The Black Sea
I know there are a lot of octopus and such designs out and about, but I still think you should have a look at the latest offerings from Orlando, FL indie venue The Black Sea. They print on AA and run US$16 a tee, which is cheap as cheese.
Orisue Spring Preview
Check out the Orisue spring preview over at High Snobiety if you are into high end large pattern prints and killer hoodies.
News at Teetonic
Shirts are now £15 a pop over at the Teetonic shop. They have also gone about rolling out some new designs and features so it should be worth a visit.
Tank Theory
Some nice and crazy stuff from Tank Theory. The art director, Zach Johnsen, says: “Our aesthetic is a bit on the brutal side. Everything we produce is slightly demented, unnerving, or outright scary.” In Germany, Austria and Switzerland available online at Clear Cut Case.
Beautiful Decay Stocks Freegums
The Beautiful/Decay Store recently stocked up on some of the wonderful reversible tees from Freegums of Miami USA. These are believed to be printed on AA stock and being printed on the inside and outside give you a 2 to 1 ratio on shirt design, saving space in your Ikea dresser. At about US$35 a tee you can do the math yourselves.
Clear Cut Case
I don’t really have much output for you about this German site called Clear Cut Case, since I don’t speak the language, but hrad on over and check out their collection of tees, longsleeves hoodies and track jackets. I think you might be pleased.
Pestol Packin’
These seem to be largely printed on AA, and did I say I am pleased to see such nice designs from so close to home?
I have seen other Danish t-shirt labels out there before, but it has been a while since one has surfaced. The shirts from Pestol are willingly playful and have a nice comic book feel to them. The smoking new Hektor “Feelin’ Foggy” design is just awesome, and I love the “Hvad Jeg Er Lavet Af” (translates into “From What I Am Made”) tee. These buggers roll out for 39€, but there are other shirts in the mix from 16€ too.
Waterloo
You would think this to be a London-based label really, with the name and the imagery on the website, but Waterloo runs straight outta Buenos Aires in Argentina…
Digging into the pop culture of mainly the 1970s is no new thing to t-shirt designs. Waterloo does this with a keen eye, an updated sense and a subtle form of humour however. The results are rather successful, and I far on prefer these tees to a lot of the plain retro or re-issue designs out in the big pond today. Just look at the Clash piece. It works as an updated view on a good old classic mixing it with 1950s poster art and a 2000s overall whack.
I can’t find any info about the shirt stock used, but the geometrics give an indication of these being modern fit tees. They are available in girls and guys sizes, and even as tank tops in some cases. Prices are at US$24.95, and they ship more or less anywhere.
If you enter the coupon code “teees.com” on checkout you’ll even receive a 10% discount.
Fisher Price Squeak Box Tee
I just spotted this piece over at LaFraise, and the funny thing is that I actually own one of those kid’s cassette players myself. It is actually sitting right here on my desk. Hook yerself up if you dig it. It i 22€ or 24€ as longsleeve.
Hand On: Swami Safari
I received this piece sometime last week, but due to illness and work I’ve not been able to do the writeup until today. This is a treat of a tee though…
The Swami visits the World Tree Yggdrasil and is introduced to its many inhabitants. The World Tree supports the entire universe on its limbs, its roots gnawed at by the dragon Nidhoggr. The giant rooster Vidofnir is perched at the top of the tree. Both bird and dragon employ Ratatosk the squirrel to pass insults between themselves (and heaven and hell).
The shirt is smooth and soft in light and fine cotton with a slightly roomy neckline at the top. Inside the neckline the story behind the design is quoted together with the company logo.
The design is a nice large print black on the white soft tee base, and the print seems to be of good quality with little touch to it. The detailing is exceptional as you may see from the detail shots after the jump.
This is the first tee from Australian label Swami Safari, and if you like it stay tuned or even subscribe to their monthly teeliveries and receive a 10% discount. The shirt itself is AU$49 in Aussie and NZ, or US$45 to the rest of the world, shipping and taxes included. Payments go through paypal. More images after the jump…
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