From the monthly archives:

April 2007

Gone to the Midlands, back soon

by Andy on April 27, 2007

in Admin

I’m off to Nottingham and Birmingham for the weekend, to drink and be merry on Saturday, and to spend the Sunday in the dark rocking out to bands I’ve never heard of. I just can’t keep up with the heavily eyelinered kids anymore (much like the corresponding day last year).

I’m driving back on Monday, so I may or may not post anything that day, since I’ll probably just get home and crawl up in bed.

Have a good weekend everyone!

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The Navy Skew hoodie by DC @ Karmaloop

by Andy on April 27, 2007

in Hoodies,Mens

56260038md The Navy Skew hoodie by DC @ Karmaloop

I don’t really know how you feel about me posting items from Karmaloop, because it feels like lazy blogging to me, but they release so many great hoodies that I feel like it would be a shame not to expose you to their wares, even if I do it several times a week. It also feels a bit lazy for me to post about such a big company as DC, but just like Karmaloop, if they’re making good hoodies, why the devil not, eh? Blurb:

“Full zip front sweatshirt with hood; kangaroo pockets at waist; colored laces “skew” print on front left; 100% cotton.”

You would have thought that in that kind of technical blurb they would have mentioned that the zipper is shaped like the DC logo.

Costiness=$62 URL

postkarmaloop%20copy2 The Navy Skew hoodie by DC @ Karmaloop

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Hungry Eye hoodie @ Seibei

by Andy on April 26, 2007

in Hoodies,Mens

 Hungry Eye hoodie @ Seibei

David may be taking about short break from the tee world in May whilst he moves to New York, but he’s still managed to find the time to release a new hoodie. He’s only printed up quite a small initial print run of this new design, so I think the plan is to print up more when he gets back in the game after the break, depending on how much demand there is for it. When I say small run, I mean it, there’s only around 5 pieces of each size available, so get moving!

 Hungry Eye hoodie @ Seibei

I like it, hardly a surprise coming from a self-confessed Seibei fanboy, but it’s another of those cute, cartoony images that I just can’t resist. I’d say that its a typical Seibei design, not in terms of style (practically every design showcases a different aspect of design), but definitely in terms of spirit. The only sticking point I can see for some people is that its printed on white, which could be an issue for those of us that tend to end up wearing our food more and more often now that we’re entering BBQ season.

Also, congratulations to David on a mighty fine beard!

Costiness=$55 URL

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The Flur Zip Hoodie by Subscript @ Karmaloop

by Andy on April 26, 2007

in Hoodies,Karmaloop,Mens

theflurbysubscript The Flur Zip Hoodie by Subscript @ Karmaloop

I like this, they’ve taken what is pretty much a subdued wallpaper pattern, and embroidered it onto this crazy colour, and put some dots onto the inside of the hood for good measure. At least I think its embroidered, it doesn’t look to me like its been printed on.

Costiness=$130 URL

postkarmaloop%20copy1 The Flur Zip Hoodie by Subscript @ Karmaloop

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Jose and O.J. @ Split the Atom

by Andy on April 25, 2007

in Mens,T-shirts,Womens

adojbiggest Jose and O.J. @ Split the Atom

Split the Atom do seem to be able to put out consistently high quality tees, they don’t release that many, but I’m usually pretty impressed. They seem to have artists that have real skill when it comes to cartoon style graphics, which is why I picked one of their latest releases to show you today.

Simple, cute, funny, and quite a complimentary colour palette too. Although I’m not sure how much I like the red being under little Jose’s feet.

Costiness=£15 (+ shipping) URL

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Mann / 102porciento / l´amante relgieuse

25.04.2007

I think Clear Cut Case might only ship locally (i.e. only in Germany), but it’s still pretty good to showcase the products they’ve got, and if I remember correctly they’re hoping to ship internationally soon anyway. That, and HYA is surprisingly popular in Germany so why not show them some love? They also seem to [...]

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Twenty2 tee by Artefacture @ All Favourites

24.04.2007

It’s interesting that All Favourites use the English (I like to call it the ‘correct’) spelling of ‘favourites’ when they seem to be an American company, a pat on the head to anyone that can unravel that mystery. I like this tee, I have no idea what the shapes on it are (birds?), but I [...]

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The Sidewinder Hoody by Cardboard Robot

24.04.2007

Dammit, Cardboard Robot seem to have a magic touch when it comes to hoodies. They’ve got that great wraparound snake print, what I hope is faux-snake skin for a pocket, and even a cool looking zipper. I’m not too hot on whatever it is they have going on with the arms, but the rest is [...]

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Optimus Black tee by Buddhapparel

23.04.2007

It’s been a little while since we rocked the Kazbah, and it’s also been a long time since I mentioned a t-shirt I don’t actually own, I also thought I’d try and capitalise on all the hype that has been gathering pace around the new Transformers movie. So this post actually performs several functions… much [...]

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Cotton Filter: 230407

23.04.2007

Time to clear out my inbox again: HYA: I’m trialling a newish format of doing two recommendation posts a day, largely because I had a lots of links backed up and I want to move through them before they all sold out, and also because I’ve got a bit more time on my hands at [...]

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Everlasting hoodie by Monarch @ revolve

23.04.2007

Yeah, it might be a little bit pricey, but there’s a huge amount of detail. The print, the zipper, the exaggerated and distressed stitched and seams, and you haven’t even seen the back yet, that’s almost a work of streetwear art (I’m such a tease…). The vintage look isn’t exactly all that authentic, but it [...]

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Soft Touch Reviews: T-Post

21.04.2007

Peter from T-Post e-mailed me on Monday, the tee arrived on Wednesday. Now, I realise that T-Post don’t have control of the post between Sweden and the UK, but that’s pretty great customer service. But I guess it’s important for Peter to get t-shirts out to people as soon as possible, after all, he is [...]

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Can Seem Like War at Times – DUI Studio

20.04.2007

I’m not entirely sure how it is that sheep are associated with war (war on cloning perhaps?), but it is a pretty cool design, I really like the little touches around the edge of the sheep, they kind of make it look like a technical drawing. And good on DUI for not letting that zipper [...]

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Soft Touch Reviews: PJE Los Angeles (part 3 of 3)

20.04.2007

I know what you’re thinking, Andy, did you rip the rhinestones off this tee so that you could pimp out another item of clothing? No, PJE doesn’t actually put rhinestones on everything, in fact, the tees you’ve seen over the past couple of days are special editions, PJE do have a full range of ‘normal’ [...]

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Anyone want a Joost invite?

19.04.2007

Since Kevin asked for one a few posts back, and I have a couple left, I was just (or should that be joost… sorry) wondering if anyone else wanted to get into the Joost beta. It seems like a pretty cool programme for streaming video legally, although my connection (512k DSL) isn’t really up to [...]

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Lockstock Hoodie @ Sameunderneath

19.04.2007

Made out of bamboo, which I hear is really, really comfortable, I only ever hear good stuff about bamboo clothing, maybe I should pick some up to sample (hell, I can’t wear freebies all the time). That colourway is pretty sweet too. Costiness=$116 URL [via Stylehive]

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Soft Touch Reviews: PJE Los Angeles (part 2 of 3)

19.04.2007

I feel as if I’m stereotyping PJE as being some kind of rhinestone crazed t-shirt company when I post two shirts of theirs in a row that have the crystals on, which is unfortunate because most of their tees are completely without any kind of rhinestone embellishment. I’ll show a tee that doesn’t sparkle tomorrow, [...]

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Mann / Heavy Rotation / Tiger Vintage

18.04.2007

I don’t find that many sweatshirts to feature, but I like this, even if the day-glo print is a bit 80s for me. Another top product from Clear-Cut-Case. Costiness=€54 URL

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Soft Touch Reviews: PJE Los Angeles (part 1 of 3)

17.04.2007

There’s nothing like waking up on a sunny April morning and finding a package waiting for you from another part of the world. It actually happens to me quite a lot. But it’s not very often that I get a package with three tees in it. So expect to see quite a lot of PJE [...]

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Threadless Pick: You Sank My Battleship

17.04.2007

Yep, I’m taking the easy way out this week, I’m picking a reprint, a reprint that even has the all-important Zach Braff endorsement (the tee can be seen in Scrubs at some point). In my defense, You Sank My Battleship pretty much blows all the other releases out of the water this week (I do [...]

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