Young Shoreline resident starts clothing business

YAY t-shifts and hats

Shoreline resident Tucker Meyer started his own clothing line as an 8th grade project. He just completed 8th grade at Soundview School, a Pre-K through 8th grade independent school in Lynnwood. Soundview's middle school is the only International Baccalaureate in the area, and its 8th graders are required to do a major project.

Tucker silk screening at
Rain City West

Students choose their own 8th grade project, based on their interests. Tucker chose clothing because it is something he always wanted to learn more about, and, he said,  “I have wanted to start a business since I was in the 4th grade and this was a great opportunity to do that.”

Tucker designed the name and logo himself. "YAY just sounded cool," he said, and the design followed the name.

It was more of a challenge to find a shop that would work with him. Rain City West Screen Printing in West Seattle was a company that was willing to have him in the shop and work with him on developing his clothing line.

Tucker Meyer and his YAY design

Big Dave at Rain City West taught Tucker screen printing skills.

"Rain City was the most chill of all of the print shops," said Tucker and that they were the only ones that offered him the opportunity to actually work in the shop with them.

He ended up with a line of hats and t-shirts.

Tucker is funding the entire project himself out of his savings account and he is in the midst of setting up a website with an associated PayPal account to sell them. He is also researching how to get his tee-shirts sold in local stores.

You can reach YAY clothing and make purchases now by contacting them by email.