I hadn’t heard of Junkfunk (a UK tee label based in the fashion hotspot of Brick Lane) until I got an e-mail from them asking if I wanted to review a tee. So I looked at their designs and decided that yes, yes I would like to review one of their fine tees.

And yesterday morning it arrived, along with a lovely hand written note and a promo sheet of their goods. The tee itself.is the red version of ‘Shooting T.V.s‘, it is also available in grey but I’d say that the design would pop out more on the red.

The design wouldn’t feel too out of place on a site like Fullbleed, despite the very English looking gent taking aim at the defenceless TVs. The two visual styles (the photo style of the person and the 50s-inspired illustration of the TVs) are quite an interesting choice, perhaps its to emphasise oddness of the image, or maybe its a comment on how some people believe that television (especially American imports, which I love) has eroded a sense of traditional Britishness, which the shooter clearly represents. Ok, social theorizing over, let’s talk quality.

The tee is soft and flatteringly elastic, it might be American Apparel (as they proclaim that “we source our blank T-shirts from ethical non sweatshop suppliers”) but it’s fairly hard to tell since they’ve replaced the tag with a custom one.

At £22-26 for a tee the strength of the pound against the dollar may put off US visitors from making a purchase, which is a shame because Junkfunk are easily competing with the more well-known American labels in terms of design and quality. Though they are still cheaper than some of the mainstream UK labels that are producing designs of a similar style.

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Lots of pictures (and a special homage I whipped up in Photoshop) after the jump:

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I just noticed a few minutes ago that there are problems with the header if you were viewing the site with Internet Explorer. Firstly, that you got the title twice (which is now fixed), and secondly that the links in the top bar weren’t on top of the blue line (which I think I’ve fixed). Since I never use Internet Explorer I can only assume that it has been this way for weeks if not months, so I’m sorry about that, my ability to tinker with the layout of the site is pretty limited and it usually takes a lot of trial and error for me when playing around with the pages.

If you spot any more problems (or you think you can fix any existing ones) then please get in touch and I’d be very appreciative.

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