Blackbird Spyplane

Blackbird Spyplane

How we made the greatest shirt in newsletter history

Our limited-edition tee is OUT -- here's the story of why it's so profoundly beautiful

Mar 30, 2021
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Blackbird Spyplane: We aren’t just the no. 1 source across all media for “unbeatable recon” — we R also visionary soothsayers of taste and design.

So it’s only natural that since we launched, “beautiful & blessed” Blackbird SpyFriends have been politely and flatteringly HOUNDING US for “unbeatable merch.”

The appeal of making a sick Blackbird SpyShirt was obvious… But the challenge was steep... We look at TONS of tees as part of our ‘sletter recon, and we knew we had to drop one that feels like NOTHING ELSE ANYONE IS DOING — a tee both “of the moment” yet “timeless” … Could we just churn out some s**t willy-nilly … ?? NO! We needed time to gestate on designs … to craft a perfect synthesis of Mach 3+ imagery — and RUTHLESSLY DISCARD anything that fell short of our industry-leading standards.

Mamma mia — we SUCCEEDED. Yesterday Cla$$ified Subscribers received early access — and today U, the “beautiful & blessed” members of our public, list can cop one of our extremely limited-run tees.

Here is the EXCLUSIVE story of HOW WE MADE THE GREATEST TEE SHIRT IN THE HISTORY OF ALL MEDIA…

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