SeptemberMorn......
As you were asking for opinions I will offer mine....I was partners in a Gallery for many years.....and have been a buyer for many years.......

I will think of you as I would one of my artists.......this is what I would tell you......from my years of experience....

The biggest thing I would say is to purchase natural fiber shirts.....before my accident I had a published line of clothing.......I pre-washed all of my shirts and dried them in the dryer....so they were true to size.....

The MAJORITY of people purchase natural fiber T-shirts.....

If you have a tax ID number you can purchase your, shirt stock, mail order and for wholesale prices.....there are companies that manufacture clothing just for the decorative artist.....some do not require a large $ minimum order.....

Everything I do is one of a kind......I would often purchase base garments at close out racks at higher end stores.....the fiber content was finer than most stores and at closeout prices, sometimes I beat wholesale costs.......of course I could not stock up on same style garments, purchasing in that manner............

I liked your artwork.........it was very well done and had great movement of design.......I too, am not the ribbon on the sleeve kind of gal....but there are people that are.....they are a smaller niche than the mass appeal....I think you would do more of a turn over, of that kind of garment if you classified it in the Victorian section.....that selection of buyer is very into ribbon and bead embellishement......

My suggestion if you were to continue with the ribbon would be to use silk embroidery ribbon.....I couldn't see it too clearly, maybe you did, but it didn't seem to lay like silk ribbon.....it hangs different and you can knot the ends and they stay knotted.....also, you can revitalize flattened silk ribbons by just spritzing with water.......

Here is just a thought for extending your work....painted silk scarves.....there was an artist in the Gallery that painted on silk scarves and she sold steadily........purchasing her silk scarf bases wholesale with an almost endless supply of colors.........

I am reading my words over and I seem, quite possibly, more opinionated than you might have cared for....but I was involved hands on for many many years, paying attention to what people purchased, what things in my Gallery sold, and what things were returned to the artists............

Often it is just getting your product marketed in the correct manner...........

Blessings to you.......and your endeavors.........
Hummer