High Arcane Chicanery at Beautiful/Decay

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Beautiful/Decay have just made their latest offering to the dark lords of the t-shirt dimension, placed upon the designer’s altar this month is their Wizard Tattoo tee. Designed by a BD favourite Kyle Thomas, LA based designer with a history of corporate projects under his belt, muralist, and devout graffiti fan – this is another of his stream of consciousness illustrated tomes for t-shirts, featuring everything any self-respecting devil worshipping, head banging fifth horseman or horsewoman could want from their tee collection. So put down your ouija board for a minute, let the sacrificial goat take one last stroll around the graveyard and direct your mystical gaze towards this… read more

A Beautifully Decaying Summer

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I don’t know about you but this Summer has just about passed us by here in Britain with little to celebrate, and so it was nice to see a proverbial ray of sunshine in my inbox today in the form of an email from Sasha at Beautiful Decay. This legendary label has a whole back catalogue of industry kudos and their latest collection is no exception. I have to admit it I’m rather shocked I haven’t featured www.BeautifulDecay.com more at Buy Tees, they’re probably one of my all-time faves on the scene, but I suppose with so many other fashion blogs out there reviewing BD I hadn’t thought the world would miss my input. Then again if Beautiful Decay want the Buy Tees treatment, then who am I to argue?

BD have brought attention to a celebrated range of indie designers and labels from the ever corner of the globe, the first time I discovered the eye-opening products of the amazing Imaginary Foundation. It’s safe to say that BD have some serious clout in the t-shirt industry, if they feature a designer you can bet your bottom dollar that before long their name will be on the lips of t-shirt fans both sides of the Atlantic and beyond. Their unique blend of cultural comment, fashion savvy and left-field art appreciation has stood them in good stead over the years, in fact it’s most likely that the Internet would be a far less rewarding experience without their unique if sometimes skewed input.

Beautiful Decay Magazine started from the most humble of beginnings, a photocopied zine with a once limited following, since their site first opened with the addition of their own store selling some of the most cutting edge creative tees on the market, they’ve never looked back, now offering an amazing range of extravagantly illustrated t-shirts and a glossy magazine to boot. If you want an example of a major player in the indie t-shirt scene, then look no further. I’m tempted to write a slim tome about this unique label but seeing as it would take another blog to fill – so rather than do that I’d advise you to visit them yourself online, their site is packed with great interviews, features and a superb international gallery guide. However as you’d expect I will be focusing on their latest offerings in the glorious medium of the venerable t-shirt – I’ve included four of their newest tees for your delectation – and be assured they are as crazy yet beautiful as ever. read more