Kids like 40′s too!

Andy: Something tells me that this submission won’t be getting printed at Threadless.

I’m a little bit late in posting this one, so disregard the three days mentioned in the image, I think that you have until Sunday night to get 20% off at Split Reason with the coupon code MAYDAY.

What a beast! And I’m not just talking about that guys beard. Dip dyed (possibly bleached?) arms are an unusual touch.

Costiness=£30 Buy it at Distubria.

Love this, such a wearable style.

Costiness=£25 Buy it at XVCB (multiple colourways available)

Pretty cool two-piece capsule collection from The Clothing Face entitled ‘Life Sucks’ that, as you’d imagine, focuses on how life can sometimes be hard. I could do without the back print on the work hard shirt (can you imagine walking behind someone wearing that?), but otherwise I like the simple typographic style.

They’re limited to 25 pieces of each design, and are £25 each with free UK postage.

Being a Brit it’s traditional for me to make fun of French people, and for them to do the same to us, it’s one of those friendly rivalries that used to mean something but now it’s just a bit of fun, just like Brits and Germans, Brits and Australians, Brits and Americans, and well, you get the idea. But there’s nothing I can think of making a joke out of with Follow Your Bliss, a new French brand that has based itself upon the philosophy of American writer Joseph Campbell. Usually I would mock any brand for claiming to have a philosophy, it’s one of those things that brands usually say to fill space on their about page, but in this case I actually believe it and find it to be an interesting idea to base the core of a brand around.

Tees are €29,90 each which is pushing a bit but we all have to remember that this stuff just costs more in Europe, and they are using green printing methods (though I can’t elaborate on the actual process) which I presume would push the price up a bit.

Ahhh, who doesn’t love a good roundup? Head on over to check out the rest of their picks.

May Picks of the Best Tees Big Cartel | Indie Minded

I like this shirt, but I am absolutely kicking myself that I can’t remember what game it is referencing. Can any of you guys put me out of my misery?

Costiness=$18 Buy it at Etsy

Druu Clothing have got in touch with me a few times and it has taken me an almost-rude amount of time to get back to them, HYA gets a lot of e-mail and whilst I want to reply to everyone and cover everything, it is usually just not feasible. Here’s their blurb:

From urban origins, the indie label Druu has attracted the talents of various street artists from all over the U.K. and U.S. to share their work with the emerging brand. With much of DRUU’s influence coming from the skate/street art scene the brand has already amassed a significant following from its recent launch in 2013.

Producing all original designs on high quality materials DRUU has firmly established itself in the indie sector. And with a growing portfolio of underground and street artists contributing to the cause, the continuing influence of the brand looks certain to continue on both sides of the Atlantic.

On the whole, I like what I see, but I wish that the pop culture designs weren’t there. Even though I like those designs and appreciate the artwork, it would be great if they were using the talents of their designers to create original art rather than trading on the popularity of something that already exists, which could be risky in terms of copyright too, they could be told by a lawyer to stop selling them and then what happens to all those tees they’ve had printed? The original designs work better as t-shirts anyway, so fingers crossed that’s the direction that they’ll be moving in the future.

When we first took a look at True Tarpan I noted how professional everything looked for a first collection and how their presentation showed a level of experience beyond people who had been running for less than a week. Well, unsurprisingly, this second collection shows that same level of quality that they brought to the first, and there’s some really cool designs in the collection. One thing that stood out to me in their press release was this; “printed using a new revolutionary print technology that will ensure long lasting wear and are printed on high quality tees.” That’s got me really curious because they don’t specifically mention their printing technique, but I don’t keep my ear to the ground on these matters so maybe there is some revolutionary printing technique that’s sweeping the nation, who knows?

Price wise they are keeping things fair at £19.99 for a tee including free UK shipping (something I feel that they should make a bigger deal of on the website).