From: CarolinaCountry.com American Tie Dye clothes Survivor EnergyUnited members Erik Chumley and his wife Dawn had been making tie dyes for 12 years when they started their tie dye t-shirt company, American Tie Dye, in 2002. The next year they launched a successful wholesale Web site to sell their shirts and attracted a number of corporate clients. A representative of the CBS television network contacted American Tie Dye to make tank tops to sell as Survivor 8 merchandise on the CBS Web site. The Chumleys were floored when they saw that Survivor contestant Rupert Boneham was wearing an American Tie Dye tank top the night he won $1 million in the season's final show. The Chumleys operate a wholesale outlet as well as a retail store in Taylorsville, NC. Read More |
