Threadless

Chicago, United States

4.1

21 reviews

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+1 773-525-8640
Website:
www.threadless.com
Address:
3011 N Broadway St, Chicago, IL, 60657
b/t Wellington Ave & Barry Ave
Lakeview
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
40 ftBroadway & Wellington SB
120 ftBroadway & Wellington NB
540 ftBroadway & Surf NB
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Local time (Chicago) 5:12 PM Sunday, June 29, 2025

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Description

Specialties

One of the main goals we had in creating Threadless stores was to be able to have real, live, tangible events around the launching of new tees every week. We release 12 new and reprinted designs every single week which is quite unique in the apparel industry. Right now the launching of the tees takes place online every Monday.

The kicker is that — at the store — we will be launching the new tees the Friday before they get released on the website. While you won’t have access to our entire catalog from the store, you will have a head-​start on what comes out on the website.

BTW, we’re totally fine with our Chicago customers leaking the designs with photos taken in the store and such. We hope it’ll be a fun set of conversations in the blogs over the weekend before the designs come out online.

History

Established in 2007.

When Threadless started back in late 2000, it only existed online. Well, in September 2007, that all changed. Starting in our hometown of Chicago, we’ve opened our first-​ever official Threadless STORE! Amazing…

Meet the Business Owner

Jake N.

Business Owner

Through a no longer existing online art forum called Dreamless, Founder and CSO Jake Nickell won a tee shirt design competition for an event in London. This inspired Jake, and friend Jacob DeHart, to create Threadless, an ongoing open call for tee shirt design submissions, as a way to «give back» to the community by actually creating goods featuring the work created by participating artists.

What began as a hobby evolved into a business once the idea took off after a few years. Threadless’ growth was a community effort of increased participation and word of mouth.

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21 reviews of Threadless

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Place rating: 5
Gurnee, IL
The main retail outlet in Chicago for a local legend in tshirts, Threadless on Broadway is a great place to see all of their amazing designs under one roof. The biggest appeal of their t-​shirt designs is that they are submitted by customers and designers and then they are voted on by customers in the form of orders. The selection is amazing and the designs are unique and varied. Most t-​shirts are available in mens and women’s styles.
I discovered this place online a couple of Christmases ago and started ordering for specials around the holidays for gifts for family and friends. When the sales are on, you can get t-​shirts for as low as $ 10-​$ 15! I stopped in here because they had a sale on hoodies for $ 29. I got an amazing red cotton hoodie with polar bears doing magic tricks on it. My friends loved it. They said it was totally me.
The staff is friendly and helpful and you can find closeout things upstairs. I love it!
Place rating: 4
Simi Valley, CA
Threadless’s mission/​purpose of printing designs of artists which are picked by fans is pretty awesome, I’ll say. Alas, there weren’t any designs which called to me (in my price range, I liked a few of the items in the loft… but I’ll stick to the 10 $ sales which pop up occasionally online) on this day. I reckon there are new prints on fridays, so it would be worth returning often to watch for the fun ones. I liked their candy machine which gave away pins, love me some pins. I wanted the ‘west coast’ one, but it wasn’t to be.
Place rating: 5
Minneapolis, MN
I haven’t been to the actual store, BUT — I have ordered t-​shirts a couple of different times and had great experiences. Customer service always responds to questions and concerns and making a return was easy. I love the shirts and getting something more original that what you’d find at any regular store out there.
One small note: the guy’s smalls are pretty darn small. I usually wear a small, but apparently, as of October 2012, Threadless changed their manufacturer, so the smalls apparently got a little smaller and I’m a medium now. Not a big deal, since the return policy is 60 days and easy to do, but something to note so you can get it right the first time.
Place rating: 4
Kansas City, MO
Threadless IRL is exactly how you would imagine it: fun and quirky. Their selection is super limited because of the space, but it’s great to sift through the racks and see what they have available. The area where these space is located is quaint and a great area to walk around and explore, which we ended up doing because we didn’t stay at Threadless for as long as we had planned. The one guy working behind the register was fun and non-​intrusive. Overall a great experience to visit where all the magic starts.
Place rating: 4
Chicago, IL
Always have cute designs. Fair prices, though I often have a hard time paying for T-​shirts as that isn’t a large part of my attire.
It’s nice to walk by every week and know they will have a different display. I look forward to seeing the new designs and make a point to walk past it.
Place rating: 5
Toronto, Canada
Both my boyfriend and I have purchased many Threadless T-​shirts, so when we were planning our trip to Chicago we wanted to make sure we checked out the store. We had originally wanted to visit their HQ, but alas, it was closed on weekends.
The staff here was very friendly and helpful and the layout of the store was really cool. A few things were on sale and on display. It’s in a great neighbourhood so it was a lovely walk to get to it.
Place rating: 1
Paris, France
Buy online. This store is almost empty. Everything was in sale when I visited but I didn’t buy anything. «Cute» shirts for girls and kids but nothing for a man (even a graphic designer wouldn’t wear a cat with lazer beams in the eyes).
Save your time, buy online.
Place rating: 4
Hollywood, FL
Threadless is a go to place for me for cool t shirts. The quality of the t-​shirts are what separates them from competitors. As far as the art goes, people choose them, some are really wacky, trendy, artsy, hipster, or just plain nice. Since they continually update their lines of t-​shirts its certainly a repeat business. You may find a tshirt you love one day, then visit a month later and see nothing you like at all. The new Spiderman line is awesome, only wish they did Batman!
Place rating: 4
Chicago, IL
I’m from Chicago. I moved to Los Angeles a year ago but I missed hitting up Threadless so I ordered online. Omg DHL is slooooow as hell though. I think they should use UPS or something. Seriously your hair will turn grey before you get your shirts, but anyway, I love the concept of Threadless and I’ve been supporting Threadless since around 2006. Now that I’m in LA I’m just going to order online and wait for the slow shipping lol. The shirts and hoodies are totally cute and you are supporting local artists. I love it!
Place rating: 5
Lawrence, KS
I love Threadless and not just because of their awesome T-​shirts but the business model in general. This online store eventually opened up a retail space which is the reverse of most businesses. Buying online is great, but it’s fun to actually go into a store and walk out with something and this store is never the same place twice because the designs are constantly changing due to changing artists and their crowd based source project.
Every T-​shirt in the shop has its own monitor showing off a variety of poses in the shirt and they usually have an equal selection of male and female sizes along with the occasional hoodies, children’s sizes and other accessories such as bags, bumper stickers and buttons.
Speaking of bags, keep the bag from your last visit because they’ll give you a discount if you bring it bag. Not only is this good environmental stewardship, but smart business practices.
The staff here is extremely hip and helpful and will explain to you how the sizes will change over time due to washing and wear and make sure you walk out the perfect shirt for you or someone else, or both (my favorite – share the fun).
If you’ve ever admired someone’s funny and irreverent shirt, you’ll love this place. If all you have in your closet is striped shirts, ties and skirts, this place will be exceptionally boring to you. Fortunately I don’t know anyone like that so I’d recommend this place to anyone visiting Chicago.
Place rating: 4
Long Beach, CA
Most t-​shirt fiends know of Threadless. They have awesome, quirky designs at a great price. When I found out a while back that they have a brick and mortar shop in Chicago, I bookmarked it and finally, I made it to the store!
The store is small, their products laid out over two floors and doesn’t have all their designs. I think the store mainly holds the newest designs, as well as the Select ones. There’s one fitting room, should you really need to try it on. The staff was friendly and at payment, you have the option to have the receipt emailed to you.
I heart Threadless.
Place rating: 4
Chicago, IL
Ordered from Threadless for years now and they’ve never been anything less than rock solid. Their shirts and patterns are incredibly fresh and original and range from funny to poetic to morbid. Everything is true to size and fits really well.
The flagship store differs a bit from the online storefront in that they have a smaller, more carefully selected range of tees that they switch up every week. Selection isn’t what it could be, but this means that you will almost always find your size in whatever you’re scoping out. It’s just a fun space too, even if you’re in the neighborhood and just looking to window shop. Fuck, I’ve been at Friar Tuck’s (the bar across the street) and waddled across the street drunk at 2 AM many times just to check out their window displays. Never been anything but wowed.
Place rating: 1
Chicago, IL
I expected to walk into Awesome Sassy T-​shirt Nuclear explosion instead I walked into a sad and lonely Fart, a squeeky fart… like…from a mouse. They had such a tiny ass selection… and they needed two floors for that tiny ass selection
Now, Last year I bought 12 shirts (gifts) on-​line but was told I could not get of the cute bags they give out at the store. So this year I decide to go in to the store to purchase my shirts so that I could get the bags making my gift a complete set. Sadly, they did not have anything I wanted. not one. I ended up purchasing a tee cause… well…xmas is in 5 day.
Place rating: 5
Oak Forest, IL
O Hai, Unilocal!
Threadless: where to begin? Should I just flat out admit that 99.9% of my rock awesome tees are straight from the (proverbial) mouth of Threadless? ‘Cause, you know, I will. Well, there. I just admitted it.
In short, Threadless = loooooove.
While admittedly, two unicorns humping (read as: «afternoon delight») might not be the most *appropriate* shirt to wear when picking up the kids from school, I do have more than a fantastic handful of PC (or PC-​to-​slightly-​pushing-​the-​envelope) shirts that I rock in steady rotation.
I only recently visited the actual storefront (being on online customer for as long as I can remember) and I was not disappointed. I thought there was a pretty solid variety and customer service was excellent. The prices are more than reasonable.
Also? Blik is serious wall love. I can’t tell you how much $$$ I’ve dropped into the lap of none other than Blik his (her?)self.
Admittedly, I still make most of my major Threadless purchases online (primarily because I love to hem and haw and take my sweet @ss time), but I will be back to pay homage to this little gem of a storefront. Love!
Place rating: 4
Saint Paul, MN
Would you like a cute, funny, distinctive, hipster, stylin, artsy, original, clever, modern, awesome, random, unique, reasonably priced Tshirt or hoodie? Would you like a hoodie that was designed by a small-​time artist and selected by the general public to be printed? Would you like a Tshirt that is guaranteed to get you attention and compliments from random people on the street?
Go to Threadless.
I’ve only shopped online since I live in Seattle but we are planning a trip to Chicago for late summer and this store is already on my list! I know the selection isn’t as big but it would be nice to see things in person and try them on. I actually stopped ordering anything for myself when I discovered that all the girls’ tees are cut boxy/​square and not fitted and are generally too big for my petite self. I am hoping to maybe find something that fits in the store [fingers crossed]. But in the meantime Threadless is still a great website to find gifts I know will be appreciated by friends and family (including kids) alike. Especially if they have a sense of humor.
I will update this review after our trip.
Place rating: 5
Atlanta, GA
T-​shirt heaven, plain and simple. The store carries the newest releases to the
website in the store along with some selection of hoodies. Staff is friendly and laid back, and there is an art gallery upstairs that showcases various artists (some local, some more unknown).
I say if you are in Chicago and love t-​shirts… this store is a must visit!
Place rating: 4
Sugar Land, TX
I’ve always seen this place online but, didn’t actually know that the store existed. If you love tees beyond just witty phrases then this place holds a corny t-​shirt to you.
Saying corny gives a false representation because the designs are actually stylish with hints of wit and humor that make you say «I get it.» Though, the categorization for the clothes are in the «Corny Shirt» genre.
The store is neat and organized. And the designs for every shirt is aptly displayed on computer monitors right above each collection. Great place to shop and beats picking up a standard shirt at your local Gap or Banana.
These shirts have character and so does the store. Awesome.
Place rating: 5
Seattle, WA
Chicago’s own store of the future! How cool to have a clothing store that concentrates on one item: 100% cotton Graphic Tees. They’re not just any t-​shirt but instead have unique prints that are cute, humorous and fashionable all at the same time. I absolutely loved the computer screen displays with real people wearing each shirt on the shelf. And to have blog comments about each t-​shirt, even cooler! The artsy fartsy store’s façade made of Threadless tags is truly ingenious (see a photo in business photos). Oh and not only do they make shirts but they also recreate their graphics into decals for walls! Check out the Blik designs.
P/​S: The little quarter machine selling small pins is awesomely hipster!
Place rating: 3
San Jose, CA
I feel like this place is definitely ok, they have some fantastic and funny tshirts and witty personality supplements. But the quality of their shirts have just been ok. They do have fantastic tshirt sales that you can’t beat (but of course priced accordingly to which tshirts you actually want versus. the $ 5 ones. Shipping is a bit of a pain and I feel like you’re waiting quite a bit for some information regarding your order and even the order confirmation email when most places come ASAP.
Also their hoodies, for the kind of saying, is a little expensive for the quality since I expect my hoodies to be extremely warm and fuzzy /​thick on the inside and it’s a little bit thin. Otherwise I wouldn’t hesitate to order for them again pending another sale.
Place rating: 5
Fountain Valley, CA
I LOVE THIS PLACE!
I’ve never been to the store but recently bought a couple shirts from their ($ 5) sale! YAY. They had their promotion of if you buy $ 45 bucks worth, shipping is F-​R-​E-​E, free! However me and a friend could only buy $ 30 bucks worth, and shipping for us was ~7.40 so that was still cool. Considering how we got 6 shirts for $ 37.40, that is HELLA cheap! Cute and funny shirts, some printed on American Apparel shirts — my my! SO COOL! I effing love you threadless! x333
And such easy money too — if you have lots of connections of course — if your submitted design gets chosen or a slogan is printed, you get MUCHO dinero! We’re talking in the hundreds to thousands here! More info at
Place rating: 5
Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Shirts! Shirts! Shirts!
VORSICHT: Threadless kann süchtig machen!
Jede Woche neue Designs in limitierter Auflage. Ärgerlich, wenn man gerade wieder eine Bestellung rausgehauen hat und am nächsten Montag neue «must-​have» Designs online sind.
In erster Linie sind die Drucke auffällig und bunt. Aber ebenso außergewöhnlich und originell. Wer hat schon ein Shirt mit kotzendem Clown, kuschelnden Milchtüten, sprechenden Burgern, f*enden Einhörnern oder Buchstabenrätseln drauf???
Auch süß für Kids: Batman auf nem Dreirad — hat grad nen Pinguin überfahren ;-)
Bestellung läuft problemlos, Lieferung erfolgt zeitgemäß, Qualität ist gut (Kategorie: lang und dünner Stoff, sauber verarbeitet), Größentabellen auf der Seite vertrauenswürdig. Manches leider ausverkauft. Ach ja — und der Dollar-​Kurs steht grad gut. Aber vorsicht: Es können noch Zollgebühren nachträglich draufgeschlagen werden!
.ach — und wenn ihr jetzt schon dort shoppen gehen müsst nutzt wenigstens den link oben (und unten). Dann bekomm ich wenigstens ein paar «Streetpoints» fürs werben. Danköö!