WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?

threadless sale update- 146 shirts down to $9!

2008-08-29T01:20:00.000-07:00

sees like the crew at threadless have finally gone bonkers, as a whole plethora of designs got bumped down even further in price during the sale. there's a lot of 'em, they're $9 and a bunch of them are classics, as well. if you can find the right size (someof them are pretty scarce), the go for it!

a few old faves:

ZZZ...whuzzat? $12 threadless SALE! SALE!

2008-08-26T09:47:00.000-07:00

what the hell? an update? i thought this place was all but abandoned.
Anyway, your good friends over at threadless are having a kick ass all-shirts-$12 back to school sale right about now and i thought you should know about it. There's too much good stuff to write about it all, so i thought it better to just serve this visual guide to some old and new timeless favourites:

as always, stock is limited, so be fast if you want to secure one of these babies for your slinky, writhering torso.

One day only- Threadless $25 Hoodie Bonanza

2007-10-15T21:06:00.000-07:00

Wowsers! Threadless is having a one day hoodie sale today -that's Tuesday October 16th, in case you're late to the party or not sure which day it is.

Prices are cut back to $25 instead of the usual $40, so take the oppurtunity to get your winter wear a little early (or late, if you live in Cold-istan like me) this year. And hey-If you use one of the $3 coupon codes, like couponitdotcom or rubberdanpants you can get yerself a spanking brand new hooded sweatshirt for as little as $22. Which is plain ridiculous, really. link.

PS: Intelligence from deep inside the Threadless command center has informed us that the processing of order number one million is right around the corner...and rumor has it lucky customer # 1000000 might recieve something special. what will it be? will it be you? stay tuned!

in the words of keanu reeves, whoah

2007-10-08T10:22:00.000-07:00

Every single shirt released by threadless this week is either good or great. that's gotta be some kind of record!
Sorry for the lack of posts lately, btw...things are kinda busy over here after all the zoo animals escaped. so we'll just leave you with this highly attractive list for now.

Threadless picks of the week

2007-09-10T09:00:00.000-07:00

Good week! Good week indeed.

First off we have this week's excellent select shirt, designed by Mr. Ray Frenden (trivia: he's the inventor of orange battle helmets for cats). And what a piece of work it is! This is everything a shirt should be at the moment: loud, obnoxious and pure rock n´roll, the kind of thing you (maybe) wouldn't wear to a party for fear of getting too many cool chicks with early 90's sunglasses dry humping you and licking your chest hair(that goes for both girls and boys, btw). before the descriptions get too graphic here, it's the best $25 i've spent in ages. Oh, and the shading effect looks great. I'm totally jealous of this dude's skills.

Also, this Joy Division-inspired shirt is great, and timely too with Anton Corbjiin's Ian Curtis biopic control on the horizon, and (sadly) the recent passing of Tony Wilson.

I haven't actually bought this one by Dan Rule yet... but i probably will eventually, because it looks great. I just have to get over the fact that this talented sumbitch had two shirts released by threadless in one week first. I really like the way this utilizes the space on the shirt.

Well, those are my top 3 picks of the week, but be sure to check out the rest of the lot as well, there's some equally awesome stuff that i haven't mentioned yet.

Oh, and if you're looking to save a few bucks, i think these two coupon codes still work...
they're good for 3$ off your order:

couponitdotcom
or
rubberdanpants

Design By Humans update (+coupon code)

2007-09-06T08:48:00.000-07:00

The international shipping price issue at Design By Humans has been fixed now, so if you live outside of the US the coast is clear for you to order stuff from there at a reasonable price.

If you buy anything within the next 10 days (=before September 16), be sure to use the coupon code 7GJCKY to get 15% off on your order.

So far the selection of daily shirts is turning out to be great, I particularily recommend the aforementioned "Robot battle" shirt, "Is nothing sacred" by Mr Rocks, " Animal farm" by Tom Burns and "The Blob" by Stinger.
Prices range between $15 and $25 depending on fanciness.

here's a look at what you'll get in a package from DBH, pictures courtesy of the lovely sonmi. (PS:sonmi not included)

Best new threadless shirt this week!

2007-09-03T10:14:00.000-07:00

Simple, solid and with a nice graphical quality. I dig this and i'm buying it right now, hurry and you might get it at the ridiculous price of $10, too! But be quick, before the $10 sale ends at 9am(CST) Tuesday Morning!

These are great, too!

DBH Kickoff: And the winner is...

2007-08-27T17:11:00.000-07:00

Legion of doom! As a member of said coalition, this makes me very happy. Anyway, this shirt is a collaboration between 25+ designers, each drawing a robot for an all-out nuts, bolts and titanium chainsaw battle. Features silver and gold ink on a giant print, all for the measly price of $17. go to design by humans to check it out. (UPDATE: International shipping is hella expensive at the moment, but i've been assured that this will be corrected within a week. So if you live outside of the US, bookmark it and wait a few days!)
As a bonus, here's a couple of porny closeups of the inks.

THREADLESS $10 SALE!

2007-08-27T16:43:00.000-07:00

Threadless are having a back to school sale! No time to talk, lest precious stock decrease while you're wasting time reading this. Just go buy these shirts. (the pics are links):

(i designed this one and i think it turned out great!)

So true. And wowee, a photoprint!

Sweet glow in the dark carnie action!

By the always awesome (and musically talented!) Sonmi/Julia Heglund

this is old so stocks are low! i live my life by this rule.

Kind of a girls' shirt, but there's no shame in that. especially if you're a girl and the shirt in question is as awesome as this.

I wish threadless printed more of these kinds of designs

A bona fide classic, finally back in stock

simple and excellent. Stocks are low!

Reprint! One of the best slogan shirts IMO.

Now i have a machine gun ho-ho-ho

2007-08-27T15:56:00.000-07:00

Machine gun sweatshirt, $27, exclaim wear

I was originally gonna make this myself, but when googling around a bit before starting i found out someone'd beaten me to it...which kind of sucks i guess, but it doesn't dampen the fact that this is the best sweater ever. If you don't know why, watch the first Die Hard again and it will all become clear. It's cafepress, so i'm not sure about the print quality, but i'm gonna order one in time for the holidays. get yours here.

Fun fact: Did you know Die Hard was based on the book "Nothing Lasts Forever", a sequel to "The detective" which was turned into a film in the 60's starring Frank Sinatra? They actually attempted to get Sinatra back to play the part a 2nd time, but he refused it. the script then went to Robert Mitchum who also declined, and after a few years of development hell it was rewritten as a proposed sequel to the hilariously ridiculous Arnold Shwarzenegger flick Commando. Arnie also refused and after a couple more rewrites they decided to cut the ties to excisting franchises, and the newly-minted role of john mcclane was finally offered to...Richard Gere. When he declined, the property went a few more rounds before they finally settled on newcomer bruce willis for the part, a man the producers had so little faith in they didn't even put his face on the original theatrical poster. The rest is, as they say, history.

And while we're on subject, here's another excellent movie reference shirt off a Cafepress store:

President camacho gear, shirts $19-22, strk3
Also available as a bumper sticker, coffee mug, messenger bag and a whole assortment of lesser goods.
get it here.
If you haven't seen Idiocracy yet, you should. It's very funny and highly rewatchable.

Oh, and finally, check out this 70s spiderman-style typography tribute to spiderpig of simpsons movie fame!

available for $17 at Lucky Threadz. Go buy one here!

best slogan shirt of all time

2007-07-15T18:57:00.000-07:00

available from Noisebot at $21 a pop, rudy, theooo.

I love to love

2007-07-15T12:56:00.000-07:00

Young lovers, about $50

I just realized i haven't told anyone how much i dig i dig aussie shirt company young lovers in a while. Now their shirts might be a bit pricy at about US$49, but they're worth it due to the extremely limited edition nature of the prints (100 shirts of each design!). go ahead, treat yourself to one. the above are my favourites, especially "organ donor". What can i say, i'm a sucker for garish guts on t-shirts.

we need more party animals

2007-07-15T12:18:00.000-07:00

More party animals, $20

I'm genuinely charmed by this quiet protest against the two party system. Here's their mission statement, straight from the horse/porpoise/gorilla/pig/armadillo/etc.'s mouth:
"More Party Animals is an apolitically-political idea born out of a heartfelt disenchantment with the status quo. As the current system continues to polarize this country, we strongly believe America is in need of a wider selection of political parties. We say our idea is apolitical because More Party Animals is steadfastly devoted to being policy-free. Our animals represent a potential symbol for new beliefs, not the beliefs themselves."
Anyway, they have a store section with some nice tees. check them out.

2007-07-09T09:33:00.000-07:00

$15-17, threadless

ah, the lightning bolt! i've always been a fan of simple bold t-shirt graphics, not many of those usually get printed by threadless, though. i hope this means they're wising up and printing more of these kinds of designs and less of the "household objects with faces pointing out something different" kind.

APEtite for destruction

2007-06-25T09:52:00.000-07:00

$18, Go Ape Shirts

Aaron Hogg, the king of New Zealand, has a smashing new shirt up at Go Ape. It's called Killovision and it's worth buying in all its schizophrenic nostalgia/culture jamming glory. Don't stall on this one, he needs the funds to get his ring back from that pug faced guy from LOST! (link)

$17, Go Ape Shirts

also, this one by Cameron McEvan cracks me up. puntastic.

The infamous wolf shirt VS the masked face puncher

2007-06-25T09:31:00.000-07:00

The infamous wolf shirt, $17, Luckythreadz

Luchadores, $17, Luckythreadz

I've got a couple of new shirts up for sale at luckythreadz, go check them out! Printed on American Apparel shirts.the wolf shirt is an attack on all that is the common wolf shirt, while Luchadores is a salute to the fine art of masked wrestling. If you're not quite sure that masked wrestling is worth saluting, have a gander at this video and change your mind.

Oddica Robot trilogy

2007-06-25T08:50:00.000-07:00

various artists, $55 (single shirt $20), oddica (link)

More robots on shirts, and i'm not complaining. Oddica's take on the subject is intriguing, a veritable gift pack of bionic bounties. On the background of my earlier post today i say they shoulda included a pitts as well, but what the hell.

here's the specs, straight from the robot horse's mouth:
"The Oddica Robot Trilogy is a Limited-edition Robot Extravaganza that comes in a collectible stainless steel can; only 55 cans will be produced, each with a numbered card.
Each set contains 3 shirts, 3 buttons, and 2 limited-edition stickers in a screenprinted tin.
Robot vs. Bear by Chris Bishop
The Friendly Robot by Rocky Davies
Helping Hand by Dwayne Clare
Three buttons featuring the three T-shirt designs
A Limited-Edition die-cut sticker from Blair Sayer
A Limited Edition square sticker from beejay
A Limited-Edition stainless-steel can screenprinted with a design from Chris Bishop
The price is $55.
The shirts themselves are being produced in normal quantities and will be available individually at the current Oddica prices"

go here to pick one up.
Henrik, if you're reading this: You've already ordered a set, right?

Oddica also released the brilliant scuba standoff this week. considering that squds and robots are among the most clichéd things you can put on a t-shirt, the multi-awesomeness whammy of these designs is quite an achievement.

scuba standoff by los fokos, $20 @ oddica (link)

Diodes are a girl's best friend

2007-06-25T08:37:00.000-07:00

Threadless, $25

Hey, what's this? in-house favourite and illustrator extraordinaire Travis Pitts finally managed to tear himself away from his gargantuan robot porn collection for long enough to finish his long-rumoured entry to the Threadless Select hall of fame? Sweet. Of course, it's a girl straddling a robot (anything else would just be sick and perverted) and a mighty fine depiction to boot. I pretty much picked this up the moment i saw it, as there was a huge olive-coloured hole in my wardrobe. Olive is vastly underrated as t-shirt colour.the 12-colour palette and american apparel shirt more than justifies its $25 price tag, too. click the pic to check it out.

threadless snatch of the week

2007-06-21T12:50:00.000-07:00

$15-17

that's snatch as in picking up something, not as in lady bits, btw.

jeez, i think i'm becoming nerdier by the week. anyway, i dig this shirt because it says "street cred: 0" on the bottom, which is funny because it's true. it gives meaning to the otherwise kinda lame gangsta punnage. Visually, it's a fine piece of faux retro gaming imagery, i especially dig the colours, they pop and really bring back memories of the primitive, but oh so stylish lo-res graphics a lot of us spent our collective childhood staring into.
mine is in the mail, i'll probably wear it quite often. via threadless

more tee, vicar?

2007-06-20T19:02:00.000-07:00

sorry for the lousy headline pun. groan.

via keepcalmandcarryon, 20 GBP
ok, so i stole this link off boing boing, but still, this ww2 british inspirational poster turned t-shirt sends out a great message of calmness and reason in these days of unreasonable media-created terror hysteria. buy it here

oh my sweet lord, best hoodie ever

2007-06-20T18:57:00.000-07:00

bape, $??, not for sale yet

This pic of an upcoming batman hoodie designed by Nigo for A Bathing Ape was leaked today. When will they be made available? Seriously, i want one of these. It's my birthday. someone send me one.

Im in your internets pimping your crap

2007-06-20T08:52:00.000-07:00

thinkgeek, $17

Another entry in my quest to find the nerdiest shirt on the planet. this one is pretty self explainatory, so i'm just gonna cut and paste from the description provided by its makers:

"Although the "im in ur" meme started off with virtual death and destruction (I'm in your base killing your d00dz), it was quickly overtaken by the legions of cute, fluffy, and irresistible. (And by that we mean cats.) Reclaim the phrase for the humans by captioning yourself. This shirt is full of write-on, wash-off goodness. Tell everyone you're in their noun verbing their noun! Bored with what you wrote this morning? Throw the shirt in the wash and think up a new saying. It's like Mad Libs meets Photoshop in a head-to-head deathmatch on your chest.
Imagine the possibilities! Visiting in-laws? We recommend, "im in ur offspring sproutin' ur family tree." Stuck at the office? May we suggest, "im in ur meeting eatin' ur donuts." Out for some wardriving? How about "im in ur unsecured network downloadin' ur pr0n." Techs could proudly wear their own "im in ur computer upgradin' ur RAM" shirts. Or for a more recursive bent, how about "im in ur lolbots crashin' ur server"?
Better yet, don't imagine. Experience it for yourself with our unique black 100% cotton t-shirt which comes pre-packaged with its own write-on, wash-off marker. Black shirt with white lowercase text and fill-in-the-blank style boxes for ur fillin-in-the-blank pleasure." Available from thinkgeek at $17/19 a pop.

Recent Threadless faves

2007-06-11T08:31:00.000-07:00

All over print? All over print! c'mon, all the cool kids are doing it these days. I hope they do more of these. ($25)

Foxes are good. Foxes with irony are better.
This one's taking it back, like when latin people grow huge moustaches and wear sombreros just to make fun of the honky perception of them. or something.($15-17)

This is like a transcript of what dogs dream about when they're waving their legs around in their sleep.

this one's been around for a while, but it's officially my favourite shirt at the moment. you'd think pink and purple would be too much, but it's not. this design rules so much ass it has probably postponed judgement day several times over already without telling us. Cause that's just the kind of dude no arms mc sneakers is, powerful but modest. Just like your mom.($25)

Quick robot project update!

2007-06-07T09:25:00.000-07:00

Just a quick update on the limited edition Robot store tee project....I first posted about this a while back, but here's a link to hi res pics of all the shirts in the series. If you want one, you'll find Robot-Henrik's contact info at the bottom of the page.

Of all the Charlie Browns in the world, you are the Charlie Browniest.

2007-05-09T12:02:00.000-07:00

Charlie Brown's shirt, $22, 80sTees

Pure brilliance. i want one.
Available here

Cornetto!

2007-05-09T11:48:00.000-07:00

$22, Found Item clothing
As worn by Nick Frost in Shaun of the Dead. Allegedly, he kept his genitals shaved throughout the production of the movie to create the genuine need to scratch that his character demanded. Any further comments are blatantly unneccessary. get it here.

and as an extra bonus, the ZombAid shirt worn by the cunt from coldplay™ in the same movie:

$22, get it here.

Great shirts hiding in lowbrow places

2007-05-09T10:43:00.000-07:00

LMNOtees, $17, buy it here.

The best shirt among the (mostly) lame joke shirts at LMNO tees. It's a couple years old, but i keep going back to it, so it's shaping up to be a classic. The concept is pretty simple, the phrase "I'm hiding" printed on a camo tee highlighting the total uselessness of traditional camouflage in urban areas. (hey, US army airport security, i'm talking to you!) there's a couple other gems too, such as this shirt celebrating the joys of pig meat:

LMNOtees, $17, buy it here.

Wiietnam

2007-05-09T10:04:00.000-07:00

$20, Nerdyshirts

Wii love lame puns long time! Remember that scene with the vietnamese hooker from full metal jacket who was trying to make a few bucks off the american soldiers? She was played by the actress Papillon Soo Soo(who also played one of Grace Jones' henchwomen in the forgettable bond movie View to A Kill...yeah, the one with the Duran Duran theme song and Cristopher walken attempting to flood Silicon Valley). Anyway, this is her as a Mii. If you're a geek you should find that funny. I know i do.* Available from nerdyshirts, obviously.

*but please, don't buy this shirt if you're one of those dicks who likes to say that quote whenever you're talking to asian woman. you're probably not one of those people, but anyway, that's not cool, and it's also not the reason this joke is funny. ok?

here's another wii/full metal jacket crossover that's also funny, in a sick and twisted way. enjoy!

The robot tee project

2007-05-09T09:22:00.000-07:00

My good friends at the Bergen-based Norwegian quirk shop "ROBOT" and graphic designer Martin Kvamme are unveiling a new line of super limited edition t-shirts this week. Ten well-respected norwegian graphic designers and agencies (Are Kleivan, Blank Blank, Grandpeople, Kim Hiorthøy, Martin Kvamme, Non Format , Rui Tenreiro, Superlow, Teipu & Yokoland) were given free reigns to do a one colour white-on black design, each printed in a limited quantity of ten women's and ten men's shirts, for a grand total of 200 shirts. basically, these shirts will be sold only at Vika Kino, oslo for a 2 day period (the 10th & 11th of May) during "visueltdagene 07", a yearly arrangement to celebrate Norwegian visual communication by the national graphic design organization GRAFILL.

however, if you're unable show up in Norway on such short notice, you might be able to score a shirt by contacting Henrik Svanevik (henrik@transformatorlyd.com) from the ROBOT shop if you're lucky. i have no idea what they cost, but i'm assured that they're relatively cheap, this being an idealistic project and all.

Later this year, ROBOTBUTIKKEN promises to build on this concept by offering future collections from norwegian and international designers through the official robot website. (it's not up yet, so stay tuned by friending robot @ myspace). Who knows, this could be huge.

hey, where'd he go?!

2007-04-26T05:17:00.000-07:00

I'm sorry it's been a bit quiet on this page for the last week or so...the days fly by when you're an atomic invader fighting canadian mounties! the site is not on a hiatus, i'm just lazy. i'll post some news and whatnot soon. Until that, here's a little treat for those of you who like getting your shirts a little cheaper....an archive of ongoing sales and working coupon codes around the t-shirt world:

tjunction

thanks for the heads-up, fletchy!

Threadless hat trick

2007-04-11T17:57:00.000-07:00

Shameless self promotion alert: I've got a new t-shirt available from threadless this week too! three weeks in a row, that's got to be some kind of record. This one caters to the artsy crowd, it's simply a rough, hand drawn assortment of random physical drawing tools and their line quality. i drew it while sitting on a mountain top, so the tool assortment is limited to the equivalents of what i brought for the trip.. cruddy 2nd rate pencils, markers and felt tip pens. $15/17 from threadless.

Oh, and it's available as a hoodie too, which i think is great because i fucking love hoodies. Those are American Apparel, printed on silver and cost $40 (that's a full dollar cheaper than a blank hoodie from the AA store!)

Random thought of the day

2007-04-11T17:44:00.000-07:00

Everyone knows that superman logo shirts are for perioxide-bleached upper class redneck jock wannabees, so why aren't we seeing more introverted hipster geeks making fun of them by wearing bizarro-world superman shirts?

variations available via superherostuff and hill city comics ($17-19) and probably tons of other places. google it.

Milk, Synthemesc & OJ (now with added A/V joy!)

2007-04-03T12:27:00.000-07:00

I've got a brand new tee out on threadless this week too! The supremely talented Craig Shimala &
Bob Nanna were awesome enough to produce this video to comemmorate its release:

$15/17, threadless. go here to pick it up.

Threadless picks of the week

2007-04-03T12:05:00.000-07:00

$15/17, Threadless

This one makes me happy because it manages to overcome the potentially trite subject matter (simplified, cutesy characters shovelling teddy bears) by making it somewhat bizarre and dark, yet still not tipping over all the way into the trappings of the cute with a hint of perverse-subgenre that's so common these days. It's more perverse with a hint of cute, if that makes any sense. the key is the chained up hanging character, i guess. The gigantic print size is a huge plus, too. get it here

$15/17, Threadless
This was one of my favourite subs for the Tribeca film festival loves threadless competition, so i'm happy it won. it was one of the few subs that seemed to be created by someone with a real interest for film, and the surrealist cyberpunk/ 50's advertisement poster mash up look of the whole thing is a perfect match for the theme of the competition. it looks like the kind of thing the patrons of the local moldy eccentric arthouse film club would wear, so it's no wonder it got the prize.
get it here.

$10 SALE at Shirtstain!

2007-04-03T11:19:00.000-07:00

Shirtstain is having a $10 sale in order to make room for new and awesome designs! Take this opportunity to fill up on some golden oldies like hokusai, zombies were people too, mein bad,killigatormy own Mafia Groceries. Contrary to what the slightly clumsy webpage design might have you thinking, shirtstain's screenprint quality is some of the best i've encountered so far, and i own a lot of t-shirts. Add this to the fact that they're printed on hi-grade American Apparel blanks, and they're an absolute steal at $10. Go here to explore the catalogue.

Manik Mansion

2007-04-02T10:56:00.000-07:00

Manik Skateboards just released a preview of their spring collection, these are the ones that caught my eye:

Sweet, eh? Of course, this being a preview and all, these aren't available to buy quite yet. but they'll eventually show up here, so keep your eyes peeled.

(via hypebeast.com)

Threadless picks of the week

2007-03-27T14:40:00.000-07:00

This is shaping up to be one of the best weeks ever when it comes to new shirt releases at threadless (and i'm not just saying that because they printed one of mine this week!) i would wear six out of the seven new shirts released this week, and i've bought four of them so far. yes, my t-shirt interest has come to a poin where it's more of a collector mania....i buy tons more shirts than i actually need. i could probably wear a fresh shirt every day for six months without having to do the laundry by now. enough blabbering, on to the shirts:

One of my fave designers, Kenneth Lavallee AKA Kennnnnnnn (actual number of n's uncertain) has made a kick-arsch design for all us chin-stroking film club geeks out there in "Le Voyage Dans La Lune", mixing the man in the moon of the original surreal sci-fi movie yarn with state of the art government-funded space shuttle technology. it's a nice bit of retrofuturism, made even better by its unconventional colour scheme.

i'm normally not that big a fan of natural and white shirts because they stain so easily(and man, do i have a habit of spilling all sorts of crap on myself when i'm drunk), but it's ok in this case because the print is so goddamn huge and complicated. it's a lovely bit of illustration too, with exellent line work and colour management. top notch.

Smokey the bear goes feral, nuff said. Great concept, and drawn amazingly well in a swanky retro style. But as much as i love this, i'm probably not gonna buy it....simply because no one would get the smokey reference here in norway. that shouldn't stop all you north americans from snapping it up like free beer at a free beer festival, though.

I dig this one because of the thin linework combined with the huge print and bright, yet subdued colours. amoebas are always ace(unless they're feeding off your internal organs or something, i guess), and the above factors combine to make this one of the nicer abstract/subtle tees threadless have printed in a while. in fact, i wish they'd print more stuff like this.

wear this to your poker night. it's white, so it will be covered in beer-and chili nut stains before the night is over, but you should wear those stains like a MAN, man. unless you're a girl, in which case you should wear them like a girl, i guess. both ways are nice in their own, uh, ways. so there. anyway, "ace" typography on this one(huhuh, geddit?ok, i'll stop.it's a nice shirt though)

Oh, and there's this one. I designed it myself, so i'm not gonna gush about how awesome it is or anything....but obviously i think you oughta buy it. Be quick though, quantities are limited and they're already out of men's size L!

All of the above and more are available from threadless at $15-17 a pop. Go get 'em tiger! Rawwr!

Luckythreadz update (Commies and robots and gimps, oh my!)

2007-03-22T16:55:00.000-07:00

A triple dose of red shirts today, and coincidentally all three off them will probably be offensive to a small minority of really boring people. Red is awesome. That's why girls wear red lipstick, i think.

You bring out the gimp in me by OlliRudi, $17, Luckythreadz

gimp:
(1) a derogatory term for someone that is disabled or has a medicial
problem that results in physical impairment.
(2) An insult implying that someone is incompetent, stupid, etc. Can
also be used to imply that the person is uncool or can't/won't do what
everyone else is doing.
(3) A sex slave or submissive, usually male, as popularized by the
movie Pulp Fiction.

A shirt that is referencing a piece of pop culture that is in turn constructed largely of references to pop culture? this madness would surely boggle even MC Escher's mind. Anyway, crap aside, i wanted a gimp shirt, so i made one. Go buy it at lucky threadz this instant, young man/lady/whatever you are.

Also out this week:

communist party II by tom burns, $17, Luckythreadz

tom burns made another trip to the well that brought us the original threadless communist party shirt, and delivers a second take on the idea. and why not? it stands repeating, and there's no reason they can't peacefully coexist. get it here or wait for the original to be reprinted (it won't be long) if you prefer that one. EDIT: Threadless have reprinted their communist party t-shirt plus a hoodie! The battle is ON, choose your favourite! It's like some kind of messed up communist version of Pokemon! Fight! Fight!

Wrath by Graye Smith, $17, Luckythreadz

Also, Graye Smith has made this awesome lowbrow tribute to Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots. who can resist groinkicking humour? No one, that's who. That's the reason Home Alone was such a box office hit. get it here.

Some other threadless news that i forgot to post yesterday

2007-03-20T16:31:00.000-07:00

In an attempt to expand their ever-, uh, expanding empire, Threadless just launched a seperate site for their kids' clothing line. Check it out here if you're a parent, a small child or a design-savvy midget. They've made some great choices when it comes to which designs from the existing catalogue to print(including the average bear by yours truly), it would have been cool if there was an option to submit designs spesifically meant for kids' shirts though.

unhappy meals

2007-03-19T13:49:00.000-07:00

I spend a lot of time at threadless. As far as t-shirt sites go, they definitly have the best community spirit. Even though that sometimes leads to (what i would consider) odd or bad print choices, there's always something for everyone in each batch of shirts. Most of this weeks shirts were great, and these are my personal favourites:

Inside You by Matt Palmer, $15-17, Threadless

My fave shirt of the week comes courtesy of the one and only Matt Palmer AKA bananaphone, the illegitimate son of Mel Gibson and a thousand prostitutes, The Demon from Down Under, the Antipodean Annihilator, the Artsy Aborigin. This kangaroo punching, croc-hunting descendent of thieves and murderers has produced a shirt that manages to be both downright filthy and borderline innocent at the same time. I mean, I can't see this offending anyone, despite the fact that it centers on a tagline that would usually belong at t-shirt hell. Palmer's scribbly style fits the message well, and you really get a sense of the guy just going, fuck it. i'll put this on a tee. IMO, this should have won the fast food nation competition. get it here

Fast Food Meal by Diogo Soares, $15-17, Threadless.
That doesn't mean the actual fast food nation winner is bad though, on the contrary it's my 2nd favourite shirt of the week. Despite some of the linework looking a bit wonky, it's a solid shirt with the kind of joke that doesn't really wear thin because you know there's a painful thruth behind it. Besides, you'd look a lot smarter while standing in line at burger king, high as a kite at 4 AM while wearing this than you would without it. It saves you the trouble of shouting "Yeah, i KNOW i'm eating pure, heart blocking filth that will one day kill me, i've learned to LIVE WITH IT FUCKERS!" at random passersby. So get it now.

Paint By Numbers by Jesse Lefkowitz, $15-17, Threadless

Third recommendation isn't really related to the heart attack industry (except for the fact that it shows someone riding one of the most common ingredients in fast food), this unfinished paint by numbers-piece just looks plain good. If you're feeling frisky, it would probably be pretty cool to customize it by finish it off with some fabric paint, but the unfinished look is definitly one of the things that gives it its appeal (in addition to being a smart way to make the most of the max-5 print colours regulations of Threadless). Get it here.

Btw, where the hell is this weeks Threadless Select? i live and breathe off that stuff.

Collateral Damacy

2007-03-17T10:55:00.000-07:00

It seems everyone and their mother is blogging these katamari damacy shirts, so instead of detailing them myself i thought i'd just let katamari creator/designer Keita Takahashi and desegner Ryo Kimura share their thoughts about the ones i consider the best in the series. IMO the ones with the more subtle katamari references are the better shirts of the bunch.

Castle by Keita Takahashi, $25, panic shirts
Keita: "I let my mind wander with this one. I wanted a romantic shirt, and as a result i thought the shirt turned out wonderful. Gold foil on black..I like this combination of georgeousness and romance. Also, it's a castle, and it's gold, so I really want hollywood celebrities to wear this shirt.. That sais, I'm fully expecting this shirt will turn out to be the most unpopular..To my regret."

Elephant by Keita Takahashi and Ryo Kimura, $25, panic shirts
Keita:"i wanted a shirt that expressed the magnidisence and coolness of animals. So, I enlisted Kimura to do the design. Because it is a Katamari Damacy shirt, we reluctantly added the small prince."
Kimura:"I thought about adding more wrinkles to the elephant, but I've never actually touched an elephant so I couldn't really reproduce the elephant's lines more accurately".

Monogram Silver by by Keita Takahashi, $25, panic shirts
keita: "with a deadline looming, my ideas dried up a bit. This image popped into my mind, and now seemed like a good time to use the words "katamari damacy" on a shirt. About the colour: The gold on Castle turned out cool, and I've seen Japanese wrestlers wear silver glitter shirts that were cool, so we decidet to use shiny silver foil".

Get them here.

the REAL ultimate nerd shirt?

2007-03-17T00:20:00.000-07:00

animated pong shirt, $24, thinkgeek.

"Simply pop two AAA batteries into the concealed pack, push a button and voila! Amazing animated glowing old skool gaming on your chest. The two automated computer players are very talented and never seem to miss a shot... but you might want to watch for several hours just to be sure."

a pong shirt that moves. wow. just wow. it's so crazy i kinda want one, but i know wearing it would ultimately just look stupid.

anyway, its available from thinkgeek at the surprisingly reasonable price of $24.

Rock the Kazbah, mechanical reproduction style

2007-03-16T13:10:00.000-07:00

The kazbah underground vendor section of Karmaloop is quickly becoming one of my fave places to spot (though sadly there's no international shipping available at the moment, so i can't get any of them myself, fuck that crap) fresh designs , so i thought i'd share some more from there today. merchant Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction does not only have a great-looking logo, but also a fair deal of tasty apparel.

Abe/JFK zip up by Printliberation, AITAOMR, karmaloop. $70

One example of that is this sweet Abe/JFK zip up hoodie designed by Printliberation. Zip ups are an interesting canvas when it comes to print design, because it positively encourages you to do creative things with the split in the fabric. Unlike yesterday's tricky dicky shirt (dude, what's with the dead presidents?), this prez patchwork tackles a couple of the most well-loved leaders in US history, from the i lived with my male friend instead of my wife most of my life, yet no historian dares claim i was gay Abe Lincoln to the so grand i took Marilyn Monroe as a mistress John F Kennedy, effectively erasing the history between them with the pull of a zipper. buy it here.

Fangs tunic by Paul Coors, AITAOMR, karmaloop. $36

Sadly available only in women's sizes (lucky ladies!), Paul Coors' design Fangs is a delicious piece of 1-colour Pop Art simplicity. The print is huge, it looks great, and i'd basically fall in love with any girl wearing it in combination with some suitably dorky glasses (as shown in the above pic). they should do some guys tees too though, not even skinny heroin chick art-rock type guys look god in women's tunics. buy it here.

More scared of you by Tim Gough, AITAOMR, karmaloop. $36

Last up we have More Scared Of You by Tim Gough, an exellent rough-looking anaglyph stereogram type-overprint of a fuzzy cyclops. Cryptozoology is always a great theme for tee designs, and this is no exception... It practically glows on that yellow gold shirt. I'm probably not meant to get this association, but it totally brings back memories of the first miniboss of Dr. Wiley's castle in Mega Man 3. Geek pride, sucka! available here.

I'ma call a coupla hard, pipe-hittin' nixons, who'll go to work on the homes here with a pair of pliers and a blow torch

2007-03-15T22:15:00.000-07:00

i found these gems in Karmaloop kazbah merchant e.5.charlie's online bazaar stall, and boy do they shine. Two pretty different tees here, linked together by a common sod off gov'nor attitude.

"snips" by e.5. charlie, karmaloop, $28
In "Snips" arrangement is key, the seemingly household plier and scissor tools produce a high degree of visual tension via the way they point towards the wearer's neckline. The effect is both fascinating and slightly disturbing, but primaliry visually interesting and fresh.

"tricky dicky" by e.5charlie, karmaloop, $28
"Tricky Dicky" captures the soul of one of the seedier oval office-squatters in history (bah humbug, they're all seedy) with a high degree of visual flair, his usual fangs replaced by a hefty set of golden gnashers for the occation. I'm a sucker for photo quality prints done right. It looks a bit weird floating in the middle there, but the huge size print and Stark B/W punch makes up for that. go here to check 'em out.

Silverfront!

2007-03-14T14:27:00.000-07:00

Silverback by Maki, $18, go ape shirts

Superfrog found Graye Smith VS Blair Sayer, $18, Go Ape

The awesomeness that is Josh Perkins and his marching band of gorilla style design warriors (AKA Go Ape Shirts) recently released a new batch of shirts, and they're keepers to say the least. My faves this time out are "SilverBack" by the whimsical and dead sexy designer couple MAKI from the sinful, dirty netherlands, and "Superfrog Found" By the slightly less sexy, but still awesomely talented Blair Sayer and Graye Smith.

Or BlairSmith, as the tabloids have dubbed them after those revealing hawaiian vacation pics printed in last month's Digital Arts magazine.

Anyway, "Silverback" features an awesome depiction of Go Ape Shirts' totem animal, the gorilla, printed in REAL SILVER* on the front of the shirts. And it's awesome. "Superfrog found" is a thoroughly effective warning of our impending doom, now that the earth's mightiest defender has been sacrificed in the name of biology. And it has the weird distinction of being the second t-shirt i've blogged today featuring a dead frog(see the "host" design in the blog post under this). weird coincidence, that.

Anyway, if you like naked little squashed up hairy boys! You know! With the hand feet! The brown little hand foot men(gorillas) and superhero amphibians, head over to go ape shirts and have a looksie. Oh, and remember to check out the rest of the catalogue too. there's some gold there.

(*May not actually contain real silver, but at least it's shiny)

Host your daddy and what does he do?

2007-03-14T14:08:00.000-07:00

Host, designed by leon ryan. Available at Noisebot.com, $18

One of the greatest t-shirts ever designed by an owner of an inflatable sheep, this sweet ass mashup of two beloved pop cultural icons from our collective childhood (i think i actually saw Alien before i watched the muppet show, which might explain a few things about my psyche) comes courtesy of aussie designer and vector graphics powerhouse Leon Ryan, AKA d3d in t-shirt circuits. Really creative, dude. I'm glad it got printed somewhere. Available on a multitude of different tee colours, but seriously, this NEEDS to be on green.
Btw, Noisebot.com should start taking proper product pics of their tees, we like seeing stuff printed on fabrics. Help a brother out, dude.

available here.

Tank you very much!

2007-03-13T14:29:00.000-07:00

The world's a Circus, Tank Theory, $21/slim fit $23

Tank Theory continiues to impress, and the highly intimidating psychedelic typographic clown face design that makes up the March installment of their T-shirt of the month club is no exception. (It may be called the t-shirt of the month club, but unlike with Threadless you don't have to sign up for a year of monthly shirts to buy one, they're all individually available)
No matter how many designs there are out there with a CMYK colour scheme, it almost always looks great, and it's used to great effect on this shirt. my only beef with it is that the print could have been even bigger, covering the entire front of the shirt. it looks absolutely great in its current form too, though. Definitely worth a purchase.

Available here.

Other mindblowing shirts from Tank Theory: (man, i'd love to work with these people!)

Who's your Rushmore?

2007-03-13T14:07:00.000-07:00

Official Rushmore uniform tee, Max Fischer. $25(?)

Man, i totally forgot to write about this a while back.
This is certainly one of the best faux-uniform tees i've seen, The Wes Anderson-loving chaps at Max Fischer have certainly succeded in recreating the uniform worn at Rushmore Academy. this full-print t-shirt features a collared shirt, loosened tie, and navy velvet jacket wrapped into one easy-to-wear piece. To top it off, they're are including two very special pins that will add the final flair to your ensemble. unfortunately they're not taking orders at the moment due to the staff being out of the country (to exact revenge on a mythical shark that killed one of their friends in the distant past, no doubt), but bookmark this page and watch it like a hawk until they return.

Beard & Hair

2007-03-12T16:33:00.000-07:00

Facial Hairshirt on Vimeo

$24, Wire and Twine

Wire and Twine is quickly turning into one of my favourite shirt dealers, simply because they feel so personal and genuine. It doesn't hurt that they make beautiful videos documenting the creation of each shirt either, it's always nice to see skilled people work their craft. Anyway... this pair of shirts does a fine job of documenting the many styling options available to those of you who are lucky enough to have a head with hair growing out of it. Needless to say, they'd look good on any classy couple(of course, there's nothing to stop you from buying just one of them or buying both for yourself). they're available here.

Smoking is big and clever

2007-03-12T16:05:00.000-07:00

threadless, $25 ($20 until midnight, monday 13th!)

the threadless select line keeps impressing, and this is one of my faves so far. I've always been a sucker for colour gradients on relatively simple illustrations, and this is a prime example. this is the first time i've seen any of steven harrington's work, but the man's got class, that's for sure. buy it here.

(PS: if you see this before midnight on mon 13, make sure to take advantage of the ongoing threadless spring broke sale! regular tees $10, select shirts and longsleeves $20 until midnight)

unicorns fart magic

2007-03-12T12:01:00.000-07:00

nerdy shirts, $ 20

whoah, Nerdyshirts are really pumping out the quality design these days! a few more and they'll be a proper powerhouse of t-shirt goodness. And start printing 2xl shirts while you're at it, half of the ner population in the world is obese anyway.
It's pretty self-explainatory why this one is great, so i won't really go into detail. Anyway, this shirt Is a prime example that tee graphics don't need to be pretty to make awesome shirts, this wouldn't be half as funny if it didn't look like it was drawn by some demented little kid with mashed-up crayons. buy it here

some would call 'em ugly, i call 'em geektastic

2007-03-11T11:19:00.000-07:00

reebok glow, price TBA

ok, so this isn't a shoe blog, but these glow in the dark tron sneakers are too awesome to go by unnoticed. no word on when they'll be available, but keep your eyes peeled.

best nerd shirt ever

2007-03-11T08:52:00.000-07:00

nerdy shirts, $20, printed on AA

Dig this teecreation (i think i just coined that phrase) of the classic windows shifting vector lines screensaver! it's the kind of thing that's so simple and iconic, it's frankly baffling no one's thought of turning it into a t-shirt before. props to whoever it was who came up with that one. get it here!

One of my fave puns ever

2007-03-11T08:40:00.000-07:00

designed by higren, approx. $48

Awesome t-shirt from norwegian one man shirt business and all-round good guy Higren that's both highbrow and lowbrow at the same time. these are stencilled by hand and shipped from norway, so they're a bit more pricy than your average t-shirt.... but it's worth it. get it from here.

Trussell , meet Oddica. Oddica, Trussell.

2007-03-11T08:31:00.000-07:00

designed by joel trussell. $20, oddica. printed on AA

one of my favourite music video-type guys, joel trussell, has collabborated with oddica in translating some of his artwork for the m ward video "chinese translation" into the t-shirt medium. the results are magic. buy it here.

This tee goes to eleven

2007-03-11T08:19:00.000-07:00

$21.95, found item clothing. printed on AA

found item clothing has recreated nigel tuffnell's iconic shirt fromthis is spinal tap!
ok, so it's not sleeveless...but as shown in that other classic comedy, monty python and the holy grail, any fool can cut off a couple sleeves. anyway, awesome! buy it here.

"This is my exact inner structure done in a t-shirt.
Exactly medically accurate."
"So in other words if we were to take all your flesh and blood and and take them off, this is what you'd see...It wouldn't be green though..."
"It IS green. See how your blood looks blue."

Do you feel lucky, punk?

2007-02-26T09:42:00.000-08:00

available@luckythreadz. $17, small-2xl

I've recently joined the ranks of designers at raunchy/funny shirt maestros luckythreadz, here's the first round of bastard offspring from our collaboration.

First up is Clash of the Titans, a fevered look at what would happen if two of the biggest, most indestructible forces in the universe collided. Scholars have debated this question since the early 80's. Some sort of public service announcement regarding staying in school and staying off drugs? Or hot man-on-man action? This shirt has the answer.

Also, we have I (hoax device) Boston, a sign of support to the long-suffering guerilla advertisers who were struck down with furious anger by none-too pop culture savvy government officials and a sensationalist media storm. Defend your right to plaster your local area with mildly offensive, led-flashing cartoon characters... with a joke t-shirt!
that'll show 'em who's boss.

Luckythreadz are also working with such notable and brilliant designers as Tom Burns, Travis Pitts,Stephanie McFeters, Josh Perkins and Steven Bonner, so seriously, go go check 'em out!

Retro fetishism

2007-02-06T00:48:00.000-08:00

The Sound Burger on Vimeo

$20, Wire & Twine

Finally a shirt glorifying the coolest gimmick LP player of them all! Check out the super charming video above for a glimpse into the production of this wonderful shirt. After you're done watching, go buy it from the nice people over at wire and twine.

this shirt is black not

2007-01-19T05:35:00.000-08:00

$14,95, tshirthub

this shirt is ugly as hell, but it's still great because it's one of the few borat shirts i've seen that aren't just "yegshemash" and a pic of the character, but an actual reference to one of the skits. i'm not sure if it works because of or despite its crudely drawn mall-style humor shirt look, but it made me laugh even though i usually can't stand that kind of stuff.
available here.

Shirtstain Holiday Sale!

2006-12-03T21:34:00.000-08:00

Our good friends at Shirtstain are having a ~~christmas~~ ~~kwanza~~ ~~pagan sun turning ritual~~ ~~hanukka~~ holiday sale! Basically, if you buy one shirt for $15, you can get a second one for only $5. Just place 2 shirts in your shopping cart and enter in the coupon code: humbug to receive the discount. Five dollar shirts! can't beat that price, especially when you're looking at american apparel shirts with overall excellent quality prints. plenty of shirts to choose from, i strongly encourage you to check out these beauties:

all available @ shirtstain.com!

I want you to hit me as hard as you can

2006-11-20T14:58:00.000-08:00

The first rule of Pillow Fight Club is: You do not talk about pillow fight Club. The second rule of Pillow fight Club: You DO NOT talk about Pillow Fight Club. Third rule of Pillow Fight Club: Someone yells stop, goes limp, taps out- the pillow fight is over. Fourth rule: Only two guys to a pillow fight. Fifth rule: One pillow fight at a time, fellas. Sixth rule: No shirt, no shoes. Seventh rule: Pillow fights will go on as long as they have to. And the eighth and final rule: If this is your first night at Pillow Fight Club, you have to fight.

It's finally up for sale! This parody of the promotional campaign for a 1999 film about dual identities, pillow fights and soapmaking starring mr. Edward Norton, mr. Brad Pitt and miss Helena Bonham Carter, is available from the mighty GO APE SHIRTS as of today. Superior print quality on fashion fitted, super soft American Apparel™ tee, this baby can be yours for the ridiculously low price of $18. the rules of the pillow fight club are printed in the lower right corner of the shirt, and it's got a special tag printed on the inside with a fashionably defaced version of the Go Ape brand identity.

also available:

EVOLVER, from the superbly talented (when he's not drawing manga style self portraits, that is) Olly Moss, is a superbly cool darwin-style remix of one of the greatest album covers of all time. Put a thousand monkeys in a room with instruments, and you will get marching band music. Which is more related to Sergeant Pepper, but wathever. This is my blog and i'll write whatever i want.

Again, both are available HERE.

$10 sale selections

2006-11-19T11:28:00.000-08:00

IMO, these are the cream of the crop, the pick of the litter, the cartons of milk that expire one week later than the rest of the shirts released so far during the threadless holiday sale. First up we have

, A quite fantastic bit of nerdy childhood nostalgia. (did anyone ever sell enough stuff to get one of those HUGE prizes? it didn't seem ridiculous at the time.) Great use of colours and comic style rasters, and there are tons of great details and jokes to spot. Seeing this brings me back to when i used to visit my great grandmother in my childhood (she always kept a cardboard box of vintage comics around for us kids). a warm fuzzy feeling like that is an absolute steal at $10.

Next there's

,a really well-drawn asian inspired design that is odd and beautiful at the same time. It's got a man riding a huge cock, but not in the way you might think. It's nice to see threadless print a design with such a toned down and subtle colour scheme as well, this is sure to be one of my most worn shirts in the future. sweet!

also, theres a reprint of

, a sublime rendition of the schoolyard rendition of jingle bells. amazing colour work on this one, it's almost impossible to believe that this was done with only four print colours and no raster. Major cool points for using the REAL batmobile from the 60's show and not one of the 90s film versions.

basically, what i'm saying is go buy some $10 tees.

krang help

2006-11-17T20:16:00.000-08:00

I NEED this krang shirt. does anyone know where to get one?
it has to be the ultimate campy childhood memory reference.

special preview

2006-11-17T16:53:00.000-08:00

this is gonna be for sale at go ape on monday, so get in line now!

$10 SALE at threadless!

2006-11-17T16:42:00.000-08:00

ho ho holiday sale! the jakes in chicago and their gang of elves, goons and giants are bringing ten buck tees for 30 days straight, with two to four new shirts coming out every day. those crazy suckers have even started selling longsleeves, polos and hoodies-hoodies-hoodies, so there's really no excuse to not get your cute little butt over there and do some shopping.

go get them, tiger!

half price sale at split the atom!

2006-10-31T18:50:00.000-08:00

attention boys and girls! starting today, there's a half price(that's 50% for the cavemen among us) sale over at split the atom! that means tons of good shirts available for £7,50, including the one below, designed by yours truly.

their shirts are limited edition and printed on super comfy American Apparel™,
so head on over to www.splittheatom.com and get shoppin' now!

Fame & fortune!

2006-10-30T15:26:00.000-08:00

average bear, $15//17, threadless

Hey, i designed this! thanks to threadless for picking it up. it would be kinda weird to review it since i made it myself... but i can assure it's an awesome shirt!;) click the image above to go to threadless and check it out for yourself.

Threadless picks of the week

2006-10-13T13:43:00.000-07:00

design by Ryan Santos, $25

designed for threadless by the lovely chaps from faesthetic magazine, this is cool for several reasons. #1: it promotes grumpiness. #2: it has outlines that freaking GLOW IN THE DARK. #3: minimalistic and absolutely huge design, this thing covers the entire front of the shirt. #4: it's printed on a fashion fitted AA tee, which is miles ahead of the slightly crappy FOTL shirts threadless usually use (unless you have a vagina that is, you lucky gals get all threadless shirts printed on american apparel)

Click the above pic to go to threadless, where this is available for purchase. Hell, if you buy before Nov 1 they'll even throw in a free copy of Faesthetic magazine(street value $20!)

Design by Leon Ryan, $15/17

also out this week is this fantastic Lichtenstein inspired effort by puppy-faced aussie illustrator wiz Leon R, which is one of the only yellow shirts i've bought without thinking twice. everything in this one is perfect, the placement, the colours and the spot-on style of illustration. particulary clever is the way this manages to put a postmodern twist on the once revolutionary sampled stereotype-based art of its inspiration. available for boys and girls over at threadless, click the pretty picture to go to the product page.

another halloween costume for slackers

2006-10-06T10:50:00.000-07:00

design by Junk food, $30, 80's tees

screw halloween, i'd wear this all year! so daft it's awesome.
available at 80stees.com

malkovich malkovich malkovich

2006-10-06T08:53:00.000-07:00

"inside" by robert gould: $20, oddica

i've waited for this shirt to be printed for a very long time, so it's awesome to finally be able to purchase it from the cheery people at oddica. Besides the fact that it is excellently designed and crafted- any shirt that references two things as neat as sgt. pepper and being john malkovich at the same time is worth beating up someone for their lunchmoney over.

buy it from oddica.
PS: oddtober sale! $20 for one shirt, 2 for $34, 3 or more for $15 each. sweet!
also, remember to use the coupon code "boo" (lower case) for an additional $5 off.

as worn by jack burton

2006-10-02T22:44:00.000-07:00

jack burton "chinaman" shirt,$20, wing kong exchange

continiuing from the last post here's another geeky reference shirt: the tank top worn by kurt russell in big trouble in little china. if you can't pull off the tank top luck, don't worry: theres also a t-shirt version. as with the big lebowski baseball shirt, this isnt great because of the way it looks, but because of what it IS. big trouble is one of my favourite childhood flicks, so it was nice to come across some material based on it.
get yours from the wing kong exchange

as worn by the dude

2006-10-02T21:59:00.000-07:00

kaoro betto baseball shirt, found item clothing: $21,95

a faithful recreation of the baseball jersey worn by jeff bridges in "the big lebowski". for die hard lebowski fans only, i guess. hell, i want one!

"After much research, we’ve determined that the player is Kaoru Betto, who played for the Osaka Tigers in 1948 & 1949. Known as “the Gentleman of Baseball,” Betto was one of the first Japanese power hitters. This re-creation is extremely faithful to the original and is printed on a tan and brown raglan just like the Dude’s."

buy it from found item clothing.

threadless picks of the week

2006-10-02T11:30:00.000-07:00

"imposter"-$15/17

A hogboy shirt as the pick of the week 2 weeks in a row? "how can this be?", you ask. "glow in the fucking dark", i reply, with bared teeth and eyes glowing with a madman's intensity under a layer of thick, caveman-like unkempt hair. this shall be mine before hallowee'n! be quick and click the picture above to go to the product page.

Bonus:

"mama's boy"-$25
Rosemary loves her baby! Tom burns' shirt makes great use of the extended amouns of inks available on threadless' select line(that means they're more expensive but better quality, fact fans!), i love the psychedelic look on this one, it is slightly like what i imagine vintage opium packaging would have looked like if it was an over the counter substance. the only thing missing for me in this design is some slight distressing on the design, other than that this makes a kickass shirt for both sexes. clicky the picky to go to the product page, where an option of purchase shall magically appear.

"war against work"-$15/17

Glenn Jones is the most prolific designer on threadless. In many ways, he IS threadless. this is up to his usual standards, so go buy it. click the picture above to go to the product page.

really, you'd need all of them to make it work

2006-09-27T18:54:00.000-07:00

individual beatle "help" shirts: $19,99, damselworld

Weird idea: if you bought all of these and wore them on consecutive days, your friends and coworkers would think someone was holding you hostage.

alternatively, these would make good team shirts for music quiz nerds. buy 'em here.

threadless pick of the week

2006-09-25T16:56:00.000-07:00

"timmy wished for raygun eyes" by aaron hogg: $15/17, threadless

without a shadow of a doubt the best threadless shirt printed in the last month. I'm generally a big fan of hogboy's work, and this one manages to blend playfulness with the sinister (somewhat of threadless cliche) in a way that comes off as both fresh and funny. It's just one of those images that fits well on a t-shirt, while leaving an impression beyond the joke appeal of the first look. i definitely love the tasteful use of rasters both for achieving an authentic-looking retro style and for transcending the 4-colour limit of threadless prints. nice attention to detail, too.

mine is in the mail, get yours HERE or by clicking the image above.

take me to the science fair

2006-09-25T09:09:00.000-07:00

"newton" t-shirt: £20, design by concrete hermit

this might be the single coolest shirt i've seen all year. shades of joy division's classic unknown pleasures sleeve artwork, but a different beat all together. you really need to see this in person to fully appreciate the moire effect that happens when the fabric bends with the motion of the human body. geeky but elegant, organic but tech-oriented, uniquely simple and effective. A+, get yours from concrete hermit this instant.

prove it!

2006-09-21T18:44:00.000-07:00

"i am ten ninjas" $18/19, diesel sweeties

Another fine selection from that oh-so clever source of pixelated t-shirt shaped words of wisdom, diesel sweeties.
Random 8-bit geeky sneakyness gets my dollars, available on American Apparel, Hanes and Bella shirts.
buy it here

You sure do, honey.

2006-09-21T18:32:00.000-07:00

"i screw robots" ringer tee, $18. courtesy of diesel sweeties.

it's funny. Nuff said.
sold at diesel sweeties, the market leader in good slogans.

"now argue for hours everywhere"

2006-09-20T16:32:00.000-07:00

custom list shirts, $28, t-list

Now this is a novel idea indeed....Submit top lists of stuff you like or dislike and have it custom printed on a t-shirt. A fair deal of basic-looking templates to choose from, and some of them actually make decent shirts. Should be perfect for the kind of hipster geek culture junkie who isn't content marking their territory one pop culture referance at a time, I'll definitely be ordering a couple.

if you want one too, this is the place to go.

man-slush

2006-09-20T11:46:00.000-07:00

sweater design by grandpeople: $57, available at human empire.

I was surfing the human empire website and i suddenly realized i know the guy who designed this.
But that's not the reason i'm posting it here---I'm doing that because it's fucking awesome. The rough raster effect in combination wit the clean, simple cut and the smooth ooze is what does it for me, i guess.

buy it here.

I actually bought this.

2006-09-19T16:01:00.000-07:00

snakes on a plane full colour logo tee, $16,95.

Yeah, yeah...i know. It's not even officially out yet over here yet, ok? This will certainly be retro cool a few years, might as well get a copy now while they're cheap. But people... please. If you're gonna get a snakes on a plane t-shirt, go for the official full colour logo tee. the design pretty much oozes cheesyness in the same way a guns n' roses shirt from the early 90s does, but sometimes that's a good thing. it's certainly not the kind of design i'd normally sport, but it's just so over the top it crosses over into instantly likeable. Just like the movie.

available from geek shop wickedcoolstuff.com.

Best shirt of all time reprinted at threadless

2006-09-19T07:16:00.000-07:00

design by travis pitts, $15/17-threadless

'Nuff said. Now give us a hoodie version, you slackers.
click the above image to go to the product page.

a slacker's halloween costume

2006-09-19T06:49:00.000-07:00

Intramural zombie hunter, $18, seibei.
Looking for an easy way out for that upcoming halloween party? Or do you just like being stopped by cops on the street?
the design isn't too hot in itself (your standard amateur sports team look), but the level of customization makes this awesome. It's available with multiple levels of gore, so you can get it as bloodied (or unbloodied) as you'd like. Not only that, but it's available with a custom player name and number(!) Bloodied cricket bat/ hockey stick not included.

buy it here. an absolute steal at $18.

Octaphant

2006-09-17T11:07:00.001-07:00

Red Labor, $24.

Jeez, Resist Today has some amazing stuff. It's all very limited edition, handcrafted and tactile, with nice, heavy inks and sombre colours. Dig the pattern heavy old-timey mutant prints, too. especially this one of a nightmare elephant/octopus hybrid. top notch.

buy at Resist Today.

Slot car racing

2006-09-17T07:16:00.000-07:00

$18, nerdyshirts.

I love this, it's a clever and well executed spin on the whole chain store sports/number shirt thing. Geeky, but not too geeky. certainly brings back childhood memories. Buy it from the aptly named nerdyshirts

Spiked milk

2006-09-17T06:50:00.000-07:00

£18, teemarto

You've got to love A Clockwork Orange, it still feels kinda fresh 35 years later. However, a lot of the poster graphics from the film don't tanslate well to shirts, wich means there are a lot of crappy CO tees out there. It took me forever to find a t-shirt with this graphic, a detail from the cover art of the book, which (in my opinion anyway) makes a far classier t-shirt print due to the boldness and simplicity of the illustration. I couldn't find any images of it online, but I've got this one myself, so i can vouch for its quality. decent (it's got a pretty cool smooth, semi-glossed surface) 2 colour print on bright red medium weight, soft Kustom Kit shirts.

buy it from Teemarto

Man wears 121 t-shirts simultaneously

2006-09-16T05:54:00.000-07:00

Insane world record attempt. Check out the rest of the pics at DURKL

Elliot's New Friend

2006-09-15T15:10:00.000-07:00

Kevin Ross: "Elliot's New Friend" $18, Go Ape Shirts

I really dig this shirt, it's a nice mashup of two of the films that shaped my (and if you're between 20 and 30, probably your) childhood. perfect colours, and the design is just the right size(meaning fucking huge). Printed on ultra soft AA shirts, highly recommended.

buy it here

Dudes

2006-09-15T11:39:00.000-07:00

Jeremy Fish: "dudes", $20, the giant peach.

Now i'm a big fan of the Coen brothers' The big Lebowski so naturally i'd like to have a piece of apparel to reflect that. Problem is, most of the big lebowski shirts out there are just too damn loud and garish. Not this one though. Definitely the classiest big lebowski-themed shirt out there. No-fuss, one colour print with indie comic-type linework, available in light blue and heather. I'd go for the heather myself, it works well with jeans whereas light blue just makes you look as if you're on your way to a smurf convention.

buy fromhere

Owl Movement

2006-09-15T08:40:00.000-07:00

Yardsale- Jon Knox Griffin $20 (owl movement)
I find that a lot of the time, T-shirts with simple, quirky sketchbook-looking designs are the ones that work best. So here's a favourite from Owl Movement. it's a graphic rendition of that old epitome of randomness, the yard sale, and it's designed by Mr. Jon Knox Griffin. Buy it here.

John&Paul&George&Ringo

2006-09-15T08:31:00.000-07:00

$32, krudmart. design by Experimantal Jetset.

"Along with Kraftwerk and James Brown, the Beatles were basically the most influential musicians of all time. What the Jetset's trying to do here though is break 'em down to their essence.. just four basic names. Well, "Ringo"s not that basic. Whatever. Everyone wants this tee."

it's been available for quite some time, and it's possibly a tad pricey at $32, but it's still among the most tasteful fanboy t-shirts i've seen. buy it here

Threadless shirts: week 37

2006-09-11T11:58:00.000-07:00

It's monday, and that means new t-shirts day at threadless. I must say, this is the first week in a long time none of the printed designs have caught my eye. Here's hoping for next week's prints..

Threadless Select of the week:

Regular prints:

Type tee: