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Like many of you I’ve picked up some pretty cool KDE shirts over time thanks to shirts created for big events like developer sprints, Camp KDE, or Akademy (get your talks submitted if you haven’t yet!).  But I always felt like maybe we could do more.  What about all the rest of the community members and fans of KDE that couldn’t be at these events?  Or what about people who wish they could get more than one or two KDE shirts a year?  Don’t they need some place to buy awesome gear as well so they can be the coolest person in their circle of friends?

Well after much begging and groveling I have gotten some fantastic help from lots of people on the promo team and art team and now we have the beginnings of what I hope will turn into a comprehensive KDE store!  A very huge extra special thanks to Eugene Trounev who provided me with the first “ready to submit” SVG designs!  But keep an eye out as we have many more works in progress that I hope will be developed into something final.  And I’ll always be looking for more artwork so please contact me if you want to help make the stores even cooler.

Due to shipping cost issues I am currently maintaining 2 separate sites on SpreadShirt.  One is for the Americas and the other for Europe.  My hope is that this will allow most anyone in the world to be able to order KDE gear at reasonable shipping prices.  The two sites seem to have slightly different rules about design submission so the things available are not exactly the same but I will do my best to offer everything I can in both places. It almost goes without saying but neither site charges any sort of commission price on the part of KDE so the price you pay is only the price that it costs SpreadShirt to make and ship the items to you.  So without further ado, here are the links:

• Americas: http://gearwear.spreadshirt.com/
• Europe: http://kde-gear.spreadshirt.net/

Be sure to check out the front and back views on the shirts as some have designs on both sides.

Last but not least…what if you like the designs but don’t like the way I’ve laid them out a shirt?  No big deal.  I’m also posting the individual designs on the “Spreadshirt Marketplace”.  This means you can go to the Spreadshirt homepage (either spreadshirt.com or .net depending on where you live) and hit “Create your own”.  Then do a Design search on “KDE” and find the individual designs to make your own items out of them if you want.  Because you should “be free” to customize your clothes just like your computer