Maybe we should all buy hybrid cars?

Since that’s a bit of an expensive option, sweetskins.com have made being environmentally friendly a little bit easier by making clothes that don’t look ugly and are laregly made of either hemp or, and I’m being serious now, 2 litre drinks bottles. That’s right, drinks bottles. Apparently they remain “unbelievably soft” though, so who am I to question their planet saving ways.

Today’s recommendation is a new style for HYA, it’s a hoody, but not as we know it. It’s a wrap hoody!

I certainly haven’t seen one before, but then again, I don’t often hang around in womens clothing stores. Anyway, it looks pretty cool, and probably kinda ninja in the black version.

Costiness=$85 URL here.

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Tags » blue • eco • hoodie • Womens • wrap

I just got an e-mail from Invicid reminding me about the coupon that they’ve made available to promote their new line (and mighty fine a line it is too).

Just a reminder that our coupon offering for the new spring/summer 2006
line is about to expire! The coupon expires April 1st!

So if you haven’t grabbed some of the new goods, you might as well save
$6.00!

Enter coupon code upon checkout: INV2006
You will receive $6.00 off your order as long as it’s over $40.00 (2
shirts)
****coupon expires April 1st, 2006****

Invicid Store:
http://www.invicid.com/store.html
Invicid:
http://www.invicid.com

My one worry might be that this coupon is only meant to be available to newsletter subscribers, but I’m sure they won’t mind my little readership getting in on the action (dollars are dollars right?)

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Tags » coupon code • invicid • sale

“Life, for ever dying to be born afresh, for ever young and eager, will presently stand upon this earth as upon a footstool, and stretch out its realm amidst the stars.”

H. G. Wells, The Outline of History, 1920

Totally.

This one is a bit pricier than the usual wearables that I recommend, but it’s just so darned good that it deserves mentioning, the design is fairly simple and cartoon-y, but that only adds to the attraction for me, and it looks as if its flock printed (or perhaps stitched felt?) for you know its taken a bit more time than a print, so it’s naturally going to be a bit more expensive.

Saltlick Jeni gave me a bit more information about their clothes, every shape is hand-cut and then hand stitched onto the item, so it takes a long time, so its damn good value really. Oh and Jeni also said she might be able to sort out a discount voucher for us, so if you’re thinking of buying anything just wait a day or two and you’ll probably make a saving

Costiness=$98 from Saltlick NYC.

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Tags » black • hoodie • Mens • rocket • saltlick • space

An imaginary prize to anyone who gets the reference in the title (real prizes when this is a big-blog).

It feels kinda counter-ideology to post a hoody made by Hurley, since they’re a giant company (compared to the independents that I usually promote), but I like the hoody so it deserves a spot.

The placement of the print is interesting, I assume they were going for a “failed DIY screenprinter” look by just throwing the print in the ‘wrong’ place and at a bit of an angle. To top it off they’ve put some text on the back, on the upper right shoulder, I got way too excited when I noticed that, maybe I should just wear all my clothes backwards and then I’d always have a design on the back?

Costiness=$27.25 (half price, and $1 shipping this week only) available from Pacsun.

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Tags » blue • hoodie • hurley • text

I really can’t help myself from helping out girls, just yesterday the really hot girl from next door asked for a bin (trash) bag, and did I give her one (yep, I went there)? No, I gave her two, because if a girl smiles at me I will do anything.

Now Diane from Boppo Clothing (that’s her up there I think… on the left) didn’t ask me for a bin bag, or even for me to mention her tee designs, but she wrote such a nice e-mail telling me how awesome I am that a post was the least I could do. She doesn’t actually sell anything with sleeves, but the tees are damn fine and super cheap too, with prices around $10 before shipping and handling.

Reminder to all store owners out there, I’m not elitist in any way, point me towards your store and I will check it out, you can find my e-mail on the contact page.

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Something for the ladies’ today (and only the ladies I’m afraid), coming from Crowded Teeth, who I thought I’d mentioned before, but clearly haven’t.

I’m not usually too keen on large prints, but I have a thing for hoodies (any clothing actually) that has a design on the back, and that repetitive and uniform apple design is bizarrely compelling to me.

Also, the design on the back is printed with flock, which you don’t see too much of nowadays, I don’t know why, I love the stuff, I’ve got a tee promoting my other blog that I’ve worn once a week for a year and the flock print on that still looks great.

Costiness=$40, hoody URL here.

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Tags » blue • brown • crowded teeth • flock • hoodie

It’s a good thing that Jason started posting at Preshrunk again otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to contact him to be the latest person who reveals what it is that “hides their arms” (patent pending). Ever the modest fellow, it took him time to adjust to the fact that I wanted his opinion on clothing, but when it became clear that I hadn’t made a mistake I got the following gold nugget of information:

I’d love to be involved so long as you realize that you weren’t
trying to ask Josh Spear what’s covering his arms…

It might make you cry, but the lion’s share of my hoodies are plain black Dickies ones, sans the thermal lining and washed enough times in warm water to fade them down to more of an Asphalt color.

The only hoodie I own with anything other than pasta sauce or refried beans - I’m a messy eater sometimes - decorating it is the fantastic 1337 hoodie from Little Gamers. Well, I should say that I used to own it. You see, it’s such a sweet hoodie that I sort of loaned it out to my girlfriend and now she refuses to give it back.

*shrug* Oh well. It was nice while it lasted.

He also gave me a link to his original post where he gives a less sauce and girlfriend based review.

Costiness=$39.95 (+$6 int’l shipping) URL to hoody here.

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Tags » 1337 • black • geek • guestpost • hoodie • Jason Cosper • leet • preshrunk

She is actually wearing her heart(s) on her sleeve(s), on her sleeve(s)!Joking aside it’s cool to see Red Canary breaking away from the norm and producing something out of the ordinary. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a hoody which had nothing on the torso and printed sleeves, but then again I have only been blogging hoodies for two months. The hearts are pixelated too, so it’s a bit retro too, I guess it might make you feel as if your arms are 1UP icons from a NES game, and by hugging someone you give them more life? Did I work out the meaning Red Canary? Was I even close?

They also do a sumo version which is arguably more of a design triumph, but writing about hearts is so much easier.

Costiness=$60 heart hoody here.

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Tags » heart • hearts • hoodie • Mens • pattern • Red Canary • sleeves • Womens

Like the title says, I was born before this design was made, so it feels like cheating just to wear it. Now, when I say design, I mean the actual print, I’ve seen that all over the place, I suspect that the hoody design is rather younger.

Nevertheless, I still think it’s pretty cool, I’m tempted to say it looks best on a distressed t-shirt (Urban Outfitters maybe? we don’t get them here) but the hoody is nice too. You know what would have been cool? If it was just the angel on the front and the writing on the back (or vice versa), sure, I’d be bastardising one of the most iconic images in rock history, but…. it would be a nice hoody.

Also, it comes on ’super sweet puffy paint’, which sounds quite bizarre, but it it truly is super sweet then I can roll with it.

Costiness=$65 (try shopping around, I don’t think it is printed by the shop) URL here.

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Tags » black • hoodie • iconic • Led Zeppelin • music

I like the idea of putting a print on the back and leaving the front plain, and the zombie print in the back-lower-corner of this hoody from Merch-Bot is pretty stealth, like people will think it’s just a regular plain hoody, and then they’ll notice the notice, and they’ll give an approving nod and smile. Cool points.

Costiness=$34.95, URL of hoody here.

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Tags » backprint • black • hoodie • zombie