Hey everyone, just wanted to say a few words about the Bestee winner this year. I know it comes as a not so shocking shock to a lot of you. Emmy's "It's Toile About You" win of People's Choice was definitely deserved under the framework and rules that we set forth. However, we understand that many of you were surprised to see such strong participation from outside the Threadless community in this year's Bestee voting, even though we've always encouraged everyone to involve their friends and networks in voting - this just reached a whole new level.

That's the way the cookie crumbles. Huge congrats to Emmy and all you other Bestee winners!

Next year will be different. We are already brainstorming ways to make the Bestee awards more inclusive and representative of the community. One of the main ideas is to have more than one grand prize that each celebrate an important area of design at Threadless so that it's not so weighted at the top with the popular vote. An official announcement will be made on this once we figure things out. Any suggestions are welcome, we want the Bestees to be the most amazing award ceremony in the entire world for anything; ever.

p.s.: My only plea... blame Threadless if you're not happy with the winner, not Emmy - she didn't break any rules and did everything she was supposed to do to promote her design for the Bestee People's Choice award.