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An interview with the Hipstery (and a coupon code!)

September 4, 2009

I said on Tuesday that I was going to run an interview with The Hipstery ‘later this week’ and bam, midnight on Friday, here’s an interview with Willem Von Tinkel, it’s like I’m a professional or something! How did you come up with the idea for the site? Well the year was 1922 and the [...]

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Say Hello To The Hipstery

September 2, 2009

Usually when I see that a website has a manifesto, I roll my eyes and may even shake my head a bit, because generally clothing companies do not need a manifesto, they make clothes, not overthrow governments. However, The Hipstery do need a manifesto, because they have got quite a hard sell on their hands. [...]

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Hirsute History, for people that like hair

August 17, 2009

Shirts featuring the hair of famous people. Not like ‘Britney’ famous, more like important. Well, mostly. Oh, and some beards too. And that’s what Hirsute History do. I like the way that the site (yet another offshoot from Amorphia Apparel) has a concept and sticks to it, there’s no deviation from one design to the [...]

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Lust by Linework

August 12, 2009

Linework is a new-ish label from London combining the work of illustrator Sam Falconer with organic tees, and it looks like a pretty good match to me. As ever though, I take issue with the lack of large images of the designs on the site, there’s no point putting so much time and energy into [...]

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Holebrain: And these cost how much?

August 11, 2009

I know that £8 doesn’t seem particularly cheap for an American, that’s about $13, right? Cheap, but not crazy-cheap. However, in Britain, that is crazy cheap, especially when that includes free shipping. Holebrain is brought to us by a guy called Will from Bristol, he’s designing, printing, and selling all the tees himself, including setting [...]

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Akufuncture are a bunch of characters

March 3, 2009

We’re all pretty used to seeing the world’s of Japan and streetwear colliding (I guess that to a lot of people streetwear=Japan), but China and streetwear is a bit less of a common occurrence. Akufuncture are trying to change that, creating an urban fashion line combined with Chinese culture in the form of a series [...]

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Shinobi Spirit – I like ‘em!

January 23, 2009

I got an e-mail about a week ago from someone called Garret that said: I ran across this site, thought it might be of interest to you: www.shinobispirit.com. And you know what, Garret was right, it was of interest to me, because Shinobi Spirit have some pretty cool designs. I think they’re a Spanish brand, [...]

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SPRFKR – Because disemvoweling make things PG-13

January 15, 2009

I’m no prude, I try and keep salty language out of my writing because if I dropped the f-bomb in every post it would lack impact, but when I’m chatting with friends I’ll loosen the ties a bit, even so, I think that calling your brand SPRFKR (which means exactly what you think it means) [...]

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Fat Gold – Actually Pretty Good

January 13, 2009

I looked at Fat Gold‘s shop, and decided that they were “actually pretty good.” If you’re wondering where the ‘actually’ in that description comes from, it’s because I judge a company based on their name when I receive an e-mail, and I thought that Fat Gold were going to be another loud & lame streetwear [...]

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People will see you wearing Arkaik Clothing

January 11, 2009

If you can get past Arkaik not spelling their name right (sorry, we can’t all be Stephen Fry), and putting it on pretty much every product that they release, you’ll find that Arkaik actually have some pretty cool designs. The colourways are clearly not for the faint of heart, they will get you noticed, but [...]

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Bear Annihilator… I know, how awesome is that name?!

January 9, 2009

As soon as I got an e-mail from a company with a name as badass as Bear Annihilator I knew I had to write something about them. Even if their tees sucked they were going to get a post. Luckily for me, and you, their tees don’t suck, the line is centered around what appears [...]

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Say Hello to FAQ (they’ve heard it all before)

January 7, 2009

Geddit? Do you understand the joke? They’ve heard it all before because FAQ stands for ‘frequently asked questions’? Yeah, jokes are funnier when you explain them.* I can’t believe that I’ve let FAQ sit in my inbox for so long, because now that I’ve given them a second look, they’re brilliant! The designer, Sam Irvani, [...]

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Cassida – When in Rome…

December 9, 2008

In these times of global economic meltdown you’d think that people would be producing tees that were a bit lighter on your wallet, and some people have with all the sales that are going on at the moment (which is why they’re accouting for such a large percentage of posts at the moment), but there’s [...]

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Paint the Stars Clothing

December 8, 2008

The last time I mentioned Paint the Stars Clothing was well over two years ago when it turned out I had a friend that knew them (small world!), and in much the same way that I’m sure Garth has changed since I last saw him (also two years ago), PTS seem to have changed beyond [...]

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A couple of new tees at Found Item Clothing

December 4, 2008

I’m pretty annoyed at myself that this is going to be the first post about Found Item Clothing on HYA. I’ve been a big admirer of their for years, yet inexplicably never wrote about them, they’re one of my ‘rainy day’ brands, if I cleared out my inbox I was going to write about them. [...]

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Say Hello to Children

November 6, 2008

CHILDREN was founded by Rob Flate, a DJ and artist born and raised in LA. The name CHILDREN represents expansion, growth and change. There’s a new street culture where the lines between peoples’ styles, musical tastes and artistic sensibilities have blurred. CHILDREN is designed to celebrate that growth while keeping a foot planted in the [...]

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Say Hello To Acropolis Apparel

October 16, 2008

[Here's another fresh label for you to check out whilst I'm slaving away down in St. Tropez] About Acropolis Apparel: Respect. Progress. Achievement. These are the foundations of Acropolis. We find inspiration in our Los Angeles surroundings – notably the street, hip hop and sports culture of Southern California. Our influences come from all aspects [...]

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Say Hello To Electric Threads Corp

October 14, 2008

[At the time of posting this, hopefully I'm on a ferry between England and France, so please excuse the lack of commentary] Here’s a brand that I found on Emptees: The whole reason I started Electric Threads Corp. was because I had always enjoyed drawing and sketching, but the thing is I wanted to take [...]

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Draw Limited turn doodles into tees

September 29, 2008

Well, here’s a novel concept, a t-shirt company that think everyone is an artist. I think they realise that not everyone is the next Rothko or Mozart, but they might be on to something with this idea that ‘everyone doodles’. I guess that’s true to one extent or another, and it actually works surprisingly well [...]

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Fuzzy Ink (the mustache invasion continues!)

June 6, 2008

I feel kinda sorry for Fuzzy Ink, every time someone mentions them, they also have to mention Fantastic Bonanza’s Fancy Mustachio design, and of course, Mustache & Friends. Some people might be thinking that they’re jumping on some kind of mustache based band wagon, but let’s think about this, take a look at their site, [...]

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