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

19 Apr

Posted by Andy as Mens, Reviews, T-shirts, Womens

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, but for today, we’re going to keep on shining!

I don’t know exactly what the guy is meant to be smoking, maybe it’s a giant cigar? Or perhaps some form of more herbal relief (you’d probably need a painkiller after lighting a flame that big using only your hand)? My confusion aside, it is a pretty simple design, silhouettes are often a popular part of a collection, especially if you’re going for one-colour designs as PJE seem to be doing. I guess that when a design is so simple there isn’t really a huge amount I can say.

Just like with yesterday’s tee, the quality of this is excellent, I’ve got a little information about their tees and printing process from Peter, who runs PJE:

“The print has an extra-soft feel because we use specially mixed and carefully applied screenprinting inks to avoid the harsh feel you get from just doing a straight screenprint.

We have the shirts made by a small manufacturer that uses really high quality cotton, which we then further soften with a special enzyme/silicone wash. And yes, they are definitely made to have a fitted look.”

It’s a good thing I could quote Peter on that, because my knowledge of these techniques is still quite limited, so whilst I don’t totally understand why a silicone wash gets them feeling so soft, I can tell you that they do feel extremely good, and I’m sure you’re all far more concerned with the end product than the process anyway, right?

Costiness=$48 URL ($28 non-rhinestoned version)

Read the rest of this entry for more pics.