I have a little bit of an issue with this tee in that I don’t really know where you can buy it from. TLFI’s website is being redesigned at the moment (apparently it will “change your life”) and all they have is a splash page explaining that point. I’ve searched around for a while and I’ve found quite a lot of TLFI on sale, but not this particular tee, which is pretty unfortunate, but I guess you’ll learn about TFLI and get some eyecandy even if you can’t buy this design right now.

Clearly, this is a pretty provocative design, but since I live in England I don’t really need to fear the wrath of angry Los Angeleans and New Yorkers (especially now that my tentatively-planned September trip to the U.S. looks like it ain’t gonna happen) so to me its more provocative because of the language used. But I guess since one of the biggest brands in the UK is called FCUK and the various double entendre laced slogans that they’ve plastered onto tees I guess that being upfront and calling a whole city a slut isn’t really that bad.

There’s a real 70s feel to the text on the left, actually, is the text on the left the same as is used with the classic I <3 NY tees? The text on the right is pretty interesting too, it kind of gives the tee that graffiti'd sign look. I like the way that the colours work too, since they change from left to right they change the way you can read it, so perhaps LA is the slut rather than NY?

If you were wondering how they got that faded look, it has been achieved by printing (with discharge ink I think) the whole design on the inside and let the ink come through to the outside, its a pretty neat effect, and certainly does help the rock star aesthetic that I associate with TFLI. Attention to detail seems to be TFLIs bag, which is obvious when you see the inverted stitching on the sides with bright blue stitching (pic at the bottom of the post), and the incredibly detailed logo print on the inside of the tee (naturally, there is also a pic of it at the bottom). There was also this cool little hang tag that I’m sure you’re gonna want to check out in the thumbnails.

As you would expect from a high-class brand like True Love & False Idols, the quality is top notch, and sizes run slightly smaller than a standard fit, but they aren’t crazy-tight or anything.

Costiness=$? (probably in the $50-$100 region) See TFLI at Style Rocket, Revolve Clothing & Bazaar Adriatic

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I guess that their last trilogy went pretty well because the Oddica gang are back at it again and this time their inspiration comes from robots. You pay $55, you get 3 tees, 3 buttons, 2 limited edition stickers, and the whole lot comes in a screenprinted stainless-steel box. And there’s only 55 sets available, so if you want it get your order in sharpish!

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Check out Skaffs.com, its the portfolio/shop of an Australian artist called Luke Feldman, he doesn’t have any clothes on sale at the moment, but I love his style so I just couldn’t stop myself from giving him a mention.

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“Do you remember that song?

100% black, light weight, size small American Apparel hoodie that is bejeweled with randomness. Stuffed 3-D jewels in green, turquoise and yellow that have been “appliqued” (I use this term loosely because it’s not a standard method and it’s disheveled looking). Jewels can be found on the back right, the front right, and the left side of the hood.”

I know that the product page says that its a girls hoodie, but I was under the impression that most of American Apparel’s range of hoodies was unisex, so its possible that guys might be able to wear this too, though it is probably worth messaging the seller first before placing an order.

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This review sure has been a long time coming, I can only imagine the journey that this hoodie has enjoyed on its two and a half month journey from Vancouver to northern England. It wasn’t Split Reason’s fault, there was actually a few e-mails back and forth between HYA and SR and we decided that it was just about time to give up and that it had either disappeared or was now being worn by a happy though morally-challenged postman. But I guess you should never doubt the Royal Mail because only a couple of days later a rather ‘well-travelled’ (read: beat up) looking box arrived in the office with a hoodie inside it that didn’t seem too traumatised by its journey.

I don’t know if it was the aim of this hoodie was to get in a sneaky little kerning joke (a lot like this Preshrunk post that made me learn what kerning was, and amazingly, I didn’t take Jason’s bait!), but I sure like it. I know it doesn’t completely work since there are no reasons being split, but I still think its pretty clever, intended or not. Obviously, it is quite hard for me to critique a hoodie when its based upon a logo, you’re either a fan or you aren’t, but the style in which they’ve put the text on is pretty interesting. The stitched-on letters are raised up pretty far, I’d guess at a height of about 0.4cm from the hoodie, which does give a pretty dramatic look to the text, and is actually surprisingly flexible, its not exactly-discharge ink, but for something that is essentially blocks of thread I’m rather impressed.

Time to talk quality, the inside of this hoodie is really soft, and quite fluffy, I don’t know how long that will last with multiple washings, but for the moment it feels good. The fit is your standard kind of fitment, not really fitted, except it does hug in a bit at the elasticated bottom hem. The stock hoodie is by a brand called ‘King Fashions’, who I haven’t heard of before but from what I can tell they’re Canadian and 100% sweatshop free. They also like to put their logo on the outside of the hoodie (a little tag on one of the pockets, picture at the bottom) which is a little bit odd for a stock company, but it isn’t that obtrusive, so I don’t really mind it.

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