French Connection (the lovers of mispelt naughty words) released a range of Transformers based tees last year (I think), that I remember thinking were pretty badass when I saw them in a shop, but I didn’t think they’d were so badass that anyone would cause anyone to think that the wearer was a terrorist.

Go through security, get pulled to the side. I’m wearing a French Connection Transformers t-shirt. Bloke starts joking with me is that Megatron. Then he explains that since Megatron is holding a gun, I’m not allowed to fly. WTF? It’s a 40 foot tall cartoon robot with a gun as an arm. There is no way this shirt is offensive in any way, and what I’m going to use the shirt to pretend I have a gun?

Seriously, WTF? I know that security guards have a job to do, but come on, this is just ridiculous, that is obviously Optimus Prime.

Read the full story at the victims blog [via teeburst]

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Tags » controversy • FCUK • French Connection • grey • security • t-shirt • terrorism • transformers

As soon as I see the word ‘vote’ I almost always associate it with a design competition, but in this case you’re ‘just’ voting for what designs Pretty Hammer will be printing for their latest collection. I guess its a good way for them to separate the wheat from the chaff, and help to build some interest around new designs as well. So go on over, check out the designs and get some voting done, and don’t be polite about it, if you don’t like a design, vote that way, there’s no point in being nice if Pretty Hammer end up with a big pile of tees that people don’t really like.Pretty Hammer New Collection Voting

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Tags » Hoodies • pretty hammer • releases • t-shirt • voting

Have any of you guys seen those tees which have naked celebs on them with a slogan placed to hide all the naughty bits?I know they’re hardly a new concept (the project started in 2006), but I spotted a good roundup and explanation of the project on a blog called “If It’s Hip, It’s Here” and thought that it was pretty interesting. I think the tees are about $35 each, which is probably too much for many, but apparently all proceeds go to the NYU Cancer Institute, so you’re kinda making a $35 donation to a charity and getting a free tee out of it.

The Naked Truth About Marc Jacobs’ Skin Cancer Awareness Campaign: Who Posed Nude, Where Can You Buy The Shirts & Who Benefits [via Notcot]

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Tags » Celebrities • Charity • grey • marc jacobs • t-shirt

As designs go, this one is pretty bizarre, but in a good way, so I’m cool with it.

I guess that the actual print is just a straight take off of a picture from the second world war, possibly a British picture, since Londoners (and maybe some other cities, I can’t remember) famously had to carry gas masks around with them all the time since there was a big fear of the Germans using gas during bombing raids.

Costiness=$18 Link

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Tags » gasmask • placement • t-shirt • tan • we are industry

Time for a copy/paste moment to make sure that I get none of the details wrong:

2one5 is going be having a grab bag for the next two weeks! For $95, each grab bag will include a variety of items from the new Spring/Summer Collection! (estimated value of each grab bag is approximately $233).

Each Grab Bag will include:
2 pieces from our hood riches collection
1 5-panel hat
1 tee
There is however one catch, we get to pick the gear and there are absolutely no returns or exchanges.

That seems like a pretty good deal to me, so if you’re in the mood for decking yourself out from head-to-waist in 2one5 gear then this is a great opportunity to do it.

2one5

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The Progresswear team are taking a short break from trying to raise political awareness through t-shirts and instead have turned to one of their other loves, typography. I don’t really understand why it is that typography seems to be ‘cool’ at the moment, I guess it makes sense to see niche tees celebrating certain typefaces, but I even saw pirated versions of Helvetica The Movie being sold in Hong Kong, madness!

I suppose that if you ‘get’ this design then you’ll like it, but if not then you probably won’t be bothered with it so I’m not going to try and persuade you either way. I do think that I’d enjoy this design more if the numbers were bigger though, since I always think of Helvetica as a font that deserves to be seen large. In keeping with Progresswear’s standards, just as they give proceeds of political tee sales to political charities, a portion of the sales of this tee are going to design education programmes.

Costiness=$18.99 (special pre-release price) Links: Mens/Womens

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Tags » American Apparel • black • helvetica • progresswear • t-shirt • tank top • typography

People that hate costume style tees, move along; people who were expecting something hooker based, move along; people that enjoy having a little fun with the clothes layering, take a gander at this. I think it would be really cool if you coupled this up with a blazer/sports jacket, I doubt that the illusion would be that effective, but it would still better than the ‘classic’ tuxedo shirt.

Costiness=$36 Link ($36 is a bit much for a tee, use the rep code AS7594 to get up to 20% off your whole order!)

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Tags » black • costume • fake • Karmaloop • mademe • t-shirt • Womens

Another coupon code, and its for 15%, what a surprise!

I don’t think I’ve ever followed a post with another post that offers exactly the same discount, I’m sure that means nothing to you, but still, I think it’s weird.

This one is a little different in that its an exclusive though. When you’re putting your order through the virtual tills at Lhome’s store just enter the coupon code hideyourarms and you’ll get 15% of all the shirts.

Lhome also have a few new designs up that I’ve been assured are of a higher quality then previous releases (not that I ever heard any complaints about them) in terms of both print and tee quality, which is always good to hear.

Lhome

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This flew off the virtual shelves when it was first put on sale, and the Chop Shop team have been pretty swift in getting it back on sale again. So if you missed out on this multiple-robot extravaganza of a t-shirt when I first wrote about it a couple of weeks ago, now is your chance!

Costiness=$25 Link

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Tags » chop shop • grey • Restock • robot • robots • t-shirt

Akumu Ink have got a couple of new shirt available, including the one above, Nevermore, which is in that most rock of colourways, black-on-black.

They’ve also got a few tees with 15% off, which isn’t exactly a massive price cut, but it might sway those of you that were on the fence about buying a tee. One last little thing, and I’m not sure if this is new or a long-running promo of thiers, but if you spend over $50 you get a free tote bag.

Akumu Ink

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Tags » $15 • akumu ink • black • discount • sale • t-shirt • tote bag