Forget Facebook. Linked In is for Fashion Professionals!

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I’ve just spent the weekend testing the absolute limits of my Macbook, attempting to develop some of my most complex and extravagant designs yet, and no matter what I do the processor is struggling. So whilst I wait a while for my graphics suite to groan into action I think this would be an opportune moment to introduce you to LinkedIn.com – the Facebook for professionals, and in this case t-shirt professionals.

I am not really one for social networking as it happens, I have joined many, I submit my posts to quite a few social bookmarking sites and even drum up a little support for Threadless votes on a few of them, but when it comes to the t-shirt industry it’s all boiled down to pot luck so far. The thing is many networks paint a rather broad stroke when it comes to niche markets and industries, I’ve even found myself starting t-shirt related groups (with few takers) because most systems inherently avoid specific niches and favour communities such as ‘fashion’ or even ‘celebrity fashion’ over designer t-shirts. read more