With Manchester being my nearest major city I have a certain affinity for t-shirt brands for the area, so whilst the designs at Oblivion tend to be a bit darker oriented than I usually post, I do quite like them, and I can appreciate the quality of the artwork, and the rather unusual pricing point of £16.97 for the three latest designs (pictured above) they’re definitely acceptably priced for the UK market. Here’s what Paul, Oblivion’s owner, said this of the brand:
My aim as a company is to give people a quality t-shirt with a great print at an affordable price, I’ve designed a lot of things throughout my life with a passion for it, I hope this comes across on the shirts. The company is based in the UK (Manchester) and I hope to grow the company more in the following years 
Seems like a nice guy, visit his site.
by Andy on November 15, 2011
Pretty impressive lineup that Social Fabrik have been able to put together for this Christmas charity gig.
The line up includes:
Badly Drawn Boy
Jesca Hoop
Gary Briggs (Haven/Freebass)
ManMade
+ a very special surprise guest
Hosts and DJs for the evening are:
Jeff Hordley (Cain Dingle, Emmerdale)
& Graeme Hawley (John Stape, Coronation St)
Tickets are available now at just £10 from The Deaf Institute & Ticketline
www.ticketline.co.uk/ Info: 07983 605 295 / matt@socialfabrik.co.uk
Direct link: http://www.ticketline.co.uk/deaf-jam#bio
All profits from the night will go to Operation Shanti (www.operation-shanti.org)
Operation Shanti help the poorest and neediest children and elderly in Mysore South India, with the basic human needs: food, shelter, medical services and educational assistance. As we believe that every human can and should stand on his/her own, we are there to help the destitute begin to help themselves.
Personally I’ve never really seen Cain from Emmerdale or John from Corrie as the DJing types, especially John, but I am told that they’ve both been DJs for a long time and have exceptional taste in music, it’s almost as if they aren’t the same as the characters they play on TV. I don’t usually post about this kind of thing, but since it’s for charity and it’s somewhere quite near me I felt like it was worse posting. Social Fabrik have also released a logo tee that I think is more for their fans than the casual t-shirt buyer, you can pick it up for £20.
by Andy on August 31, 2010
Si Scott is huge in the illustration world, a genuine ‘get’ for a brand, so it’s really cool to see Origin68 putting out one of his designs, and even cooler that it is such a beautiful shirt. I would say that it doesn’t particularly look like a dove to me, but I’m probably just being a bit picky as it does definitely look like a bird, and calling it ‘Dove’ is far more attractive than ‘pigeon’.
Costiness=£18 Buy it at Origin68
My favourite bunch of tee selling Mancs, Origin68, recently rehashed their website, and mighty fine it looks too. They also released a couple of new tees, and this is one of them, looks good, right?
Costiness=£18 Buy it at Origin68
by Andy on February 18, 2010
Me&Yu are geographically one of the closest brands to me that I’ve feautred, seeing as their home of Manchester is ‘only’ a couple of hours away from me. If I woke up feeling the need to purchase a Me&Yu hoodie (such as this one) I’d be able to whizz down the M6, go to their shop in Affleck’s Palace in the Northern Quarter, and be home in time for (late) lunch. Of course if I were going all that way, I’d probably pick up a dozen Krispy Kremes too, like I do every time I visit Manchester.
Of course, I could just buy this hoodie online, which involves quite a lot less doughnuts, but at least I’d be able to fit into it and enjoy that wonderful ‘out of the pocket’ print placement/
Costiness=£45 Available for men and women
by Andy on December 7, 2009
I was actually in Manchester this weekend, which is the home of Origin68, there’s not really much more to that story, so, ummmm, yeah…
How cool is this tee!
Costiness=£18 Available from Origin68 (they also have a StoreEnvy store if you would prefer)
