It’s officially launched!!! Dean and I partnered with an Etsy small shop, Big T Little T boutique, to design a custom shirt collection catered to YOU. I am so excited and proud of the outcome so I hope you love it as much as we do! Now that I was able to finally spill the beans, let me show you the shirts that we designed and how we came up with the ideas!
Before I dive into the details, I, of course have a discount code for you!! Use code MICHELLE20 for 20% OFF your order!!! Click here to go straight to the collection!!! And all designs are offered n t-shirt, sweatshirt, or hoodie (except for the toddler and youth sizes). You get to pick in the listing!
Shirt Collection Categories
Our fist objective was to look at my conversations in DM’s, comments, etc. and see what we chat about most. Then, we wanted to look at overall sales and see what performs best. After gathering this info, we knew we definitely needed a Mama and Mini category. We wanted the Mama shirts to apply to others even if you don’t have a Mini or if your Mini isn’t into matching (how dare them). I think we captured that pretty well. I’ll explain below. Then, we wanted some regular designs that anyone could wear too, not just Mamas. And, finally, we knew we had to have a few FRIENDS designs because that’s always a hot topic in DM’s when I post about it. If you’re new here, it’s my fav show of all time!
Quick Backstory on how we met Big T Little T
If you remember the matching swimsuits that Charli and I had on our beach trips this past summer, it all started there! I was looking for matching swimmies that were good quality with a little more of a modern cut to them. Big T Little T Boutique on Etsy had some awesome ones but I was unsure of sizes. So I messaged Tara, the owner/designer, and she wrote back quickly and was so helpful. Some of the best customer service. I liked them so much and the quality was so good, I ordered Charli a size up for next year too and she helped me with that as well.
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Randomly, I asked her if she would want to partner next year and design some swimsuits together. She was all for it and I mentioned how t-shirts are probably a better start so we decided to design a line to launch this fall, which is NOW. So crazy! I have to say the design process was very tedious and a lot of work but I love that it was equal effort from all of us – me, Dean and Tara. Dean and I had ideas in mind and Tara is so great with the colors, designs, etc. and she brought them all to life! She had ideas as well after getting to know you through us so I’m excited for future collections because they will only get better! Everything happens for a reason and we were a match made in heaven!
Mama Shirts + Our Signature Design
Drum Roll Please!!!!! MILF – Mom In Leggings Forever!!! This is probably going to be our best seller and I don’t think it’s been done before. At least, I have never seen it done before. This is one of the first ones we came up with and finalized. The moment we told Tara, she was like YES!!! I’ll post a YouTube of the chats once I get around to editing that! This will be our signature shirt for all collections but we will do it as a new design each time. They will always be offered in t-shirts and sweatshirts.
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When we decided to do the collection, Dean mentioned we had to do a new acronym for MILF. We went back and forth for a few weeks thinking of something with loungewear but we didn’t like that the lettering wasn’t a perfect fit. Then, one night during dinner, we were chatting about the design and it just dawned on me … leggings! So MILF became Mom In Leggings Forever and we are obsessed with it! I never use that word unless I’m talking about Charli or Dean so this is my one time pass!
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For my stay home moms, I couldn’t resist this one! I always feel like we have an automatic initiation into the Stay Home Mom club so I had to make it official with a University design! And we had to keep the coffee and leggings theme going so I love the additives of that. Tara really nailed it with bringing these designs to life!
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Mama + Mini
Like I would let a shirt collection go by without designing some Mama and Mini pieces! We really wanted some different ones but also wanted to keep a general Mama/Mini one but with a different design.
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Fashionably Late/I’m the Fashion is for the moms like me who are always late. Let’s kindly blame it on the kid and make it cute!
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We, of course, needed a smiley face moment. Love the 70’s vibe. Like I mentioned earlier, if you don’t have a Mini, you can still sport the Smiley and the Fashionable Late. Or if your Mini isn’t into matching or older, you can still sport the Mama one.
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We did The Original/The Sequel because acting and film productions is a huge part of our lives. Love the 80’s/90’s vibe with this one. In my opinion, these are the only ones that need to be worn as a “pair”!
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Coffee Lovers
Fall season gives all the coffee vibes so we had to have a coffee design. This one is too cute. We love the colors and LOVE the coffee stain that Tara added on to finalize the design!
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FRIENDS Lovers
Where are all my FRIENDS lovers?! We really wanted these designs to have a graphic tee vibe that would appeal to anyone. However, when a FRIENDS lovers sees it, they point, smile, and say “very nice!”. I think we accomplished that! I don’t need to explain these for my fellow FRIENDS lovers. But, if you aren’t familiar with the show, I’ll give the cliff notes.
The Mr. Beaumont Sailing Club was inspired by The One with the Proposal when Joey and Phoebe go with Rachel to the Regatta Gala. In the silent auction, Joey wins a boat, which becomes the Mr. Beaumont, by “guessing” the price of the boat.
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The Europe tee was inspired by The One with the Videotape when Ross got Rachel pregnant and there was an argument on who came on to who. When the “backpacking through Western Europe” story was reveled, all questions were answered! However the story originated from another member in the cast. I won’t spoil it for you.
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The sweatshirt is actually a medium because it’s Deans but this allows you to see an oversized fit. He was sick so we’re getting his photos later!
We had SOOOOO many ideas for this category so, if they perform well, you can definitely expect to see this category in each collection we do!
What’s to come …
For us and Tara, this is our first time doing something of this nature so we have no idea what to expect. We do have a few Christmas shirts in the works and we plan to release a spring collection as well as some swimsuits since that’s how we originally connected. If those do well, you can expect to see possibly two shirt collections a year and one swimsuit collection. We will start adding in pieces for Dads, boys, and full family matching as well but we wanted to start small on the first one since this is so new!
Thank you
From the bottom of my heart, thank you for always being here and supporting Team West so we can do what we love! I hope to eventually be able to give back so much more than I imagine to you for supporting my little family on this wild ride! For now, we will be gifting a few people some of the shirts on my Instagram soon so stay tuned and don’t miss out on that! Also, use code MICHELLE20 for 20% OFF your order! Tag me in your looks so I can share them on my Instagram!
XOXO,
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