on the streets of trendy nyc...an 1000 tee zz over the top dis-order...

Small business...well...somedays you get that big sale...some days...what the ???

NYC..who is more NYC city than an artist selling their ware on the streets of this city..i was chatting with Hart Thomas of TommyTees...you know the best street tees that "shhhhhh" are who the ones with style shop...and whoever wants a real souvenir of the city comes......found him at his streetside set up in Williamsburg...yes, the birthplace of hipster...Williamsburg....or as Hart calls it #billsyburg but he also hangs out in SOHO

He was funny...when I asked him to do the interview...he said ok..

then he told me " I know you will be fair"... nice but how..."well, I said something on facebook that you challenged me on"....Oh, what was it... "I don't remember now, just remember you were nice and fair and funny" ..... well played Hart :)..

Hart is one of the hardest working guys I know....rebooting after a career as an AD for a big agency, then owned an agency with a partner...and now...doing his thing... illustrations, art, custom designed and hand screened t-shirts.with a twist.....glow in the dark reversible ....and then there was another great twist...welll, almost ...i always ask if people have a good story..he says...many celebs walk past him daily... like Izzy Azalea...and yes he has the coolest pinterest page..

From hart's pinterest  page 

he snaps them as they hang out...and sometimes they actually stop...like

Billy Gibbons of ZZ top...yes that guy..and super nice..

"the guy loved my shirts...checked them out good, wanted some for his tour...when they play..for his people.."

Billy Gibbons and Hart talking business on the streets of SOHO

I mean they are reversible and they glow in the dark... what rocker wouldn love harts cool graphics..

so he hands hart the card....oh..of course I made the scribbles...

redacted business card...i used high tech scribble..

the 'friend of eric clapton" tagline is brilliant..

"call me..i will get you connect to my team..."

I do, he does...negotiations begin..they want 1000 shirts...billy wants a 1000

yet..when it came down to it...the decision was made by the business team..

"we can get shirts for 6 dollars....why pay $40-60.."

so all that time spent preparing the quote..researching..going back and forth...on an item

that the  "billy gibbons" in person ...picked it....and that guy should know what he wants.. 

Billy Gibbons.....at Tommy Tees

you have to wonder if his people even told him...

I mean I would pay that for a custom zz top shirt, that glowed in the dark, was reversible and had killer graphics....it is an original work of all...like signed prints..but better..
crazy.....more on hart to come..

wearing tommy tees on the streets of soho 

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