Leggings Are Not Pants Tee

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The Chocolate Giant run by designer Ezekiel Brown is a relatively new t-shirt label launched this June. Right now they have four tees on offer but one of them really stands out from the rest.

Leggings Are Not Pants Tee

I’m guessing this tee is inspired by this Facebook page which is full of people complaining about those who wear leggings in public? Hmm… here’s the group’s profile photo to explain their objections.

Being a typical red-blooded man I can’t really concur on this one, the fact is if you have it I say flaunt it. I suppose it’s all down to taste, maybe it’s the artist in me but in general the human body (in all its weird and wonderful manifestations) doesn’t particularly offend me, even the most ugly of physiques have a certain fascination. But then again, if the craze caught on for guys and beer-bellied construction workers with big fat asses decided to wear leggings on the train, inevitably to scratch their balls more easily, I’d instantly have to have a rethink on this one. Still a great subject for a t-shirt and kudos to TCG for picking up on this theme. You can get their tee in a variety of colours and sizes for $20 here.

See the rest of their collection at www.thechocolategiant.com, hook up with them at Facebook or read up on all the latest at their blog.

The Big Bang and The Meaning of Life

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No don’t worry, I’m not gonna’ get all “existential” on you here, this post’s cryptic title is actually based on the names of two of the latest winning tees at the popular French t-shirt community La Fraise.

The Big Bang Theory Tee

A hell of a funky tee! So, if you’ve ever wondered how the universe actually works… read a lot of complicated books. If you’re after a quick laugh and a dazzle of colour then check out The Big Bang Theory Tee by GUS! Totally mad, rather hilarious and a great illustration. It’s selling out fast but there are still tees available in all sizes for guys and girls for €23 each.

In keeping with the slightly esoteric and rather philosophical theme have a look at what might be the most important equation ever formulated in the history of Man, or what is more likely a string of gibberish!

Happiness Tee

The Happiness Tee by Tavutactac is an ingenious design, I was a total loser at maths at school so I am of course easily impressed. If anyone out there is a mathematical genius, do tell us what this equation actually means. I’ll take a guess and say it’s a mish-mash of lots of math thrown together, but who knows, could be deep lol. Anyway a great idea for a tee, not exactly graphic but cool all the same. It should be available soon as it’s just won the last round of La Fraise’s contest, if you’re a member (it’s free to join) you can preorder it now. I’m guessing it’s €23 when it is available.

Pretty deep for a first post of the week – hah. Okay, maybe not that deep but it’s nice to see something other than zombie and tattoo t-shirts for a change lol.

Rocket Tee by 718 Project

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Chris from 718 Project contacted me recently, I hadn’t heard of the label before but was immediately drawn to one of their tees simply called ‘Rocket‘.

Damn! Ain’t they beautiful! Seriously street art influenced tees with a superb sense of humour, laid out in a cool semi-abstract composition. Seriously these tees are going to fly off the proverbial shelves – no pun intended! Both colours are available in sizes S-XL for $19.95 each, definitely one of my new faves.

You can see the rest of 718Project’s tees at www.718project.com. Whilst we were chatting I got a little background info on the label and their motivation:

Formed by a group of friends with an aversion to the countless and mostly unimaginative tattoo tees and rhinestone shirts out there. The 718 Project is founded on the love of powerful eye-catching graphic art, and printing them up as tees that really can grab the public’s attention.

I asked them about the name “718 Project” and Chris told me: “We all have some sort of tie to the outer boroughs of New York; mainly Queens. Also whenever anybody refers to NYC the first thing that comes into mind is the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, skyscrapers… in other words MANHATTAN ( which ironically is the only borough of NYC that has a 212 area code as oppose to 718 like the other 4 boroughs.) So our objective is to show the fashion world of the artistic influences the outer boroughs have toward NYC as a whole. That even though the fashion Mecca of the world is Manhattan; Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx and Staten Island also play a major role into what comes out of the big city.“

I’ve always championed the indie arts scene of NYC, I am the first to express my hatred for the B.S that comes out of mainstream NYC (a.k.a the abomination that was Sex in the City). If you want to know the real deal when it comes to New York street style, then the 718 Project is a great place to start. This definitely is a “project”, an ongoing experiment in art and fashion, aiming, quite rightly to change the mainstream public’s perception of what New York is all about, straight from the people on the street rather than the executive boardrooms of the ivory towers of Manhattan.

Their inspirations include “pin-up girls, influential pop culture, propaganda and movie posters, and of course street art and graffiti.” Here’s 718′s mission statement to seal the deal: “”Introduce yourself to the name that will bring the streets of New York home. Bred from street art and refined through fashion, this wearable art yells in the colors of the city. In an effort to bring originality to a market of recycled fashion, our company will open your minds to an innovative style.“

Check out the rest of their collection at www.718project.com.

New Tees At Akumu Ink

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Montreal based t-shirt company Akumu Ink have just launched their 2nd set of tees for their Summer Collection, a perfect way to end the season for all those tattoo art and anime junkies out there. As usual all tees are screen printed on top quality American Apparel t-shirts. Expect more hand drawn horror spanning across a range of nightmarish themes, whatever you might fear, most likely Akumu Ink have a t-shirt celebrating it! What’s more plenty of older classic tees are on offer at generously reduced prices starting as low as $17.50, plus there’s a couple of new v-neck versions of some old favourites to check out.

In the meantime turn the lights on, hug a friend, and gaze with fear at Akumu Ink’s new arrivals…

The Butcher Tee

Ouch! A superb design rather like something from the pen of Jamie Hewlett of Gorillaz fame (if he used a scratchboard). It’s rough, tough, bloody and very fresh for a Gothic-style design. Perhaps their best design so far, certainly my favourite. Available for guys and girls at $21.99 in all sizes.

The Gargoyle V-Neck

Another monstrous tee (but only in a good way) featuring a rather Nosferatuesque (yes I just made that word up) gargoyle. Gargoyles are something of a common sight around Britain, the church opposite me used to be smothered in them, but living by the sea means the salt has disfigured them beyond belief. Even if they could fly the local “giant seagulls” would probably east them :p The Gargoyle V-Neck is available for guys and girls in all sizes at $21.99 each.

Suffocate V-Neck

One of my faves at Akumu ink, the brilliant Suffocate Tee is now available as a V-Neck for guys in all sizes at $21.95 each.

Devil Within Tee

Here’s your last chance to get Akumu Ink’s Devil Within Tee in Army Green, now at a bargain $17.50 but only available in sizes L to XXXL. This has to be my favourite design of the lot.

Go scare yourself silly and view with wonder the depths of depravity available as highly horrific Akumu Ink tees at www.Akumuink.com.

A Fistful of Summer Tees

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Fistful Apparel…  comic art madness abounds as they add a few more tees to their prized collection of cult cinema and comic influenced street apparel. In case you’re not au fait with Fistful, it was “founded by illustrator Alexis Ziritt, designer Mark Malazarte, and graphic designer/Renaissance Man “AZN Mike” Houlihan. Inspired by cult and genre cinema, Japanese and European comics, Mexican culture, movie poster design, plus the whimsy and aesthetics of the Silver Age of Comic Books, Fistful specializes in creating hand-rendered art, bringing the Calavera Universe from print to apparel form.”

If you’d like to gaze deeper into their mondo world of masked wrestlers, pulp fiction and various creatures of the undead do make sure to keep up with all things Fistful at their blog or via Facebook and Twitter.

Grlzz Tee

Girls with attitude with lurve this one, it’s beautifully drawn, the composition’s top notch, a design that really packs a punch. Get your Grlzz t-shirt in white in all sizes for $18.

Nightrider Tee

Nothing to do with the pre-Baywatch career of David Hasselhoff  Nightrider is another skull tee for the collection, this one has something of an ‘early biker’ feel to it. Kinda reminds me a little of an old Motorhead album cover, I’d rather see this printed in metallic ink on black but that’s just my personal taste (and Lemmy’s :P). Get rocking on the road to hell for $18 in black/aqua in all sizes.

Some good news for you guys, if you fancy any of the tees on offer Fistful are offering a 20% discount on all their shirts for an unspecified limited period, which could be anywhere between the next second and a relative eternity but I’d guess a few weeks at the max!

If you’d like to see more Fistful tees “in action” then check out their latest Lookbook.

David After Dentist T-Shirt

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Probably one of the most famous videos on Youtube has to be “David After Dentist” where the then 7 year old boy David DeVore Jr. was filmed by his father after leaving the dentists. It’s had nearly 65 million views so far and David who on the drive home asks “Is This Real Life?” has become something of an Internet craze in itself. The catchphrase has even hit the small screen – the Devores family have already appeared on many shows including the Today Show, Tyra Banks Show and The O’Reilly Factor. David DeVore Sr. has decided to sell t-shirts to celebrate the hilarious video, and for those who might think he’s just cashing in the family have already raised $6000 for the charity Operation Smile which provides cleft lip and palette surgery for over 200,000 children in over 50 countries so far.

Before you all start hailing the Devores as saints, the bulk of the money doesn’t go to charity, however it will go towards the school and college education of their two sons, which when you think about it is fair enough seeing as they’ve both provided an enormous amount of entertainment for millions of Youtube fans. Still, I suppose you could argue for and against, though I have no qualms. What’s more one of the t-shirts on offer is actually rather cool, a great comic style and at a good price too.

David After Dentist (Is This Real Life?) Tee

Available for both guys and girls in purple (all sizes) for $15 each here.

If you want to check out more of their hilarious videos click here.

New Tees By Maiden Voyage

admin    T-Shirt News, T-Shirts     Maiden Voyage Clothing, classic tees, vinateg tees, vintage t-shirts

If you’re more olde worlde than old skool you might remember our post in March about the Maiden Voyage Clothing Co. One of our only criticisms at the time was their Adobe Flash site which asides making it difficult to access for those on slower connections and crappy cell phones, the fact is reviewers like myself can’t poach pictures from their store so easily, so I for one am glad to see they’ve updated (or should that be downgraded?) their store back to lovely cuddly HTML. On a far less geeky tack, do have a butchers at their latest offerings in t-shirt form, yet again no doubt with the aid of some kind of time travelling device, MVC have captured the essence of the past, delving into the curios and curiosities of history to come up with these potential classics available in all sizes from £32 each…

Council of Crows Tee

Siamese Fencing League Tee

Dark And Stormy Night Tee

I hate to say it but it’d be nice to see some larger product images at the site and perhaps some more competitive prices, oh well, perhaps I should’ve mentioned that last time. On a side note, I think the model is superb, if anyone is going to sail the ship through stormy waters, it’s this old codger. Anyway do take a look at the rest of MVC’s tees (and handmade leather products if you fancy a new wallet – even if you have nothing to put in it) at www.MaidenVoyageClothing.com.

Shark Week Sale

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It’s the Shark Week Sale at Seventh.Ink, get 20% off any and all products at their store at www.furyshirts.com until Sunday the 8th. Just use their promo code “sharkweek”at the checkout. If you’re scratching your head wondering what the hell Shark Week is, then don’t worry, I was in exactly the same predicament a minute ago, it seems it’s an American TV tradition, which sounds rather scary to me. Not so much the idea of vegging out in front of the TV and watching sharks as much as having a week dedicated to anything on TV at the height of summer. This sounds like viral marketing gone mad, I know one thing, the Brits have too much weather to ever consider gawping at the boob tube when the sun is out, it’s shirts off, down the beach and gawping at real boobs on the beach for most red-blooded British males (except for goths and emos). The nearest we get to a TV event is Big Brother, but thankfully that’s finishing this year :p

2010 Limited Edition Logo Tee

Laura R. Perkins Elephant Tee

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I just got an email from Pini of Laurarperkins.com in Spain, he chose Buy Tees to announce that Laura R. Perkins, a record label from Barcelona, Catalunya is expanding its horizons and entering into the fold of fashion. To be honest when I first read it I thought it was from Dorothy Perkins or Laura Ashley or some corporate combo – thankfully I was wrong… god knows what kind of a record label a high street fashion chain would run. Anyway Pini tells me that having a history of working closely with the urban art scene, it makes a lot of sense for LRP to formalise their arts connections, beginning with the release of their first collection of tees all designed by Masmuf Grafics.

However I do wish them all the best, it’s great to see more and more of us involved in the arts trying out new mediums, experimenting in collaborations and generally mixing it up. I’m also looking forward to seeing what other directions LRP takes in the future. In the meantime do check out their Elephant t-shirts, kinda Art School sci-fi, nice.

Elephant T-Shirt

You can get the Elephant tee in white, brown or light blue for €20 each at www.laurarperkinshop.com

Up until the end of August if you buy any tee you will receive a bonus Curnelius Anonymous CD.

Varcity Tee

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Check out this superb t-shirt by Jordan Halland of the Payola Collective. This dude is a highly skilled illustrator and artist and he has a mean passion for bikes. The Varcity tee and another two available from his label The Damn Rascals is inspired by an age old logo enfranchised rubber guy, I’ve taken inspiration from the Michelin Man myself in a piece called Scooch. I love everything about this shirt, the choice of font, the subtle use of colour (very subtle) and the old tired coot puffing away on what could be a spliff for all I know, struggling to climb that hill.

You can get the Varcity t-shirt for just $15 for men (S-XL) and women (XS-XL) and if you live in Spokane near Washington their order will be delivered by hand in person. For the rest of us there is an extra $8 for shipping.