I don’t want to force my politics on anyone, but when I found out that John McCain pandered to voters by saying he condemned any remarks that were “
anti-anything” I lost rather a lot of respect for him, so I got off the fence went for Obama, which is lucky for me, because there are loads more Obama tees out there than McCain ones. Although McCain’s supporters probably don’t do t-shirts, they probably knit wool sweaters for him (I’m saying he’s old, that seems to get laughs).
I can’t work out where “Barack’n the free world” was first used… by which I of course mean I googled it and didn’t immediately find it, then got bored and ate some strawberries (’tis the season!). I guess it doesn’t really matter where the phrase came from (
a Neil Young song, btw), if you wear it people know who is going to be getting your vote in November, and it doing that in a good looking way is just the cherry on top of the political sundae.
Quality is impressive. The stock tee is American Apparel, which most of you guys will have an experience of, I can’t tell you what this particular one feels like because whilst I have lost a few pounds (okay, about 50) over the past 18 months, I can’t quite squeeze myself into a girls small tee yet… or presumably ever. The print is really soft, its so soft I actually had to double check that it wasn’t flock print, so I think its fair to say that KosherHam have got printing down pretty well.
Costiness=$19.99 Link
![qsm0101hak bl lg Hako Shred by Quiksilver @ Swell [Rumplo Rocks]](http://media.hideyourarms.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/qsm0101hak_bl_lg.jpg "Hako Shred by Quiksilver @ Swell [Rumplo Rocks]")
Its not all that often that you see gradient on a tee. Granted, the actual design isn’t all that exciting (though it is very wearable, I can see it working well in an outfit), but that gradient is damned attractive.
Costiness=$28 Tee Link Rumplo Link
Do you remember
Yackfou? They’re a bunch of Berliners who produce clothes that have a touch of awesome about them, and now you don’t just have to buy those clothes online, you can buy them in their shop (yes, a real shop, with windows and stuff).Well, not quite yet, the shop, located on the Boxhagener Platz, Friedrichshain, in the centre of Berlin, doesn’t actually open until July 5th, and when it does, Berliners, you’re gonna want to head down. On the opening day, everything in the shop is going to have 50% off, which certainly isn’t a price cut to be sniffed at (whatever that means). They’ll also be selling prototype and sample pieces in the shop, which is nice.
Yackfou
I don’t know what their angle is, or if there is meant to be any angle at all, but Dance Party Massacre have created a site that simply asks the question:
What are you afraid of?
And you simply provide the answer. The responses so far range from funny & silly, to more thoughtful and serious comments, both kinds make for an interesting read, and you can leave your message anonymously if you so desire.
So, what are you afraid of?
* UPDATE: Alex from DPM got in touch to let me know all about the campaign, find out on their MySpace blog, it’s actually pretty damn cool, and its not just online either, they’ve been putting stickers around cities all over the US asking people what they’re afraid of.
Just a quick note one this overcast and cloudy weekend that I’ve completed the latest updates to the tee blog list and it has now swollen like my belly after a visit to a hinese buffet and has reached a rather collossal 149 sites. I’ve also made it clearer which of the blogs are dead and which are extensions of t-shirt companies by putting [Dead] and/or [Corporate] next to their name.
