About Us
Hey guys, I'm Lynden the founder of Twisted Don clothing, the Twisted mind behind the brand.
Who is Lynden?
I'm 40 years old and currently working my day job as a scaffolder, which I hope to leave one day (soon) and continue with the brand full time. I live in the small city of Kingston-Upon-Hull with my Fiancée Becky, our beautiful 7yr old daughter Alexis and our French Bulldog Ozzy who's absolutely nuts, and we have 4 children between us.
In my free time I like to hit the gym, going to the cinema, preferably to watch Horror movies, collecting Horror and of course spending time with my family.
How was the brand created?
Around 4 maybe 5 years ago from the time of writing this, as I love tattoos I thought it would be a great idea to purchase an iPad, download procreate as I was seeing all these procreate videos at the time and start putting my own tattoos ideas together. I mean, how hard could it be? Well let me tell you, as I have the tech skills of a 5yr old child very very hard haha, and still to this day I can't get my head around procreate. So I decided to leave the tattoo designing to my tattoo artist, but I carried on creating some designs just for fun. Then I had a little idea of putting them on a T-Shirt for my own personal use in the gym.
I should now probably mention that I have a very very good close circle of friends, all who also have a love for the gym and are also doing great with their own businesses. I mentioned my idea to them, to which they replied with "I'd wear that mate, you could sell them." I laughed but the seed was planted. For the next 2 years I toyed with the idea of putting my designs on a T-shirt and selling them, but the self doubt, worry, anxiety all kept holding me back. What if nobody buys them? What if other people I know laugh at me? There's thousands of better designs out there than mine, so why buy mine?
But my friends kept pushing and encouraging me, telling me what have I got to lose? Seeing them doing so well in their own businesses made me want to better myself and strive for more too. So I finally thought you know what 'F#CK IT' they're right. I designed a brand logo, created an Instagram account, released 2 designs and the rest is history.
Where did the name Twisted Don come from?
For anyone who knows me closely they'll already know I have a bit of a Twisted sense of humour haha, and a love for Horror and all things dark and twisted. As you now know my name is Lynden, but when said out loud sounds like Lyn'don. So the name 'Don' was my nickname growing up and still is today. Now If throw Twisted and Don into a blender, give it a bit of a mix and walla....'Twisted Don' is created.
If you made it this far without falling asleep then well done and CONGRATULATIONS, as a little thank you for for been nosey haha and taking the time out to read a little bit about me and the brand, here's a little 10% discount for you to enjoy just use code ABOUTUS15 at the checkout.