Memphis 1977 — Sleeveless
Memphis, 1977. “Caught in a Trap.” The King, out-lived by his merch by fifty years and counting. Souvenir of the first great counterfeit machine. Wear it: arms out, guns loaded, beige on notice. Will outlast the trend that made you buy it. —spz
What it costs
- Blank garment and printing, paid to the print partner, at the base size
- US estimate — shipping is quoted live at checkout by weight and destination.
- Larger sizes cost the printer more, so they cost you more — still at cost, never a markup.
- 2XL+$2.00$22.76
That is the whole sum. $16.27 for the item, $4.49 to ship it, and nothing left over — the shop is wired so a sale can never bill the studio and can never pay it either. Larger sizes run to $18.27 for the item, because the bigger blank costs the printer more — the studio’s take is still nothing. The book spends twenty-four doors on the line between a signal and its merch, and the only honest way to sell a shirt off the back of that argument is to show you the arithmetic.
Paying over cost is a separate, deliberate act — any amount you choose, never a markup folded into a garment. Skipping it is a completely acceptable answer.
- Garment
- Sleeveless, black
- Plate
- neko-door-10-elvis