Big, big, big release from Seventh.Ink today, some of the items are very limited and already close to selling out, which says a lot for the amount of excitement that Matt has been able to generate around the collection. The three designs you can see above are all available as t-shirts, hoodies and tank tops, all of which are limited edition and won’t be reprinted, but there are also some interesting ‘super limited’ items too. The laser engraved wooden book boxes are a new one on me, I can’t think of many other companies that have done something similar, there’s only seven of each design available on each box. There’s also the belts, which is an oft overlooked accessory at clothing brands, there’s only 10 of those available for each design, and lastly for the accessories there is a button pack.

I think it’s fair to say that with this being called ‘Series 1′ that we can expect to get more of the same from Seventh.Ink over the new few months, and hopefully the same goes for the innovative products that they’re putting out.

I got an e-mail from John at Abuv almost a month ago, and it’s taken me until now to get around to writing about them. That may provide some comfort to those of you that have e-mailed me an I haven’t got back to you yet. I say yet because I do intend to reply to everyone, there’s just only so many hours in the day, you know?

Abuv aren’t just a company that makes t-shirts (4 designs in at the moment, one of them is not pictured), webbing belts and bracelets, they’re setting themselves apart by offering 10% of all sales (not just 10% of profits) to charity, so if you make a purchase with them then you know precisely how much of your order will be going to charity. I’m not a bracelet wearer, but John from Abuv makes the bracelets by hand himself, and I think it’s cool that there is that personal connection to the items that they’re selling. I know that there’s always a connection when I talk about tee brands because they have the designs made or design them themselves and then get a printer company to produce finish product (it’s a smaller and smaller percentage of brands printing their own shirts these days), but it feels a little different with the idea of handmade bracelets.

The range available in their store isn’t massive at the moment, but everyone has to grow from something and I look forward to see what they come up with in the future.

Taking a short break from tees here, the guy who runs NESBuckle (the belt buckle for nerds) sent me an e-mail giving you guys a $10 off coupon code for NESBuckle.com, which as HYA regulars would probably guess is hideyourarms. The buckles, which are made of genuine NES controllers, cost $29.95 regularly, so $10 off is a good saving. I actually have a NES sat under the TV in the office right now, it doesn’t get much play anymore, but then again I don’t spend a huge amount of time playing videogames, my Xbox gets used far more as a media centre, dammit I’m old.

I thought that “destroy breast cancer” had a bit more punch to it than “support a breast cancer charity.” This isn’t a belt blog, that would be too niche even for me, but when it comes to a brand trying to help a charity I’m a bit of a sucker. Apparently October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month, and whilst the month may almost be out, Boston Cream are still trying to do their bit, and all proceeds from the sale of these pink $10 belts will be to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. We can expect to hear more from Boston Cream in the next few weeks too, as their Winter collection will be dropping on November 17th.

I know that title might make you think that I’m not impressed with Seventh.Ink‘s fall line, but I like it, I justed to try and show some kind of objectivity with one of my advertisers. I would write about them whether they were or weren’t helping to keep the server running and the HYA jet filled with supermodels, but HYA is a shill-free zone, so with posts like this I would prefer to just give you the facts and let you make up your own mind. They are being quite ambitious though, the three designs you can see above are being made available (when the line is released on Monday) as tee, hoodies, and belts. Read more about the new line on their blog, and check out all the previews in the gallery.

So, 20% off at PalmerCash today and tomorrow with the coupon code yeah.

We’re running our final big sale of the year with some real craziness. 40% everything for the next three days, and that includes our newest sweatshirts we just released.

The tee on the left is called Bloodletting and was designed to “see if I could make the most offensive design possible, or at least a design that my mom would be shocked to see.” The tee on the right is called Giallo and was apprently inspired by a film called Suspiria, which is a film all about awesome colours and beautiful women that will be finding its way onto my LoveFilm (Netflix, but British) queue. The tees are $22 individually, but there is also a package of both tees for $38 (that’s a $6 saving) which will include 2 free belts, and two entries to the contest.

*Since I wrote this post Randr have also put all of their tees except these two on sale, with shirts as low as $7, so go get ‘em!*

So, $30 might be more than you’d usually pay for a belt buckle, though considering this is a console controller from the 80s it seems fairly reasonable in my head, but for those of you in need of a deal sweetener, here’s a spoonful of Splenda for you. The first 10 people to make a purchase at nesbuckle.com using the coupon code hideyourarms will get $10 off their order.