by Mr Four Fingers on May 7, 2012
I’m thankful for being part of Hide Your Arms because every so often I’m introduced to a new brand that impresses me and Colus is one of those very brands. As soon as I saw Colus Hunter design (above) I could feel some deep rhythm stir inside me, something raw and totally awesome. Ok maybe a bit heavy but let me just say that Colus has got skills and has instantly become one of my favourite designers.
I received the t-shirts in a bespoke white envelope with enigmatic eye symbol printing in black . The eye symbol is a device used by Colus used to represent morality. Packaging is the first impression and it’s always good to see the effort. This ‘morality’eye design can also be purchased as a t-shirt called ‘We Are What We Do’. Layered inside the envelope were my two -t-shirts Hunter and Wise Owl (sealed separately) and a mission statement card nicely printed up with a personal note written on the back. I’m a firm believer in personal touches.
Both designs are single colour screen prints on American Apparel so make sure you follow the care instructions properly to get the most from the fabric. We were taking the photographs at night and the flash was popping off the t-shirt making it look intensely white. The designs in the Colus range are simple and bold, Hunter being particularly striking. If you don’t like attention then this t-shirt is not for you.
The fit of Hunter on me is great and the soft fabric feels really good. Craig, featured wearing Wise Owl, says it fits well and being an American Apparel white t-shirt it’s slightly on the thin side as you could see his tattoo faintly. All t-shirts are printed on American Apparel.
I had a good time reviewing Colus t-shirts and focused on being as non-biased as possible which was easy because the product is pretty good. You can purchase one of these t-shirts over at his online store for $26 and you can even check out his latest jewellery release.
Part of me thinks that I shouldn’t like a t-shirt that is this simple, but another part of me thinks if I like something then I should just accept it, even if $28 for a one-colour print does seem a little much (I know, I know, artists cost money).
Costiness=$28 Buy it at Park Life [via ATshirtBlog]
by Andy on January 29, 2010
I’m not even going to attempt to fathom what it means, but I do know that I want to wear it.
Costiness=€29 (with free shipping worldwide) Available from Violent Elegance
by Andy on January 18, 2010
I think I might be going through something of a minimal phase at the moment, I keep finding great tees that are restrained graphically and I keep liking them a lot. This tee is no exception.
Costiness=5565Yen (about $61) Available from Publik (in limited sizes from what I can tell)
by Andy on December 11, 2009
It would be remiss of me not to mention that Micah of
ATshirtBlog.com (formerly tees.ms, or tee.ms, I can’t remember) is also going to be making that risky transition from ‘person who tells you which tees are good’ to ‘person who hopes his tees are good’
with the tee you can see above. His shirt is kind of a logo tee, the three yellow bars can be found on the favicon of the site and yellow is prominent in the design, so it’s a logo tee, but it’s a subtle one.
Micah writes what I think is one of the best t-shirt blogs out there, I like almost every tee he posts, and I’m pretty sure I steal more tees from him than anyone else (for posting, I’m not making the trip to San Francsico every week to rob the man), so I really hope that his venture in the tee world goes well.
Much like my effort, the shirt will be ‘coming soon’, and I’ll let you guys know of any developments.
by Andy on November 7, 2009
As ever, I think this tee would benefit a bit from increasing the print size so that it filled out the shirt more, but otherwise I really enjoy the simplicity of it.
Costiness=$23 (available in various colours) Available from fauxsure’s Etsy shop [via Rumplo]
