Looking for womens comments/imput on female mma!

[like2fightsports]

Hi,
I run Like 2 Fight clothing, Jay Evans and I are currently planning on releasing a tshirt designed for women as we feel womens MMA clothing is significantly under represented.

We are looking for some female input:
*What you want/don't want to see on a tshirt
*Any ideas you have no matter how 'out there' or different!

We decided that we don't want to get something on the market that doesn't represent what women want to see on their MMA clothing, so have a real input into our clothing!

I am sure we can arrange some freebies to anyone who comes up with an idea that we use!

[DianeB]

How about some decent training gear.. i.e. rash guards & shorts

[Jay Evans]

How about some decent training gear.. i.e. rash guards & shorts

I'm 100% sure Like 2 Fight will be looking into that shortly, there currently getting some T-shirts made and I've pleaded for the chance to design a Womens MMA T-shirt! hopefully if this goes well with everyones help then it'll be a chain reaction leading to some high quality fight gear.

Like 2 Fight thought it would be an even better idea to have this T-shirt I'm designing as a sort of "Interactive" design, so input from the growing UK Womens MMA scene would get the chance to voice there opinion.

:D this way another "I <3 Cage Fighters" T-shirt wont be made ....... ever again!

[Lou]

We did a thread on this a little while ago,there was some info in there.

Basically not pink,not all camo and not the tacky fonts you tend to get on some fightwear, I personally really like the Hyabusa style - really nicely designed stuff and not tacky at all.

The thing is ,its usually men deciding what it is women want rather than women getting an input. Tapout women's gear really doesn't do anything for me.

I would say for me, something similar to Hyabusa- simple and not tacky.

If you get any designs,I would be happy to comment, I am a bit of a design nerd.

[Jay Evans]

If you like I can PM you links to anything I design ( I'll Image Shack them or something ) ^.^

But anything you wanna suggest from patterns to logo styles, feel free and I'll do my best to make it! looking for a challenge that will pay off on this one.

[DianeB]

ok, a shaped t-shirt that cuts in at the waist. a small logo that's in a corner somewhere, not printed largely across the chest.

[Lou]

Alpha female is nice, but stocked in america so it is a pain to get.Here is a rash guard:

[Lou]

Quite like this and the logo!

I usually go for a front print ,close fitting tshirt.Small prints on the back is a nice touch.

[Lou]

I would definitely wear this!

[Lou]

I wouldn't wear this though. The fit is ok don't like the design.

[Jay Evans]

Very cool so far, so something not too over done? and in the corner somewhere is a sign of something cool? like say a Badge of sorts? or something that fits well together? logo like or text manipulation?

:D this is gonna be fun to design muhahaha.

[Jay Evans]

I wouldn't wear this though. The fit is ok don't like the design.

0.o problem with TapouT is the logo is very masculine! dont ya think?

[Lou]

Yeah something like that! I like smaller logos rather than having something emblazoned across my chest :D

AND NOT PINK!!!! :D

I do like the Alpha Female logo, my mma shorts are quite cool!

[Lou]

I like Inspirit too!

[Jay Evans]

Inspirit look quite cool, some great help so far :D

[DianeB]

Cool,, don't forget the freebies :D

[kieronhufc]

Can't be arsed to log in as myself- it's Lisa not Ki

I like the side panels with a pattern

http://www.beachtrading.com/ragugaalred1.html


or the cap sleeve - again not pink!!! greens blues browns reds

http://www.rashguardshirtco.com/page/R/PROD/womensrash/2328

I also like this type of top and would love to see them made as rashguards not just tshirts because the necklines on rashguards can be really annoying to fight in if they are to high over your throat.

http://www.joediveramerica.com/page/JDA/PROD/Womens_Rash_Guards/2332

[Jay Evans]

Very cool, I <3 O'neil :D I wear my O'Neil Hoodie all the time!!!!

[Rosi]

Some good comments.

It would be good to get some brighter colours too as well as the obligatory black / dark blue / browns - (did someone mention NOT pink!). Red is good.

[James Saville]

I like Inspirit too!

they are sweet. id love a girlfreind that did mma..i could buy her these.

[Lou]

Just a bit short!!!

[DianeB]

i've ordered the inspirit short shorts. I was thinking they might be a bit short & The clinch gear board shorts were too long. Can we have something inbetween :)

[like2fightsports]

Thank you very much for all of your help everyone! Wasn't expecting such great feedback! Certainly given us food for thought!

Keep any ideas you have coming!

Jamie

[Hands Of Stone]

Logo...???

http://logo.cafepress.com/5/6996454.5693255.jpg

The Hands

[Hands Of Stone]

http://images5.cafepress.com/product/104884675v1_350x350_Front_Color-White.jpg http://images7.cafepress.com/product/224492827v19_350x350_Front_Color-LightBlue.jpg

http://images2.cafepress.com/product/97664542v1_350x350_Front_Color-White.jpg http://images0.cafepress.com/product/192183080v3_350x350_Front_Color-White.jpg

The Hands

[Jay Evans]

Haha, I make something like that and I'd become hated by all female MMA fighters ^.^

[Hands Of Stone]

http://images1.cafepress.com/product/273328321v8_350x350_Front_Color-White.jpg http://images1.cafepress.com/product/126653271v1_350x350_Front_Color-White.jpg

http://images9.cafepress.com/product/33196799v1_350x350_Front_Color-White.jpg http://images4.cafepress.com/product/154141134v11_350x350_Front_Color-White.jpg

The Hands

[Hands Of Stone]

http://images6.cafepress.com/product/94208556v4_350x350_Front_Color-White.jpg http://images0.cafepress.com/product/122862450v3_350x350_Front_Color-White.jpg

http://images8.cafepress.com/product/135540838v7_350x350_Front_Color-White.jpg http://images8.cafepress.com/nocache/product/44097818v2147483647_350x350_Front_Color-White.jpg

The Hands

[DianeB]

Looks like the hands as been getting some grief off his lady friends :p

[BJJ Bird]

I think a lot of designs on guy's T-shirts are pretty cool. It sucks when they aren't produced in female sizes/fits coz I'm quite petite so even the small sizes in the men's Tees drown me. I've found that in general, not just in MMA, designs on men's T-shirts tend to have a lot more creativity and design style than those for women. It would be nice if this imbalance was redressed...

[BJJ Bird]

Oh and defintely NO PINK!!!!

[Hands Of Stone]

No pink involved here. All buy one, now.....

http://www.flami.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/latex2.jpg

The Hands

[donna]

i like pink!!!

[Hands Of Stone]

Me too. You go girl....!!!

http://blog.freeones.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/080702latex.jpg

The Hands

[2t2t]

makes an interesting change to a rash guard i suppose!

I personally like the designs of these lot

http://www.fightergirls.com/store.asp

but ive got a couple of pairs of shorts and the sizing is slightly strange. very baggy on the waist and tight round the legs. Its nice to have normal size 8,10 etc. Instead of small, mdm and large,
Im against pink but golds and bright colours are good i think, There is some really cool lads designs. Like the MMA Universe stuff.

i like the mad designs in deviant art and if you break a picture down, a caracter could be a cool logo.

http://th01.deviantart.com

[Lou]

Fightergirls are definitely good! But yeah my shorts are an odd fit....especially after Christmas!!

[2t2t]

Fightergirls are definitely good! But yeah my shorts are an odd fit....especially after Christmas!!

Haha yeah and on mondays training session the day after sunday lunch.
I like the fit of caged steel stuff but slightly bland on the design front.
The board shorts have served me well tho.

[batgirl13uk]

I have a few of these and love the Hiroshige/ Hokusai styling. Colours like blues, orange, reds, greens, etc would be ace. Also trunks like they wear in Pride that are knee length or mid thigh; I always find the sprawl style shorts get caught and can be a bit restrictive (plus I think I may possibly suffer from a gigantic arse) so the tight stretchy trunks are preferable.
http://www.alibaba.com/catalog/11193850/Japanese_Tattoo_Turbulence_Rashguard_Vest.html
http://www.xliquid.com/Rashguard_Men_Tattoo.htm
http://www.xliquid.com/Rashguard_011.htm

[Jay Evans]

Work on the Womens clothing designs is starting this Tuesday, keep the comments rolling! I've already taken onboard alot of the comments ^.^ looking forward to everyones reaction when the work is completed!

Womens MMA designing scariest to me, It's something that in my view has never been done well in the UK, I wanna set the standard as I always aim to do with everything I work on.