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Sprayground Bags at Margin London

by Margin London on January 26, 2013

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Not tees, we know, but you can be wearing the best looking t-shirt and let your outfit down with a bland or ugly bag.

Chances are that, if you’re reading HideYourArms, you care about your printed tees and what you wear so, like a hair-flicking starlet, you deserve a decent printed bag (because you’re worth it).

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American brand Sprayground is innovating baggage with their distinctive art-inspired range. With backpacks, weekenders, and iPad sleeves, all available in a range of great designs, Sprayground bags feature dripping gold paint, camo sharks, piles of cash, and many more unique prints, including a collaboration with Mishka.

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Designer David Ben David, aka DBD, grew up in Miami painting, skating, surfing, and always on the go, packing his whole life in his backpack but all he could find were bags of the same old solid colors and shapes so had to create his own brand.

With stores as diverse as Nordstrom, Digital Gravel, Patricia Field, and Kitson carrying the range in America, and spotted on numerous artists including Rihanna, the bags have wide appeal, from streetwear stores to fashion boutiques.

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Sprayground bags are made from durable polyester fabric and feature a sleek construction with hidden features, such as velour laptop, tablet and sunglasses compartments, ergonomic padded back support, and stash pockets.

Sprayground are reaching out to potential stockists across the pond when they make their European tradeshow debut exclusively at Margin, the independent trade show exhibition in London for new brands.

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Renowned amongst key buyers and press as the launchpad for new brands, Margin has been providing an affordable platform for new brands since 2002 and will be the only trade exhibition across Europe to see the range of bags in person.

Since the exhibitions first started back in 2002, Margin can lay claim to providing the UK launching point of overseas brands such as Upper Playground, Diamond Supply Co, Stereo Sound Agency, Double Goose, Loreak Mendian, Syndrome, Nooka, Mimobots, Qwstion, Hixsept (now Etudes Studio), and many others, who all made their European or UK trade debuts at Margin, which celebrated 10 years of exhibitions in 2012.

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Sprayground will be exhibiting at Margin in February 2013 which takes place on the 10th & 11th, and you can find them on Facebook here.

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Physics, Pillow Fights, and Coffee at Snorg this week

by Andy on January 25, 2013

theoretical physics t-shirt

Is that physics quote from the Big Bang Theory? I’m sure I’ve heard it before somewhere. Still, not a bad week at all at Snorg.

The Illustrated Mind at Margin London

by Margin London on January 23, 2013

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There are many t-shirt brands out there, with new ones launching every week it seems, but not all can say they have their own focus group and testing ground. Boy Parker, the independent store in Brighton on the Sussex coast, can claim just that, as they’re able to get an instant reaction to any new design from the stream of on-trend students that frequent the seaside town.

Having perfectly honed their season’s collection, Boy Parker then unleash their brand The Illustrated Mind, which brings together the work of artists from diverse backgrounds, and offer it to other stores to carry safe in the knowledge the range contains the best selling designs.

Their quirky prints and unique illustrations add a well-received surrealism to their range and distinguishes The Illustrated Mind from many other brands.

The Illustrated Mind started in 2011 and has steadily built their range, their group of collaborating artists, and their stockists ever since.

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The new season’s range will be on display to buyers and press exclusively at Margin, the London trade exhibition in February 2013. The Illustrated Mind first debuted their range at Margin back in February 2011 and are returning in February 2013 to unveil their latest designs.

Renowned amongst key buyers and press as the launchpad for new brands, Margin has been providing an affordable platform for new brands since 2002.

Boy Parker is an independent store in Brighton, Sussex, that specialises in tees from brands including Lazy Oaf, Threadless, Brandt, My Yard, Paper Root, DeadBuryDead, and many others.

For more info and a look around the store, watch the Boy Parker Shop Tour Video created by Margin.

The Illustrated Mind will be exhibiting at Margin in February 2013 which takes place on the 10th & 11th, and you can find Boy Parker who distribute the range on Facebook here.

Daily t-shirt releases for January 22nd from Teefury, RIPT, and the rest

by Andy on January 22, 2013

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TeeFury have gone Doctor Who crazy.

Shirt.Woot. have an interesting Winter shirt.

Get your caffeine fix at RIPT.
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Drink Beer Save Water at Margin London

by Margin London on January 21, 2013

When you hear the name of this new Korean brand, your first instinct may be to imagine “comical” retro beer graphics with humorous slogans about getting drunk. Nothing could be further from the reality of this expertly tailored range of tees that lift Drink Beer Save Water to another level.

With a large of range of visually adept clothing, Drink Beer Save Water have created wearable conversation starters that demand a double-take with their subtle stylings. Expertly placed pockets, slashes or stitches transform the humble tee or bag into something else (or in one case, transform a tee into a bag).

Expect to see more of Drink Beer Save Water in the UK soon as the Korean brand will be making their UK trade debut at Margin London to meet with buyers and press.

The brand of quirky and cleverly cut pieces is quickly gaining momentum across the world following their appearances at trade events such as Project in New York and Bread & Butter in Berlin, but February marks the first time Drink Beer Save Water will be exhibiting in London.

Renowned amongst key buyers and press as the launchpad for new brands, Margin has been providing an affordable platform for new brands since 2002.

Men’s and women’s labels such as 1ina100, Lazy Oaf, Supremebeing, Chateau Roux, Eva Evanovitch, Camo, Sugarhill Boutique, Ruby Rocks, Diamond Supply Co, Ashley Marc Hovelle, King Apparel, My Yard, New Love Club, Your Eyes Lie, Seventyseven, Emily & Fin, and Long Clothing, all made their UK trade debuts at Margin, which celebrated 10 years of exhibitions in 2012.

Drink Beer Save Water will be exhibiting at Margin in February 2013 which takes place on the 10th & 11th, and you can find Drink Beer Save Water on Facebook here.

Phenum have egg on their faces with this new t-shirt

by Andy on January 14, 2013

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I don’t really understand “TÊTEDOEUF by BREST BREST BREST” but I do like it.

Costiness=€30 Buy it at Phenum

40% off at Monsieur Steve for who knows how long

by Andy on January 14, 2013

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Use coupon code SALES to get 40% off at Monsieur Steve.

“Donkey Kong Screen” t-shirt by ogfx at MySoti

by Andy on January 2, 2013

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I really like this Donkey Kong shirt, but I do find it quite funny that this shirt will have artwork that is of far, far higher resolution than the actual game did.

Costiness=$26.65 Buy it at MySoti

Concrete Coast’s final t-shirt release of the season

by Andy on January 2, 2013

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Concrete Coast have been releasing a new shirt each week for the past month and a bit, and this shirt will be their last release for a while. The design embodies their ‘beach meets the city’ vibe and knowing that I can see the idea, but if you didn’t know that you may well think this is some kind of tsunami design…

Costiness=$26 Buy it in white / grey / blue

New Accessories from Southfresh!

by Heather Abbott on December 23, 2012

We mentioned not too long ago a new Fall line from clothing brand Southfresh Cloth.ing and now they’re releasing a couple of new accessories, too.

Meet the Cima Desert bag and the Field Desert pouch - a collaboration between Southfresh and Arch. As the rest of the Southfresh Cloth.ing line, these products are handmade in Italy.

The Cima is a waterproof top-loading backpack made of oil green PVC-coated fabric and premium leather with a desert camo interior.

It features a capacious main compartment that you can access via the roll-top or by the top-front zip. There is also a big back pocket with a soft touch interior that can fit a up to a 15″ laptop. You can find a similar and smaller pocket on the front, too. The drawstring closure allows you to fill up your bag to the brim with whatever you need. The details are also impressive; there product is finished with leather details and a desert camo patch with an embroidered Southfresh logo.

The Field is an everyday use pouch that keeps your shoulders free.

It is also made of waterproof oil green PVC-coated fabric and premium leather with a desert camo interior. This pouch is perfect for fitting a compact camera, film rolls, a cellphone, or other personal necessities.

Both accessories were released in limited quantities on December 10th and are now available through the Southfresh Cloth.ing online shop.

Last minute sale at Ugmonk

by Matt on December 18, 2012

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If you live in the US and still want to grab some Ugmonk stuff in time for Christmas, you’re in luck! If you order today, not only will you get your textually awesome shirts in time for the holiday, you can also save 15% off your order with discount code “lastminute”.

Ugmonk also has lots of sweet deals going on otherwise. If you buy their 4th anniversary package, you get a free bonus shirt. You get a free ornament with any purchase over $75 and a free coaster set with any purchase over $125. They also have some cool holiday bundles.

And if all that isn’t enough for you, they’re also donating a full day of meals to children in need for every item purchased through December 31st.

It’s all happening at Ugmonk

Margin London at HideYourArms

by Margin London on December 17, 2012

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Margin London has been kindly invited to contribute to HideYourArms. We’ll be posting some news about up-and-coming labels that will be exhibiting at Margin in February 2013, which takes place on the 10th & 11th, but firstly we think we should introduce ourselves.

Started back in 2002 as an affordable platform for new designers, Margin is the longest-running independent trade exhibition in London. The show presents designer women’s and men’s tailoring and accessories, as well as streetwear for men and women, to invited store buyers and press.

The humble tee has long been a starting point for numerous labels, and we’ve seen many an exhibitor start off with a t-shirt offering which has grown over the seasons to include a full range of clothing. Supremebeing, Lazy Oaf, Seventyseven, Dephect, YourEyesLie, and many others all started at Margin with tees before growing their stockist base and extending their range to include clothing, bags, jewellery (or jewelry for Americans!), and hats.

Margin has been providing a launchpad for brands to meet with key buyers and press for 10 years to date, and 2012 marked a decade of exhibitions.

To commemorate the occasion, a limited-edition 10 year book was printed for visitors to the show, but it’s also available to download as a PDF or as a super-interactive book for iPad. The iPad version features extensive galleries of previous seasons, as well as videos, and can be downloaded here.

Here’s the link to posts where HideYourArms mentions Margin including brand updates from when they last visited (well overdue for a revisit but Andy & the HideYourArms London correspondent are returning in February 2013!).

Margin is an intimate showroom exhibition in a white gallery space in the heart of Central London, and the only tradeshow in the UK where buyers and press can discover new & emerging design talent (most making their debut launch). When we say “NEW”, we don’t just mean new to Margin, we mean brand-spanking, never-been-seen-before, new!

Since the exhibitions first started back in 2002, Margin can lay claim to providing the successful trade launch-pad for many brands such as Chateau Roux, Your Eyes Lie, Supremebeing, Dephect, Emily & Fin, Miyson, 1 in a 100, Missmilne, Worn By, Ashley Marc Hovelle, Humdrum, Worn Free, Sugarhill, King Apparel, Terratag, Lazy Oaf, Famous Forever, and Ruby Rocks, as well as the UK launching point of overseas brands including Silas, Upper Playground, Tank Theory, Eastpak Apparel, Loreak Mendian, Syndrome, Al & Alicia, Gama-Go, Mimobots, Double Goose, Stereo Sound Agency, Diamond Supply Co, Urban Originals, and Uzi amongst many others.

Margin has welcomed key stores to the exhibitions since first launching in 2002; from online players like ASOS, My-Wardrobe, and Urban Industry; multiples such as Ark, Joy, Beams, and Ships; department stores, such as Selfridges, Harvey Nichols, Liberty, House of Fraser, Psyche, Fenwick, El Corte Ingles, Galleries Lafayette, & Engelhorn Trendhaus; as well as the key independents Margin is renowned for, including Colette, Hip, Sakis, Wood, Royal Cheese, Natterjacks, 290sqm, Coggles, Market, Atoo, My Yard, Donuts, Caliroots, and Get Cutie, to name a few.

Margin has welcomed numerous stylists and fashion editors from magazines including Vogue, Wad, Elle, Wallpaper, Arena, i-D, FHM, Esquire, Cosmopolitan, Vice, DJ, Flux, WWD, Drapers, Sportswear International, and Sport & Street; as well as contributors from directional blogs such as BNTL, Coolhunting, Hypequest, Slamxhype, Hypebeast, and, of course, Hideyourarms.

For more info about Margin, visit the website here, find us on Facebook or Twitter, and we’ll be back soon to post about some great new labels that will be exhibiting at Margin in February 2013.

The “Ballin’ Angels” land at Paper Wasp

by Andy on December 14, 2012

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The Ballin’ Angels are a fictional demonic baseball team dreamed up by Paper Wasp. I like that the design is actually on a 3/4 raglan, it makes the fiction seem more like reality.

Costiness=$25 Buy it at Paper Wasp’s Etsy Store

Blind Tiger Collective Pop Up Shop in Dublin from Dec. 21st

by Andy on December 12, 2012

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I like the Blind Tiger Collective, it’s such a great idea for groups of brands to band together to push their promotional efforts forward together, alone they are weak but together they are strong and all that. From December 21st the collective will have a pop-up shop in the heart of Dublin at the White Lady Art Gallery on Wellington Quay (I write as if I have any idea where that is, I’ve never even been to the Republic of Ireland, yet). On the launch night (December 20th) there will be a live art show, a DJ and free drinks, which sounds like it could combine for a fun time to be had by all.

The brands being featured at the pop-up shop are as follows:
Project A Apparel
Sick Studs
Secret Castle
Dog Eat Dog Clothing
Nine Lives
Grandpa Woolf
Black Sheep
Dead Weight Clothing

Free shipping on all* orders at Made with Awesome this month

by Andy on December 12, 2012

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That asterisk is there because this offer is for domestic (USA) orders only at Made with Awesome, which is fair enough since free shipping globally would probably put them out of business by Christmas.

HUGE holiday sale at Wear Liberty!

by Matt on December 11, 2012

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All t-shirts are 40% off at Wear Liberty! That makes the $20 tees only $12 and the $15 ones only $9! Sizes and quantities are low, so get yours before they sell out. Use discount code “holidays” at checkout. Good until December 31st.

Daily t-shirt releases from Teefury et al for December 11th

by Andy on December 11, 2012

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I like the Pokemon tee at Teefury today.

Clever LOTR design at Shirt.Woot today, but is it the kind of thing you’d wear on a shirt?

Futurama meets Firefly for no particular reason at RIPT.

A cat on a t-shirt? No way the internet is going to like this, DBH.

‘Cathedral of the Serenity’ is at Qwertee.

Pretty cool Star Wars tees at Shirt Punch today.

Powdered Toast Man from the Ren & Stimpy Universe is at The Yetee in two colours.

Safe to say all these weapons at Nowhere Bad are used in the Hunger Games.

Nice Sherlock concept at TeeRaiders, though the nose on the left looks a bit big.

There’s a universal truth at 6dollarshirts.

Another Fine Tee will be in their bunk.

Good artwork ruined by a played out meme at Epic Embrace.

Pretty nice at TeeVolt.

There are 3 £10 Festivitees at Origin68 today.

Rigu is still shipping quality camera straps and bags every day up until Christmas. If you know someone with a nice camera then a cool and colourful camera strap does make a nice gift, and it’s an upgrade from the standard strap.

Doc Brown’s Flux Capacitor

by Travis on December 3, 2012

AFT’s design of the day is a bit of faux branding packaged around a Back To The Future reference (no complaints there) and distressed for effect.

Here’s a closer look at the design thumb:

On a related note, here’s a fully-functional DeLorean, complete with its very own flux cap and refashioned as a NYC taxi cab! Can this thing get up to 88 MPH on the streets of Manhattan?

More pics at BuzzFeed.

Cap tip: Shirtoid

Read more of Travis’ work at It Goes to 11.

Three new shirts at Tshirt Laundry this week

by Andy on November 30, 2012

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Can’t say I’m too impressed, but there’s nothing wrong with them.

Tshirt Laundry

MEKANIK CLOTHING- Bolt Dismay T-Shirt Review

by MissMcFaul on November 25, 2012

You need only to visit MEKANIK CLOTHING‘s website to instantly recognise that this streetwear brand is sleek, sharp and bold with a humorous twist and a nod to pop culture geekdom. So far so good! Launched earlier this year by Istanbul based artist and graphic designer MEKAZOO, the influences of sci-fi, mechas, videogames and b-movies are clearly represented in his work. The tee’s on offer appeal to a love of bold, simple, eye catching urban design which is why (after a really long wait, Turkish postman be slow yo!) I was thrilled when the package below plopped through my door!

(Photo: www.mknk.net)

The parcel contained the tee and a business card (which if we’re getting all “American Psycho” was a nice, bold black and white print on thick, matte card) and a sticker but also a sheet of card printed with a cut-n-build your own toy which was very exciting as I love a bit of scissors-paper-glue crafting! (Pics of crafting prowess below)

(Photo: www.mknk.net)

The tee itself is feels smooth and cool and the tri-colour print pops out against the crisp white background. The image is printed on with precision and has a pleasant texture. Giving it a poke and a stretch also reveals it to be pretty resilient to cracking or peeling which is a problem sometimes when an ink is too thick and becomes brittle, but all MEKANIK tees are and printed with eco-friendly water-based inks, which is a relief to those of us with an eco-conscience!

The smooth, soft feel when wearing is down to the 100% combed ring spun cotton which should assure you of the garments quality as 100% cotton fibre content will never result in pilling or bobbling that you get with polyester blends (it’s also more absorbant, for all you sweaty betties out there) . In fact the quality of the fabric, print and construction should mean this garment lasts and last. The only thing that could possible take it down would be a red wine of curry stain down the front!

Size men’s medium is a good fit on my medium sized partner but it’s also a nice size for any girls who like a looser “boyfriend” fit.

STYLING TIP: For a chic and edgy urban look, ladies, roll up the sleeves and wear with skinnies, dirty converse (or ankle boots with a heel if so inclined) and some Mr.T necklace application. I also enjoy a good door-knocker chav earring when rocking a tee. Just an idea!

Here is the paper toy before (above) and after construction (below), which was a fun 10mins out of my day and looks cool on the bookshelf gathering dust. MEKAZOO has plans to expand his brand with hoodies, hats and designer toys which I will definitely be checking out.

I really really appreciate a printed back neck label in place of those itchy folded tapes which, I at least, end up cutting out leaving an ugly frayed bit that still tickles! ALL apparel should have the brand and size info sneakily printed on somewhere! #nomoreitchylabelsthankyouplease.

Now, I had a bit of an issue with the creasing situation after wearing it all day and being comfortable and receiving plenty of compliments, I stood up and the front had concertina’d like an accordion and stayed that way all night. Cotton does crease I’ll admit but body heat will usually cause creases to drop out, this extreme creasing could be down to an applied finish on the fabric which kept it so flat and sharp looking in transit and may wear off after laundering a few times.

One last criticism would be that after washing (following care label instructions obviously) the tee shrank 3cm in length and 2cm across pit to pit. While this isn’t a massive change it is worth noting if you’re a borderline size, maybe consider sizing up. This shrinking also caused an issue with slight puckering around the neck and some twisting of the sleeve cuff.

These pictures of sleeve twist were taken before ironing, you (or your mum) could potentially iron the worst of it out but it will always return to this configuration after washing. This is known as spirality which affects jersey fabrics such as this, the only thing that can help reduce this twisting is a more careful approach to the construction of the sleeve WHICH I might add may only affect this particular tee! Yours might have been made by a more skilled machinist!

In summary this is a great tee and MEKANIK CLOTHING is definitely worth checking out. Cool, comfortable clothes for boys and girls! Can’t wait to see how the brand progresses.

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