Mountainman launched rather recently after the founder, John Hargreaves, graduated from High School. I don’t know how it works in Australia, but I take that to mean that John is pretty young. Still, there’s no reason why youth should get in the way of putting out a solid line of t-shirts if you’ve got the talent. John currently has four design in his Big Cartel powered store and the one above is my favourite, I also feel it gives a pretty good representation of his style (well, that and the launch poster, which I think he should get put onto some physical prints, pronto).
John is also blogging about the experience of creating his own designs and other aspects of launching his own line of tees. It does make for a very interesting read (for me, at least), and it’s cool to see the pride and passion that he clearly has for his work.
Looking forward to seeing what comes from Mountainman in the future.
Costiness=$23 (AUD?) Buy it at Mountainman
Syke Clothing got in touch a couple of days ago to say “hey, we’re here!” I checked them out and I am mighty impressed, they’ve got some great graphic tees and I guess they’re something of a lifestyle brand because they’ve got shirts, shorts, hoodies and jackets too. None of it is particularly cheap, but as I understand it getting anything produced in Australia is a costly business (they’re based in Melbourne), even compared to the UK, so there’s not a lot they can do about that, and it all looks like good quality stuff so maybe the price is justified, it’s hard to tell just looking at a monitor.
Costiness=AUD $59.95 Buy it at Syke Illustrated
Good to see
Hello Fresco releasing some new stuff after they made quite an impression in the tee world with their launch over the last couple of months. Of the two new designs I’d say that Yo Yo is my favourite.
Beneath Rejection are a new clothing company from Australia that launched recently with their Summer line (something that my Northern Hemisphere head struggles to comprehend even though I’m 27 years old) consisting of four tees and a tank top. I like that they’ve kept things nice and cohesive with a style that flows not just through the t-shirt designs but also through the website, you really get a sense that they’re trying to do things right from the get-go rather than stumbling through and learning as they go (as I feel I’m doing with
Rigu). Here’s a few words from Georgie over at Beneath Rejection pointing out some details from the line:
The first collection “Forget Me” is a summer line consisting of five t-shirts. We printed all the tees on AA 2001s and the tank is AA too. I used waterbased and discharge inks on all the designs to try keep the feel as soft as possible. I also painstakingly hand sewed hem tags on all of the tees and added a screen printed inside label. It was hard work but totally worth it. I like knowing each shirt has been given some extra love 
It’s good to know that they have taken thge time and effort to add in details which aren’t strictly necessary but add to the overall experience of buying a shirt. Hopefully we’ll be seeing more from these guys in the future.
AnyForty let me know about this massive t-shirt exhibition going on in Sydney at the moment. There’s 1000+ t-shirts and 200+ brands on show at the exhibition (including AnyForty). The show is being run by the people behind T-World magazine (who still don’t have a website, but at least they have a Facebook page now), so there are a lot of good tees on show, some from brands we know and some from people that are new to me. Unfortunately the HYA jet is being repainted at the moment so I won’t be able to check it out in person, but all these pictures on the AnyForty blog help to make up for that.
