Where are the men? Where are the men's shirts?

Who in your life would you consider to be a real man? What are the characteristics of a real man?

I’ve found that often a woman is attracted to a man by how he makes her feel. If she feels excited, loved, or safe around him, there is a good chance she will feel attraction. These are great emotions, but can be very deceptive. We’ve all known the woman who was deeply in love with someone we could obviously see was going to be bad for her and end up in heartache.

What is your definition of a real man? For me, the definition is someone who does the right thing at the right time. “A man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do.” Everyone is going to make mistakes but is he going to be there when the times get tough? Does he treat the people around him, especially his family, with respect even when he doesn’t feel like it? How does he treat the waitress that waits on you?

Look at the men in your life. Do they match up with what it means to be a man or are you “in love” and hope that he’ll change for the better?

I was excited and a little pleasantly surprised when we first opened our doors not too long ago and I got an email from a man wondering if we had men’s shirts, specifically the “Respect Women” shirt. (At this time we just have women’s.)

Shortly after that, one female customer said she wore her Respect shirt in the mall. She was only there 30 minutes, but within those thirty minutes, she received two compliments… and both of them were from men!

I’m happy to say we do have men’s shirts on the way, so think about who in your life might like one. They are in manly colors “Paratrooper Green” , “Texas Sunset”, and “Storm Cloud Gray”.

A good man is hard to find, but it looks like they’re out there!

Time for a Change

Today is #1! (Holding a foam hand #1) Today is #1! Today is 1-1-11!! Happy New Year!!

I love New Year’s. What a great time to reflect, plan out goals, and think of how you can change for the better. It’s so fresh and nice, especially when it’s normally so hard to change. You can see how hard by checking out how crowded a gym is in January versus how less crowded it is just two months later.

Sky Pie Apparel is all about change. We want to change the world in a positive way and strongly support anyone trying to make a change for the better.

But what about the people, other than ourselves, we want, or even NEED, to change?

Someone very close to me is going through a trial separation from her husband. Being the typical “deadbeat dad” he is financially irresponsible (buying a $500 gun when he says he doesn’t have money to buy groceries), unsupportive (coming home late in the night and sleeping most of the day when not at work), and emotionally abusive (making her feel like thing’s are her fault). It got so stressful, she had to leave.

Since she has left, he hasn’t shown much change. He’s gone to church a couple of times but nothing more. I asked him if he wanted to talk, but got no response. Now, there is a video on the internet showing that he is getting back into drugs which he had quit before.

I know the easy way out is just to say to leave him, and maybe ultimately she should, but love is something worth fighting for and there are children who need a good father. She loves him and knows he has good qualities deep down.

To the observer, he obviously needs to change; otherwise, he will lose his family and possibly his house and job.

Apart from going Michael Westen on his behind and hanging him out a window blind folded, what can we do to encourage change or help him to see that he needs to change? Feel free to comment.

GRAND OPENING, Responses to our Philosophy and Shirts

Sky Pie Apparel officially opened their doors last week on November, 23^rd 2010. A red letter day in history! As important as… um, well, I guess that remains to be seen, but I would say at least as important as the invention day of the Flobee! ;)

It’s been a week since we’ve opened and the response has been wonderful! Along with the “fabulous!” and “awesome!” and “keep up the good work!” comments, which I’m very appreciative of, a lot of people really identify with what we are doing. Lisa L. said, “to connect with you over this issue [of respecting women] is a gift. Thank you so much for what you are doing and saying.” Another young lady, Samantha, explained that the timing of this topic really hit home because, since she moved to California, she’s been called ugly by five different guys! We live in such a “looks based” society it boggles my mind!

As far as the shirts, Kayte M., our very first customer, exclaimed, “The shirt fits perfectly and is so comfortable!” Until I can get pictures made, and they are coming, I know some people are a little hesitant about ordering because of what they might look like since we just have the artist rendering.

If you have been gracious or adventurous enough to have bought a shirt already, please email us a picture of you wearing your shirt! It can be in some exotic location or just at home with your domesticated animal. With your permission we can put it up on Facebook or the site! Send it to info@SkyPieApparel.com.

Also, please leave a comment on Facebook saying what you like about the shirt! Thanks!

To give you a little more info in the meantime, these are 100% kitten soft cotton, fitted shirts with water based ink for the very soft, comfortable feel. They fit your form and I’m extremely pleased with how they look. I’m especially proud of the printed tag which has something secretly creative that I came up with myself.

Also, the drawings look like they have smaller cap sleeves. They are actually typical t-shirt sleeves, but, again, are fitted.

The Respect Women shirt is what we call “Sunshine Haze” which is a light, very soft yellow opposed to a bright, vivid yellow. The “Sky Pie Blue” is a gorgeous turquoise. Lots of people have commented on what a beautiful blue it is. The “Sunset Pink” is a very bright, lovely pink.

So don't be afraid! I'm so confident you'll like the shirts, that you can return them no questions asked if you don't! Or you can always dust your house with them, but I don't think you will! :)

Hello world!

One of the visions I have for Sky-Pie Apparel is for it to be doing a lot of good in the world even though I’ve long been gone and buried. That is one reason why I am treating the items produced as collectible works of art. All shirts have a limited number produced. I would love for an original, first run Sky-Pie shirt to be sold some day at a benefit auction for thousands, if not millions, of dollars and the proceeds going to charity!

Apart from that, collecting is loads of fun, so my goal with this blog is to give fun updates as well as milestones in the company showing the various lines of collectible clothing. It is sort of a history timeline and all around fun factory, if you will. To receive the most up to date information, follow and like us on Twitter and Facebook!

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