A blog about hoodies & t-shirts, with news from the independent clothing world

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This t-shirt seems to be causing a fuss because its apparently insulting to Carrie Underwood, because she is vegetarian and used to date Tony Romo, who Jessica Simpson now dates. I almost hate myself for writing that last sentence since its so ridiculously Us Magazine, but it does allow me to ask the question; how come no one has pointed out that this t-shirt is probably the kind of thing that you get given when Joe Francis turns you into a Girls Gone Wild ’star’?

Also, I’ve noticed that behind her, Tony Romo is wearing a t-shirt that has ‘hickory’ written on it (see thumbnail if you don’t believe me). Now, I might be just looking at the bright side of this, but is it possible that Tony and Jessica are just really, really big fans of barbeque food?

Jessica Simpson thinks that real girls eat meat, good for her.

[Photo credit: Just Jared]

Ashlee Simpson is a terrible painter, looks good in a tee though

If you don’t get the title, Ashlee Simpson/Wentz is pregnant (right?) so… in a few months there’ll be baby puke on her clothes, not paint, and given the choice, I’d prefer paint to puke. I think this is actually a pretty cool looking t-shirt, you could really have some fun if you were making one of these up for yourself, and you’d always end up with a unique tee.

Mila Kunis Wearing a black Nightmare Before Christmas hoodie

I never really know what to write in these celeb posts because I’m not a celeb blogger, and I only really write them because I like to change things up around here in terms of content (and celebrities are traffic gold), but I’ve been a fan of Mila’s since the That 70s Show days (by which I mean I’ve thought she was hot since then), and she is wearing a Nightmare Before Christmas hoodie, so I thought I’d give her a bit of HYA love.

I haven’t managed to find an exact replica of the hoodie that she is wearing, but I have managed to find the same design as a zip-up hoodie at three different UK based stores for the same price, here, here, and here, may I recommend that if you want to pick it up then see how much shipping is at each shop and then you’ll be able to find the cheapest of the lot.

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[Photo credit: Hollywood Tuna]

Victoria Beckham gets naked for Marc Jacobs

Have any of you guys seen those tees which have naked celebs on them with a slogan placed to hide all the naughty bits?I know they’re hardly a new concept (the project started in 2006), but I spotted a good roundup and explanation of the project on a blog called “If It’s Hip, It’s Here” and thought that it was pretty interesting. I think the tees are about $35 each, which is probably too much for many, but apparently all proceeds go to the NYU Cancer Institute, so you’re kinda making a $35 donation to a charity and getting a free tee out of it.

The Naked Truth About Marc Jacobs’ Skin Cancer Awareness Campaign: Who Posed Nude, Where Can You Buy The Shirts & Who Benefits [via Notcot]

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I was watching a debate with the three front runners for the London Mayoral Election (Boris Johnson - Conservative, Ken Livingston - Labour, Brian Paddick - Liberal Democrat) on Sunday, and I realised that I wouldn’t really want any of them to be in charge of a city that I lived in, they were squabbling like kids. How much is it to ask that we have political figures that I can actually respect?
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Since I don’t live in London it doesn’t effect me that much, but I’d imagine its a pretty confusing position for Londoners to be in, having to pick the best of a bad bunch, and I think that this latest couple of tees from Mingled highlights the situation pretty well. For those of you that don’t recognise the faces, Boris’ face is on the Vote Ken tee, and Ken’s face is on the Vote Boris tee. They’ve also made the Vote Boris tee red, which is traditionally Labour’s colour, but the Vote Ken tee is in green, which is a little odd since you’d expect them to carry on the party-switching by making it a blue tee, which would be the Conservatives traditional colour, unless they really being politically astute and recognising how David Cameron has been saying that a vote for the Conservatives is a green vote because of all his promised green initiatives….and that paragraph above provides you with an excellent example of why I don’t write about politics anymore… because it’s all incredibly confusing. Props to Mingled for taking their products shots outside of City Hall!

Costiness=$19.99 Vote Ken/Vote Boris

GemStones wearing Gorilla Fronts by Chaunce Clothing

I may not know who GemStones is (apparently a big buddy of Lupe Fiasco), but when I’m told that he’s the next big thing in rap, I know I want to get onto that band wagon as early as I can, and ride it as far as I can. Also, he’s wearing one of my favourite tees of the moment (it goes with practically anything), Gorilla Fronts, by Chaunce Clothing, who are in the ‘Friends of HYA Club’, which isn’t actually a real thing.GemStones

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Avril Lavigne

That yay in the title may or may not be sarcastic, I haven’t decided yet. A surprisingly large amount of people seem to find HYA by searching for what she wears so clearly some people like her style, and I love that ‘Girlfriend’ song she did, but there’s just something about celebrities releasing clothing lines that seems doomed to mediocrity, so who knows how it’ll turn out. From the AP:

The edgy, pop-rock star’s clothing line “Abbey Dawn” was named after her childhood nickname.

“I actually am the designer,” she told Newsweek for editions on newsstands Monday. “I try everything on and approve it all.”

Hmmmm, I don’t know about you, but I was under the impression that designing clothes meant actually designing them, rather than trying them on and saying “yep, that’ll do, cha-ching!”

Full article @ Yahoo! News [Photo CC licensed by .Storm]

Tina Fey wearing The Who t-shirt

I’m going to make you work for this, instead of posting all the pics here and making it easy, I’m going to do the right thing and just link to the slideshow (that favourite inflater of pageviews of the mainstream media) provided by Entertainment Weekly of 15 famous people, most of which are actually famous which is somewhat of a rarity these days, wearing their favourite t-shirts. If you want to know which celebs are in the slideshow, I’ve listed them all in the tags to this post, I picked Tina Fey for the post pic over the others because I utterly love 30 Rock… and because I think shes kinda hot…

I wouldn’t know where to start in trying to find these tees for purchase, but hey, it’s Friday, have some fun with it!

Entertainment Weekly: 15 Stars in their favourite t-shirts


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The kind folks over at Mexico/California style-mahup design company Beezo hooked me up with a quite mesmerising tee this week. I simply can’t stop looking at it, which probably says more about my love-life than I’d want it to (but who’s loving the paparazzi-esque shot up there^^ eh?).

The shirt they sent me isn’t available to you ‘normies’ yet but they do sell a version with a black print instead of the hypnotic red if you can’t wait to get your mits on it. ‘Bedroom Eyes X’ is a pretty simple design, but it really has a decent effect, if there was anything more too it then it would detract from the simplicity, the fact that there isn’t a message gives it a certain mystique. It is what it is. But what interests me is who it is, I’m presuming a celebrity and those lips suggest Angelina, but the eyes make me think J-to the-Lo, not that it really matters.

The shirt (and everything at their store) is $20 for both ‘hombres’ and is printed on Fruit of the Loom’s Best range, its not quite as soft as American Apparel, but I personally believe that FotL are a longer lasting product than AA, since I’ve got FotL tees that have kept their shape for years.

Costiness=$20 black version available here.

UPDATE: I’ve just dug through my e-mails and found the secret link to the Bedroom Eyes X version, it has an order link so I presume I’m allowed to post it, enjoy!

A couple of pictures after the jump, just in case you’d forgotten what my bathroom looks like.
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