Just a quick one before the weekend lands upon us:

Karmaloop TV: Karmaloop launched a web TV station a couple of days ago, looks pretty cool, and they’ve got some pretty big names in their launch content. As I’ve mentioned previously, my soundcard is dead so I can’t really comment on the content, but it looks good.

Shirt City: They’ve given their front page a bit of a spruce up, and they’re giving a €5 off voucher to people making their first purchase when you signup through the right link on the front page (which is pretty obvious to find). They’ve also launched a Christmas mini-site with lots of festive extras, check it out here.

XLarge: Use the coupon code xmascheer to get 20% off your order until December 31st of this year.

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Slowshirts nail it once again with this car+wings=weird but cool design.

When I saw this just as a design, I thought it was far more suited to a tee rather than a hoodie, as some designs are, but then I saw the picture above and my feelings changed, and the ‘neon jade’ print works really well on the hoodie. So if you’re a fan of the 1971 Honda AN600 (and who isn’t?) then this may well just be the hoodie for you.

Costiness=$39 Link

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Well, after a week in which there’s been massive amounts of rioting and violence in France, a lot of which has been described as more intense and well organised than the rioting of a couple of years ago, its only natural that I post a French-language tee that has a balaclava-clad person on it requesting that the less-than-savoury elements of French society ‘unite’. That’s why they call me a class act!

Pretty much a standard white tee otherwise, probably not a good idea to wear this if you’re actually planning or are involved in subversive activities, I don’t think that the hidden-in-plain-sight theory works in that kind of situation.

Costiness=€30 Link (link goes to size large but if you click around a bit then you’ll find the other sizes)

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In no particular order, there are the 3 winners in the illustration contest, not half bad, eh?

Congratulations to Ric, Eugene, and Claudette (their entries running from top to bottom, respectively) for creating some excellent illustrations and winning a tee from Mimoco’s apparel line, they’ll be in the post to you very soon. Well done guys, thanks a lot for taking part!

Check out the rest of the entrants over at this special set on Flickr.

Keep an eye out for future competitions on HYA*, and if you own a tee store and would be interested in working together on a competition, get in touch and we’ll see what we can do.

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Wow, that is one depressing title for a t-shirt, just once couldn’t they do something about kittens and puppies playing together in a field?

Whilst we’re feeling down over the name, we might as well be brought down by the blurb as well:

While we try to encourage others to have a positive attitude and be proactive in making this world a better place, some of us cannot help letting our minds and hearts become weary and overwhelmed with the ugly things in this world. Terrorism, homicide, betrayal… even just taking advantage of one another… it’s enough to disgust us.

All joking aside, this is a great design, I really love the colourway and placement.

Costiness=$17 Link

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Well, you can tell what I think of the latest line from Naive, they seem to just keep pushing themselves further and further, each new line goes up a level every time. Get on over there and check it out for yourself.

If you want me to sweeten the deal a little bit more, how does 10% off sound. Good? Then I’m going to blow your mind when I tell you that if you use the coupon code hideyourarms you’ll get 15% off your order up until December 1st, and yes, I am too good to you, by which I mean Naive are good to you.

Naive Clothing

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Is it a finger-print? Is it a severely warped cross-section of a tree? Or am I missing something and this is a bit like staring at clouds?

The light green on light heather works really well, although I think I would be a bit more impressed with the design if the print flowed naturally from the sleeves to the body rather than just stopping rather abruptly.

Costiness=$72 Link (Were you aware of it? Get up to 20% off your Karmaloop order with the rep code AS7594!)

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Remember when I gave Scribtee a shout out a while back? Well, now I can back up my claims that it doesn’t matter how many shirt design competitions there are as long as they keep the quality up. I know it can feel like “another day, another tee design competition,” but let’s consider just how many graphic designers and artists there are, and just how many people there are that like to buy tees on the net. If anything, we don’t have even design competitions!

It’s probably just me, but I’m this has a really euro style to it. Which makes sense it was designed by someone called Benny Kohl, who the big Goog tells me is from Munich, a place which is in Europe… but that’s not entirely what I mean, there seems to be a certain style that illustrators on the continent really excel at, and this is a prime example. It mixes the recognisable with the unrecognisable, embellishing on reality, with considerable dashes of cuteness and whimsicality. In short, I dig.

On the quality side of things, I’m impressed. The blank tee is supplied by Continental Clothing, who seem to be becoming increasingly popular amongst tee labels, and with understandable reason, they offer a quality and fit reminiscent of American Apparel, though perhaps a bit shorter and more fitted than AA. The print feels good considering that there’s so many layers and fiddly bits of detail to contend with. Please note that the printed Scribtee label is printed on the back of the tee, meaning people can see it when you wear it, I thought I’d better warn you since I know some people hate that kind of thing.

Costiness=£14 Link

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Ahh, I just can’t let the whole colours/colors thing go, can I?

Really great, colourful design from the Strawberry, who’ve been kicking out some great tees recently, they really don’t get as much press as they deserve.

This image from Reservoir Dogs is pretty iconic, at least in terms of cinema, and this little twist upon a design that has shown up on more than a few tees is a lot of fun, the bright splashes of colour subvert the violent associations that come with the image.

Costiness=€22 Link (not on the US site yet)

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Susie Ghahremani really knows how to push my design buttons, she can create some really beautiful images. I like design on the olive hoodie too, although I imagine it might work quite nicely on a heather grey hoodie too.

Costiness=$30 Link

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