… that title doesn’t make any sense, but I think you know that i was just going for a generic Chaunce/chance pun-based title.

This may come as a massive surprise to you, but the guy who was born and raised in rural Cumbria doesn’t really know much about hip-hop, unless knowing the theme to tune to ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel Air’ counts as knowing something about hip hop. But I do know what I like, and if Justin Timberlake is introducing the Cool Kids then they must be good!

You’re probably wondering what the devil this has to do with t-shirts, well, one of the members is wearing a Pistons-loving t-shirt by Chaunce Clothing, who you may well remember that I reviewed a few months back.

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Let’s do the polite thing and let Council Dukes introduce themselves before I give you my thoughts:

Council Dukes is a new streetwear label coming straight outta East London- it typifies all that is admirable about the gentleman thief, the geezer, the cheeky conman who’ll rob you blind with a smile on his face. With a lineage stretching from Robin Hood to the Artful Dodger and from Butch Cassidy to Terry Thomas; history and fortune have always favoured the smart as well as the brave.

To be completely honest, I don’t really see the qualities of a gentleman thief running through this new line of tees, but I do see a lot of promise. The designs, whilst almost entirely focused upon their own name, are fairly original, make decent use of gold foil (no wonder they’re gaining a following in the British hip hop world), and they seem to have the quality aspect down too. All the tees are 100% made in Britain, limited to 100 pieces in their first run, and finished with Council Dukes hem and/or sleeve tags.

Council Dukes

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