wtf?welcome to the visualiser shirt store version 9. my name is jason and i run this web site. all shirts shown in the visualiser are made to order. this means that the shirts you see don't physically exist yet- they are only printed when orders are placed for them. this is the only way we can offer the wide range of styles, colors and sizes available in the store.   how it works: every 3 weeks i make 9 shirt designs available for pre-order on the site. there is an order deadline for each batch of 9 and we only print the shirts after all orders have been taken in. each design is printed no more than twice a year and there is a minimum 6 month waiting period between prints. order runs are "tri-weekly"- every 3 weeks we set to the task of printing & shipping the previous 3 week's worth of orders after posting the next batch of shirts. this does mean that you may wait a little while (3-5 weeks in north america, a little longer overseas) to get your shirts. but most people seem to think the shirts are well worth any extra wait.   if you have any further questions about the way things work here please contact me and i will answer you within 4-5 days. enjoy. top

about visualiser 9.x the visualiser is designed to be as simple to use as possible. click on the thumbnails on the left (1) to see each different design. the large thumbnails at the top are designs that are currently available for the next print run. the smaller thumbnails underneath are designs that are in the "zbq vault": designs not currently in print. the shirt icons (2) link to each style of shirt we have available. the shirt (3) represents the shirt available (duh). the photo thumbnails (4) reveal photos & closeups of that print by mousing over them. the size icons on the right (5) show what sizes are available in that style. if the design in question is currently available for pre-order, clicking on your desired size will open up a new window for our shopping cart system where you can add or delete items as you browse, or checkout and pay using paypal. if the design is not currently in print, the size link guides you to a page where you can reserve the shirt of your choice for the next time that it is printed. the color swatches under the shirt (6) show what colors that particular style is available in for that design- clicking on a swatch changes the shirt color and allows you to "visualise" the shirt of your dreams. under the swatches you'll find an array of little buttons (7), all of which do a variety of interesting things. why not try them yourself? last but not least the handy-dandy pull-down menu (8) makes it easy to jump to any print in the collection on a whim. enjoy. if you have any questions about how the visualiser works (or anything else) don't hesitate to write us. top

street team! would you like to see zbq duds in a store near you? how would you like to get free clothes just for helping us do just that? write us at zero@zeroboutique.com to join our street team!! we are hoping to get our gear into more stores than ever this year and beyond, but we can't do it without your help. we're currently working on a promo package that will be ready within weeks. send us your name and address and we'll send you a promo pack free of charge. if you put us in touch with a store, distributor, or website interested in carrying our gear, we'll send you some free shirts to use as samples that you are free to keep for yourself. if a store places an order, we'll pay you 10% of the profit for every order they place for a full year. you are free to collect that in cash, shirts, or a combination of both. and the best part is, you'll be helping to spread our shirts through the world and making them available right in your neighborhood. so sign up today! if you are already part of a store, distributor or website interested in carrying our merch, you may want to check out our wholesale information. top

about our shirts all of zbq's ladies' tees (including tees, tank tops and raglans), leisure shirts and track jackets are made in the usa by american apparel. their clothes are world famous for their comfort, breathability and fit. for shirt sizing information please click here. our mens' t-shirts, longsleeved shirts, ringers, baseball shirts, zip-ups and hoodies are made by alstyle apparel, and are equally famous for their comfort, ruggedness and durability.     top

wholesale zbq is actively seeking new stores to carry our gear. minimum order size is 12 shirts per print, unless they are prints we're doing in the next scheduled print run. we do also have a fair bit of stock onhand which is available for wholesale purchase as well, though selection might be limited. you can always contact us to see what we have available in stock. wholesale prices are available upon request. top

art submissions we are always looking for new artwork to screenprint on shirts or to feature in the prints gallery. feel free to send us (preferably fairly low resolution) samples of your stuff, along with pertinent contact info, to zero@zeroboutique.com at any time.     top

modelling if you would like to see your pretty picture on this site, all you need to do is send some snaps of you in your favorite zbq duds and i can pretty much "gwarranty" that i'll put your beautiful face where everyone can see your excellent taste in garmentry. you can e-mail us any pictures as attachments or if you prefer to send actual photos go here for our address. so get famous already.    top

what's a zbq? i started zero t-shirts in 1993 with an old heat press and several boxes of old comics and magazines to purge for inspiration. in those days i was doing strictly heat transfers, mostly just for fun, so i was able to play around with hundreds of different images. in 1998 i launched the first zero web site, zero23.com (now defunct), which featured 80 pretty scrappy images available on baseball shirts and white t-shirts. before long i was receiving art submissions from all over the internet from some pretty incredible artists and started to post many of these on the site as shirt designs. in 1997 i had started to finally mess around with screenprinting, buying gear and doing experiments. around this time i also became aware of zero skateboards so i started thinking of a way to change the company's name without altering it too much. on february 2nd 2002 i launched a new site- this one, zeroboutique.com, so i thought that zeroboutique worked as a natural progression. except that it was a little long, so i shortened it to zbq. in the years since i had started doing shirts in my room i had acquired a 4 color printing station and a bunch of other gear and inks and had moved into a larger commercial space. the more screenprinting i did, the more i enjoyed the art and process of shirt printing and i have never stopped trying to learn & develop my skills ever since. these shirts are hand screened with love and perseverance in halifax, nova scotia. keep fighting & dreaming.    top -jason

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