Soo, this is a story...
Pandy Cane was born in july 2007, in a supermarket, in downtown Chicago, U.S.A.
So, I was standing in this supermarket, admiring the huge amounts of candy they have to offer in the states, which they really don't have in the U.K. as whilst I was doing so, I was trying to work out where the nearest Panda Express was. If you are ever in the midwest, I suggest you check it out. Anyways, so I'm thinking about two things at once, and my dyslexic/dyspraxic brain managed to mix the words candy and panda together, hence pandy, and cane kinda just happened at the same time, and so Pandy Cane was born!
So, I had a concept, a Gmail and a myspace... with the help of some friends, I put on a show in my home town of Hereford to raise some funds, and subsequently everything's gone from there!
Of course this is all just the beginning!
Our first Pandy cane shirt, designed by the awesome Cameron Steward at twoducksdico.co.uk was released in the autumn of 2007... you will notice this shirt was re-released in the summer of 2008, and again for tour in febuary 09 as a one colour print... This shirt is still one of favourite shirts, look out for it again in the future, maybe with a twist ; ]
From then on, Pandy Cane was put on the back burner for a short while, as I was concentrating hard on my studies...
However, after meeting a certain band, and spending alot more time with the bands, people, and most importantly friends who had helped me get to where I was, I decided to do the thing i was most passionate about, Pandy Cane, as much as I could!
From then on it was a matter of putting in the time and effort to release better shirts, better designs, better concepts, and generally build a brand, that not only I am proud of, but so are you...
That was a summer 2008, and now, after a year of hard work, i have gone full time!! i am so stoked on how everything is going, and incredibly grateful to EVERYONE has helped so far!!
For a long time, PandyCane was all about single shirts, releasing a new shirt every few monts, keeping the shirts limited edition, some where limited to 50, some to as little as 20!
This shirt was limited to 30! and wont ever be printed again! I'm still super stoked on this shirt, partly cos it sold out, partly cos it was my first 3 colour shirt, but most importantly, because i know that if i go out in my shirt, i know NO one else will be wearing it!
Our newest stuff is my favourite stuff so far, BUT they like all of our other shirts will always stay limited edition!
King Cane was designed for us, again by the wonderful Twoducksdisco,and this time, rather than releasing just one shirt, it was a line of shirts! our first line!
Anyone who has brought a product recently will know how much better Pandy Cane is getting, the packaging is becoming more and more custom every day, you get CDs, posters, stickers and of course sweets! Because. when I buy something, I like all the little extras, and I, like EVERYONE else, loves free stuff!!
Last time i updated this, was a little while ago, so this is what ive been up to for the last six months:
After the spring release, i moved into a new office, and this was our first release, the collaboration shirt with one of my favourite people and musicians - Eat Sleep Attack (Mr. Sam Little)
and it looked like this:
this is still on sale at our store!
So, i then spent the summer working really hard on every little detail of Pandy cane, from the packaging, to the shirts, to the photos and to the marketing! i also made the huge jump from printing on gildan shirts to American Apparel, which i am stoked on sooo much!!
and we released, a hoodie, and two shirts (all OG) very nice. aswell as a fantastic shirt drawn by greg abbot - star paws!!