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holly golightly
holly golightly aka Holly is a girl, has been a member since May 15, 2006, has scored 9,751 submissions, giving an average score of 1.01, helping 92 designs get printed.
is this shirt not on here anymore? i was trying to upload a photo to the gallery and i can't find it anywhere...

holly golightly
holly golightly on Jul 05 '07 at 1:29pm
anyone?

shimala
shimala on Jul 05 '07 at 1:32pm
It's no more thanks to the fine folks over at VW
avalanche_lily
avalanche_lily on Jul 05 '07 at 1:32pm
Whaaa??
blonde8007
blonde8007 on Jul 05 '07 at 1:33pm
oh wow
holly golightly
holly golightly on Jul 05 '07 at 1:33pm
laaaame

thanks, shimala
avalanche_lily
avalanche_lily on Jul 05 '07 at 1:33pm
Screw VW.
chelly
chelly on Jul 05 '07 at 1:33pm
hoooooly wowzers
squintygirl
squintygirl on Jul 05 '07 at 1:36pm
blonde8007
blonde8007 on Jul 05 '07 at 1:38pm
hm well that didn't work.



ekaj47
ekaj47 on Jul 05 '07 at 1:39pm
i dont remember that one can anyone post a pic just to see what it looks like
maddingo
maddingo on Jul 05 '07 at 1:42pm
that is kinda funny that VW killed it... I see shirts w/ VWs all the time (Buses, Bugs)...man



oh well...
Vindemiatrix
Vindemiatrix on Jul 05 '07 at 1:43pm
Urg, I am sick of these lawsuits. This one seems especially bizarre since surely it's not a crime to portray a VW?
ladykat
ladykat on Jul 05 '07 at 1:45pm
Here, you can kind of see the pic on the profile, under "Check me out, I'm a winner."
wullagaru
   wullagaru on Jul 05 '07 at 1:45pm
whats odd to me was that it wasnt even putting teh VW in a bad light
ladykat
ladykat on Jul 05 '07 at 1:45pm
skafiend007
skafiend007 on Jul 05 '07 at 1:46pm
You'd think VW would encourage it, since they're sort of gearing the car toward a younger market. Wouldn't be surprised if they now put out their own shirt after "coming up" with the idea...
maddingo
maddingo on Jul 05 '07 at 1:49pm
in fact i have several shirts with VW logos and or cars on them... I guess they hadn't come to VWs attention yet? or were printed in such small numbers as to be under the radar



a shirt w/ a old bug w/ a terrified kid in it looking over and seeing a new bug w/ a alien driving it.



a shirt with a split screen bus



a work shirt w/ a VW patch



a tshirt w/ a tribal art desgin w/ VW logo in center (don't ask why I bought this one.. i can't remember?)



I use to own a number of VWs and was/am I guess a fan.



of the old air cooled ones that is... although i did have a Jetta and a GTI at one point



mostly bugs and buses however.
holly golightly
holly golightly on Jul 05 '07 at 1:49pm
yeah that is ridiculous, the car didn't even say volkswagon on it ...
Stevethegreat
Stevethegreat on Jul 05 '07 at 1:50pm
this was almost my first threadless shirt
ladykat
ladykat on Jul 05 '07 at 1:51pm
I didn't know that the visual representation of that car was copyright protected.



Bizarre.
kiLLyou
kiLLyou on Jul 05 '07 at 1:52pm
I thought VW were a little bit better than that.



at least I don't own a VW or do I ever plan on buying one
staffell
   staffell on Jul 05 '07 at 1:55pm
if VW have a problem with that, can you imagine the potential problems countless designs could potentially cause? think about geneé's mario pipe sub for instance
ladykat
ladykat on Jul 05 '07 at 1:57pm
The thing is, if it went to court Threadless would probably win because it's a parody.



But it'd be more trouble than it's worth, I guess.
ladykat
ladykat on Jul 05 '07 at 1:57pm
However, this has kind of soured me on VW.



And here I thought they were supposed to be the car of the people...
squintygirl
squintygirl on Jul 05 '07 at 1:58pm
Just about every design submited for the Little Miss Sunshine Loves comp would have been axed.
maddingo
maddingo on Jul 05 '07 at 2:31pm
anyone who is interested here is what VW has to say on trademark enforcement





http://vwtrademarks.com/vw.aspx?file=vwpolicy.htm

Glennz
   Glennz on Jul 05 '07 at 2:39pm
It's a shame it's almost as if it never existed, the original sub is gone too. Good to note for anyone's future beatle/combi designs, beware of VW, they obviously have people everywhere.
maddingo
maddingo on Jul 05 '07 at 2:43pm
it isn't just VW btw Glennz alot of companies have gotten pretty aggro on IP type issues lately











Groovymarlin
Groovymarlin on Jul 05 '07 at 3:34pm
OT: Holly, I love your haircut! Tres cute!
holly golightly
holly golightly on Jul 05 '07 at 10:11pm
thanks, groovymarlin! are you talking about the pixie cut or the bob? i'm kinda growing it out now because i've had it in a pixie for over a year..
FRICKINAWESOME
   FRICKINAWESOME on Jul 05 '07 at 11:02pm
So "Dark Side of the Garden" is allowed, which is just as blatant with its "homage" as flour power was to its source material, but somehow this shirt has escaped heir direktor George Lucas's watchful and his storm trooper army of lawyers radar is crazy.
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DCoder
DCoder on Jul 16 '07 at 5:06pm
well, hi there...
todiefor
todiefor on Jul 16 '07 at 5:12pm
So, what trademarks and symbols are included in Volkswagens stable of trademarks? Among others, Volkswagen claims trademark rights in the name Volkswagen; in the initials VW; in its distinctive logo; in the names and model numbers of Volkswagen automobiles; in its advertising slogans; in the design of the classic Beetle; and in the design of the New Beetle.
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dancerchica0404
dancerchica0404 on Oct 01 '07 at 11:32am
Hey I have a quick favor...



I just bought "puppet ballet" from a friend and I wanted to send in a picture wearing it to threadless. But you need an order number to do that...since I saw you owned this shirt and had written a blog, I was wondering if you could give me your order number so I could submit the tee to threadless! Thanks!

email me back at alexandra04@mac.com
squatterjohn
squatterjohn on Oct 01 '07 at 12:28pm
Ssssh... Shimala was just in here.



Anyway, since the blog was bumped up I thought I'd mention that I always assumed the van in Vincent's Van Go was a VW, but this blog made me look a little closer and I realise it's not. Looks like there's actually an engine under that hood. There was a German film called "23" which basically suggested VW was a front for the illuminati (23 is their secret number, 2 + 3 =5, V is 5 in Roman numerals, W is the 23rd letter of the alphabet) so don't know why they let that through. Also, they were founded by Nazis.
pyr4lis
pyr4lis on Oct 01 '07 at 12:35pm
I hate to say it "dancerchicao404" but no one is going to give you their order #. Order numbers can only be used once anyways.
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holly golightly
holly golightly on Oct 06 '07 at 12:27pm
yeah i don't have an order number anyways because i got that shirt from one of my friends... is the order number necessary to submit a picture anyways? i've never needed one to submit a picture...

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dancerchica0404
dancerchica0404 on Oct 10 '07 at 6:11pm
Yeah you have to have it to send in pics. Why is it such a big deal to give out order numbers? I have asked a few people and received the same weird responses. Its not like it is personal information. I would give anyone an order number if they wanted to submit a pic of themselves wearing a tee...



thanks anyway!
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holly golightly
holly golightly on Oct 13 '07 at 4:29pm
if you have an account isn't that all you need? just under 'my account' click on 'submit a photo'. almost positive you don't need an order number...
asfi235
asfi235 on Oct 15 '07 at 3:43pm
Back on topic, you can get a better view of the deleted design here:



Flower Power
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Lewisb
Lewisb on Jul 07 '08 at 11:57am
i'm soooo glad i got it when i did ;)
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