Eagle-eyed readers may well have noticed that I added an asterisk to the header graphic a few days ago. Even though technically summer doesn’t start until June 21st (although there are lots of different dates), things are definitely getting warmer, so there’s rather less hoodie wearing to be done, and it feels a bit silly to be recommending hoodies whilst the sun is beating down through the window. Long story short, I’m gonna start posting more tees, and the * stands for “…and other stuff I like.” This isn’t a permanent situation, but I think it makes sense at the moment.

I really love the colours in this tee from the constantly-wonderful Imaginary foundation. I’d love to see how this is in real-life, and also how well it stands up to wearing and washing because it is pretty detailed and I’d imagine that maintaining the brilliance of the colours is pretty key to making sure this design remains looking good. Also, I don’t know what the two guys are there for (perhaps just for retaining the sense of surrealism that often permeates through Imaginary Foundation’s designs), I had originally thought that maybe one of them made up the quote “there are no limits, there are only plateaus”, but it turns out Bruce Lee said that.

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I guess that I should have probably waited until July 1st to post this hoodie since that’s when the smoking ban comes into full effect in England (hurrah!), but I’m sure I’d forget so here it is.

Let’s blurb it out:
“Appliquéd and embroidered smokers lungs onto a black 100% cotton hoodie. Lungs appear in a lovely shade of brown jersey; with a withered appearance (artistic liberties have been taken since real smoker’s lungs are enlarged and pretty much black). Trachea and bronchial tubes are made from a light brown woven cotton. Maroon and black veins embroidered freehand onto lungs. Available in X-Small, Small, Medium, Large and X-Large. Please specify when ordering. (All sizes are unisex.)”

Its a nice twist on the usual skeleton style/semi-anatomically correct clothing that I usually see. I’d quite like to see a printed version of smokers lungs, since just looking at this hoodie I don’t immediately think of smokers lungs since the embroidery and applique make it a bit more abstract and it looks more like a representation of normal lungs rather than a shocking image of blackened lungs.

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