It’s nice to see someone trying to design a tee that is all about New York without having any reference to the iconic ‘I [heart]…’ design. Twon continues the NYC loves throughout their latest range, the best word I can think of to describe it with is ‘fresh’, check out the gallery (in which they take a swipe at the ‘I’m not a plastic bag’ crowd) and see if you agree.

Twon Clothing
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Tags » New York • nyc • sweaters • T-shirts • Twon

Looking through the archives of HYA, I think its pretty clear that I’m usually more concerned with what is on the front of a t-shirt or hoodie than the actual piece of clothing itself, but I can also appreciate it when people produce a really high quality hoodie with a slightly different cut to the norm.

EVENAGAMBA is a New York based company that designs fashionable hoodies combining comfortable materials with unique cuts. Our styles delineate sexy silhouettes for women and provide flexibility for men.

I’d imagine that just by looking at the pictures you can tell that this is a premium brand, and as such we aren’t exactly talking American Apparel-style prices, but the clothes certainly are different, and there’s lots of little touches that you can’t see in the pictures (iPod pockets, earphone eyelets, suit jacket style linings, leather patches) that help you to justify treating yourself during these troubled economic times.

EVENAGAMBA

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Tags » evenagamba • Hoodies • innovation • Mens • New York • premium • Womens

Wondering why there are so many celebrity posts on HYA today? Look here for an explanation.

I really, really wish I could find this design somewhere on the internet because I think its pretty cool, but alas, like so many of these celebritee posts that I’m running today, my searches are turning up nothing except for other blogs with the same images.

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Tags » celebriteeday08 • Celebrities • Hilary Duff • New York • NY • T-shirts • yellow

I don’t want to be a tease with this shirt, so I’m going to lead with this; I don’t think this shirt is actually for sale anymore, or perhaps it was never available, or maybe it is going to be released in the future, all I know is that it is not available in their store at the time of writing this post. The tee arrived in the post a couple of weeks ago, but since I’ve had this whole France thing going on I haven’t had much time to clear the backlog of tees to review, so I’m really sorry if it was for sale when I first received the tee, but maybe if you really, really like it, and enough of you ask for a reprint the 410BC crew will print a few off, or maybe not since their latest collection of tees has gone a in a different, wolf-loving direction.

I really like the idea of tee designs that are based upon photographs, but only when they’re done ‘right’. By ‘right’, I mean pretty much the way 410BC have executed this tee, not an iron-on of a poorly taken photo being worn by a group of guys drunkenly ambling through Prague on a stag weekend. Admittedly, I think that 410BC’s I-Fell Tower tee works better than this New York based one, but this one works pretty well too. It’s kind of like a New York souvenir shirt, but instead of having night images of well manicured landmarks, we’re treated to seeing the reality of New York.

As I alluded to in the above paragraph, it is pretty easy for a photo-tee (photee?) to go very wrong when it comes to quality, but since the photo used by 410BC is black and white they are able to use a regular printing process (possibly with water-based ink, you can’t feel the print on the tee), so they’ve managed to avoid those potential problems. I’m not entirely sure what the stock tee is that they’re using since they have their own hang tag in the back of the tee, but like a wise man once said, if it looks like American Apparel, it’s cut like American Apparel, and it feels like American Apparel, it may very well be American Apparel.

Check out 410BC’s site

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Tags » 410BC • big cartel • blackandwhite • Mens • New York • NY • photee • photo print • photo tee • review • Reviews • T-shirts • white • Womens

Last time I mentioned Chor Bazaar it was just a two line mention in a Cotton Filter post, but they deserved more than that. So here are the latest tees from the Brooklyn-based indie-Indian company. So, this is four lines of text, double last time, at this rate they might get a decent paragraph by 2010.

Chor Bazaar

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Tags » brooklyn • chor bazaar • indian • New York • T-shirts

When Tara from Support Shirts got in touch with me about her and Travis’ (her boyfriend & member of NY hardcore band This Is Hell) t-shirt brand, Support Shirts, I wasn’t expecting to see a tee in the style of the one pictured, and I’m sure that if you listened to a couple of This Is Hell songs then you’d be pretty surprised at what you found in the Support Shirts webstore too.

That isn’t to say I don’t like it, I just presumed that I was going to be find some tees with more of a hard rock and punk edge to them. But I guess that just because people like to listen to hardcore music doesn’t mean they have to make hardcore clothes. With a name like Support Shirts, you know that there’s a social element too. I don’t know the extent to which they’re involved in each charity, but they list quite a few charities on their site that they support, many of which are clothing and music related.

The reason why I picked this tee (beyond it having a cool design) is because recently I’ve been applying for jobs and internships in New York and seeing the skyline on a tee just makes me want to go there a little bit more.

Costiness=$20 Tee Link

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Tags » American Apparel • music • New York • support shirts • T-shirts • this is hell • white

My love of Space Invaders (mostly in its mosaic street-art form) is hardly a secret, I think its pretty amazing that there is a game out there that’s still popular, despite being older than I am, as Space Invaders is 30 years old, and 55DSL are celebrating this by releasing a t-shirt based upon the enduring arcade-classic.

It’s a very limited edition tee, seeing as it is only going to be on sale at a few retail locations around the world (list available on the 55DSL site), but the tee is being launched at the 55DSL store in New York tonight (April 30th) between 7pm and 9pm. Yup, that is pretty damned limited. I’ve attached the flyer for the event (beer is mentioned, not sure if its free or not!) as a thumbnail so that you can get the details if you’re interested, because I think you might need to RSVP. A game has been commissioned just for this event as well, which I’ve embedded below. Bizarrely, the game is not based on the original game, but does use the official characters.

The tee itself.is pretty cool, a kind of ASCII take on the 55DSL logo made up of a typical scene from the game. No word on price, but its probably fair to assume that this won’t be going for $10.

55DSL

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Tags » 55DSL • game • limited edition • New York • space invaders

I know that this tee is called ‘I Funk NY’, but I’m pretty sure that if you walked up to anyone and got them to read this tee they’d say ‘I rock NY’ unless throwing the horns has changed its meaning since back in the days when I used to rock hard.

Whatever its name, this shirt is yet another fun twist on the classic ‘I [heart] NY’ tee that still gets so much love from tee designers.

Costiness=$32 Link (get up to 20% off your order by using the rep code AS7594)

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Tags » BBP • classic • Funk • Karmaloop • New York • NY • Rock • white

A blog called A Continuous Lean, which describes itself.as “an informal listing of men’s style, wit and wisdom” has released a couple of maps all about where men should shop, eat, and drink in New York. Obviously, I can’t vouch for the quality of the list/map since I haven’t been to New York for almost four years now (sigh), but it might be good for those of you researching a shopping trip to NYC or a decent refresher for you lucky devils that actually live there.

A Continuous Lean Maps

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Straight from the Mishka NYC mailout:

This Spring, Hell rides in from the east! Lock up your women and children, as this season we will be releasing a full collection marking the triumphant return of the Death Adders.

Head over to our Online Shop Now for a diverse array of apparel and accessories for each buyer. At the heart of the collection are several Death Adders themed pieces ranging from a nylon coaches’ jacket with sleeve appliqués and full back embroidery to simpler items like raglans, cardigans, jerseys, T-shirts and shorts full of subtle, but menacing details.

But that’s not all! We have all of those New Eras you’ve been patiently waiting for… six new styles available right now!

Again, The Mishka Spring 2008 collection is available online now and at our Mishka Pop-Up Shop (located at 218 Bedford in Williamsburg, Brooklyn), as well as select retailers across the globe!

It’s a pretty impressive new collection, well worth a click-through.

Mishka NYC

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Tags » mishka nyc • New York • releases • SS08 • t-shirt