Q&A with Rain City Clothing Co.
I love getting to know more about local clothing brands and individuals. A while back I asked The Royal Seal (in case you missed it: http://ilovewearingit.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-royal-seal.html) a few questions, and now I'm back with another clothing line; Rain City Clothing Co! Below you will find a few questions answered by its founder, Daycen Schmidtke.
I use art from local artists in exchange
for 40 dollars and a shirt of their own design per design. It adds to their
portfolios and gains them more jobs and exposure as well. I do some of the
designs but mainly do rendering to 300 dpi files and then sizing the graphics
to the shirts. Often times with simple designs I do the screen printing myself
as well.
Zumiez, Evo, Motion Boardshop, SnoCon...
go big or go home!
Casual Industrees, 35th and North
skateshop, Imperial Motion, Grit City Grindhouse, DB Longboards, Omen
Longboards, Sausage Skateboards, and Motion Boardshop.
People only hate on things they
themselves are incapable of doing, so do your thing and do it well because they
can suck it.
1.What are the
origins of this clothing brand (how did it get started)?
We're a skate life brand based out of
Redmond Wa. since 2012. I was a semi pro longboarder riding for several
clothing brands and when they asked me for rider art my shirts out sold theirs.
So I figured why not cut out the middle man?
2. How
does the design process work? Are there different designers that work on the
items?
3. Where do you guys
get inspiration from for the designs?
Depends on the design and depends on the
artist, but mainly downhill skating.
4. What’s next for
the Rain City Clothing Co.?
5.What are some
other clothing brands or stores that you think are representing Seattle well?
6. If you had any advice for someone starting a
company/brand what would you tell them?
Website: http://raincitycollective.com
Instagram: http://instagram.com/raincityclothingco