Shane, one of the other co-founders from Pistol Lake, here. We started Pistol Lake to make basic, well-crafted shirts that just fit. Happy to answer any questions!
Very interesting, as this is the first time seeing your company. Perhaps I missed this (I went over about three pages on the website), but:
1) How much are you trying to raise? What if it fails to meet the goal?
2) How exactly can I get a perfectly fitting shirt? What do I need/get to measure (i.e. is it two things and you get close or is it more)?
Love this idea for a company, by the way. I often have to find clothing in odd corners to fit my physique (tall, thin, long arms and torso). I've ordered tech shirts just because of how they fit (e.g. http://www.googlestore.com/Google+Redesign/Wearables/Men+s+T...) and buy lots of cycling oriented clothing as it seems to fit me better than "mainstream" clothing without being tailored.
1. We just hit $10K, our goal was at least $5K, which is the minimum to place an order for 16 rolls from the mill.
2. Most people are adequately covered by the standard 6 sizes. Ours fit particularly well - how a shirt should. It is a lot about how it fits in certain areas of the body and then drapes. We spent a ton of time perfecting our block, specific for our cotton, and then expanded it with other shirt designs. We take it a few steps further and have made a number of other sizes to fit between a Small and a Medium, and one between a Medium and a Large, and then tall sizes, tapered cuts for extremely athletic people, and a relaxed cut for heavier.
We're working on the interface now, and will have it done when the campaign ends to collect measurements. We can match you pretty well with height and weight, but chest helps a lot as well. Whatever you're comfortable giving!
Just ordered, and your reply is confusing me a bit regarding the measurements. I entered some measurements under "My Profile", are those all I need to enter, or will there be a different interface once the campaign ends?
First time I'm doing something like this, so I'd like to make sure I'm doing it right :).
The section of My Profile was our first stab at taking in measurements, but we're refining it and making the UX much better. We'll definitely let you know when it launches.
1) How much are you trying to raise? What if it fails to meet the goal?
2) How exactly can I get a perfectly fitting shirt? What do I need/get to measure (i.e. is it two things and you get close or is it more)?
Love this idea for a company, by the way. I often have to find clothing in odd corners to fit my physique (tall, thin, long arms and torso). I've ordered tech shirts just because of how they fit (e.g. http://www.googlestore.com/Google+Redesign/Wearables/Men+s+T...) and buy lots of cycling oriented clothing as it seems to fit me better than "mainstream" clothing without being tailored.