[Debian-uk] T-shirt time again - would anybody like custom ones made up?

[Steve McIntyre]

On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 03:02:42PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote:
>Paul Martin <pm@debian.org> wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 09:06:54AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote:
>> > Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> wrote:
>> > > After just about selling out at FOSDEM, I've been pestered by quite a
>> > > few people to get some more Debian T-shirts made up. [...]
>> > 
>> > Will these be fair trade cotton?

I've not been explicitly looking for that, but...

>The producer linked earlier does offer fair-trade cotton products:
>http://www.talkingts.co.uk/organic%20fair%20trade.htm
>I expect these are more expensive, but debian clothing seems like a
>luxury product to me.

If you'd like something in that range, I'm quite happy to do some for
you. I'll find out prices when I go into the shop.

>(When I questioned the fairness of debian clothing in general last
>year, I was directed to ask the companies I buy from. When more
>T-shirts are about to be made seems the ideal time to do that:-
>http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2007/11/msg00038.html )

The 2 things I normally buy from Talking Ts are:

 * Printed Fruit of the Loom premium Ts
 * Embroidered Kustom Kit Augusta/405 polo shirts

I've checked, and both FotL and KK have ethics statements that
describe their standards. The KK one is linked off the front page of
their website; the FotL details I have in .doc format that I'll pass
on if people would like to see them.

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Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                steve@einval.com
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