Oh come on, don’t look at me like that, it’s a Monday, everyone needs a pickup, if I can’t post a Miley Cyrus vid now when can I?
This post is tee related though, in the vid the Hannah Montana (a show I have never seen, btw) star is wearing a ‘Waking Up is Hard to do‘ tee from Crooked Monkey. If for some reason you feel the need to dress like Miley Cyrus, now’s your chance!
I know I’ve written about the Burton Sleeper hoodie in the past, but when I on my trips to-and-from Hong Kong last month (and yes, I will stop mentioning it all the time… soon) and realised that the Sleeper hoodie might have eased the unpleasantness of 11+ hours in economy class (even with a new spare seat next to me). The problem I had with the original version was that it had a big outline of a plane on it, which I thought would look kinda silly when you were actually on a plane. This version has a load of passport stamps on it, which I guess I have the same problem with as the plane, but at least you’d actually need to be a lot closer to it to realise what the pattern is of.
For those who are unaware, the sleeper hoodie is cool because of this:
No more crying babies, stiff neck, lost tickets, swampy arm pits or annoying fluorescent lights in your face. Inflate the integrated neck pillow in the hood, pull down the hood¿s light shield, crank up your new age mix or pop in your ear plugs, then pop some sleeping pills. Next stop nirvana. Travel as you know it will never be the same.
* 80% Cotton / 20% Polyester with all over tonal passport print. – Interior Jersey Lining * Removable, Inflatable Neck Pillow * Snap Out Light Shield * Removable Eye Mask * New! Travel Toothbrush Included * Change and Key’s Pocket * Zippered, Internal Passport and Ticket Pocket * Sound Pocket with Headphone Cable – Hidden Stash Pocket with Ear Plugs * Cuff Thumb Holes * Pit Zips * Custom Zipper Pull
Andy: “Ummmm, why have you put those badges into takeaway cartons?”YCMIH: “One day we were making our onion-design badges and we noticed that they were… y’know, onion… badges…“(Queue bemused look from the devilishly handsome blogger)
And with that, I was thoroughly smitten with the ladies behind You Can Make It Happen, a small Manchester-based company set up by Jo Finlay in 2003. There was a fantastic quirky-Britishness about them, their designs, and entire brand philosophy that was really endearing. The often doodle-like hand drawn illustration style is a staple of their (usually food-inspired) designs, something which goes hand-in-hand with the hand-printed, limited edition nature of all their pieces.
Fittingly, considering the food-theme that seems to run through their range, YCMIH are getting healthy and eating their greens. That rather strained metaphor (analogy?) means that they’re sourcing all their products from manufacturers that employ fair, ethically and environmentally conscious working practices.
They had quite a few products at Margin that I can’t spot on their typically whimsical, hand drawn website, such as a new ‘eat your greens’ range, and a guilt-free eco-bag, a product that is really big in the UK at the moment, so it might be a case of it taking a while for them to get to the site, but it’s entirely possible that they’ll have the latest stuff at Manchester’s Fashion Market every Saturday 10am-5pm on Tib Street (near Debenhams, if you know Manc. you’ll probably know where that is).
I wrote about this t-shirt ten days ago, and then it turned up in the mail a couple of days ago, so I’m going to ask again, Ferrari, if you want me to review an Enzo, I’ll gladly have one for the weekend. You have eight days to respond!
For those of you that are unaware, the slogan on this tee comes from a speech made by Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama, and even though it isn’t mentioned explicitly, I think that the quote clearly relates to his sounds-nice-but-doesn’t-mean-a-thing messages of ‘hope’ and ‘change’. When I first wrote about this tee a commenter, Carl, said that the design was lacking since there was so much wasted space. At the time I thought that Carl might be right, especially as we all know that huge type looks sweet, but now that I’ve had it in my hands I feel a bit different, the size feels about right, perhaps not having it dominate the shirt is meant to make the message seem a bit calmer and less shouty than it would with a large type tee? Also, I really like the use of a full stop to try and reinforce the message.
This is an organic tee from American Apparel’s ‘Sustainable Edition‘, which presumably means that the cotton plants get massages just like the AA employees famously do. This is actually the first AA organics tee I’ve received, and I must say I’m impressed, it feels pretty much the same as a regular AA tee, which I guess is what you want, no reduction in quality whilst producing an environmentally conscientious product. I don’t know how they last through various washings, so if anyone has experience with them I’d appreciate an opinion. Print is fairly thick, I think its plastisol ink.Costiness=$18.50 Link
$10 is a damn good price for these tees, if you don’t believe me, check out my pastreviews of P is for Panda, where I thought they were good at almost twice the price.
Everyone seems to be posting about TorsoPants, a new tee site from T-Shirt Hell founder Sunshine Megatron (yes, that’s his legal name), and about how ‘dry’ it is. They’ve also got ads going on Gmail, again pointing out how dry it is. To be honest, I can take or leave the tees, they’re better than [...]
I actually picked up a couple of Doraemon money banks on a Hong Kong night market, so I feel slightly more justified in posting this Doraemon x Spongebob character mashup hoodie than I usually would when I dip my toes into the bright and shiny waters of anime. Wrongwroks themselves describe this as “the best [...]
Considering that I have a massive eBoy poster (incidentally, May 9th – June 30th, they’re exhibiting @ Concrete Hermit) on the wall behind my laptop, I was more than a little bit excited seeing a pixel art style t-shirt being a winner in the Vice Magazine x laFraise competition. Striclty speaking, it isn’t all that [...]
Sometimes I see a hoodie that is so ridiculous I can’t stop myself from posting about it. This hoodie is most definitely one of those times. I guess that if this was a costume hoodie then I could have nothing against it, and I don’t want to be too negative because part of me applauds [...]
Big thanks to Pokeadot, who I presume is a HYA reader, for letting me know that Imaginary Foundation released some new designs from their presumably Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory-esque headquarters in Switzerland. Beyond that news, they’ve also changed their shipping method to a flat rate of $7 in the US, and $20 for us international [...]
Straight from their mailout: Here’s the deal: You’re the one to run a stick-up on [ 2 one 5 ]. Instead of getting money, you’ll be saving a whole lot. No need for gun violence, robbing people, or purse snatching. We’ll be raising our hands and letting you scurry away with exclusive, special prices on [...]
As usual with my blazer posts, I wouldn’t recommend buying something over the internet that is so closely linked to body shape, especially when it costs as much as this one does, but this is way too nice to skip just because I wouldn’t buy it.For me, the cropping is one of the few let [...]
Hehe, I couldn’t stop myself resurrecting my old habit of punishing Americans for using American spellings in the title (how dare you not speak the Queens English!).dhectwenty (AKA Herman Lee, I think), you sir, are the man. If this tee wasn’t good enough, and it is, the one I’m featuring today is pretty damned impressive [...]
It’s a pretty understated kind of a coat, so I don’t really feel as if there’s that much I can say about it, but it does look like a quality piece that would fit nicely into any wardrobe. The Croton Storm Jacket features a water proof breathable body, taped seams. The shell is tekora CL [...]
Instrucables, a sort of how-to/DIY site that I may have mentioned in the past, is hosting a contest all able T-shirt hacks. I know there are lots of smart people out there that have major skills when it comes to making a t-shirt look a lot less like a t-shirt, and whether you’re interested in [...]
Simplement, spend €29 or more at Paris-based Ministry of Design (which should be pretty easy considering they now sell HYA-fave Wrongwroks) and you are entitled to 20% off your order by using the coupon code PRINTEMPS during the checkout process. I can’t see an expiration date for this coupon, but considering ‘printemps’ means ‘springtime’ in [...]
Springleap is (yet) another design competition, excpet this one is from South Africa (I don’t think we’ve ever had an SA company on HYA before). You know the deal, tee designs get submitted, voted on (that starts April 1st on SL), and eventually winning designs are printed and sold (which should happen at SL in [...]
In a land of doves and picturesque mountains, bad days are hard to come by. Welcome to Dove Mountain. Design also available on a clock. I love it when artistic blurb gives way to practicalities! Costiness=$60 Link
I don’t know if this is an officially licensed product (after being in Hong Kong, I’m skeptical of all Hello Kitty merchandise’s authenticity), but judging by the amount of kitten cuteness associated with Public Library from a quick Google search I’d be willing to accept them as legit. It’s a funny design, the red bow [...]
Cars and guns, now that’s a recipe for success! There’s something totally 80s about the way that they’ve got a blue to pink fade going on with the print, which I guess makes sense considering Cardboard Robot’s inspiration comes from the most 80s-tastic version of the Grand Theft Auto series. Costiness=$25 Link (I don’t think [...]
