You see, the clever thing about that title is that in Fall and Winter its generally quite cold, whereas I’ve described the clothing collection from HomeRoom as being hot, in the blogging biz we call that “writing things which are contradictory because you think they’re funny even though they’re actually kinda lame.”

Asymmetric? Thumbholes? I’m intrigued! I’m sure you’ll be looking at these and thinking that they’ll be crazy expensive, but the most expensive item in the range is $132, which I don’t think is bad at all.

Homeroom Store [via HypeBeast]

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Tags » asymmetric • black • grey • homeroom • Hoodies • Hypebeast • simple • thumbholes

This tee is a bit of an odd one for me to review, because I’m not a Christian or religious in any way whatsoever (I do follow Andyology though), but to be completely honest I don’t think that it really matters. Just think about how much religious terms have been diluted away from their original meanings, how often when you hear someone say the word God are they actually talking in a religious sense rather than just using a throwaway line. If you don’t get what I mean, check out Oh My Science, a clever Twitter mashup which replaces every instance of ‘God’ on Twitter with ‘Science’. I sat watching the messages scroll for about 5-10 minutes and not once did a message come up that was actually discussing something religious.

As I do with all the vaguely religious tees I’ve received, I checked with my Christian friend whether it was ok for me to wear it, and she said yes (and informed me that “he does”, which is nice), so I guess I’m not blaspheming too much, although I can’t imagine many other non-religious people wearing a tee like this since if I wore it out in public people would make presumptions about my faith. People in the UK hold very different attitudes about religion to those of you in the US, its fine for people to have faith, but to wear clothes about it is pretty unusual. The design itself.is fairly classic Local Celebrity style, y’know, simple, slightly retro graphics with a font that wouldn’t be out of place in the 70s and 80s, and makes you look like you’re filled to the brim with bravado, when in reality you’re actually just having a little fun.

Whilst the message of the design isn’t for me, the quality of the tee definitely is. Once again, Local Celebrity have produced a tee that you would struggle to better anywhere at any price range. I’m a bit like a broken record here, but it needs repeating again and again that these Local Celebrity tees really are top notch, and their printing style means that they actually do start to look more vintage after a few washes, rather than just looking washed out like a lot of tees might.

Costiness=$25 Buy it at Local Celebrity

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Tags » green • jesus • Local Celebrity • religious • review • Reviews • simple • T-shirts • text

I have no idea why I like this tee so much, but I think it’s pretty beautiful.

Costiness=$xx (I’ve just noticed that it’s sold out, sorry) Don’t buy it at Etsy [Rumplo Link]

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Tags » dot • etsy • notforsale • red • rumplo rocks • sabletoothtiger • simple • soldout • T-shirts • white • yellow

Ugmonk have been posted e-ver-y-where recently with the white tee up there, Lowercase, but let’s not just give attention to the popular kid, it can’t all be Marcia! Marcia! Marcia!, Jeff Sheldon (Ugmonk creator) has put together a great first mini-season, who decided to launch his own brand following after whetting his appetite with design contests.

Here’s a mini-blurb that gives you a decent idea for what Ugmonk is about:

With the market being oversaturated with complex, crazy designs, Ugmonk’s mission is to provide simple yet fresh designs through various products.

Mission accomplished I’d say!

Ugmonk

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Tags » American Apparel • red • simple • T-shirts • type • typography • ugmonk • white • yellow

Violent Elegance released a couple of new designs called, appropriately enough, Skull and Pyramid, which I figure is because one of the tees has a skull on it (with Mickey ears? scandalous!) and the other two have a pyramid on them. I like the way that they keep it simple (hey, that’s from the title!) and minimalist, especially with the black-on-black and white-on-white colourways.

All Violent Elegance tees are €32, which is a fairly premium price, but that does include worldwide shipping.

Violent Elegance

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Tags » berlin • black • Germany • minimalist • shipping • simple • skull • skulls • T-shirts • violent elegance • white

Despite being incredibly simple, I like this hoodie, although not enough to justify the the high price tag:

Another phenomenal hoodie by Mike & Chris. Incredibly soft grey fleece with a contrasting sulfur green stripe across the chest. Welt pockets and gold tone hardware. 80% Cotton, 20% Polyester. Running true to size.

Whilst I don’t really have any particular reason to believe it, looking at the hoodie closely I get the feeling that this is a pretty high-quality piece (hey, they describe it as both ‘phenomenal’ and ‘incredible’, so it must be good!). Oh, and I wonder if they realise that ’sulfur green’ actually just looks ‘kinda yellow’.

Costiness=$187 Link (this Retailmenot has a load of coupons to get up to 30% off at Rare Chic, which I’m sure you’d want to use if you bought this hoodie!)

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Tags » green • grey • hoodie • rare chic • simple • stripe • yellow