Sales must be du jour, because they are everywhere at the moment.

Fred Flare: I know I haven’t mentioned them for a long time, but they’re still putting out great designs like this super-cute rainbow hoodie, and if you enter the discount code VALENTINE.0207 before Sunday you’ll get free shipping on your order.

Monsieur T.: It’s birthdays all around at the moment isn’t it? Mr. T is celebrating three years of making quality clothes by having a huge sale. There’s 30% off everything in the latest line, and up to 50% off older designs. This sale is only on for 4 days so if you want it, buy it. Guys go here, girls go here.

Waterloo: Since it was almost snowing when I was driving home today it seems a bit strange to post about tank tops, but I guess it isn’t cold everywhere. Only available for the ladies at the moment, so I’m afraid your guns will have to remain holstered, fellas. I’d say the Wonka design is my favourite of the lot. Also, they’re running a promo where you get a 4th shirt free when you buy 3 tees, and the shipping stays at the rate of 3 tees.

Stereo Panda: To make room for their Spring/Summer line (which looks great if the preview I saw was anything to go by) they’ve got a sale going on, with up to 70% off some products. Male sale, female sale.

Teetsy: Another company trying to get rid of the old to bring in the new, with some tees available for as low as $9.

Artist Structured Apparel: These guys are new to me, and I like their designs (even if they’re a bit dark for me), so I’m keeping them in the ‘one to watch’ file. Their blog is pretty good too.

Quixotic Clothing: Entire indie-threads as the coupon code and you’ll get 15% off your entire order, good stuff!

Indie-Threads: If you’d rather have stuff for free instead of paying sale prices, then there’s 4 contests going on at IT right now.

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It’s Monday(ish) so you know what that means, another round of tees from Threadless. If I was to be critical (and let’s be honest, I should be more often) I’d have to say that most of this weeks designs are more sutied to artwork than clothing, Limb by John Mitchell is a good example of this, maybe Threadless should start doing canvas prints to go along with all the clothes? An honourable mention has to go to Home Sweet Home, there’s something about a gun/birdhouse hybrid that really embodies the design spirit of the Threadless community.

I’m sure those of you that have already checked out this weeks Threadless mailout would have bet that the devil-and-angel-on-shoulders design of Advisors would have been this weeks pick, but something about it just doesn’t float my boat, I think it’s the lack of torso’s that makes me ‘meh’ that one. Freedom Call on the other hand really pushes my buttons, I love the colorway (use of pink but not too much), there’s more detail in this tee than I usually expect from Threadless, and it feels like it fits very well on a hoodie. There’s a bit of talk on the Threadless blogs that this is a lot like Flowers in the Attic, but I think that’s largely because it looks a bit emo and has butterflies on it. And no, I have very little clue as to what the design actually means.

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Birthday Cupcake
Originally uploaded by ChrisIrmo.

I’m sure none of you have noticed, but today is actually exactly one year since the first ever post on Hide Your Arms.

Without wanting to get too sentimental I’d like to thank everyone that’s sent me a sample for review, tipped me off on an item, or picked up the slack when I’ve made mistakes in posts, without you helping out HYA wouldn’t be what it is today.

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There were some great answers to last weeks Dirty Microbe competition question, I’m going to try my best to get a few of them done when I’m in Tokyo, although I don’t know how successful I’ll be in my attempts to become the Grandrobo Battlemaster!

I ensured that the winner would be picked by the most random way I could possibly make it by assigning all the entrants a number and then asking this random number generator to pick a number for me. Apparently there are questions over just how random these number generators are, but I thought that it would do for this competition.

The number picked was 25…. but who was number 25?

Jon! Who e-mailed in this enlightening answer:

“I’m going on holiday to Japan next month, what should I do while I’m there?

O RLY? You should do an assload of exotic drugs, available legally
from vendors on the street.”

I probably won’t pursue his suggestion, but hey, that’s something I didn’t know about Japan and I’ve been reading guides for the past few weeks.

Thanks to everyone to e-mailed and posted comments, and thanks to Dirty Microbe for putting together such a great prize package.

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La Fraise, the second biggest tee design competition in the world, is spreading its wings beyond France and setting up shop in a number of other European countries (the UK, Germany, Norway and Finland). They seem to have things sewn up in the latter three countries but are missing out on a rather important aspect of their British operation.

The Ambassador.

So they’ve set up a head hunting competition (with a prize equivalent to €1000 worth of tees) in an attempt to find the very best person for the job. The ambassador would be responsible for “writing the blog, approving and selecting the winning designs and supporting and helping to grow the community, all this on a daily basis.”

I like La Fraise, and whilst posts based on their tees have been sorely lacking on this blog, they do have a consistent quality and style of design, and I wish them luck with such a bold expansion.

If you want more info about the position then please go to the following link: Bring me the head of the UK ambassador!

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Who would’ve thought it, just yesterday I posted a paint splatter hoodie for the ladies, and then a similar version for guys drops in my inbox courtesy of DGs daily newsletter.

Apparently, this hoodie isn’t quite as random as I first imagined it to be (see comments). Whilst I can’t see it, the splatters actually spell out the name of the label, ‘The Seventh Letter’, but I’ve tried staring at it and turning my screen upside down and on it’s side, but I just can’t find it. The paint mark on the hood is a nice touch as well, it kinda looks like it was a mistake, as if the designer was putting the paint on then picked it up by the hood not realising that they had paint on their hands. Hey, maybe that’s how they thought of the feature!

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Y’know, there’s so much creative talent in Germany right now that I may well just have to pick up a book on Beginner’s German to try and get the most out of these sites (although I do seem to be able to work out the navigation easily enough).

Clear cut case have got some really nice designs, they have some really incredible vintage style art tees, but these bears caught my imagination today so they’re my pick. I think my fondness for this design has something to do with how I associate Germans with a love of Americana, as the bears (and presumably the lake) are meant to be from New York State. [thanks Teees]

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Another day, another great find on Karmaloop. If you’ve ever wanted to channel your inner Jackson Pollock then this hoodie might be for you. It’s funny how I don’t really think of this as a messy design when that’s kind of its aim, but it seems surprisingly sophisticated for something that is essentially just flicks and specks of paint. I wonder if each hoodie has different patterns of paint, that would be cool. Oh yeah, the paint is on the front and back too, which helps keep up the authenticity of the look.

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It always give me a good feeling to be able to promote good UK tee stores, since they tend not to get as much exposure as their more numerous American counterparts. It’s even better when they’ve got sales going on.

Chateau Roux: Up to 45% off their excellent quality tees (and a few other items too). So to all those people who mistakenly believe that you’re getting ripped by their prices, now if your chance to grab some CR.

Urban Retro: If I’m totally honest, I’d never checked out Urban Retro before, but now that I’ve given them a good look it’s obvious I should’ve done earlier. They’ve got some great designs from a variety of well-respected labels, and at up to 70% off on selected items you really can’t argue with the price.

Both sales last up until the end of the month.

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Why is poker and other forms of gambling so popular nowadays? It just seemed to come from nowhere, and now if you stay up past midnight you’ll struggle to avoid someone wearing an unfortunate shirt and ridiculous sunglasses on TV. That’s right, my beef is not with the social implications od people gambling away their savings, I just don’t want anything getting in the way of sitcom reruns!

Of course, it’s mostly poker on TV, so I’ve got no problem with Craps, which means I’m allowed to like this hoodie featuring a Craps table print from Upper Playground. The print all over the hood really aids the overall look, it probably would have sucked if they went half-assed on the hood, but the flow of the image seems to be spot on. I don’t know how you all feel about me using blurbs when I find a hoodie on DG, but since this name-checks Wesley Snipes (which was a ‘check your calendar’ moment for me) I really can’t help myself:

“Now you can always bet on black, just like Wesley Snipes said to, with this gambling-themed custom cut & sew zip-up. 100% polyester (not fleece). Features a gold, black, red and white craps table print all over the top torso, shoulder panels, and hood. White Upper Playground logo embroidery over that in white on the front left. Sick dice embroidery on the top of the hood in black and white. Also features a dope metal walrus zipper pull.”

Anyone know what film they’re referencing with ‘always bet on black’?

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