Pretty cool new collection from District roots, a brand who like to keep it local and with them being based in Manchester it’s nice for me to be able to post about someone that isn’t hundreds of miles away from me.
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I’m usually fairly cynical about charity t-shirt sites, Sevenly has proven to be an exception since they always (always!) have good looking tees and give a good portion of the shirt cost to charity, but the effect that this weeks donation can give has really floored me. As usual, buying a shirt from Sevenly will result in $7 going to their chosen charity of the week, which this week is End7, a charity dedicated to eliminating seven neglected tropical diseases by 2020, a lofty goal, but why aim low when you’re dealing with diseases?
You’d think it would be quite expensive protect children from seven different diseases, but it’s actually just 50c, and that’s not for one dose, that’s protection for a whole year, so your $7 will ensure that 14 kids don’t get “elephantiasis, river blindness, trachoma, snail fever, hookworm, whipworm and roundworm.” It’s amazing just how much of a difference such a small amount of money can make.
Also, the designs look great!
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No need for my usual rant about how hard it is for a logo-based brand to establish itself because I really dig the logo on No Good‘s tees, totally wearable and you don’t need to be a fan of the brand to appreciate it. I like the pocket tees with the patterns and I do like the movie based pocket tees but I am quite sure that if they came under any scrutiny from a lawyer they’d have to stop selling them as I doubt that they have permission to use the images. Doesn’t stop them being cool, just a bit questionable in terms of copyright.
They’ve got more stuff available than is shown above, I just didn’t want to get too carried away with the photos, click on through and check them out. Tees are around €25.
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Without wanting to make myself sounds completely ignorant, I know pretty much nothing about art, and art shirts are an extension of that, if a t-shirt looks good then I’ll like it, it’s a simple equation and I’m happy to let the more challenging aspects of a design just wash over me. That’s how I feel about these designs from the new ‘Life Collection’ over at Skim Milk, they’re interesting, and I like them on a purely aesthetic level in terms of their wearability, but I’m not going to dive any deeper into analysing them, though I do like that it is at least possible to do that if you wished.
Did any of that makes sense?
Anyway, cool tees, $35 a pop, and a pair of shiny shorts for $45, have at it.
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Welcome to The Dojo.
A South Florida based brand trying to recruit new ninjas everyday into the sly lifestyle.
www.slyonesco.com
Andy: It must be very boring for regular readers to hear me bang on about product photos all the times, but this is going to be another instance of that. I really like the lookbook photography that’s displayed here, it gives me a really good feeling for Sly Ones and whatthey’re trying to represent, but when I go to their Big Cartel store all I see are the ‘tees on hangers’ photos, which of course there’s nothing wrong with using them, but it seems odd to do a photoshoot and then not use the photos on the main point at which potential customers will see the goods.
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I received the Panda Tee from New Love Club who are a London Based indie brand founded in 2010, they seem pretty established from their vast collection of tees which is awesome and I’m glad they’re doing well. I must admit the majority of their collection isn’t something that particularly takes my fancy but that’s not to say that it’s bad. These tees on the whole probably appeal to a certain type of demographic which I find quite difficult to define but I’m sure some of you might understand? Ironically as well I noticed that this design was used on a tank top that someone wore on Geordie Shore – picture included! Honestly… I don’t watch it.
I’m not one hundred percent certain on how the tee was printed but I would hazard a guess as to CMYK printing, which is an awesome process when you think about it! The only draw back here I’d say is that the image doesn’t pop like it would with DTG or using exact colours via a screen print, but then again each process has it’s limitations and you can’t win them all! Overall the print is pretty good, it doesn’t feel heavy on the garment and feels like it will last and it won’t really ruin the design if it fades or cracks, it’ll just give it a nice vintage feel. What I will say however that bugs me is on the website the images they’ve used for their t-shirts, or at least this one, do not give a fair representation of the finished product. It almost looks as if they have photoshopped the image on because the t-shirt I received does not look as vibrant as the one shown online.
The quality of the tee is nice, I’m not sure what brand they’ve used but it’s light weight and soft on the skin which is always nice, nothing worse than having a coarse tee! It’s nice that they’ve added their own custom New Love Club tag on the neck and makes it more professional.
Overall I can see that this design and style will appeal to a lot of people, however to me I don’t particularly see the appeal of semi naked ladies on tees. I just feel a little bit awkward wearing them, but if this is your style I think there is something you will find that takes your fancy at New Love Club.
I’m really curious too to know if the tee featured on Geordie Shore was from them or whether this image is a stock image that can be bought somewhere! I hope for the former because I prefer designs which are thought out buy a company and not just a random image used.
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Some very good looking tees and tanks from Brooklyn Treasury in this latest release. They’re pushing our usual envelope a bit with tees being $38 a piece, but there are certainly more expensive tees out there and I could walk into most shops in the UK and come out with something less nice for much more.
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I usually find it quite boring when Johnny Cupcakes takes one of his old designs and just adds a new colour or pattern to it, but this actually does look pretty cool.
Costiness=$55 Buy it from JC
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Hey,
My name is Chris Grosso and I’m the founder of an up and coming clothing company called SHEMM Apparel. I’m 20 years old from Toronto, Canada and I’ve been working on my company for just about a year. We have been featured at several events and we have also sponsored a club event for one of our sponsored music producer’s.
SHEMM APPAREL is targeted towards two different scenes, the artistic scene for those who express their creativity through art and the extreme sports scene for those adrenaline junkies who love putting out risks to gain satisfactory rewards. So far we’ve sponsored Electronic Musicians as well as dancers and are looking to sponsor some athletes soon.
Our style would have to be best described as hipster meets extreme sports, where the hipster arts collaborates with the boldness of an extreme sport athlete. The design of our recent 2013 spring/summer line was inspired by what we believe to be a perfect summer which consists of chilling out on the beach, wakeboarding at the cottage, and going to music festivals.
My goal with this company is to create a family like mentality through the brand and give undiscovered talent a brand that will actually take the time to view their material with hopes of gaining a sponsor. We want to help those with real raw talent get the recognition they deserve. In addition, we want our group of sponsored individuals to feel comfortable to come together, collaborate, feed off of each others positive vibes and ultimately help each other reach their dreams and goals!I hope you take the time to check out my brand.
Thank You!
Social Media:
http://www.facebook.com/shemmapparel
http://instagram.com/shemmapparel
https://twitter.com/shemmapparel
Andy: I read through the blurb here and thought it all sounded pretty positive, and then I looked at the photos. I just didn’t feel a connection between what I was being told and what I saw, which is disappointing, because it sounded like it could be quite exciting. It would also be good if there was simply more available to buy, a brand needs to have more than one t-shirt, two vests, a crew neck and a hat on sale, I have more than that in the HYA store, and HYA isn’t even a brand or something that I take that seriously in terms of a shop. Also, the website is sorely lacking in an ‘about us’ page, the information that is in this post should be available in one form or another on the website, otherwise casual visitors just aren’t going to have any idea why what they are buying represents what is claimed. There is promise in this brand, but I think it’s hidden away behind getting caught up in sponsoring people an events and the glamourous side of owning a brand rather than pushing the hard parts and focusing on what actually matters to the end customer.
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I am really digging these latest designs from CX.City, the use of strong, iconic symbols and images really helps to create a very wearable collection. You’re looking at $26.95 for tees or tank tops.
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Sevenly have teamed up with Next Door (a charity fighting domestic abuse) to raise some money for their important work. As usual the designs are top notch, they seem to always have a solid line-up of designs over at Sevenly. $7 from each sale goes directly to the charity so if you like any of the designs then pick one up and feel better about yourself for helping someone out!
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Sevenly have partnered with Autism Speaks this week, giving $7 from each sale as usual to help the charity. Five very nice designs available in various styles and colourways, have at it!
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You know what? I don’t like these hats, they aren’t my style and that’s completely fine, different people are allowed to like different things and Dream But Do Not Sleep clearly have louder tastes in headwear than I do. What I do like is that these new goods are made in the UK, I think that’s brilliant, I didn’t even know that there was anyone on our collection of islands that was producing hats like this, I knew that shirts were still made in the UK but I thought it was more of a bespoke thing that would push the cost sky high, the £50 for a shirt that they charge is pretty reasonable to me. I don’t know much about DBNS but so far I am very impressed and looking forward to seeing what they come up with next.
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So proud of these!
There’s discharge (aka so soft you can barely feel it) ink used on the red tee, and both the tank tops, whereas the lapis blue tee couldn’t be discharged and so is just regular plastisol, but the printers did a great job and it feels good too.
Sizes are limited for most items, so if you like the look of something do pick it up as it could be gone soon. I’d love to be taking more packages down to the Post Office and spreading HYA far and wide. Would love to get feedback from you guys about the new stuff and what you’d like to see in the HYA store in the future!
Check them all out at the HYA store, where there is shipping available worldwide (I charge you for shipping what the Royal Mail charge me, I think that’s the fairest way to do things) and if you’re in the UK and spend more than £30 then you can get free postage.
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I guess that if you’re going to put (presumably magic) mushrooms on a t-shirt then your lookbook is going to need to look pretty weird.
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Aaron got in touch a few days ago to let us know about his latest collection at Aaron Andrews Apparel and it’s pretty impressive. There’s a nice mix of graphic designs and also a new side of the brand, the ‘Whitetail Collection’, which is a bit more subtle with a bit of a collegiate feel to it. Very nice lookbook photos too, really showing off the goods well. With Aaron going for what seems like a more premium look with these new items you’d almost expect the prices to be cranked up but that is not the case at all, with tees being $20, the tank top $25, and those crewnecks are reasonable at $35.
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This is probably one of the weirdest concepts for a t-shirt design I have seen, However the site claims that they are selling fast. So If you should happen to be a slightly obsessive Karl Pilkington fan you can get yours at the appropriately named ‘Fashion Victim’ for £22 http://www.fashionvictim.bigcartel.com …
Ash runs Rudi Clothing selling clothing from top indie brands, check out the store now Rudiclothing.com
Twitter : @ashjadejones @Rudiclothing
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I decided to write this post following a question on my twitter (@ashjadejones) asking if I knew of any decent tees in sizes 3XL and larger. Almost straight away some one replied saying they had the same problem with finding decent tees in bigger sizes, so I thought it might be worth looking into and sharing on Hide Your Arms.
There are a lot of sites selling the standard offensive/comedy slogan printed tees in larger sizes, but as I find them boring and uninspiring I have tried to find a selection of some of the best (in my opinion) that are available in sizes XXXL and larger.
http://shop.johnnycupcakes.com/
I really like the designs on Johnny cupcakes, the shipping Is quite a lot if you’re outside of the US ($15 to UK) – but they do have a UK store in London if you are able to visit in person. They go up to sizes 3XL. This tee is priced at $40.
http://www.truffleshuffle.co.uk/store/
Truffle shuffle have some pretty good designs, with tees going up to 5XL, one of my favourites is ‘Chewbacca drumming’ which is £24.99
La Fraise have been featured on HYA before, and have loads of designs in 3XL sizes and shipping is very reasonable too (€3).
Team hell have a few tattoo themed tees that come in sizes up to 3XL. (£15)
I must admit I was reluctant about including ‘Got Ink’ as I don’t like recommending a company if I have personally had a negative experience, (sent them a few emails a while back and never got a response, which makes me question their customer service.)
However, they have got some pretty awesome t-shirts! They go up to sizes 3XL and are reasonably priced, this ‘Octo-sailor’ tee is priced at £22.99.
Ash runs Rudi Clothing selling clothing from top indie brands, check out the store now Rudiclothing.com
Twitter : @ashjadejones @Rudiclothing
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Joel Wiesner, the co-founder of Create Clothing, sent me an e-mail back in January, I took a quick look at the e-mail on my phone and told myself that I’d give the site a look when I got home and was in work mode. Of course, I completely forgot and have only gotten around to checking them out almost two months later. My bad, they’ve got some really cool stuff.
They had their first birthday back in January, so they’re still new but not that new, and it’s interesting to see how their style has progressed through the year by looking at their store, what I assume to be older stuff at the bottom of the store doesn’t suck, but the newer designs are a lot more impressive and enticing to new customers. Looking forward to seeing more from these guys and hopefully I won’t be such a slacker on the next update.
*UPDATE* Create have been nice enough to offer use a coupon code. Use the code HideYourArms to get 10% off your entire order.
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I don’t usually post about reprints, but this is the first time I’m seeing this vest print from Your Eyes Lie and even though it’s for women and I don’t wear vests I do really like it.
Costiness=£28 Buy it at Your Eyes Lie
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