I went on a shopping trip down to Manchester today, and I was actually surprisingly impressed with what I could find in the mainstream shops (I even bought rather a nice pair of shorts), but I particularly enjoyed visiting Wood, Exit, Westworld and a fantastic little bookshop called Magma where I spotted prints by Eboy and Kozyndan, as well as tees by Concrete Hermit and 2K by Gingham. I picked up a cheap copy of 200% Cotton, and almost got a tee-nerd-rection when I spotted the 2nd issue of T, the journal of t-shirt culture, I’ll give it a review later when I’ve given it a proper look. I know what you’re thinking, what does this have to do with this tee, well, fear not, I have an astoundingly ridiculous segue…

One of my friends bought some vinyl records today! And this tee has lots of decks on it, so, the story is almost justified now… As ever, its a sweet tee, their micro line just keep growing on me, and the turntable cheqeurboard print looks great. The colourway is rather more subdued than some of their other efforts, but the grey/blue (Grue? Bley?) colour of the turntables is really nice, and a slight change from the regular white that I would expect most tee companies to use.

The printing is sharp (as in, no errors or blemishes), yet the tee and print are still ever-so soft, with a slightly fitted cut that is also forgivingly stretchy.

Costiness=$25 URL: Mens, Womens

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I was really in two minds whether I should run this tee, not because I’m ambivalent about their designs, but because they’re just so goddamn good, its so hard for me to choose just one, so there may well be an almost PDC-esque deluge of Universe on a t-shirt merchandise in the coming weeks (ha, take a guess who the next post is about?).

There’s been quite the dearth of cephalopods around here for quite a while, I hope it didn’t effect my audience! Seriously though, this is a very, very nice looking tee, with some original styling, and just for a change, they’ve actually taken some really nice product shots as well. Y’know, I know Dutch people are stereotyped as being laid back (UoaT is based in Amsterdam), but would have it really been so hard for them to give their tees a name?

Costiness=€34 URL [thanks, Stylehive user!]

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Paint splatters are an oft-used design element in the clothing industry nowadays, but it isn’t every day that you see a hoodie that only has splatters on it, making it ever-easier for someone to think you’ve had a rather artistic painting accident on your clothes. I can’t really see any kind of pattern or join-the-dots type imagery in the print, so I guess that what you see is what you get with this hoodie.

“Hooded sweatshirt with “bleached spots” detail and distressed logo on front; front kangaroo pockets; ribbing 5.5″ at cuffs and 3″ at waistband; 100% cotton.”

Now that is some sexy blurb-age.

Costiness=$33.95 (down from $50) URL

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