I like Karmaloop, its like a Gap for indie people, whilst the stuff they sell isn’t quite as individual as I usually run here, you’re still pretty much guaranteed to buy something that’s cool…

… like this robot hoodie by Ames Bros, with a design that invokes images of 1950s wind-up toys and sci-fi movies from times when ‘we’ had never been into space.

It pains me to say it, but I think that this design would actually be better if it was a bit faded, and I do not like the idea of fake-vintage, but sometimes it just looks better. Oh, and there’s a cool little Ames Bros logo on the side of the hood.

Costiness=$36 from Karmaloop.

*I’M TOO GOOD YOU/LAMEST COMPETITION EVER* I have a $10 coupon for anything at Karmaloop that I’m not going to use before it becomes invalid (within the next couple of months), so I will give it to whoever e-mails me. Try and make the e-mail cool though, maybe a hoodie tip, a picture, or just tell me I’m awesome.

Have a good weekend everyone, I know I will, I’m heading to Manchester for the Give It A Name Festival to sit in an arena full of emo-scene kids.

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Tags » ames bros • brown • hoodie • robot • robots

Cat and Girl is the only web-comic that I read, but like many of its bretheren I actually prefer the merchandise to the comic. That’s nothing against the quality of the writing, I just think they’ve got some fun designs in the store.

This hoodie is another good example of this, its well designed, and actually quite funny, and I’m usually quite wary of any clothing that is meant to be funny.

Costiness=$42 (guys) $39 (gals), shipping $4 US + CAN, $9 International, available here.

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Tags » blue • cat and girl • comic • deus ex machina • hoodie • navy

I was watching the TRL Awards 2006 on MTV today (don’t judge me) and noticed Pete Wentz, the bassist of Fall Out Boy was wearing a hoodie that I thought was pretty cool and set myself the challenge of finding it online. It took me a minute, such is the obsessive devotion of the Fall Out fans, and some Wikipedia research then revealed that he was wearing his own produce, since I was unaware the pop-punk entrepeneur owned Clandestine Industries.

I’m not often a big fan of plain text on a hoodie, being more of a design fan, but there is a fantastic simpleness to it. The front “love can’t save you”, the back “only my new powers can”, its kind of a emo/scene/humour hoodie, and the colour combo is pretty nice, brown with a pink lining, I’d like to see more companies having coloured linings, though perhaps not pink, I’m not that open-minded.

Costiness=$59.95 on American Apparel, here.

*Picture explanation* MTV’s website looks real nice, until you want to save the pictures, so I did a screengrab, pretty dirty method, but I couldn’t find another way to do it.

*MORE INFO* Joshua from NaiveClothing.com says the text is a quote from Star Wars Episode III, which I haven’t seen, so I guess I’m less of a nerd than I thought I was.

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Tags » brown • clandestine industries • emo • fall out boy • FOB • hoodie • pete wentz

This girls hoodie comes from femme-only outift Damned Dollies and to be completely honest I could have picked any of the designs from the hoodie section, because they all share a similar style and have a gritty kind of depressing/gothic look to them.

They’re all printed on American Apparel and have a small print on the front in the heart area, and a large print on the back. Oh, and you have the choice of red, black or pink on every hoodie.

Costiness=$48, more pictures (including a girl who seems to really like the hoodie) and info here.

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Tags » damned dollies • guitar • hoodie • red • Womens

It’s not every day that you see someone taking the time to have a stitched design rather than regular screenprinting. That’s why this track jacket from Double D Apparel caught my eye (and yes, the name is about boobs), its pretty simple, with a vertical design, but that would serve to frame the body, and whatever you were wearing underneath.

Oh, and everything Double D produce comes ’supersized’, which is great for us big guys, but the skinny hipsters (I know you’re out there!) should bear that in mind if considering a purchase.

Costiness=$100 Australian, which is about $75 USD, from Nice Produce.

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Tags » asphalt • Double D Apparel • grey • Nice Produce • stitched • Track Jackets

This long-sleeve tee designed by Geoff McFetridge feels like a bit of a Threadless style design to me, and whilst I can’t quite make out the design completely, it looks like lots of words forming a tree, ipso facto, tree of knowledge.

It is also available in green with a white print, for those of you that have an aversion to white clothing (hey, some people do).

Costiness=$48 available from 2kshirts.

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Tags » 2kshirts • Geoff McFetridge • Long-sleeve T • tree • white

The kind folks over at Mexico/California style-mahup design company Beezo hooked me up with a quite mesmerising tee this week. I simply can’t stop looking at it, which probably says more about my love-life than I’d want it to (but who’s loving the paparazzi-esque shot up there^^ eh?).

The shirt they sent me isn’t available to you ‘normies’ yet but they do sell a version with a black print instead of the hypnotic red if you can’t wait to get your mits on it. ‘Bedroom Eyes X’ is a pretty simple design, but it really has a decent effect, if there was anything more too it then it would detract from the simplicity, the fact that there isn’t a message gives it a certain mystique. It is what it is. But what interests me is who it is, I’m presuming a celebrity and those lips suggest Angelina, but the eyes make me think J-to the-Lo, not that it really matters.

The shirt (and everything at their store) is $20 for both ‘hombres’ and is printed on Fruit of the Loom’s Best range, its not quite as soft as American Apparel, but I personally believe that FotL are a longer lasting product than AA, since I’ve got FotL tees that have kept their shape for years.

Costiness=$20 black version available here.

UPDATE: I’ve just dug through my e-mails and found the secret link to the Bedroom Eyes X version, it has an order link so I presume I’m allowed to post it, enjoy!

A couple of pictures after the jump, just in case you’d forgotten what my bathroom looks like.
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Tags » • angelina jolie • beezo california • Celebrities • green • review

Strange as it might be to the mainstream, Adam Brody/Seth Cohen is a style icon for the Postal Service generation (seriously, how much am I annoying the indie kids right now?). I saw today’s recommendation and was immediately reminded of the awkward-pasty-pot smoker, who inexplicably wears sweaters in Orange County, where I would presume its usually kinda warm.

I may mock my own choice of clothing for the day, but I do actually quite like it, the colours compliment each other nicely, and the design has a cowboy obsessed Grandma feel to it. And it’s managed to survive from the 1970s in ‘very good condition’, whereas those vintage-look items on the high-street probably won’t last two years. Obviously, there is only one of these available, so if you want it buy it, not that I’m saying that HYA commands buying frenzies amongst its readership.

Costiness=$50 available from Rusty Zipper.

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Tags » blue • rusty zipper • Sweater • The OC

… but I have no problem with trying to save the planet and being environmentally friendly, after all, we’ve already sorted out sweatshop conditions by using American Apparel, so I guess the planet is next on the list for clothes designers. Hemp clothing does save the planet right?

It’s a pity that there aren’t more pictures of this hoodie from Hempest because it looks really interestingly designed, with asymmetric panel-stitching, and I can’t work out what the silk screening is on the tan coloured patch, but I still like it. I’ll let Hempest describe it themselves.

New Nibus hoody for men! Complete with hemp ripstop panel detail, with rubber application. Zipper opening, classic mesh lining inside. Silk screen “nibus” detail on lower back. Fitted for comfort. 55% Hemp, 45% cotton. Sizes L-XXL.

Costiness=$68.00 hoodie to be found here.

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Tags » • brown • eco • hempest • hoodie • panel

Despite never having been to Coney Island (my 2004 NY trip wasn’t quite long enough to take it in) I do like the way that it finds the infamous rollercoaster has found its way onto lots of apparel.

Paper-doll clothing seems to be a great site for girls’ who feel that they just don’t get enough selection at male-dominated webstores. The Coney Island Cyclone Rollercoaster ‘batwing top’ that I’ve chosen is pretty cool, kinda understated, with lower-left positioning. It has that classic feel with independent clothing that people who know, know, you know?

Costiness=$55 Canadian Dollars, available here.

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Tags » • batwing top • brown • Coney Island • Paper-Doll clothing • rollercoaster