[Lnc-business] Women / Taking LP merchandise to the next level

Whitney Bilyeu whitneycb76 at gmail.com
Sat Feb 4 00:33:33 EST 2017


I would buy Frederick Douglass jeans in a red hot second.

WB

On Feb 3, 2017 10:15 PM, "Starchild" <sfdreamer at earthlink.net> wrote:

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> On Feb 3, 2017, at 2:53 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos wrote:
>
> I can't stand women's t-shirts- always too short and too tight
>
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>
> That's what comes from being busty Caryn Ann, lol! But some women, and
> girls, are differently figured, or do like tight tops. I think having
> garments explicitly identified as women's sends an inclusive, welcoming
> message and therefore it's a good idea to offer some, even if they prove
> less popular among women than "standard-issue" t-shirts. Male Libertarians
> like myself might end up buying them too, you never know!    ;-)
>
> For me personally, the biggest deterrent to buying our clothing items has
> simply been that they are generally not funky and cool enough for me to
> want to wear them. I would love to see us offer a more unique/alternative
> range of clothing/fashion items like those depicted below, with tastefully
> added libertarian messaging or logos.
>
> If you want to buy a t-shirt with a pro-freedom political message or logo,
> you've got a million options. But if you want to buy a furry angora
> sweater, or a faux leather harness, or a corset, or a stylish pair of
> jeans, or some chic footwear, that's got a pro-freedom political message or
> logo, your choices are *significantly* more limited. I suspect there is a
> market out there that is waiting to be tapped.
>
> Love & Liberty,
>                                    ((( starchild )))
> At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee
>                                  (415) 625-FREE
>                                    @StarchildSF
>
> P.S. – Hopefully the LNC list will be able to display the images below
> with the accompanying text for each image...
>
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> These fuzzy sweaters would look cool with the image of a porcupine or
> Statue of Liberty dyed in different color on the back.
>
>
> Imagine the word "Libertarian" in a fancy, cursive font along the side of
> these heels. For that matter, how about a whole line of "Don't Tread On
> Anyone" footwear, in different styles such as hiking boots, sandals, etc.,
> with raised or imprinted rubber on the soles, such as on the sandals shown
> above, to leave pro-freedom messages when walking in sand, mud, etc.?
> This gorgeous item could look extra cool/edgy with some subtle black
> vertical lettering added along the seams with a message like "Power to the
> People, Not the Government!"
>
> I can easily imagine a wallet or purse with hip-hop type lettering like
> this reading simply "LP" and then in a smaller font on the bottom or
> reverse, "Minimum Government, Maximum Freedom"
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>
>
> A harness like this imprinted with small actual text from a book like
> Peter McWilliams "Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do" would be a truly
> unique item that I'll bet somebody would want.
>
>
> Instead of "CUPCAKE CLIQUE", what about "FREEDOM CLIQUE" with the LP logo
> on top?
>
> Some jeans like these would look awesome with a washed-out image of
> Frederick Douglass's face on them and his quote, "The limits of tyrants are
> prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress."
>
>
> Something like this would obviously be a pricey, high-end item, but
> imagine a sexy punked-out garment like this with a stylized piece of art on
> the back reading, "Part of the Rebel Alliance and a Traitor", or
> "Challenging the Cult of the Omnipotent State", with "Libertarian Party" in
> smaller lettering at the bottom. I'd wear it in a heartbeat.   :-)
>
>
>
> Simple stitch-up leggings like these are surprisingly uncommon, and would
> be even more of a find with a distinctive Libertarian Party label on the
> back seat.
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 3:41 PM Sam Goldstein <goldsteinatlarge at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Women are equal to men and therefore should have access to the same
>> clothing sizes as men.  The LP doesn't believe in the separate but equal
>> doctrine,
>> even in clothing.
>>
>> Sam
>>
>> Sam Goldstein
>> Libertarian National Committee
>> Member at Large
>> 8925 N Meridian St, Ste 101
>> Indianapolis IN 46260
>> 317-850-0726 <(317)%20850-0726> Phone
>> 317-582-1773 <(317)%20582-1773> Fax
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 3:48 PM, Joshua Katz <planning4liberty at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> https://lpstore.org/product-category/apparel/
>>
>> It was mentioned to me today that we don't carry any women's clothing, or
>> offer our give-away t-shirts in women's styles.  I'm aware that an LP event
>> is the only place (outside of an adult establishment) where the line is at
>> the men's room (and not only when our chair is in there with Sen. Paul),
>> but still, would it be feasible to offer some women's clothing?
>>
>> Joshua A. Katz
>>
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