by Andy on April 28, 2006
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.
by Andy on April 27, 2006
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.
by Andy on April 26, 2006
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.
by Andy on April 25, 2006
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.
by Andy on April 24, 2006
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.
by Andy on April 21, 2006
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.
