A Dog and an Idea

Stella Says So started with a boxer named Stella, who has never kept a thought to herself. If it's dinnertime, she lets you know. If you're sitting in her spot, she lets you know. If she's done with the day, the whole house hears about it. Stella doesn't hint, read the room, or wait for the right moment. She just says it.
We've always loved that about her.
Most of us walk around with a running commentary in our heads that never quite makes it out loud. So we started putting ours on T-shirts.
That's where "Stella says so before you have to" comes from. Our tees say the thing you're already thinking. You just put one on and let the shirt handle the rest.

Right now, a lot of what Stella has to say comes with a beat behind it. Our designs are heavily influenced by old-school and '90s hip-hop and R&B—the music that played on car radios, at house parties, and on mixtapes painstakingly recorded off the radio. You know, back when missing the first three seconds of a song was a legitimate crisis.
It's the soundtrack we grew up with, so naturally, it found its way onto our shirts and hoodies.

But Stella has more to say. We're expanding beyond music into lifestyle tees and sweatshirts that capture the everyday moments, the inside jokes, and the things people feel but rarely say out loud. If it's something worth wearing, we'll find a way to put it on a shirt — or a hoodie.

We're a husband-and-wife shop based in Charleston, South Carolina, doing this ourselves, one questionable idea at a time. We create every design, and each piece is printed to order by our production partner after you order, so there's no warehouse full of shirts waiting for someone to love them. We also look for soft, comfortable pieces, because if your shirt is going to have something to say, it should at least be comfortable while saying it.
Questions about an order or a design? Email us at contact@shopstellasaysso.com.
Thanks for stopping by. Look around. Stay awhile. We hope you find the shirt — or hoodie — that says exactly what you were thinking.
Scott, Nicole, & Stella

P.S. from Stella: I personally approved every design.
She did not. She was asleep.