Studio Script Tee

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Here’s a great idea, if you’re a struggling art student then why not set up a t-shirt label and raise those vital funds for living expenses, materials, erm… booze and partyin’. I wish I’d though of that one back in the day. Fortunately Craig Aucutt the founder & Creative Director of Iowa based CA Studio a far more savvy lad, he’s already made it to college (yay) and he’s just released his third tee, which despite being a logo tee is still a very snazzy addition. Man does that kid know his typography!

Studio Script Tee

Gorgeous, if you’re going to design a logo tee this is the way to go, even I’d wear this one… besides the advertising goes to a good cause ;) I love the way Craig has incorporated a paint brush and the back detail is a nice extra. Available in S-XL for $20 each.

See his other tees at www.castudio.bigcartel.com.

Redemption Brand

admin    T-Shirt Reviews     Redemption Brand, graphic t-shirts, logo shirts, logo tees, vintage tees

Here’s a couple of Winter Collection tees from Redemption Brand. I missed out on the absolute belters they had last Summer including Beholder and Authentic. I’ve had a word with Tyler Hoppel, the guy behind the label and it’s 50/50 right now if they’ll be reprinted in the future. Ah well, console yourselves with these two unisex t-shirts available at $18 in sizes XS-XXL…

Protect Your Heart

There were Griffins everywhere when I was a kid, school crests, church towers, royal shields, and half of Wales was smothered in them back then. I guess life in Ol’ Blighty did used to be a little like Harry Potter. Nice design, nice tee, nice Griffin, good Griffin, ouch.

Icon Tee

Kinda little bit Fantastic 4 for me, but then again I am an old git and my Lycra jumpsuit has seen better days. If you like your t-shirts branded to the hilt you’ll struggle to find better than this one. Slick, like Fairey but without the faces.

One last thing, a quick tale on how exactly Redemption Brand got its name :- “The idea of starting a clothing company came to me when I went into an interview about 7 months ago and came out a changed person. The interviewer immediately judged because I had tattoos and I knew he wasn’t going to give me the job as soon as he set his eyes upon me. How do I know this you might ask? He told me. His words that are now engraved on my mind were “you would be qualified to work in our warehouse because of your tattoos, not in the office where our customers could see you”…

See moreof what Tyler did next at www.RedemptionBrand.com.

Dirty Dudes

admin    T-Shirt Reviews     Dirty Dudes, Dirty Dudes Apparel, logo tees, street, urban tees

Dirty Dudes are launching their collection on November 1st, I say collection but there are only 4 items on offer (including a hoodie) and they’re rather self-promotional i.e covered with logos. I’ve written about holding back on brand logo tees when you’re just starting up a label, unless you have a massive marketing budget and a TV campaign in the running. The truth is logo t-shirts aren’t my favourite kind, although DD do a good job with a couple of tattoo style designs and quite a fun fat font tee too. The shirts are available for pre-order right now in all sizes at their Storenvy store, which has been spruced up quite nicely.

I get what they’re about, urban, street style tees for young savvy lads – although they’re aiming for the female market too I think the name might hinder most girls from snapping them up. Anyway, I might be proved wrong, maybe DD have done their research and they’ve already got the following to pick up the slack. We shall see. One thing though, I’d recommend they buy the domain name dirtydudesapparel.com and link it to their store pronto -  if they want any decent Google rankings that is.

Mess Tee

Love the name, and even if its’ a very heavy piece of self-promotion the font is nice and fat and the composition works well. Printed on high quality, slim fit, unisex Tultex Apparel tees at $18 each.

CrossBones Tee

The tattoo/crest style composition is looking a little tired for me these days but DD have done a decent job of it and the diamond is really well designed. However I don’t quite see the connection – a pirate’s chest of booty (that’s gold bullion and jewels not a plump rear) would have made more sense. Thinking about it a diamond skull would have been even better. Printed on high quality, slim fit, unisex, American Apparel Tees at $20 each.

DD Sailor Tee

I’ve seen a lot of “anchor tees” in my time, this is definitely one of the better, a very nice composition and a far better typographic choice than in their CrossBones tee. It’s even a little more “dirty” which is a relief. Printed on high quality, slim fit, unisex, Tultex Apparel tees at $18 each.

I’d like to see far less branding, more graphics, in fact more t-shirts. If I was running DD I’d make the subject matter far more salacious, for a start, where are the strippers and fast cars? Lol. I’d like to see DD take grunge to the extreme, with ink splatters, smudges and wilder graphics. Ah well… maybe these  particular Dirty Dudes live on the right side of the tracks rather than the wrong ones – heh.

3 New Tees At Infinite Now

admin    T-Shirt News     graphic t-shirts, infinite now, infinite-now-com, logo tees, new t-shirts, octopus tee

Graphic savvy Infinite Now have just released three new tees (well two if you want to be absolutely technically pedantically precise about these things), two logo t-shirts and one rather jolly little number featuring an octopus. I remember a few years back when octopuses were sprawling all over the t-shirt world, perhaps it was the lure of drawing all those suckers, who knows, all I know is IN are reviving an old favourite of mine and how…

All three tees, 8 Ways, Blackout and Knockout are available in sizes S-XL at $25 each, printed on super soft American Apparel shirts. Check them all out at www.infinite-now.com!