If you’ve ever thought that traditional playing cards with all their fleur-de-lys and fussy designs are a bit old hat in this brave new world it appears you’re not alone.

We love Threadless here at mantrends – but if you haven’t heard about them here’s the idea: people create shirt designs and upload them to the site.  Other people rate those designs, and the highest rated get made and sold.  The designer gets paid and gets to see their work being worn.  The buyer gets a pretty unique shirt (often the runs are quite limited) and a warm fuzzy feeling.