Gryphony …Coming Soon!

admin    T-Shirt News     Gryphony, limited edition tees, time limited

I’ve been bombarded with emails from Gryphony who insisted on sending me a shirt and requesting specific dates for a post. It reminds me a little of the teaser campaign for Gabbo on the Simpsons. Of course nothing in life runs smoothly, the t-shirt hasn’t arrived and the store hasn’t as yet launched, but I have to admire Gryphony’s lust for their label, that’s a good sign for me. As yet I have still not been let in on any specifics, except what many already know, and that is that this is another time-limited site, in this case you’ll have 72 hours to decide if you want to snap up their latest offering, before it’s gone forever.

Here’s the latest blurb “Founded in 2010. Gryphony comes out of the necessity of finding premium quality clothing and fun detailed designs. Gryphony is a clothing line by artists for artists. We hand pick everything that comes on our store and we believe clothing should be unique. We showcase a limited t-shirt design every 72 hours. Knowing the needs of today’s designers, we want to give back to the community by helping struggling artists promote their work, create a fan base and spread the word about what they love to do, design.“

In the meantime I have sneak preview of what I presume will be their first shirt:

Mario Vs. The Smurfs Tee

To keep up with the latest at www.Gryphony.com sign up for the email newsletter or hook up with them at Facebook.

Win Tees @ Young Lovers

admin    T-Shirt Contests, T-Shirt News     Dylan t-shirt, Dylan tee, I heart NYC, NY Tees, NY tee, graphic t-shirts, limited edition tees, music t-shirts, t-shirt contest, young lovers

It’s all happening over at www.YoungLoversLabel.com, they have just released their new range of Limited Edition T-shirts (100 each) for 2011 plus their holding a freebie t-shirt competition, just to start off the year with a bang! As always their latest collection is as irreverent, punchy and urbanite as ever, “Creatures of the Midnight” offers up an instant classic in the form of the Bob Dylan x Beethoven Tee, plus a few more beauties to keep your on your toes. What’s more they’re running a competition for the next 10 days and it’s dead easy to enter:

• Just click the Facebook like button on the 3 tees that you want.
• Five lucky winners will each receive their 3 tees for free!
• They’ll be in touch with the 5 lucky winners via Facebook on January 31.

Here are a few of the new tees at YOL all of which are available for $48 in sizes S-XL and cuts for guys and girls/unisex.

Bob Dylan x Beethoven Tee

Love it, an amazing graphic transposition. It’s one of those images you’d had have expected to crop up yonks ago. Nice one ;) Get it in black and white for men and women. Remember these and all YOL’s tees are highly limited!

Rats Tee

Hilarious. Now that’s what I call theatre :p I never could stand Lloyd Webber, to be honest I’ve always felt that there’s a natural evolution in the arts and theatre has most definitely seen better days. Dumbing it down doesn’t help. If you can’t stand bad British theatre you can get the Rats Tee for guys and girls.

New York Smile Tee

Again, another classic design in the making. I am shocked that no one in NY had thought of this design until now. So simple it hurts. A smile in NY is a rare thing, get it in t-shirt form for guys and girls in black and white.

See more of the new additions at Young Lovers. Don’t forget to vote too!

Sugar Steak Apparel

admin    T-Shirt Reviews     Sugar Steak, Sugar Steak Apparel, comic t-shirts, funny t shirts, limited edition tees, retro tees, toon tees

I’ve never had a sugar steak, I think it must be an American thing, a big fat American thing, you tell me, I’m just a skinny Limey. Anyway, Sugar Steak Apparel was founded by Kyle Creek in order to counteract the “the affliction of overly macho, predictable, and all-too-common attire in our society”. I’m not sure how much overly macho fashion you’ve come across but I’d say there’s plenty of variety out there no matter your taste. However I’m glad to introduce SSA to the mix because they really do make some cool tees, neither macho nor effeminate, they’re just cool. If you like street art, comics, and low run tees, (sometimes limited editions) then you really need to check them out. Their t-shirts are all available for $19.95 each (limited editions are $24.95) – they also do few nice sweats, decals and some special prices on their bundled shirts. What’s more all their tees come with a free decal too!

Short-STACK Tee

One of a couple of highly limited shirts, I love the crazy promo shot for this tee, the graphics are of course great, it looks like someone is bulking up lol. ;) There’s a nice little piece of subtle logo branding on the back too.

Ass-Backwards Tee

Probably the best piece of branding subterfuge I’ve ever seen. Geddit?

Party Animal Tee (Limited Edition)

Here’s a limited edition tee for the girls (or “dolls” according to SSA). I love the design but I’m not so keen on the colour combo, although I’m not a “doll” unless it’s Action Man I suppose hah.

Sweet ‘n’ Simple Tee

Last but not least it’s the Sweet ‘n’ Simple Tee, an ultra clean design, really smooth lines, and more food related craziness from the team at SSA. Very tasty…

See ‘em all at www.sgrstk.com.

Closd Clothing

admin    T-Shirt News     Closd, Closd Clothing, Italian t-shirts, Italian tees, limited edition tees

Most definitely open for business Closd Clothing are a brand new Italian label with an awesome piece of branding, three superb tees on offer, and definitely some seriously artistic talent amongst the ranks. A lot of thought has gone into the site too, they’ve already set up their own little shirt spotting page at Flickr, and there are a few freebies available too.

Their first 3 tees for guys & girls (except for Rōnin) are on sale at $22 each, printed on 100% fine cotton jerseys in all sizes. The print colours are superbly rich and clean and each design is a limited edition – cleverly incorporating their branding without jarring the composition. The subject matter is a tad crazy too… just the way I like it :D

Bear Attack Tee

Rōnin Tee

Go! Sailor Tee

Go! Girl Sailor Tee

Nice stuff! I for one am eagerly awaiting plenty more tees from Closd.

25% Off @ LTD Tee This Week!

admin    T-Shirt Discounts     LTD TEE, art shirts, limited edition tees, t-shirt discounts, t-shirt sale, tee discounts

Here’s another quickie sale post for you, this time a generous 25% off ALL their tees at LTD Tee this week. They’ve also remixed their best-seller Azul Blue t-shirt by MWM in green to create the Green Monster! This box set is available at http://www.ltdtee.net from today, November 8th until November 15th. Usually on sale at $29.99 each you can save 25% this week on all LTD Tee products by using discount code 25off! Available in both men’s and women’s sizes.

Shark Week Sale

admin    T-Shirt Discounts, T-Shirts     Fury Shirts, Seventh Ink, limited edition tees, t-shirt dicounts, t-shirt sale

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

Resist Today

admin    T-Shirt Designers, T-Shirt Reviews     Brandon Dunlap, Resist Today, art shirts, art t-shirts, limited edition tees

Resist Today is a small & independent, artist-run company. When you buy a tee, a print, stickers, pins or any item at ResistToday.com the profit goes to the artists and not (yet another) corporation. Expect originality, quality and limited editions as the order of the day. The line-up of artists include Dave Rau; Josh Bertrand who runs Red Labor with Dave Rau, Brandon Dunlap, Eleanor Grosch of Push Me Pull You Design, Ian Keltie of IKCA, Jay Giroux and Billy Tamplin of Rejected Robot.

All of their tees are superbly screen-printed shirts and the inks “feel nice & soft” (I’m hoping this means water-based?), using slim-fitting and sweat-shop free American Apparel tees. Some of their designs are way out there in cuckoo land, which is just fine for me, it’s where I belong ;p Right now there’s a $10 Summer Sale on so if you fancy sprucing up your wardrobe with some highly original limited edition art then take a look at this lot:

Skulls and Kittens Tee

I’m sure I’ve featured this one somewhere before, if I haven’t it’s a crime, this design is awesome, kinda creepy but it hits the perfect tone of sarcasm. If you’re fearless in the face of death and love cute animals you’ll be glad to know this shirt by Brandon Dunlap is available in pink (M-L), grey (S/L), blue(L) and yellow(S-XL)! Yep everyone of them is just $10 in the sale.

Bureaucrat Tee

The faceless corporate drone gets his 15+ minutes of fame due to the highly creative mind of Josh Bertrand. Simple, powerful and highly effective design, you can get the Bureaucrat Tee for $10 in XL.

King Rhino Tee

Years ago Chris and I went to a country park in Sussex, they kept Rhinos there, one of them suddenly began to bolt towards us, it looked like it was about to charge through the fence and over the ditch. Then it stopped, and sort of whined and simpered. We picked some grass nearby, fed it, and then patted its head. I love rhinos. I also had a ghetto blaster as a teen, I painted crap all over it and took it everywhere then some sod at a party “borrowed it” like 20 years ago hah. So, King Rhino has a lot of personal connections for me lol. No seriously, love this one, it’s groovayyy. Get it as a tee (s/L/XL) or polo (S) for $10 each.

Two Guys And An Octopus Tee

Don’t ask, I have no idea what’s going on, the general idea seems to be “steam punk gone awry”, all I know is that it’s weird and that’s good for me. If you have a penchant for Victorian freakery, and want something a little more spectacular than The Elephant Man, then meet Two Guys And An Octopus – available in sizes S/M for $10.

Check out the Summer Sale at www.ResistToday.com.

Collect London – Artist Series Illustrated Tees

admin    T-Shirt Designers     Collect, Collect London, art t-shirts, illustrated t-shirts, limited edition tees

Collect London is a unique new T-shirt brand with a difference… What better way to support new art… Than to wear it! That’s the concept behind this highly creative label who aim to provide up and coming artists and designers with a platform to launch their work to a wider audience. They only condition being that the designs fit in to their seasonal themes. They seek out the very best in design talent the world over to create artwork to feature on their great fitting T-shirts. So far everyone from new artists to bands such as O.Children and Gold Teeth and the fashion designer Robert Cary Williams have collaborated with the label to create a whole host of completely unique and limited edition pieces.The latest theme to inspire the range is ‘Folk Fantasy’ and from this, what has emerged is a collection of edgy and individual T-shirts to suit every individual.

Boom Tee by Robert Cary-Williams

A leading designer on the British fashion scene, his ability to design clothes that are both experimental, yet have a severe design edge, and then to balance this with ‘wearability’, has become his signature. As well as winning ‘New Generation Sponsorship’ from the British Fashion Council several times, Robert has also been invited to show his work and to lecture in high profile exhibitions such as ‘Fashion in Motion’ at the V&A and showstudio.com. His collections have been worn by the likes of Roisin Murphy, Keira Knightly, Kate Moss, Jude Law, Ewan McGregor and David Bowie.He now brings his expertise to Collect London with the popular Men’s BOOM Pack Tee.

Jackalope Cape T-Shirt by Elliot Hartwell

A multidisciplinary designer with a diverse portfolio of graphic, furniture, product and interior design. Elliot now works as a freelance designer as well as at the design and communication agency, Ethreestudio which he co founded.His designs for Collect London are a mixture of bold colours and hand drawn sketches such as the Women’s Jackalope oversized T-shirt.

Great Bear Tee by William Dove

William Dove is a member of the band Gold Teeth and Co-founder of Art and Design group Holy Dove, Williams lives and works in London.His designs are inspired by alternative creative forms such as tattooing, graphic novels and skateboarding.He mainly works in pen and ink and his loose stroke style aims to create something with an intricate basis but a bold aesthetic. His Men’s Great Bear Tee has become a Collect best-seller.

A Nagy Toll Scoop Tee by Richard Fairhead

I don’t have much on Fairhead except that he’s a great British illustrator with a superb sense of humour. Just check out his blog to be sure. Here’s a very cool retro tee by him, with the weirdest name I’ve come across in a while, the Nagy Toll Tee :p

With 10% of the sales going straight back to the artists, Collect London offers a great opportunity to boost the creative careers of young designers.And with such a wide range of product – there is no better time to buy into great art and wear something truly cutting edge

Speaks For Itself

admin    T-Shirt Reviews     Itself, hereitself.com, limited edition t-shirts, limited edition tees, t-shirt community

Itself are a t-shirt community that deals with quality rather than quantity, they only offer limited edition shirts, alongside a range of tunics and long sleeve tees, and they don’t officially have too many designers on their books – although there are plenty who’d love to be! I’d say this was a step forward, however much you might want the public to provide quality control, there will be those, shall we say ‘less-than-average’ designers with an army of online buddies to help them make headway in the popularity stakes, even if it means that the more usual vote-based t-shirt communities end up stuck with a pile of unsold tees for the next sale. To counteract the ‘art Jock’ mentality, Itself don’t even mention the prospect of voting on their homepage. it’s a savvy angle marketing-wise, I’d always push the idea of exclusivity and quality over fashion democracy every time. Still once you take a peek inside the store you realise the mechanics of the brand is definitely geared to scouting out new high-calibre talent with 590 designs in the running, from a legion of potential contributors competing for a whopping $4000 prize and of course instant fame ;)

Now, I have to admit the earlier half of the collection isn’t anything to write home about, but every label has to start somewhere, they need to be established to some degree to attract the calibre of design they require for a discerning audience, and so I’m sure we can both forgive them a quick evolution from the generic in order to provide a platform for their top picks in t-shirt design. Which fortunately is exactly how it’s worked out for Itself. There are at least half a dozen cracking designs on offer now, by names you might not recognise, but I assure you once you see their work, you will remember them.

If you want to get involved you can submit your own designs here, sign up and vote keep up with their latest offerings at Facebook and follow them at Twitter, but even if you’re adverse to social networking at least sign up as a member and get the first word on any new tees and offers in the making. What’s more send in a photo of you wearing one of their tees and get a dollar back! Time for this brand to speak for itself in the medium of great t-shirt design… read more

T-Shirt Caviar at Finroo

admin    T-Shirt News     Finroo, Finroo.com, limited edition t-shirts, limited edition tees

We all want to savour the finer things in life, no matter what you love, there’s always someone somewhere selling a better quality, rarefied alternative that you’d give your right arm (or preferably cash if you can afford it;) for the chance of owning a piece of that exclusivity. The same rule applies to the creative t-shirt industry, there are limited editions and then there are black label tees at Finroo.com. One of our favourite t-shirt community sites out there has just upped the ante (again) and have released a range of highly limited edition tees for their connoisseur fans.

Everyone has experienced t-shirt envy at some point or other in their lives, many more of us have experienced exactly the opposite, and that’s over the saturation of our favourite designs. If you hate spotting your t-shirt on passers by, if you can’t stand the fact that many labels out there hit their margins by selling your most treasured t-shirts to all and sundry, if you’d like your wardrobe to be as unique as possible without going mad on haute couture items, then here’s what Finroo can offer you.

Purple Label

Limited edition of 200

Gold Label

Limited edition of 100

Platinum Label

Limited edition of 50

And the ultra exclusive

Black Label

limited edition of 25!

Now, expect the prices to rise depending on the label, the black label tees are a whopping $94.99 each which is steep I agree, but remember, only 25 people in the world will proudly wear your favourite design. So essentially you pay for the exclusivity, if you don’t care how many dopes are wearing your favourite design then I’d try K-Mart, if you do then here are some of my favourites on offer right now, although I can’t guarantee half of these won’t be sold out by tomorrow! read more