It used to be that if there was going to be something bold and splashy on a t-shirt, they'd stick it on the back. The front was reserved for simple logos, or what not. Or maybe you'd have an interesting picture on one side of the shirt and a complimentary logo on the other.

I've poured over all kinds of designs on threadless and not one of them ever put anything on the back of the shirt. Maybe I'm missing the rare "back of shirt" design, I don't know. I've seen front and center. Bottom left of front, on the side, etc...

I was beginning to think that maybe there was some rule that said "designs must be printed on the front half of the shirt, so I sent the following to cusomter service:

I notice that all of your designs are printed on the front. Is it possible to create designs for the back of shirt instead? Is there a document describing the rules for design placement anywhere?

This morning I get the following in my mail:

You can put the print wherever you would like.

Have a wonderful day!

Brianne
Threadless Customer Service
Thank you for shopping at Threadless.com!

Excellent. A fast and friendly reply AND an answer I wanted to hear. Now all I need is for someone with more artistic talent than me to stick some stuff on the back side of the shirt, no?

And here we are the design that one me over and caused me to fork over the dough. I look forward to seeing what a threadless shirt looks like in real life.

It's becoming apparent that I love a good visual pun. This shirt delivers. It's on my buy list. I'm ordering a differnt shirt today and sticking to just one to make sure I've got the sizing right. After that, I think I'll come back for this one. yay.

Perfectly executed. Even in red, I might pick this one up. On blue, I'd probably have bought it already. Then again, if you're going to cause pandemonium, you might as well do it loudly (and brightly).

What a great design idea and a good color too. I think this one would be a good one to have on the back of the T-shirt, though, instead of the front. Though I haven't seen any "back" designs on threadless. Are there ever any?

This is another great design on a color I'm not sure I can wear. Maybe later when I'm feeling braver, I'll pick one up. The blog entries will help me remember.

I love this design, but I'm not sure about the pale blue color. Perhaps after I've purchased something else from threadless, I'll come back to this one. If it's ever reprinted on a darker color I'm definitely getting in line to buy one.