In my previous looks at Akumu Ink I’ve mentioned more than once that they’re pretty dark (in the literal and figurative senses), not that that’s a bad thing, but having designs that are always printed onto a black tee are going to pigeon-hole you a bit. I guess that Summer must have arrived in Montreal (here’s some bad pictures I took when I was there 6 years ago), because they’ve seen the light(er colours) and are now offering some of their designs on Army (olive green) for the guys and raspberry for the girls.In addition to adding two new colours to their palette they’ve also added two new designs to their inventory. Death’s Embrace (shown in raspberry) is a rather Nightmare Before Christmas style design in which a skeleton is shooting itself in the head. The skull on the character is actually handpainted, whilst the rest of the body is screenprinted, and AI sent over some exclusive for HYA (and Kat) that I’ve put at the bottom of the post. The Black Rose (shown in Army), has a really cool print placement that wraps the thorny stem of the rose around the side of the tee.One point that I raised in my sample review was that AI put a pretty large print of their logo on the lower back of each tee, one of the joys of individually screen printing each t-shirt is that if you don’t want that logo being printed there, you don’t have to have it printed there, you just need to let them know and they’ll sort that out for you.

One last bit of AI news, they’re going to be at ‘Northern Ink Xposure‘ at the Toronto Hilton, June 13th-15th. I don’t really know much about tattoos, but if you do, and you’re in Toronto, then I imagine you’d want to swing by this event.

Akumu Ink

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Tags » akumu ink • American Apparel • Canada • Exclusive • green • New Designs • pink • placement • releases • skulls • tattoos

I once tried to bring back some words from the 80s into the regular chatter of my circle friends a while back, but it turns out that saying ‘radical’ when you mean that something was ‘good’ wasn’t a radical idea back then and it still isn’t particularly radical. Needless to say, I failed in my mission.

Costiness=$21.95 Link

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Tags » 80s • Karmaloop • obey • pink • T-shirts • white • Womens

This hoodie is rocking a pretty sweet colourway, blue with an electric pink hood lining and a light blue drawstring. I’m not a fan of wearing pink when it is a dominant colour, but when it is used sparingly in this style then I think it really helps the whole garment.

Costiness=£62.50 Link

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Tags » blue • hood lining • hoodie • Mens • pink • trainer spotter • UK • Womens

Star commenter Kevin reminded me to check out YesStyle a week ago, pointing out this hoodie in the process. For those of you that are unaware, YesStyle is a company that sells clothes and accessories by a variety of Asian designers that we wouldn’t usually get to hear about in the rest of the world. They also do electronics, books and games through YesAsia.com, so you can think of them as an Asian Amazon.

But this is HYA, we care not for electronics (unless they’re being clumsily stuck onto t-shirts), we care for hoodies! This large black-and-white dot print from South Korean brand Npfeel is pretty cool, and also available with blue and pink dots. I do wish that the pattern would line up across the zipper though. Strangely, this is a ‘one size fits all’ hoodie, something which is very rare indeed, so make sure you study that size chart before placing an order.

Costiness=$60 Link

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Tags » asia • blue • dots • hoodie • npfeel • pink • south korea • white • yesstyle

Well, isn’t this an interesting looking piece? Obviously I’m being a bit of a tease with the close-up image, but since the tie on this hoodie/coat is the interesting part it deserves a decent view.
It’s a pretty clever garment too, I’ll let Rebe explain:

It is made of recycled fiber and trimmed with contrasting rib knit. Tie the Bow and show your support for breast cancer research. With each purchase of our Sara Sweatshirt, made from recycled fiber, we will donate 5% of all proceeds to Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

 

How cool is that bow idea? I guess that no one except the wearer will realise the poignancy of the bow, but that’s hardly the point, is it? I like the way that the lining of the hood and back of the bow (and presumably lining of the whole thing) are a bright, refreshing pastel colour to compliment the subdued, natural colours that are on the outside of this outerwear.

Costiness=$136 Link [thanks, Stylehive!]

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Tags » black • blue • hoody • khaki • pink • rebe • recycled

tokidoki were one of the brands/artists that I didn’t expect to see popping up across Hong Kong, but I spotted a lot of people carrying their ‘tokidoki for Lesportsac‘ bags. At first I just presumed that it was another case of HK copyright infringement, but when I saw the same bags on sale in the bowels of hell (also known as Paris Charles De Gaulle airport) I presumed they were the real deal.

tokidoki’s illustrative style is pretty much perfect for me, not so much as clothes (cos I’m a dude), but in terms of art I really like it. There’s a great balance to this hoody, it seems to be teetering on the edge of craziness without ever going too far; the colourway, fun but not too loud; the characters, keeping interest without dominating the piece.

Costiness=$92 Link (get up to 20% off this hoody using the Karmaloop rep code AS7594)

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Tags » allover • character • grey • hoody • Karmaloop • pink • tokidoki

Remember those protests last week when people put Guy Fawkes masks on and had funny signs protesting Scientology (ha, as if you need that link)? Yeah, it was kinda weird, but I did think it was about damn time that someone finally took a stand… and copied V for Vendetta when protesting, seriously, how did it take this long?
Costiness=$9.99 Link
This tee has no political or religious statement to make, as far as I can tell, its ‘just’ a well designed and executed tee with a slightly trippy concept behind it. I know which of the two I’d rather have in my wardrobe, but they’ve both got their attractive qualities.
Costiness=$9.99 Link

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Tags » black • cotton factory • dreams • gray • guy fawkes • harvest • pink • protest • religion • scientology • t-shirt

I don’t really know what this has to do with fixed gear bikes (can someone explain the point of those to me, bikes without brakes, great idea!), but I really like the contrast of the white hoodie with those hot pink accents. There’s a really cool pattern on the inside of the hood too.

Costiness=$60 Link (get up to 20% off your order at Karmaloop with the rep code AS7594)

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Tags » hoodie • Karmaloop • pink • puma • white

Blurb first, thoughts second:

Hunt Beauty, AK + Flower logo tee shirt. With pink print for the ultimate look. The graphic references militancy but actually represents the Kiser “Hunt Beauty” concept which is the pursuit of truth and originality.

I know that it isn’t what was intended, but when I look at this tee I can’t help but be reminded of the episode of the Simpsons where Homer puts a flower into the barrel of a rifle then has it shot into his head. Anyway, great looking graphic, printed nice and large, and the pink sits well on the brown, I approve!

Costiness=$24 Link

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Tags » AK47 • brown • flower • Karmaloop • Kiser • pink • t-shirt • Womens

Great tee, great tee, I’m really loving the colourway, Lichtenstein-esque style, and use of negative space, which I guess is pretty much every aspect of this tee. I’m sure that a lot of you think that I just post a Karmaloop product every day because I can slap my rep code onto the link on there (I’ve actually just got lots and lots of designs from there that I’ve bookmarked to post), but I’d like to think that its tees like this one that show the quality of their inventory rather than the fact that I might get 5% out of a sale.Costiness=$23 Link

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Tags » graffiti • Karmaloop • pink • seventh letter • spray can • t-shirt • white