Music Mayhem Magazine August 2014 : ISSUE #6 (Warped Edition) | Page 32

What made you want to start a clothing line & How did you go about creating it? What the process to start a clothing line?

I've always been involved with design and fashion but i've never pursued it more than making the designs for the band I was in and other bands that liked our designs. But one night in 2011 while on the Van Warped tour, one of my best friends randy and I where just hanging out, drinking probably too much and just started talking about how we had come to that point in our lives, on one of the biggest US tours, hanging out and becoming friends with bands we looked up when we were younger. We realized that you just kinda had to forget about failing and just go for it, just live life as it comes and if you do that, its all Smooth Sailing.

Who creates the designs on the T-Shirts & What inspires the designs on your T-Shirts at Smooth Sailing Clothing Co.?

I get a lot of my designs and inspiration from things around me in everyday life and also my friends. When I come up with a concept for a shirt, I love bouncing that ideas off them to see what they think of it because most of the time theyll have an idea for it that I would have never thought of.

Do you currently have any bands that you endorse or sponsor with your clothing line at the moment?

We don't currently "sponsor" bands but we do have a lot of friends that enjoy repping it!

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