Hands On: Me & Yu
We’re still getting some nice samples sent over from the independent teesign community. One of the latter picks is this sweet Bootsy-like pop-art printed translucent yellow on blue bit of goodness from Me & Yu.
To start with the basics, the base of this shirt is a good medium weight tubular jersey knit shirt in a bright blue shade. The printing is as I have already mentioned translucent with a repetitive design slightly sandwiched rendering it more saturated in the overlapping areas. The design is very pop art, but with a seventies soul/funk/disco twist. The shirt feels somewhat rocked nevertheless.
Men’s shirts run £25 a piece, while women need only hand out £18 to £20. They even sent me a copy of their nice photocopied fanzine, and every order ships with 6 free buttons and some candy. Be sure to have a look at heir hoodies, sweaters and other goods too. More pictures after the jump…
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Hands On: Custom Industries
In the past I have actually been less than dazzled by the works of this label. Up front these tees are something else. They are totally custom and really nice. My favorite of the two items in the care package I received form Custom Industries is by far the cut/sew short sleeved “white horse” tee. The detail is magnificent and its quality excellent. The motif is sorta reminiscent of a puma t-shirt I once had but far nicer. Both shirts have heavy contrast seems around the sleeves, waist and shoulders. The colour schemes are great too. Check out the rest in their online shop, or see the rest of the images after the jump.
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Oddica Hoodie
Just a little notice that Oddica is noe accepting pre orders for their first hoodie. It has a illustration of a disassembled turntable on it. It is printed on AA in black of navy, an it is a mere $36 to buy, and the artist recieves 41% of the net profits. The hoodie ships out on June 12th, so the wait isn’t even that long
…and if you haven’t done so yet, check out their t-shirts too.
AngryRetail
Everyone is talking about Angry these days, so I thought why not direct some attention over there…
Maybe their most noted products are the argyle sweaters they have going, but this site is about t-shirts dammit, and they do have a couple of nice ones. The Swag print I need not say much about, but isn’t it nice? I also love the forest print and the camo/pattern tee is of course on the inside. I do wish they would print the tree pattern onto a t-shirt though, ’cause I like it a lot. They do have an awsome bag with that print though.
Tees are 35 € for both honeys and homies.
News for the Ladies at Brooklyn Ind.
Brooklyn Industries recently rolled out some fresh new wear for the urban rockin’ indie girls. The tees seem very nicely fitted, and come off more like tops in the images.
These start at about $20, and you get a $5 discount if you join their newsletter. They also have some nice stuff for the guys, so don’t be discouraged. Check out their one-off hoodies.
Destroy
I can’t believe this one slipped by me, but here it is nevertheless…
Mona Lisa, Ernest Hemmingway and Hunter S. Thompson are all covered in the current collectoin of t-shirt designs at Destroy Clothing (to bypass the site and go for the designs, go directly to the store). These collageish designs dig deep into the bowels of pop culture through decadence, decay and darkness. The New Word print is definately one of my favs of the site, and there is a lot of other goodness to choose from.
Shrits are $22.99 a piece, and they also make longsleeves, sweaters, hoodies jeans and what not. There are also a lot of sale items at $9.99, and be sure to check out these belt buckles, too. No word on quality or make, though. Shipping seems to be set to $5, but I don’t know if that covers every location. Checkout works through PayPal
Artful Dodger NY
Back in the day the term Artful Dodger was commonly associated with the two-step genre in British club music, and more spesifically for the whole Bo Selecta thingy with Craig David, but not any more…
I am not sure if there is any connection at all, but these days I only see the name Artful Dodger in conjuction with the New York clothing label called just that. Don’t get me wrong though. I am not sorry at all. These garments are really up my alley. The t-shirts are covered in large scribbly street corner art like designs, and they have the jackets and jeans to match. The whole thing is sorta sofisticated slacker, but scribbled down.
You can view the stuff at ADNY’s own flash hell, and you can buy the sweets at Karma Loop starting at about $30, and probably elsewhere, too.
Soldierleisure
Here is a good alternative to the common branded logo/label t-shirts. The guys over at Soldierleisure do really nice self-logofied designs. Their colorful upside-down color burst crown pieces are definately something to consider. A twentyfiver for a tee, and a little more for the sleeveness. Transactions through PayPal.
Squidhunter
Out of Lund in Skåne at the south end of Sweden Squidhunter runs a mean t-shirt business. With an impressive array of printed apparel and accessoires on their hands and with non intimidating prices, these guys really step up. I have actually seen a couple of these before, and I wonder why I never wrote about them until now. Thanks to Sean at Grooveeffect for pointing me in the right direction.
Nevertheless: Tees are from about $20 for some sale items to about $33. Shipping prices are humble and the hard graphic designs are really nice, so there is no excuse. Head on over.
Beandip
This label has some really nice stuff up there. Designs tend to fill the shape of the shirts rather than sit on the middle of your chest. Beandip The handmake the products on order with water based inks on soft cotton. They retail tees at $18 and hoodies at $48. Accessoires are available, and shipping seems to be $2.50 in the US. No word on Int’l shipping though.