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I wrote about this Italy-based company a few weeks ago and mentioned that I couldn’t really work out what ‘frustone’ meant, despite having it explained to me by the owners and them selling a t-shirt that is actually called ‘
Definition of a Frustone.‘ Well, I think I’m getting closer, but I’m still not 100% there with it. Clearly, ‘frustone’ can mean ‘problem’, I’ve gathered that from this tee, but when it was being sent to me I was asked to let them know when it arrived, “because the mail here in Italy can be a bit frustone,” so I guess that it can mean something that is a bit flaky too (and most likely corrupt judging by my semester of studying Italian politics).
![21 21 Houston, We Have a Frustone by Frustone [Review]](http://hideyourarms.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/21.jpg)
The design is obviously a moderately simple affair, based upon the iconic images taken on the surface of the moon (and they were) by the astronauts of the Apollo 11 mission. I can’t find an image where Neil Armstrong is saluting the American flag like this, so I guess the
Frustone crew have taken a bit of poetic design license there, but it’s a solid looking image, and the addition of the little footprints suggests that they can handle printing more intricate work than this fairly blocky image.
![31 31 Houston, We Have a Frustone by Frustone [Review]](http://hideyourarms.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/31.jpg)
One of the reasons why I was excited to receive this tee was because I’ve never seen, touched, worn, or even smelt (what? I do this stuff for you guys!) a bamboo t-shirt, and that’s what Frustone print all their tees on. I’d heard good things about bamboo (and not just its ability to be
used as
scaffolding), and whilst I’ve got no idea about how it will survive over the course of time, I am really impressed with it at the moment. Its very soft, fits well, and has a bit more stretch to it than a regular cotton tee, meaning it can be a bit more forgiving if you put on a few pounds over winter. Oh, and apparently bamboo shirts are better for the planet, which is nice. The print is decent too, solid but not too heavy, and with no imperfections. I guess you could say that this tee isn’t frustone… or not, seriously, what does this word mean?
Costiness=€24 Guys buy it here/Girls buy it here
8 Responses
Pascal
September 4th, 2008 at 9:42 am
1I feel the colors complicated being dark color on dark color, still looking cool thought.
But this shirt is not showing too much about a real issue, since that moonwalk was a success (if it really took place). Anyway.
And I learned a new word as well - if the company is called “problem” then, it could tackle problem-topics, so they would be not far away from us then
Love for the details is also nice!
Valerie
September 4th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
2I’m not typically a big fan of blues on greens, but this one definitely makes me reconsider my original thought. Being not fluent in Italian gives me one more word for my vocabulary which is always good.
Is the packaging also as detailed?
Andy
September 5th, 2008 at 2:10 am
3I think I’ve thrown the packaging out, but I think it was a fairly standard envelope, possibly with frustone printed on it somewhere. There was a little note inside too, but I’m not sure if everyone gets those.
Pamela Daley
September 5th, 2008 at 4:52 am
4Bamboo is THE best for shirts! It’s soft and silky; antibacterial (in case you’re stinky) cool in summer and warm in winter. >^..^<
Frustone
September 10th, 2008 at 12:46 am
5ahah, simply love the fact that this word can mean different things for different people… Thank you all for the comments, keep on going, you make the t-shirt world rocking on, people…
and
keep being frustone… (in a good way)
the district » Blog Archive » Unclear on The Concept
October 7th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
6[...] and get some background on what exactly it means when I stumbled upon a review written by Andy at Hide Your Arms, which pretty much said everything I was already going to say, so maybe you should just go read [...]
Doctorate Online
February 2nd, 2009 at 11:22 pm
7Obviously frustone works in Italian like stuff does in English - a word that can have many meanings. I’m interested in knowing how the bamboo Tee has worked out. I really like the color but don’t want to invest if the product doesn’t work out. There are a lot of “green” ideas out there and some of them just don’t make it in the real world. I am planning on getting a bamboo floor, but a tee? Need some current updates on this product before I buy.
Andy
February 3rd, 2009 at 2:12 am
8I’ve only worn it a couple of times (I have a lot of tees to rotate through), but it has held up well and feels the same after a couple of washes as it did when I first got it, and the shape hasn’t changed either.
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