I’ve just realised that none of my tee blogging brethren have gone near this story, which probably means I should steer clear too, but if its on a t-shirt and its news then I think I should at the very least alert you to its presence. Basically, a tavern owner in Georgia thought it was a good idea to produce a t-shirt which had
Curious George, a cartoon chimp for those of you that are unaware, on it with the slogan “Obama in ’08″ written underneath. The Bar owner, Mike Norman, claims that he doesn’t mean any offence with the t-shirts, and that he just thought that the monkey and Senator Obama looked alike. He’s still selling the t-shirts (who on Earth would buy one?), but the owners of Curious George (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) aren’t particularly happy about their image being used in such a way, so whilst free speech ensures this guy can create such a t-shirt, copyright law will probably mean that he can’t do so for very long.
Read all about it at the Washington Post [Photo Credit: Same WP article]
Oh damn, I totally forgot to post this, which is a bit silly since it is a code that’s totally exclusive to us HYA folk (unless someone republishes it…), although it does have an open ended expiration date so hopefully its still working. If you spend $50 or more in the
Brooklyn Industries online store you can get $5 off by using the
coupon code BKIHYA. I think they dropped a new line of graphic tees last week, so there should be plenty for you to pick from.
Brooklyn Industries [Photo credit: Forklift]
Jenny doesn’t look particularly pirate-y to me, but that doesn’t stop me from liking this design by Sven Palmovski (aka
a.mar.illo), if you don’t recognise the name, then you’ll probably recognise some of his designs from the myriad of t-shirt design competitions, keep an eye out and you’ll see him popping up rather often. Oh, and is it just me, or would this look really cool as a print?Costiness=€16
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Ucon, who came to our attention a few weeks back and I’m happy to be featuring them again with a new line of
food-themed tees and a great photoshoot to go with them (which explains why I put so many pics at the top of this post).
There’s three colourful designs in the mini-collection, involving donuts, ice lollies and watermelon, or as I like to call them, two things I feel guilty about eating and one that I don’t.
They’re all €29.95 and all in stock at the Ucon shop at the moment.
Ucon Acrobatics
I’m starting to get into text shirts at the moment, and this one speaks to me for some reason. To me, this tee kind is poking fun at message tees that are supposed to be poignant and thought-provoking, by having a poignant and thought-provoking message. Genius!
Costiness=€14.95 (this price includes a €5 discount that will end on Friday) Link
