Kickstart the first tailor-fit, American-made henleys and hoodies

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!

I would love to see them tackle t-shirts and dress shirts. I&#x27;m a tall (6&#x27;4&quot;) slim man and a lot of the times when I get a t-shirt there&#x27;s so much extra material sticking out on my arms. I want it to wrap snuggly around my arm like it does for people who have bigger arms. Once in a while I buy a t-shirt that does this but it&#x27;s very sporadic.<p>For dress shirts I usually do 2 things. I get mediums, never tuck them in and roll-up my sleeves (this is my preferred method). If I want my sleeves to actually look like they fit me I get a large and once in a while I get it tailored, if I don&#x27;t tailor them it&#x27;s because I usually wear that shirt with something over it like a sweater&#x2F;vest&#x2F;blazer&#x2F;jacket&#x2F;etc so it hides the bagginess around my back&#x2F;waist area.<p>I would really like to pre-order this but I actually don&#x27;t see any examples on their site of what their different sizes are and how they&#x27;ll fit. All I see is the same model type. You can tout that you are going to have all these amazing different sizes for all types and not showcase that. I&#x27;m particularly looking for someone of my body-type.

I&#x27;m a big fan of custom-made clothing (I&#x27;m an engineer at ThirdLove [1] - you take a picture of yourself, we figure out your measurements based on the picture, and you can buy clothes from our vertically-integrated brand based on your fit).<p>Maybe I&#x27;m a pretty standard size, but is there really a huge demand for custom-fitted t-shirts&#x2F;henleys? Custom fit is valuable for clothing that is three-dimensional (suits&#x2F;sports coats) and&#x2F;or has many different fit parameters (dress shirts). For the segment of people that are interested in custom-fitted clothing, is a custom tee significantly better than an off the rack one? I guess I&#x27;ll answer the question for myself - buying the $99 package.<p>On a side note, some feedback on your checkout process:<p>As a guest, when I go to check out, after I register&#x2F;log in, it takes me to a referral page instead of the payments page. That was really confusing. You should be taking people straight to the payments page if you want to maximize your conversions.<p>[1] <a href="http://www.thirdlove.com" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.thirdlove.com</a>

A smart move by these guys was targeting a high-profile member of a fashion community (in this case &#x2F;r&#x2F;malefashionadvice, though I wouldn&#x27;t be surprised if they hit up Styleforum and other places as well) and sending him a bunch of stuff to review -- the guy reviewed it and it hit the frontpage of a ~250K community for a day[1]. This isn&#x27;t a particularly novel or high-cost approach, but its a classic marketing move that seems to be glossed over by nouveau entrepreneurs. Writing a book on Rails? Send a copy of the book to a prominent Rails blogger to see what they think. Launching an AirBNB for corgis? You&#x27;d be well-advised to spend an afternoon finding and reaching out to the dozens of corgi forums.<p>[1] Incidentally, this is why I think Reddit advertising will never take off: the value proposition of stuff like this is just so much more appealing.

If I may make a suggestion: there&#x27;s a hugely underserved population of short (&lt; 5&#x27;6&quot;) men who cannot buy good quality, well-fitting clothing in the US. I would love to see a small shirt manufacturer tackle this demographic.

Question: Sorry if this is listed, I couldn&#x27;t find it. How do I figure out what size is the best fit for me?<p>They look awesome and this is such a great idea. I&#x27;ve been thinking about something similar since I can&#x27;t find graphic t-shirts that fit well AND look good (ie have a graphic I want to wear). Generally everyone prints on american apparel and to be honest AA sucks. I have a lot of artwork I plan to do a test run with, will you guys be doing graphic t&#x27;s? Any chance I can buy a stack of shirts to print on for my test run?

Seems you have every country on the planet in your drop down list for the shipping address, but I keep getting &quot;no shipping option&quot; no matter which country I choose.

I ordered a polo as well - easily my favorite shirt in my wardrobe. It&#x27;s extremely comfortable, and I&#x27;m definitely going to make another purchase.

Definitely interested in this range but I&#x27;m still waiting on my order from the first campaign. How far are you guys from getting the UK orders sent?

Congrats! I was in on the kickstarter. Great company with a vision for men&#x27;s clothing I can get behind.

Congrats! Stoked for the new line, loved the first [Kickstarter] package.

I ordered a polo as part of their Kickstarter launch and really like it!

Is it possible to see the colors that will be available?

Loved the first kickstarter package - perfect fit.

Where does the blog post talk about angel round?

Wearing the v-neck right now! Congrats.