As you would imagine, I was pretty happy to read that all this weeks new releases were being made available as hoodies/longsleeve tees, though you would have thought that Threadless would have done this kind of thing during the winter rather than in the Spring. Sure, its still pretty chilly during the evenings, but we’ve been enjoying some fabulous climate changing weather here over the past week, so my views a bit biased at the moment, I’ll probably be begging for new hoodies next week!

There was some decent releases this week, most of them work better as tees than hoodies, and I was leaning towards ‘Ballad of the Birds‘, but it felt a bit odd not mentioning a hoodie when they had so many available. I guess that sounds like I’m not really into my pick of the week, but I am, they’re just really different types of designs. Birds has been done before as well, not necessarily like this, but I’ve seen quite a few birds on a power line tees before. ‘Stick Figures in Peril‘ on the other hand, looks pretty original to even if it is a skull and crossbones design. The dedication to detail is amazing, I’d love to see it first hand because I would be willing to bet it looks fantastic.

As usual, tees $15-17, hoodies $40, longsleeves $25.

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2one5 pretty much came out of nowhere, a couple of months ago I hadn’t heard of them, and now they’re a staple amongst tee blogs, with new stuff coming from them on an almost weekly basis. I could easily get jaded about brands that are new to me since I see so many every week, but there’s something refreshingly earnest about 2one5 and their approach to design. They also happen to make some lovingly crafted tees. Yes, quite a few of their products are logo based in some kind of way (and I know a lot of people hate that), but a lot of the designs are really far removed from their regular logo, so it’s kind of like they’ve just used 2one5 as a starting point or theme for their lines.

I really like this tee, the design is big, bold and bright. I don’t really know why, but I get a kind of retro Spanish vibe from this design. I guess the retro part comes from the nuclear atom-like curves and dots at the top of the design, but the Spanish part? I have no idea where that came from. There’s quite a lot going on in the design, crowns, loops, bridge towers, stars, skylines, and even a baseball, but it doesn’t really feel too busy, it all just kinda fits together.

I don’t know what stock tee this is, but it feels pretty good, quite thick and heavy, but pretty soft at the same time. The printing is high quality too, there isn’t a single defect across the whole image, which is pretty impressive considering how large it is, the ink is on fairly thick so it’s a slightly raised print. I sometimes worry about how such a big print will work out when it’s washday in the HYA household, it’s usually an unfounded fear (never wash above 40 degrees!), but I often find that large prints are quite susceptible to cracking, so I’ll probably update this post in a few months after it’s had a good run (maybe I should do that with every tee?).

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