sawing a broad in two. We're exhibiting at the Magic Trade Show in Vegas in a little over a week. This is a BIG, BIG deal for us. It's an investment in the future of our brand as we present our line to the single largest event in the apparel industry in the US. Did I say it's a big deal? Yeah. But we could not be more excited!

Last February, we went to the show to really look closely at other vendors at the show and where we thought we fit in. I wrote a post all about that experience here: "Water's cool at POOL". But we didn't get in to POOL. We were very bummed, but then we were told we were actually a better fit for the STREET section of the Magic Show. WOW! Big time here, on the big show floor. We were accepted at STREET and we started getting ready.

Unbelievably excited to be on this little map

We'll be in booth 35048. We've been gearing up with labels for our shirts, notebooks and stickers to give to the buyers walking the show, plus a new catalog (picture to come). I'm sharing the pictures of a few of the things we've done so far and will keep the updates coming!

We're posting over at the T-shirt forums too, sharing our experience and hoping to meet up with other t-shirt peeps at the show. Check out our Facebook and Twitter for updates too!

There seems to be a mad love of these notebooks

No, we're not selling tagged Audi seats

One Less Politician, the TRUE Walking Dead

Hangtags that don't let the bastards get you down

Fremont Fair!

We had plenty of clothes ready for all of the naked people

Most popular design of the show!

We've got loads of pictures of naked bike riders (that we actually cannot post) and stories (that we can tell you next time we see you in person) about our first Fremont Fair, but for now we'll give you this quick post. What an awesome event! We launched five new shirts that we are extremely proud of and our last minute addition of our slogan shirt was our top seller for the show! In a very close second was the always popular One Less Zombie - huzzah! Some really great people stopped by to give us the best feedback we've ever gotten. At times, there would be a crowd standing outside our booth, reading all of our shirts and laughing at their favorites - what an amazing feeling. Thanks to the Fremont Fair and to everyone who came by and supported us!

 

I told Ted to go put his shirt back on...

Some type of brain sculpture. Or a zombie fantasy. You decide.

Happy Birthday to the big man

Our 'fearless' leader

So the story goes that one day, Ted was on the slopes of Steven's Pass with his son, boarding. There were a bunch of skiers doing what skiers do...getting in the way. Ted mumbled to himself "If there was just ONE LESS SKIER on the slopes today..." and thus our brand was born! Today we celebrate the birth of the man himself and say this: we hope no bastards get you down or get in your way today! Happy Birthday, TT!