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Adam over at IATT has come up trumps again with another interesting article, this time around he has asked 28 popular clothing companies how they got their names. Some of the stories are more interesting than others, but if you’re interested in the business behind the tees the article is worth a minute or two of your time.
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I am aware that this post might be perceived as being a little bit tasteless as Ted Kaczynski (better known as The Unabomber) is responsible for the death of three people (and injuries to many others), but at the same time it is quite rare that I see a hoodie that is of historical value for ‘sale‘, so I thought that it would be worth posting about. I was aware that the US government sold and auctioned off seized goods from criminals, but I didn’t realise that items from ‘famous’ criminals were ever released for sale, I’d have expected that these items were either permanently locked away, or destroyed, rather than create the possibility of copy-cat criminals by letting the evidence out into the public, as there is probably some crazy individual out there that thinks Ted made some good points.
At the time of writing the hoodie (and many pairs of aviator sunglasses) has not yet come up for auction, but that will be starting today with a starting price of $25, ending on June 2nd, and all the proceeds are going to his victim’s families. I can’t provide a URL to the auction, but if you go to GSAAuctions.gov and do a search for ‘unabomber’ the hoodie will come up (along with some other lots).
[via Kottke]
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I don’t think I’ve ever seen a hoodie like this one from Wrongwroks, have you ever seen a hoodie with a zip that goes sideways across the hood?
Not sure that I’d actually want to wear it but there’s no denying that this is an interesting hoodie.
Costiness=$130 Buy it at Wrongwroks
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What better way to get back in the swing of things than with a hoodie that has 2 hoods? Yup, as you may have gathered from the photos, there is one hood on the outside, a black knit which fits with the rest of the hoodie, and then you unzip the first hood and a black nylon hood is revealed. I don’t know why you’d want to have two hoods on a hoodie, but I still this its pretty cool, and Y-3 make fantastic looking clothes, I remember trying to convince one of my friends why they’re so cool when we spotted the Y-3 store in Roppongi, Tokyo… I failed.
Costiness=$278 (out of stock, but you weren’t going to buy it at that price anyway, right?) Find it here at Oak NYC [via ThisNext]
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2. The owner isn’t a tee artist, she’s an architect fresh out of college, but don’t all designers love putting things on soft soft cotton?
3. Firing a shotgun at a t-shirt sounds kinda stupid (and Gil Grissom will probably bust your ass for something… somehow), but I think it’s awesome, and produces a unique effect, although I’d probably prefer it if the animal prints were slightly bigger.
4. I like the idea of putting a map of America on a tee and telling me to fill colour in the states as I travel through them, it inspires the part of me that’s wanted to go on “The Great American Road Trip” (TM) since I was 18. It’s nicely designed and actually has an idea behind it, which I like to see, someone pushing the envelope (or at least trying to use a different type of envelope).
5. All the best lists have 5 parts to them.
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