Art Star is an independent gallery and boutique in Philadelphia that showcases and sells all types of art from local artists. The two owners, Megan and Erin, also organize a yearly craft bazaar that brings together tons of local and regional artists and companies to sell their handmade goods at the Great Plaza at Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia. I was lucky enough to be accepted as one of over 150 participants this year! So if you’re in the Philly area this weekend, I highly recommend checking out the 2012 Art Star Craft Bazaar. And make sure to stop by booth #20 where I will be selling my Wear Liberty shirts! If you mention this post, I may even give you a free shirt
In the spirit of Valentine’s Day and spreading the love, I’m having a sale on my LOVE Park t-shirts! Until the end of V-Day, the LOVE tees are only $10. I don’t have international shipping set up, so if you’re outside the US and want to buy a shirt, just shoot me an email and I’ll gladly figure out a shipping price for you.
Also – a recent addition to the Wear Liberty collection is my Benjamin Franklin inspired design, “Lightning is Electric!”. Designed by the one and only Yema Yema, this historic illustration is a 5 color print on a 100% cotton American Apparel t-shirt. The shirts were hand printed by Patrick, the awesome owner of Tilteed. There are only a few of each size available, so act quick before the lightning strikes!
Beyu Apparel got in touch to let me know about a stop motion video that they made recently. It’s a nice video and I like the music (though I’m not sure how long a video with that music will last on YouTube), but the thing that I really like about it is the location. When I was in Philly (which is almost 3 years ago now, it feels like a lot less) I would cross that street every day on the way into work, just about one block South of where it’s shot, so this vid got me all nostalgic and thinking about my time in one of America’s under-appreciated cities.
Sorry, that title probably should have come with an awful pun warning.
Candy Effect are a new brand from Philadelphia (so I had to post them) that launched a couple of weeks back. For such newbies I must applaud them, they’ve put together a good looking line of shirts that’s fairly cohesive, even if I think it’s probably a bit too ambitious have two shirts in your opening range that are just the logo (the shirts aren’t pictured), since no one other than your friends will give a damn about the brand and logo shirts are the kind of thing that loyal fans will pick up. In general, it’s probably a better idea to start out with designs that don’t revolve entirely round your name and move into that kind of thing later, especially when the non-logo shirts are a lot more interesting as is the case with Candy Effect. Shirts are currently priced at $25 a piece.
They’ll be dropping three more tees and hoodies within the next month, so it will be interesting to see what direction they take.
Ropeadope have put together a really nice collection of artists (Wotto, Seibei, Yema Yema, amongst others) and got them to make some equally nice t-shirts. Problem is, they all went on presale a while back, and the pre-sale will end on December 13th, and even Ropeadope aren’t sure if they’ll sell them after that, so you guys have only got a couple of days to decide if you wanna pick one, or two, or more shirts up. Totally, my fault, sorry I didn’t get on it earlier.
As a Philly brand I’ve got a lot of love for CHRMNG, and not just because they’re from a city I loved living in, but because they’re forging their own way in the tee world. If you look at their catalogue you’ll find few signs that they just want to jump on trends, and their latest release is no different, because it’s just a load of different trees… on tees. It’s hardly new, I’ll grant you that, people have been putting trees onto t-shirts for years, but I like the way that they’ve done this, they’ve made a shirt for each season and represented it with the amount of foliage on the tree and the colour of the shirt. It’s a nice idea and I like the style they’ve used for the tree. All the shirts are $20, 10% of each purchase goes towards clothing people in Philadelphia that cannot afford to themselves (which was an issue, trust me), and you can get 10% off your order with the coupon codeHYA.
They actually sent me a shirt from their previous range and the print quality is good (sorry that I’m so far behind on reviews, there’s always something getting in the way), so buy with confidence!
Even though I have posted a Paddy’s Irish Pub t-shirt before, as long as It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia continues to make me laugh I shall be posting t-shirts that reference the show, including this one from Nerdy Shirts. Costiness=$14.95 (for this week, then it’s up to $19.95) Buy it at Nerdy Shirts
The folks over at CHRMNG sent me the tee you can see above and whilst I’m yet to wear it, the print quality definitely impressed me, so they get a seal of approval for me. Something else I approve of is 25% off coupon codes to encourage people to part with even more cash at [...]
When I was in Philly I remember there being a lot of joy in the office the day that someone brought in a couple of boxes of fresh, delicious pretzels. When I first tried them I thought there was way too much salt on, but after brushing the majority of the salt I really enjoyed [...]
Philly’s finest are at it again, well, finest after Art In The Age, obviously, and this time, they’re saving the planet with a t-shirt that has a bike on it! The cotton is 100% organic, and the ink is environmentally-friendly too, so you will be even more justified in feeling superior to people when you’re [...]
There’s some big names in this pre-order release (meaning after May 20th, they’re gone), and some good looking tees too from this Philly-based brand. Ropeadope Design Collective
It’s a little bit odd that Print Liberation have a tee proclaiming “FUCK, SHIT, DAMN, ASS, HELL” and yet they’ll censor a promo image that has the word ‘ass’ in it.
Here’s the thing, I’m British, and even I hate Fox News. In fairness to them, whilst they are astoundingly biased, they do cover stories, unlike CNN, which I tried to watch when I was in America, but when I realised that they covered about 3 stories an hour I had to move on and just [...]
Okay, so these tees aren’t ‘new’ as they were released at least a week ago now, but if I haven’t seen them, they’re new to me! In typical Art In The Age style, they’re pretty odd design, but also pretty great, so it works out quite nicely. AITA tees are good quality, so whilst $34 [...]
This jacket is in no way cheap ($440), and I kind of suspect that the model is wearing at least a size too small for them, but damn it looks good. I was trying to think where I’d heard the name Matthew Izzo before, and then it struck me, Matthew Izzo had a shop along [...]
I’m not sure if Rush Limbaugh is in the news at the moment or not (I’m a few days behind on my Daily Shows), but I was perusing Print Liberation and I saw this tee, and my first reaction was “wow, that guy is a total douche.” You might find this shocking, but after several [...]
Regular readers will be aware of my trip to the US earlier this year to be an intern in Philadelphia, that trip probably wouldn’t have happened if it wasn’t for Art In The Age (even though I wasn’t directly working for them), so you can’t really expect me to be unbiased when I’m writing about [...]
When I left Philly to embark on my great journey around the West coast I resigned myself to the fact that I wouldn’t get to visit the new Print Liberation store up in Northern Liberties. However, before flying home to Great Britain (emphasis on the Great), I did spend a couple more days in Philly [...]
With the robo-posting schedule we’re running at the moment, I’m actually writing this post on April 30th (the Sixers went out the playoffs about an hour ago, sigh), so I’m presuming that my life rocks when this post goes live because I’m going to be roaming around LA, because who doesn’t have a good time [...]
I have had an amazing time in Philly over the past 3 months and met some great people, but my internship is over, and now it’s time to see a bit more of America. As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, that means that HYA will be on going on hiatus until pretty much [...]
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