GearCrave, a blog all about manly stuff that manly-men buy, are giving away 25 tees from super-awesome design compeitition Design By Humans. Usually with these kind of things you’ll tell them your size, get what you’re given and be happy about it, but this giveaway has a little extra treat that you actually get to choose which tee you win.

To qualify for a free t-shirt from DesignByHumans, you must sign up, choose, and comment. Here’s how:

* Sign up for the GearCrave email newsletter. (you can do so here)
* Choose the shirt you want to win at DesignByHumans.com.
* Comment on this page and include a link to the shirt you want to win.

The contest is running until “Sunday, April 27th 2008 at 11:59p.m.”, I don’t know what time zone that is though, so I’d suggest not dilly dallying and leaving a comment now before you forget.

Here’s their blog post all about it.

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Tags » competition • design by humans • gearcrave • giveaways

Naketano are another of the brands that I bookmarked for posting years ago, only to forget that they existed, so when they got in touch a couple of days ago I was happy to receive the e-mail and check them out again. The simple yet pleasing style that I enjoyed so much when I last checked them out is still there, I’m happy to report, although the guys will still be a little disappointed to find that Naketano is still a no-go zone for us, unless you’re really skinny and can get away with womens clothing (most of the designs aren’t particularly feminine, though the cut probably is).

One really cool thing about this hoodie is that the stripes running across it aren’t actually printed, they’re stitched, which I think gives it a bit of a quality look. They’ve picked a surprisingly complimentary colourway for the stripes (pastels work together? who knew!) which is great for those of you that would like a bit of colour and brightness without going overboard.

Costiness=€74.90 Link

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Tags » black • Germany • hoodie • hot model • naketano • Womens

HYA reader Mary dropped me a note to say I should check out a shop called Supermaggie, and since almost I do anything that I’m told via e-mail (try me, you’ll be amazed!), I popped it in my browser, and was pretty happy with what I found.

Lots of cool, understated designs, with a pleasant disposition for unusual print placements. I really like the look of a lot of their stuff, its not exactly flashy, but it does look good and is well executed.

Costiness=$28 Link

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Tags » grey • leaves • shoulder • supermaggie • T-shirts • vines

Holy 80s Batman!Seriously, have you ever seen a tee design that wasn’t made in the 80s that looked more 80s than this? I do have a little knit to pick though, the eye on the left (as we look at it) does seem to be a bit too far on the left, although I guess there could be a case of model boob distortion changing the way that the design appears.

Costiness=$21 Link

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Tags » 80s • face • Karmaloop • public domain clothing • retro • white

I think a sign that t-shirts are taking over my life came in Hong Kong wen I was excited to spot an Beams T, the much-collaborating Japanese tee label, and one of their famous t-shirt conveyor belts, in a mall on a street in Kowloon (they also have a larger store in Kowloon Tong, but even I won’t travel on 3 trains for 40 minutes for t-shirt conveyor belt).The tees weren’t exactly cheap, but they were nicely designed by names that I actually recognised (although owning the Beams T book probably has something to do with that), and they’re a really cool brand that can happily sit in any tee junkies closet, so I recommend you check them out if you get a chance.

Beams T

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Tags » beams t • HK • hong kong • japan