{"id":22087,"date":"2021-02-17T18:31:50","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T23:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spreadshop.com\/blog\/?p=22087"},"modified":"2025-10-01T15:52:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T19:52:33","slug":"shop-of-the-moment-black-royal-wear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spreadshop.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/17\/shop-of-the-moment-black-royal-wear\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Royal Wear: Shop of the Moment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"7j5bh-0-0\">How did <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.spreadshirt.com\/black-royal-wear\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Black Royal Wear,<\/a> a 30-year family business evolve into a line of streetwear that helps to inspire a whole new generation of Kings &amp; Queens<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"8j7qc-0-0\">? Watch the full interview with Martello, Marty &amp; King Carlin right here to find out in our first &#8220;Shop of the Moment&#8221;: <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"><span data-offset-key=\"6nced-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shop of the Moment: Black Royal Wear\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8wDcNQSQPiE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span data-offset-key=\"4mvp4-0-0\">Don&#8217;t miss future SHOP OF THE MOMENT episodes. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/Spreadshop\/videos\">Subscribe on our Youtube Channel<\/a> and click the bell icon to know when we go live. <\/span><\/div>\n<h2 data-offset-key=\"8ip7f-0-0\">Are you ready for your moment?<\/h2>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"><span data-offset-key=\"6bjep-0-0\"><strong>From the interview:<\/strong> Co-Founder Martello Pollock describes his moment of inspriation that became a family business.<br \/>\n<\/span>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">\n<div>\n<div class='wp-caption alignnone sprd-caption'>\n<div class='wp-caption-inner'><picture><img src='https:\/\/images.spreadshop.com\/images\/v1622903985\/blog\/Blog_Martello_addcus\/Blog_Martello_addcus.jpg' alt='Co-Founder of Black Royal Wear'\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"><span data-offset-key=\"6vrb4-0-1\">&#8220;It all started with an idea. <\/span><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"6vrb4-1-0\">My friends and I were playing cards, and <\/span><\/span><span class=\"adverb\"><span data-offset-key=\"6vrb4-2-0\">suddenly<\/span><\/span><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"6vrb4-3-0\"> something came to me and said <\/span><span data-offset-key=\"6vrb4-3-1\">&#8220;What if these kings and queens were black<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"1un5h-0-0\">?&#8221; I couldn&#8217;t concentrate on cards anymore that night. I came home, put together a goal sheet, and t<code><\/code>hen I actually went out and did it.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"><span data-offset-key=\"7oqgr-0-0\">&#8220;I didn&#8217;t know how to find someone to make black playing cards. I was <\/span><span class=\"qualifier\"><span data-offset-key=\"7oqgr-1-0\">just<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"7oqgr-2-0\"> going to different art stores and asking around. I finally found someone that could do it. He didn&#8217;t know much about cards, but I gave him a deck and told him what I wanted to do.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"><span data-offset-key=\"665nq-0-0\">&#8220;I commissioned the artist to do the artwork. I got the copyright and the rights signed over to me so that I could do what I wanted with the images. &#8220;When I would start playing with these cards, you know, people would be like jaw-dropping when they saw them. We couldn&#8217;t even play the first hand of cards. I&#8217;d deal the cards out, and people <\/span><span class=\"qualifier\"><span data-offset-key=\"665nq-1-0\">just<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"es7p7-0-0\"> couldn&#8217;t stop looking at them. They&#8217;re so different. They&#8217;d say &#8220;WHAT? What is this? That&#8217;s what I knew we had something pretty good. We actually developed a whole series of different playing cards&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h2 data-offset-key=\"es7p7-0-0\">Ready to launch your own clothing line?<\/h2>\n<div>Spreadshop is always free to use. Like King Carlin said in the full interview, we make it super easy for you to scale your business really fast. Just upload your designs, layout your products and we&#8217;ll handle the rest. <a href=\"https:\/\/partner.spreadshirt.com\/shop-register\/?affiliateid=12435\"><strong>Your moment begins here.<\/strong> <\/a><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re excited to announce our new &#8220;Shop of the Moment&#8221; feature, our first live streaming interview show. 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