Other than goE products, I hadn't bought a t-shirt in probably 5 years. I've bought 3 over the past year; all KC-centric, all made by local folks (none of the shirts featured in the article). I usually dress up more, but it's nice to have a good-looking t to wear when it's super-cashz time. The Bunker and KC heart tees, like the Baldwin ballcaps, are definitely faddish and overdone (esp Baldwin), but at least they've spurred other local designers and companies to create different KC-centric designs. It's nice to be able to support local businesses and find some non-Royals KC apparel that's not garish red and yellow.
It's kind of like bandwagon fans when your team starts winning: annoying, but in the end I'm glad to have them, because it means something's going right for something I love.
Gotta try to get to q39 sometime in the next week. Hearing nothing but good things.