Ok, I’ll admit it. T-Shirts have come a LONG way. I went through a good 10-year t-shirt wearing dry spell. Maybe it’s because I have several tee’s in my closet that are destined to follow in the long line of t-shirts to become the next dust rags in our house, but have somehow avoided the scissors; probably for nostalgic reasons. Seriously, who isn’t ready to cut up the quintessential shirts, “Somebody loves you in Toledo” or “I went to Hawaii and all I got was this lousy t-shirt”? Exactly.
Today’s trendy tee’s have moved in a completely different direction. They can be chic, stylish and, yes, socially interactive. Trend Hunter Magazine stumbled across a company out of Washington called edoc laundry that takes the idea of interaction and t-shirts to a whole new level. Each t-shirt has an original design with an embedded message, which can be entered on their Web site to unlock part of the secret behind an online murder mystery, still waiting to be solved. With trendy styles and cuts for men and women combined with an interactive challenge, it’s hard to imagine consumers around the world will not be trying to unlock ‘who dun it?’ in the murder mystery before long.
As for my “Tech-cessory & Accessory” pick of the week, the mysterious nature of these shirts reminded me of Mike Ming’s inspirational designs that are available on our Inspirons. Both are departures from the tradition and standard of their counterparts and both promise to drive social interaction:
Tech-cessory
Inspiron 1525 Mike Ming ‘Bunch O Surfers’ Laptop
Accessory - For Him
Edoc Laundry ‘Warrior’ Men’s T-Shirt
Accessory - For Her
Edoc Laundry ‘Carnivale’ Women’s T-Shirt
Looking forward to your thoughts and comments on this new way to drive social interaction. What would you code or hide in a secret message on a t-shirt if you could?
May 27th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
My passwords?
May 27th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
A picture, in a picture, in a picture.
May 27th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
@Quint & @sugarbear, intriguing ideas for coding and secret messaging. Thanks for sharing…
May 28th, 2008 at 10:09 am
Natalie, since this conversation is here, I am going to post an idea on IS to go along with this.
May 28th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
@sugarbear, fantastic! what will the idea be? Do come back and post the link, in case others come to ‘Your Blog’ and want to check it out.
May 29th, 2008 at 12:06 am
I think it`s a fun idea to go with your T-shirts and the laptops. I hope you like it. It`s something different.
http://www.ideastorm.com/article/show/10089134/Sell_a_laptop_sell_a_shirt_for_a_contest_with_increased_sales_for_Dell
May 29th, 2008 at 8:11 am
@sugarbear, great idea! Thanks for sharing the link back with the folks on ‘your blog’ as well!