Do you prefer to have a wardrobe that's as dark as your soul? If you said "yes", then dear lord do we have the perfect shirt for you...
This monochromatic marvel from BroodWear will totally trump any tee that your mopy, clove smoking pals picked up from Hot Topic. So while it's nothing more than a clever text tee, it's still hasa much nicer font than that grunged up typewriter "can't sleep, clowns will eat me" bullshit. And for us, that alone makes the shirt worth the price of admission...
P.S. Thanks for the heads up Harrison!
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I feel sort of weird about linking to A List Apart's brand spanking new web store when our site is a long way from validating correctly. Or, you know, looking good.
Then again when has shame ever stopped me before?
Besides, when Jason Santa Maria suggests a site, I spring into action. Why? Because I'm a fawning sycophant, that's why. You have a problem with that?
Anyhow, this one has printing on the back... So while that might drive a few of y'all batshit, I still think its well worth giving some love to. Of course, I could just be kissing some more ass... *sigh* I don't even know what the hell I'm trying to get at anymore. Fuck it, go buy the shirt. Or don't. *shrug* Whatever.
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Yous know, I just noticed dat it's bin a bit since we run an "I [heart]..." tee on Preshrunk... And afta checkin back tru my posts I iz also realize dat it's also bin a wicked while since we run somethin fa da bitches.
Sos wez may as well kill two birds wiv one bone by runnin dis tasty little number from Mama Clothing, righ? It's a wicked shirt, innit? And it's sure to check tight on any gal dat decides to stretch it over babylon. Now if you'll give me excuses, I fink I will be heading down the boozer fa a pint wif me mates. Bigupyaself. Keep it real. Wesside.
Oh, an before I forgets... Big up to da fit bitches who dig to get jiggy wiv Mr. Biggy. Respect.
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It's been a while since we've done a funny, topical shirt. Then again, not many of the topical shirts that people have been putting out as of late have been all that good...
But this jersey style shirt from the folks at A Piece of Shirt is pretty clever. In fact, the jersey style shirt is wonderful for a late summer soft/whiffle/kickball game with your friends. I mean, just imagine the sheer ammount Rafael Palmero/Jose Canseco/Mark McGuire jokes you could ring out of this one before the season is over... The mind reels, doesn't it?
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I'm not sure who hepped us to Cryin Tiger, but I'd like to thank them for sending along a link to one of the sweetest little t-shirt companies we've come across in a while.
What's with all the gushing? Well, it could be the fact that most of Cryin Tiger's line reminds me of the shirts that I see young asian tourists sporting while they wander around Los Angeles. And those are exactly the type of tees that I dig - mildly goofy and a bit offbeat. It also doesn't hurt that they manage to do a really good job without going too overboard.
Take their Angry Tornado shirt for example. It's a wonderfully basic design that has an enormous tornado ripping thru an otherwise desolate town. Instead of a four color cacophony of buildings, people and other bullshit, CT gets in and out with one color. Which is honestly all they should need for something like that.
I don't know about you, but I really appreciate the folks that keep it simple... *shrug*
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- Threadless Submission Of The Week: We're hoping that Elliot's New Friend will make up for the fact that we totally spaced on doing a TSOTW last week. Sorry about that.
- Attention Designers: Engadget's giving away a sweet, unlocked Sony Ericsson W800 Walkman phone to the person who designs a t-shirt for them. We're just letting y'all know in the hopes that someone will make one that actually looks sexy. *shrug*
This time around it's not really the shirt that's the draw, it's the company. Sure there are more places that offer customization than I care to count, but Oneoff Clothing has really set themselves apart by offering a dizzying number of possible graphic, silkscreen color and shirt color combinations. All of those options makes my mind reel, seriously.
They're also one of the only custom houses that I've seen who offer blank American Apparel gear at a few dollars above wholesale cost. I'd much rather pay $24.00 for a blank track jacket than shell out $50.00 for the exact same one directly from the manufacturer, wouldn't you?
What's more, if you don't dig any of their designs, it seems as if Oneoff would be more than happy to do custom runs for you. Since they're not charging any setup fees and $12.00 a color, a single screen tee with your artwork will run you about $20.00. And I'm sure you could haggle them down on the rate if you want to do a bigger run.
Take that CafePress!
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Before anyone says anything I swear that I'm not trying to do an aquatic theme week... Honest injun'.
But when my girlfriend said that this design from B1 Originals is "so adorable that it hurts," I put aside the shirt I was going to run in favor of this one. But don't think I'm running it because she lets me touch her boobs. No sir, I actually think she's on to something. So while it may be a bit too cutesy for some of y'all the art - which sort of smacks of nicely done graffiti - is just too damn nice for me to ignore.
Of course, if the whale's not your thing, they've got plenty of other designs that are still worth checking out. And as your attorney, we totally advise you to do just that...
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Does anyone have any tips for getting rid of the awful 'logo-on-the-shoulder' that so many dickheads feel it necessary to print? Also: a note to T-shirt designers, it's bad form to advertise your company on a shirt someone's just paid $20 for. It's becoming more rampant in the age of the internet, because buyers can't check the whole shirt out before purchase. Someone said using nail-polish remover would cut through the unwanted silkscreen, but I'm not gonna try that on my new T-shirt.Yeah, we hate that shit too... What's more, we've often wondered if there were any good fixes. So if anyone out there has an idea or a for sure method, do chime in on in the forum.|W|P|112369689745893419|W|P|Ask Preshrunk: Removing Silkscreening|W|P|boogah@gmail.com
Fuck. Jay over at White Frog sure as hell knows how to tug at my heart strings. His newest tee is a grand example of everything I'm a sucker for at the moment...
Squids? Check.
Pirates? Check.
Awesome artwork? Check.
Man, it's shirts like these that make me exceedingly glad that we're in this little renaissance period. That the people who can't sit by and be complacent with the options that are out there and are doing their own thing. Seriously, everything that all of these tiny indie shops have been turning out really gives me hope for the future.
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- Threadless Submission Of The Week: This week, we're head over heels in love with Digilouge. Maybe it's too soon to get an "I [heart] Digilouge" tattoo, but let's just say that one is being considered...
- American Apparel Watch: In These Times' Ari Paul regales us with a tale of how his participation in United Students Against Sweatshops may have cost him a job at AA's Wicker Park store.
- Paul Frank Is Your Friend: And sometimes it takes a friend to tell you when you're being a dumbass.
Oh. Hell. Yes.
We begged you guys to stuff the ballot box for this one over at Threadless. And lucky us... it's been printed! You have no idea how full of glee we are over this.
So let's just say that we're so happy that we could shit.
Actually, we just did. Hrm. That's not good. Come to think of it, we could use some fiber...
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Laugh if you want, but most of the disagreements between Preshrunk staffers are normally settled by a brisk "best 3 out of 5" Rock Paper Scissors match. No, really. We live and die by Roshambo.
Since we spend most of our time communicating via AIM it can be a bit hard to do, but we manage. Please don't ask how. We assume some of you would be entertained by our explanation while others might be downright disturbed. Besides, can't some things just be left to the imagination?
Anyhow, this tee from Mr. Chips really warms our cockles. And while a lot of their other stuff is sort of disposable and mere minutes away from being found in an Urban Outfitters, it's still worth mentioning for our ironic tee loving hipster friends. So hey, if that's your thing then please go and enjoy it...
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This nameless, faceless bureaucrat tee from Red Labor deserves more of a post than I'm going to give it. But I just spent the past two days frantically fixing my precious iBook and I'm too burnt out to be clever. Still, anyone with an Agent Smith fetish should find this one mildly appealing.
Sorry about phoning this one in. Hopefully I'll be back up to par tomorrow...
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