Well, I guess you must have expected me to write about the ‘Dead Serious’ hoodie from LRG, and what kind of hoodie-blogger would I be if I didn’t pass comment on ‘the most hyped hoodie of all time’?

For starters, this hoodie is SOLD OUT at Karmaloop (their stock lasted about 4 hours), and probably everywhere else on the net, so I’ll keep my ear to the ground and post a notice when I hear that they’re available again. Here’s the blurb:

The details are sick, a glow in the dark anatomically correct skeleton printed on the back and the front, covered by the rib cage is a broken heart with subtle repeat stenciling that says rotten, just like you to the core. But nothing tops the full zip hoody, with mesh eye holes so you can rock the full skull head and still not bump into walls. And check the gold fronts skeletor has nothing on this dude!

For what it’s worth, I think it’s a good hoodie, but I don’t think that it’s so deserving of the hype, does Kanye West really influence people’s clothing decisions that much? There’s a lot of skeleton hoodie’s around, and quite a lot of them suck, so it’s good to see that LRG have actually made a hoodie that tries something new in an already well covered area, the full-zip really helps to take the design to the next level (Anticon do a plainer full-zip if you like the style). But I would say that $260 is a fair old chunk of change when it isn’t Halloween for another 11 months.

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I’m not the most organised guy, I can admit that, but forgetting to post about a brand for more than a month is pretty stupid, which is why it looks as if I’m a bit late finding out about San Francisco based label Gold Coin.

They’re currently selling their graffiti and ‘urban vinyl toy’ inspired designs at the Karmaloop Kazbah, and I think they compliment the roster well by adding in something a bit different. The hoodies aren’t really something I’d wear myself, since I usually prefer something a bit more subtle (like I’ve said, white is not my colour), but I’m sure that there’s lots of people out the that like this kind of style, that means you Shimone!

Also, to sweeten the deal a bit more (and to help you mentally justify the price), GCs designs are seriously limited in their editions, for example, there’s only 25 of the above hoodie in the whole world, so chance are you will never see anyone wearing it, but imagine how awesome it would be if you did?

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As ever, if you want up to 20% off this item, please use the following code: AS7594

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Dylan & Kelsea are a British company that make ’strictly’ limited edition surfwear, now I’m sure most of you are wondering just how successful a surfwear company can be when it’s based on my rainy little island. Well, us Brits are made of strong stuff and surfing is actually pretty big, and in the same way that the Brits buy more convertible cars than our hotter European neighbours, we all seem to love surf-inspired clothing regardless of whether we intend to stand on a board.

This has to be good for D&K, and in turn its good for us because it means that hopefully they’ll be turning out quality designs for a long time to come. There’s a real emphasis upon quality, whether it’s the short runs (up to 100 pieces), or the by-hand distressing and dying process which makes every tee unique. The small size of the current collection (5 designs) also ensures that there’s no filler pieces. The designs are bold and bright, which is surprising considering they have a vintage look, although if you’re a hater of companies that put their name on their designs then you probably won’t be a fan of D&K, but there is still a lot of style to the use of the name, so it isn’t as much of a crime as with most companies. In terms of price, you pay for what you get with a small-run British company, coming in at £25.

Go take a look at Dylan & Kelsea

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So, guess you’ll be expecting some balanced journalism, eh?

PLU, a collective of rather talented Sydney-based designers and artists, have got a new site (super classy, has wood paneling), and to celebrate this momentous occasion they’re having a sale. I’m not sure how much money is off since they’re about $30 a piece, but the design quality is well above average so I don’t think they’re too expensive when you think about it.

I like the amount of blurb that you get with each design (don’t worry I won’t slack off today and start quoting), there’s an overview of the tee, background of the designer, and then some notes on the design itself. I know it doesn’t really mean much to the average person on the street that just wants to wear something that looks good, but people stop we way too often asking about my tees and not being able to explain designs kind of undermines my credibility as ‘that guy that wears cool tees’.

They’ve also got a cool promotion on where you get 10% off your order if you are sending it as a gift, you’ve got to like a company who reward generosity with generosity.

People Like Us Collective

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Now I know you come here because you’re drawn to my writing skills, but is there really much more that I can say about this sale that isn’t already plainly obvious. Although I would say one thing, these tees aren’t printed on some super-cheap stock, they’re American Apparel, so the $6 is acrually less than the cost of the tee. You might as well pick up a couple while they stocks last, because I can’t see them dropping the prices this low again for a long while, if ever, as I’m sure selling at a loss isn’t a good business model.

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I know it’s getting colder and that dresses aren’t really a warm option in December (y’know, if you’re in the best hemisphere!), but when I found this hoodie/dress on Stylehive I thought it was really cool, even if I personally wouldn’t wear it, mostly because I don’t like to wear white…

I for one think this is pretty innovative, it’s safe to presume that someone has made a dress with a hood before, but I ain’t seen one, and this has a bit of design flair to it, like the, ahem, flared sleeves. Despite what I said about it perhaps being a bit cool for a dress, the designers disagree, proclaiming that it’s “the perfect layer with boots for fall!” But I guess you can where whatever you want whenever you want when you live in LA.

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So, I bought a Banksy book today (and Freakonomics, geeky! ), and thought that I might try and theme my post around graffiti, so I started hunting down a hoodie with some kind of graffiti style to it, but most of them blew harder than Glitter, luckily I found this really cool hoodie from Palis whilst on my e-travels and thought “who needs a theme, the people want quality and dammit, that’s what they’re gonna get!”

And so that was how I came to post a hoodie with a big tsunami and sneakers on it. The detail looks absolutely superb, although having such a large image, especially on a white hoodie, might not be to some people’s taste. If you look at the detailed pics on the Karmaloop page you’ll see that there’s some cool red crosses stitched in on the top right seam, which doesn’t really fit with the design, but is a nice touch on its own.

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If it isn’t already seared into your mind from previous posts, you can save yourself up to 20% by using the following code at the checkout: AS7594

P.S. Could an arty type tell me which artist was the inspiration for the big wave in the design?

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I haven’t really been taking notice of ‘Black Friday’ bargains, since it will just get me jealous of Americans getting an Xbox 360 for $100 but at least Full Armor clothing have got in on the action and are dropping 60% off their prices for a period of 24 hours (from 9AM EST Friday to 9AM EST Saturday), so if you find yourself awake at 4 in the morning, as I frequently do, and have a hoodie itch to scratch, well, ummm, you can buy it cheap.

So all of their hoodies are down from $50 to $20, which I’m sure you’ll agree is a pretty sweet deal.

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Seriously, every day since I got back from France it’s rained, what’s the deal with that?

I know I’ve been neglecting the ladies for a while, so I thought I’d open the windows and get the testosterone out of the room by posting this ri-goshdarn-diculously cute hoodie from dELiAs.

Whilst I’m not really into impressed the white patterned material and red piping at the top (is this the Snow White streetwear line?) I freakin’ LOVE the little gnome popping out of the pocket, and then the flowers as thought bubbles really top it off.

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I’ve never known a tee company spend so much time in pre-beta and beta, but it looks as if innerTee might be edging ever closer to getting out of beta and into the wild.

The big news is a site redesign, pretty much everything seems to have changed, and whilst I was a fan of the original, I’d say that the new version is a big improvement. The graphics are a mixture of hand drawn text and smooth graffiti style art. Basically, it’s hawwwt.

They’ve also got a buy one get one free sale going on, so you can really play about with their art (which has also been kicked up a notch) and mixing software and pick up a bargain at the same time.

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