Boston Tee Party @ Viva Ortegacy

My apologies to Dave Ortega of Viva Ortegacy for taking so long to get around to this, I’ve spent near enough a day tracking down links and information for another review that turned out to be rather a waste of time. The problem with receiving requests from PR agencies is they simply don’t know the industry as well as the designers they represent. to cut a long story short the site was great, professional, nice graphic designs, but they had no way of letting their readers buy their gear, well there was probably a phone number somewhere and perhaps they could take your credit card details, and they did have a few for sale in boutique in Georgia, but really, if you want a review, remember my readers are global, they need closure! Luckily Viva Ortegacy is a different story altogether, and then some.

Not only do have a shopping cart (phew) but what’s more they’re throwing a party, and it’s free, and there’s food and drink and everything you could imagine!! Okay maybe I’ve gone a little too far there, but it still sounds fun to me, although I maybe rather out of the loop here on the blustery wintry south coast of Britain. If you want to join in the fun be at The Grand, 374 Somerville Avenue, Union Square, Somerville, Boston on December 4th between 6pm and 8pm or be square!

Besides it will get you away from that damn screen, so if you’re not here, on the other side of the world then you really should join in the celebrations for Ortega’s new Tees of The Future. Now don’t ask me why they’re from the future, I’m sure Dave will have a convincing argument for you when you get there.

His latest offering is his Geoskullz Tee, which is available in both olive and brown, and for some strange reason remind me of Argyle patterns, yes you probably need to be me to see that one.

If you look carefully you can even catch a glimpse of Dave’s beard, a sign of a true revolutionary, I’ve tried in the past but my gf complained, so there goes my chances of joining the cause :p It’s a simple design, but it works, there’s little more I can say, I suppose I could delve (once again) into the meaning of the skull image, but I haven’t eaten my dinner yet, so I’ll leave it to you to ponder.

Here’s my favourite by Dave, I love the confidence in sloppy line, which believe me is the desired effect in this case. Winter Was Hard is a fantastic t-shirt, something to confuse the old and amaze the young, again as simple as you could wish for but extremely effective.

My particular soft spot for this must stem back to a childhood love for monster comics and illustrations, I know, it’s just a guy frozen by a long hard winter (sounds familiar - checking my fingers for frostbite), but it’s almost Scooby Doo in character. You know, a guy in a scary costume who, by the end of the show, is bound (contractually no doubt) to bark at the groovy teenage detectives “I would’ve got away with it if it wasn’t for you meddling kids”.

Now is this a Werewolf Tee as shown at the tees page or is it a mystery? For argument’s sake I’ll call it the Mystery Tee, however if you ask me it’s the headless ghost who likes to haunt the cheerleaders who picked on them in a former life, even the pom-poms have a sinister look about them.

Incase you’re feeling a little shaken up by the last tee (:p) then this one is bound to cheer you up, it’s called Happy Tree, and it definitely does the job, I like trees, I especially like happy trees, this has to be the happiest I’ve come across in a long time!

See the rest of Dave’s groovy tees here, or better still pop down to the Boston Tee Party and meet and greet Dave and his wonderful collection in person!