A blog about hoodies & t-shirts, with news from the independent clothing world

Jack by Howies

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I can’t really see myself wearing this, since I always find it a bit awkward when people read my tees and it takes more than a few seconds (which happens a lot in this line of business), but its a pretty fun tee, maybe one for wearing down the gym?

Costiness=£20 Link

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I really can’t decide what I think of this, although I’m erring more towards the ‘hate it’ than ‘love it’ side of things. I didn’t realise that wearing a hoodie and a blazer at the same time was considered a ‘look’, and combining the two to make a Franken-blazer justs seems kinda wrong. Seriously, are you smart, or are you casual, make up your mind and pick one, then move along. Actually I have made up my mind, I 100% dislike this item, but since its a bit different I feel duty bound to report it. But please, don’t buy one.

Oh, and Nordstrom, any chance of getting some models that don’t have their picture next to the dictionary definition of ’smug’?

Costiness=$85 Link [thanks, Uncrate]

Sales, sales, sales…

Mimoco x HYA* Illustration Contest: The entries are in, check them out in this Flickr set, winners will be announced shortly!

Hugsmugglers by Brandon Dunlap: This guys a great artist, check out him and his clothing line.

7 hottest tee models on the net by Threadspot: I’m not so sure if I approve of the idea, but at least I now know that you don’t have to spend days hunting down robot and anthropomorphic tees to get some Digg-love.

No Star: You can get 30% off all orders over $75 by using the coupon code TURKEY. Did I already mention this? No matter, its a good coupon!

Digital Gravel: Cyber Monday sale, enter the code BLKMNDY for 25% off anything until midnight PST tonight.

80sPurple: 10% off everything (even sale items) with the code holiday07.

Stereo Panda: A truck-load of stuff has gone on sale exclusive for Christmas, totally ‘off the hook’ as usual.

WeAreFalse: Season 4 is about to drop, check out this feature of SlamxHype for the lowdown.

People Like Us: 5 new designs, and you just KNOW that they’re gonna look good before you even click that link!

Glarkware: All non-limited tees are $15 until 11:59ET tomorrow (Tuesday 27th) night.

Huzzah Goods
: New designs are up on their site, and every purchase will give a dollar to Penny Arcade’s Child’s Play Charity.

Paper Root Clothing: Overhauled website, new tees, new hoodies, new scarves. All look good.

Owl Movement: Some kind of whimsical sale going down, they really are big on whimsy over at OM. Basically, you’ll get 15% magically reduced from your order at the checkout.

Burnswell: Get 10% off any order over $30 with the code 3PACK.

Monsieur T.
: Get 30% off a load of their stuff. Sale ends at midnight (PST) 27/11.

Yackfou: Get 10% off your order with the coupon code bestechungsgeld until December 10th.

Cotton Factory: Spend more than $75 and enter the coupon code CHIP in the checkout for free shipping.

Pink Bird by Victrola35 @ Etsy

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Dang, this hoodie’s so nice I wish that it was made for guys and not just girls. The colours, the placement, the layers, all really nicely put together, another great example of someone on etsy putting out really nice design work.

Costiness=$46 Link

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Let’s check out the blurb:

Music blends into art, art mimics life, life is a box of chocolates. Our interpretation of seeing what music looks like.

Riiiiight….

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Very cool image, even if, just for a change, I’m not entirely sure of the meaning of the design, despite reading The Ryde’s own interpretation in the above paragraph. Not that people usually think about the meaning when they look at a shirt, when people see me wearing this they aren’t going to analyse it, they’re gonna say “hey Bone, that looks freakin’ sweet!” I will then thank them for the compliment (being polite costs nothing!) and move along. And that kind of sums up this tee, it isn’t groundbreaking, its just really well put together.

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In terms of quality, The Ryde have totally killed it once again. Killed it in a good way. Very soft custom tee, with a pretty fitted… fit. The printing is pretty dang soft too. Impressive stuff.

Costiness=$12 (down from $24) Link

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Oh lazy oaf, you so crazy!

Personally, I think it would probably be a bit better if the bright blue kangaroo pocket panel was the block head pattern, but I guess they wanted to break it up a bit and throw in a contrasting dash of colour.

Costiness=£58 (with UK postage) Link

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LRG seem to really have a knack for picking out colour palettes, the strong and bright colours sit so well on the black tee, and the blue and pink pairing works really well together. It is a fairly bizarre image though…

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See, bizarre, non? I’m really digging the lettering though.

Costiness=$22 Link

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Some of the more eagle-eyed readers may have noticed that I’ve started adding Digg buttons to my larger posts such as the list of T-shirt blogs and the list of 50 robot tees. I’m not putting them on everything, just the ones that take a few hours of effort, and if you think my work deserves a bit of reward, please click them when you see them.

Anyway, someone that I presume to be rather a clever fellow has made a t-shirt that has it’s own digg button built into it, and whilst it is a ‘working’ digg button, it doesn’t actually connect to digg via wi-fi, which I presume would be so awesome that it would sit atop digg’s front page for the rest of time. Still, bravo ‘thyzdik‘, bravo!

Instrucable [via Make]

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I’m not really a fan of tees and hoodies that try and force a message onto you. Sure, have your personal beliefs, but don’t shout them at me in t-shirt form. On the other hand, this hoodie from Divine Clothing has a fun/serious balance. I really like the idea that you could unintentionally brighten up a strangers day by wearing this. That you’d be walking along a street and someone that’s having a crappy day would walk past you, see your hoodie, smile and maybe things would pick up for them, nothing major, just a little happiness.

Costiness=$30 (with US shipping) Link

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Lovin’ this design, it’d be cool if they included a piece of cardboard with the design printed on it so that you could make a cube Earth, maybe they do, who knows? (owners of the store, previous customers perhaps)

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Who says the world is round? Don’t believe everything the men in white coats tell you… We found this diagram in the Blue Peter garden compost heap.

Costiness=£42 Link

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