Usually I’m excited to see what laFraise have on offer at the start of a week, but unfortunately that’s not the case this time around. There’s nothing particularly wrong with any of the designs, they just don’t float my boat. Ah well, I’m sure they’ll be back on form next week. If you disagree you can pick one up for €23.
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![livefree Live Free by Country Fried T shirts [Submitted]](http://hideyourarms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/livefree.jpg "Live Free by Country Fried T shirts [Submitted]")
Say what you want this is my first time posting here, So please give me your critiques I think I can handle it.
Andy: Well, if you do insist…
1. The picture quality for this mockup is awful.
2. Who is going to wear a shirt with this image on it? I know there’s a trend towards hot women on tees, but they’re usually photo tees, whereas this doesn’t look attractive and I doubt it does the model any favours.
3. What does the text add to the design?
4. One of the sliders on your website appears to be using elements from the Snorg Tees site.
5. There’s too wide of a variety of designs in your store, I have no idea what your brand is about.
6. Do you have a license to use those comic book covers that are found in your store?
7. On the positive side, the shirts seem well priced, and items like ‘Deal With It’, ‘Cry Baby’ and ‘Original Sailor’ are well designed and very wearable shirts, had that been the submitted design (and the store was pared down to the higher quality designs) then this would have been a much better review.
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![colde english800 480x252 Kids Like 40s Too [Submitted]](http://hideyourarms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/colde_english800.jpg "Kids Like 40s Too [Submitted]")
Andy: Something tells me that this submission won’t be getting printed at Threadless.
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I’m a little bit late in posting this one, so disregard the three days mentioned in the image, I think that you have until Sunday night to get 20% off at Split Reason with the coupon code MAYDAY.
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What a beast! And I’m not just talking about that guys beard. Dip dyed (possibly bleached?) arms are an unusual touch.
Costiness=£30 Buy it at Distubria.
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Love this, such a wearable style.
Costiness=£25 Buy it at XVCB (multiple colourways available)
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Pretty cool two-piece capsule collection from The Clothing Face entitled ‘Life Sucks’ that, as you’d imagine, focuses on how life can sometimes be hard. I could do without the back print on the work hard shirt (can you imagine walking behind someone wearing that?), but otherwise I like the simple typographic style.
They’re limited to 25 pieces of each design, and are £25 each with free UK postage.
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Being a Brit it’s traditional for me to make fun of French people, and for them to do the same to us, it’s one of those friendly rivalries that used to mean something but now it’s just a bit of fun, just like Brits and Germans, Brits and Australians, Brits and Americans, and well, you get the idea. But there’s nothing I can think of making a joke out of with Follow Your Bliss, a new French brand that has based itself upon the philosophy of American writer Joseph Campbell. Usually I would mock any brand for claiming to have a philosophy, it’s one of those things that brands usually say to fill space on their about page, but in this case I actually believe it and find it to be an interesting idea to base the core of a brand around.
Tees are €29,90 each which is pushing a bit but we all have to remember that this stuff just costs more in Europe, and they are using green printing methods (though I can’t elaborate on the actual process) which I presume would push the price up a bit.
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Ahhh, who doesn’t love a good roundup? Head on over to check out the rest of their picks.
May Picks of the Best Tees Big Cartel | Indie Minded
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I like this shirt, but I am absolutely kicking myself that I can’t remember what game it is referencing. Can any of you guys put me out of my misery?
Costiness=$18 Buy it at Etsy
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Druu Clothing have got in touch with me a few times and it has taken me an almost-rude amount of time to get back to them, HYA gets a lot of e-mail and whilst I want to reply to everyone and cover everything, it is usually just not feasible. Here’s their blurb:
From urban origins, the indie label Druu has attracted the talents of various street artists from all over the U.K. and U.S. to share their work with the emerging brand. With much of DRUU’s influence coming from the skate/street art scene the brand has already amassed a significant following from its recent launch in 2013.
Producing all original designs on high quality materials DRUU has firmly established itself in the indie sector. And with a growing portfolio of underground and street artists contributing to the cause, the continuing influence of the brand looks certain to continue on both sides of the Atlantic.
On the whole, I like what I see, but I wish that the pop culture designs weren’t there. Even though I like those designs and appreciate the artwork, it would be great if they were using the talents of their designers to create original art rather than trading on the popularity of something that already exists, which could be risky in terms of copyright too, they could be told by a lawyer to stop selling them and then what happens to all those tees they’ve had printed? The original designs work better as t-shirts anyway, so fingers crossed that’s the direction that they’ll be moving in the future.
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When we first took a look at True Tarpan I noted how professional everything looked for a first collection and how their presentation showed a level of experience beyond people who had been running for less than a week. Well, unsurprisingly, this second collection shows that same level of quality that they brought to the first, and there’s some really cool designs in the collection. One thing that stood out to me in their press release was this; “printed using a new revolutionary print technology that will ensure long lasting wear and are printed on high quality tees.” That’s got me really curious because they don’t specifically mention their printing technique, but I don’t keep my ear to the ground on these matters so maybe there is some revolutionary printing technique that’s sweeping the nation, who knows?
Price wise they are keeping things fair at £19.99 for a tee including free UK shipping (something I feel that they should make a bigger deal of on the website).
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Well the title says it all, POW! Entertainment, founded by Stan Lee (yes THE Stan Lee, comic book icon) is teaming up with tee-a-day site, ShirtPunch.com, to bring you limited edition merchandise! Even better, the series of designs will all be Stan Lee inspired and will be sold throughout the year of 2013 on ShirtPunch.com! Another added bonus, these designs will be sold for only a 24-hour period – after that they are retired and never printed again. I say this is a bonus because that clearly means these designs will be so unique and limited, possibly making these some of the most rare Stan Lee collectables out there since they are only available for purchase in that 24-hour time… and who doesn’t like getting their hands on limited edition merchandise, especially ones featuring a legend like Stan!
The first of the twelve Stan Lee inspired tees to be produced at ShirtPunch.com is this one pictured above appropriately titled Stan the Master designed by none other than Captain RibMan! This t-shirt is up for sale today, Friday, May 17th on Shirtpunch.com, and ONLY for 24-hours you must remember. I do say, this is a great start to this series – I can’t wait to see what ShirtPunch and POW! Entertainment will bring us next!
I’ll leave you with this, a statement from the man himself, Stan Lee, about working with Shirtpunch, which also conveys the devotion he has to his fans:
“Comic and Entertainment fans are certainly the most passionate community when it comes to collecting high-quality limited edition merchandise of their favorite super heroes and movies. By partnering with ShirtPunch to offer flash designs, I feel I am creating something very special and unique for my fans that I think will set apart from other merchandise they may have but is incredibly accessible, affordable and fun to own.”
Keep in touch:
POW! Entertainment and TheRealStanLee.com
ShirtPunch: Official Website, Facebook, Twitter
Captain RibMan: Official Website, SHOP, Facebook, Twitter
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There’s no getting around it, this is an odd bunch of shirts from Paste, but that is par for the course for them. I think I’d wear all of them, so they must be doing something right, the designs are all intriguing and make you smile.
Price wise, we are getting up there a bit at $38 each, but considering how impressed Amy was with her review shirt (“it is by far the world’s most comfortable/softest t-shirt ever!”) I think that this is one of those times where the price is well justified.
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I can’t decide if Hirsute History are running out of people to immortalise in their hair-loving designs or if it’s cool that there are scientists popular enough to have tees made celebrating them.
Costiness= From $16.99 Buy it at Hirsute History
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I have run out of good things to say about Random Objects… so I’d better Shakespeare it and just make some stuff up…. their designs are magnifilicious!
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![d4 480x347 Cartoon Tees for Geeks at Split Reason [Submitted]](http://hideyourarms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/d4.jpg "Cartoon Tees for Geeks at Split Reason [Submitted]")
![d2 480x347 Cartoon Tees for Geeks at Split Reason [Submitted]](http://hideyourarms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/d2.jpg "Cartoon Tees for Geeks at Split Reason [Submitted]")
![d1 480x347 Cartoon Tees for Geeks at Split Reason [Submitted]](http://hideyourarms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/d1.jpg "Cartoon Tees for Geeks at Split Reason [Submitted]")
Have a look at the cartoon tees for geeks. All these tees are a materialization of concepts and ideas offered by community of like-minded people. We frequently host design contest and brainstorming session to collect thoughts, ideas, and artwork from different people to design t-shirts. If you have an idea or design we love to hear about it!
Andy: This is a really odd submission, and I’m posting it purely to point out it’s oddness. TshirtAlert, a t-shirt blog, have written a post and submitted it to HYA pointing out t-shirts from Split Reason, but strangely, in the post they link to their have no affiliate links, so besides the SEO benefits from the links there’s not really much point to it. So, TshirtAlert just went down in my estimation (I believe they’re under new management and Jake, who is a nice guy, is no longer there), well done guys.
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It’s funny, I’ve made it pretty clear that I really dislike cereal box designs, but I rather like comic book cover designs even though they share a lot of the same elements, especially when they’re based on an actual comic book. It’s probably because the artwork made for a cover is meant to have an immediate impact and tell the story without needing any explanation, so it works well for a shirt. I like the way that 80sTees have captioned this picture as well, “Meet Chad. He is 5′ 7″ tall and weighs 182 pounds. He is wearing size Large.” It seems a little silly but that’s actually great information for people trying to make a best guess on how a shirt is going to fit them, it would be great to see more people giving this kind of info with their product photos.
Costiness=$22 Buy it at 80sTees
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I quite like the designs on this East vs. West ‘battle’ at Johnny Cupcakes, but I can say that I’m particularly impressed that they say it will take 6-8 weeks before they’re shipped. Up to 2 months for them to print package and post two designs? Am I the only one that thinks that’s a bit poor when you’re paying $40 for a t-shirt?
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Ever wondered what Toothless looked like as a baby? Now you know! How to Train Your Baby Dragon t-shirt by Stephanie Whitcomb is on sale at Unamee for $10 only this Thursday and Friday! (May 16th-17th)
Andy: Thanks for the submission!
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