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Sight-seeing during Obama Inauguration: Yetibama
2009-01-21 08:09:00
Never have enough all-bama things from Obama niacs? Needless to answer but to congrats America for scoring a new president. To commemorate President Obama's historic inauguration into the White House, Go-Bama (a.k.a GAMA-Go) re-releases its popular Yetibama tee shirt. Limited quantities are available now in black and gold -- 100% cotton and 100% audacious.
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Ryan D. Seaman Presents Hung Out To Dry, the Limited Edition T-shirts
2009-01-20 17:18:00
Having worked with several "names" in streetwear apparel industries like Pacific Sunwear, Common Threadz, Von Zipper and won highly competitive T-shirt design contenst Design by Humans -- Ryan D. Seaman couldn't stop himself to start his own clothing label under catchy-name: Hung Out To Dry (a Cottonable's sponsor as I wrote this)HOTD spells everything that inspired Ryan as a graphic artist: from typography, patterns, apparel, fabric to anything that's aged or worn, old books, paint and hand made. Not to mention continuous experiment he made with combination of hand drawn elements, multiple textures and other odd materials on every artwork.The first edition of HOTD sold on limited run for no more than $20 bucks -- with designs printed on custom tags American Apparel tees and silkscreened imprints inside. If grunge, punk themes are into your style. You don't want to miss this new label.
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Twisted Pop Culture from Chunk
2009-01-19 05:48:00
Pop culture is what unites us- almost everywhere on earth, certain characters are recognized. So by humorously playing with concepts that those characters stand for, you can create a hilarious scene that makes a statement anyone can understand and respond to.That's what Chunk does with their designs. Whether they're putting Darth Vader's evil ways into perspective by showing his mugshot or contrasting Snow White's innocence by arming her, you've never seen your childhood favorites in quite this light before. Other highlights that will leave you laughing include a Ninja Turtles rendition of Reservoir Dogs and Mickey Mouse trapped in a war zone.
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Passarella, Black and White Sexiness from Tokyo to London
2009-01-17 23:59:00
Passarella Death Squad is brainchild of Danny Broddle and Emilie Albisser, the label started in 2004. The latest T-shirt collection using imported fabric from Tokyo , Japan while manufacturing process of the garments happens in London , England.T shirt design-wise, you will see that any Pasarella Death Squad has put much love into combination of photography and sketch art -- putting women at the front as main theme. Black -and-white is another keyword, it' s how Passarella simplifying the sense of elegance with two-color fashion. At least that's what I see on their latest collection. Some of you may found the Passarella tees a little bit vulgar, but can also be spelled sexiness by others.
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What's Your Demographic?
2008-12-08 19:26:00
The central premise of Demographic is that the shirts you wear say something about who you are as a person. Their clean infographic style is both classy and expressive, displaying designs built around concrete ideas like allergies, but also more abstract thoughts like creativity.Something I appreciate about the line is the way they aren't constricting themselves to chest prints. The heart-on-my-sleeve design for the word Passionate is all the more clear and meaningful for it's unconventional placement. Similarly, the fact that the graph on Concerned (a design for those who worry about carbon dioxide levels) begins low on the shirt makes the height that it ultimately reaches all the more frightening.This concept has a lot of room to grow, and I could easily see tons of demographics being targeted next. The site even takes suggestions, offering $200 in product if the idea is used.

Class Attire Showcases Your Chalk Doodles
2008-12-08 02:34:00
When I think classrooms, the first thing that comes to mind is chalkboards- they're the major focal point of the room, conveying the teacher's knowledge and the furtive doodles of other classmates. So it makes perfect sense that a company named Class Attire would hone in on the chalkboard tee concept for their line.The chalkboards take the shape of butterflies, apples, landmarks and more, letting the wearer decorate it a different way each time they wear. Thanks to the handy chalk pocket, you can even make a new design on the fly. It stays put until dabbed off with a wet cloth, so unlike a real chalkboard your messages will remain as long as you want them to.For a look at how it works, check out their video.
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Hannari Tofu, Your Funny Japanese Friend on Your T-shirt
2008-12-03 14:30:00
Just looking at Fuji Friend s's Hannari Tofu tees has already brightened my day. Although these are not kind of tee shirt I wouldn't wear outside my house, even if I'm in Japan, I still think these are really nice pieces for those Japanese -anime art lovers. The details are great and the bouncy emotions are there. Hannari Tofu tees can be found sold by Fuji Friends for $20 (Flickr gallery)
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A good question about funny T-shirt You might Want to Ask Yourself
2008-12-02 15:50:00
"Where would the world be without funny T-shirt?" This question was posted on Flickr by Missi Bellande, along with this picture (few funny designs you might be familiar with)   A good question actually. If this question is being asked to you, how'd you answer that?
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Zip Up Hoodies and Tees: Perfect Matches for a Warmer Winter
2008-12-01 18:37:00
Winter is a favorite season of mine because of how gorgeous the world looks under a layer of snow and icicles, but it definitely has some draw backs. Chief among those is that it's often too cold to wear my favorite article of clothing, the t-shirt.Sweaters might be warm and cozy, but those knitted graphics just can't compare to the sheer cool factor of a great screenprint. So instead of jettisoning your tee collection for the season, invest in some cool zip up hoodies and continue displaying your great taste in shirts.Enclothe recently released Marioflauge, which I think is the most impressive gaming-themed hoodie the world has ever known. The all-over print is attractive, colorful and instantly recognizable, and the construction is full of great little extras (I especially dig the thumb holes and the interior iPod pocket). Paired with Threadless's classic This Is Not a Pipe, it lets the world know that you're just as knowledgeable about art and style as you are about video gam...
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Japanese Folding Technique Inspires Ucon's New Tee Shirt
2008-12-01 03:24:00
  Japanese way of folding T-shirts video was quite a hit sometime back, lots of folks (including me) have tried it out. Although I've never really applied the technique in daily life but it's still quite a magic trick worth to learn -- for me. Ucon's Folding T-shirt represent a respect to the renowned technique. Pictogram design on the shirt leave you an easy guide through the folding process and different colors of the tees to show how it should be folded. Seriously, I just never thought before that someone will come out with design based on this technique. The shirts itself is a part of Ucon 2009 collection. More of Ucon collection on its online catalog and its online shop.
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The Cool Kids x Karmaloop: $10,000 T-shirt Design Contest
2008-11-30 15:00:00
Okay, this is huge: a $10,000 (not typo!) grand prize for a T-shirt design contest. Karmaloop teams up with of The Cool Kids and come up with Cool Kids Cool Cash contest in search of "illest t-shirt design that exemplifies the style, creativity, originality, and straight up dopeness of the Cool Kids" Ten grands is not a small sum indeed, especially in this bad economy time. So, if you do graphics work -- fire up you Photoshops and send them some really "dopes" designs. Winner will be chosen on or before January, 31 2009. More info of the contest here and feel like browsing? Check out the submissions as well. Good luck :)
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Addict Celebrates 10 Years Streetwear Cultures... with Star Wars?
2008-11-29 16:44:00
Here's the story of Addict's new series, as quoted on FUSShop website: ...Over ten years ago we were sat around reading a magazine article about the birth of ‘streetwear’ in the USA. The story documented the significance and importance of Sean Stussy and three other Californian based brands who all played their part in defining the genre we live and work in today, namely Freshjive, X-Large and Fuct..." While some tees are brilliantly produced in collaboration with those established street brands, tees that stand out are actually those which feature Star Wars troopers. If these are what you call street culture (or maybe pop culture?), well I won't complain -- I mean this tees are really good despite the "premium" price -- at £35. anyway, these are more tees in collaboration with others brands via iloveyourtshirt
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Are you in Tee Shopping Mode? My Huge List Holiday Sale
2008-11-29 05:13:00
Ads Session I got busy recently and have little time to check my email inbox. When I opened it up, whoozzaa! Lots of promotion newsletter from shops for the Holiday s sale -- we should share the same experience. So, I'll just drop my list here. Some, not all, of promos I mention also come from advertisers, street team and affiliate (and so, I label this post as "ads session").  Whether you're still in Black Friday mood or start feeling the heat to grab Christmas shopping bargain, this is the list (in no particular order) T-shirtHumor.com -- Buy Any 2 Items & Get FREE US Shipping. 15% off any order with coupon code: FUNNY ShopEcko -- Free shipping on orders over $100 (unlimited time) and Buy One Get One 50% off -- Offer ends  Dec,1st 2008 at Midnight DeezTeez -- flat rate shipping of $5.75 for US orders, no matter how many tees you buy (limited period) UrbanRetro UK -- Special 3 Day Offer - 25 % off everything. Use the coupon code: XMAS25. Offer...
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Obey the Online Store, Where's My Obama Tee?
2008-11-29 03:15:00
Despite the huge list of stockiest and retailers carry its line around the world, nothing stop Obey to have its own online store. As reported by URB Magazine, OBEY clothing -- a brainchild of iconic artist Shepard Fairey -- has just launched an online store, a new website and blog (blog active since September this year) which goes along with Holiday '08 collection. Pricing wise, I don't see that purchasing directly from Obey store will give you better deal, just check out price of 11th Hour T-shirt on Obey Store costs you a $32, while it's only $22 (U.P $28) if you grab it from Karmaloop. Similar to what happen with Obey x Mike Kreshnar, Freedom Cry T-shirt, it's $32 on Obey Store but one buck cheaper on 80spurple.com. Strange, eh? Buying directly from Obey store doesn't equal to better price. And another think that got me thinking is that, the store doesn't even sells the famous Barack Obama - Progress tee (collaboration with Upper Playground). Nevertheless, if you're bi...
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Rhetoric Uses the Whole Tee
2008-11-24 19:48:00
Rhetoric has captured the easiest way to stand out in the t-shirt world: use the shirt differently than the competition. To that end, their collection includes side prints, wraparounds, and even dual-sided tees. As the styles of the artwork span the gamut from sketchy pencils to solid vectors, it's really their unconventional placements that unite the group.Sometimes, as in the case of Melvin, the placement is expressive and artistic. For Slingshot the intent is pure comedy, twisting the concept of a bird shirt by showing the implement of their demise hanging over the back pocket.With a nice range of concepts and styles, not to mention their commitment to using shirt placements that fit the design (instead of just ones that fit their budget), I think it's fair to say that Rhetoric is going places.

Diagramed for Your Enjoyment at Moist Productions
2008-11-24 04:54:00
This is an era when we take our fun pretty darn seriously. Play is a subject studied by serious academics, toys are focus grouped and researched extensively before they even hit the stores, and most people thing nothing of dropping a grand or more on an entertainment system.It's a bit silly, when you get right down to it, and no one exploits the strangeness of our culture's approach to recreation better than Moist Productions. Their designs have all the skill and style of professional anatomy and how-to diagrams, but applied to the toys we all know and love.Shirts like Micro Schematic appeal to the kid in me who just wants to know how things work. Balloon Dog Twister is even useful, giving easy visual directions on how to make your own balloon doggie. It's all pretty hilarious stuff, poking gentle fun at how out of control the world's obsession with play can sometimes be.
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Nice Art Gallery, Decent Printed Tees of Defi the Norm
2008-11-22 14:49:00
Interesting graphic art gallery from  Miami, FL-based Defi the Norm. Seriously, I think these arts should go into printing machine, instead of two decent designs currently up for sale Ghostin' and Continue T-shirts. At least,  stuff the put on the gallery shows some potential this small label has. Don't you agree with me? source: Clothing Wire
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Free Shipping from Busted Tees, more Obama T's from ChoiceShirts and Design
2008-11-21 16:17:00
Ads Session Busted Tees : From November 21, 2008 and running till November 26 there will be FREE SHIPPING on all orders to the U.S.! Click here to find out more.         Design by Humans starts Holidays sale earlier. Now T-shirts price starts from $15 with 12 reprints of classic tees.  Browse all the tees now, sale ends Nov. 30th, 2008     ChoiceShirts: Get your Obama Shirts For Inauguration Day! Fantastically crafted Tees to mark this great even. Click here to find out more.
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Single Dominant Color on T-shirt isn't Odd, It's just Oddity
2008-11-19 14:40:00
Sketched-style artworks, with single dominant colors seems works well with  Oddity T-shirts. Regardless how many featured artists contributing to Oddity new collection, there's seems unwritten rule attached that makes the all designs sing the same tune. Meanwhile, everything that's sold by Oddity clothing is printed by hand with, love and soft water-based ink. After hand printed... you know the next words, "limited print". Check out the scoop: Source: Tcritic
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Doodles Are Art at Draw Ltd.
2008-11-17 19:53:00
Doodles are universal. From professional artists to kids to accountants, just about everyone makes little sketches in the margins of their notebooks when no one is looking. And too often, no one ever sees them.Draw Ltd. is all about changing that. From their perspective, all drawings are art and thus all of them should get their moment in the sun. It's certainly true that doodles, being less polished than most traditional art, can be incredibly interesting. Because they weren't meant for public viewing, they exhibit a freedom that other art can't match.So far the site's monster-themed collection is proving that doodles can hold their own on a t-shirt. Designs like Monster Clusterf**k and Lenny show that you can get a lot of mileage out of just two colors, and Carrotman indicates a willingness to experiment with shirt placement. It's solid stuff, and has me excited to see what the Handimals set of doodles will contain.
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Let's get "Back in Black" with Leading T-shirt Graphic Artists and Design b
2008-11-17 18:00:00
I can't give more kudos to duo Hydro 74 (Joshua Smith) and Pale Horse (Chris Parks) for bringing up superb collection, entitled "Back in Black ", by some of the best T-shirt graphic artists I've ever known. If you're regular reader of Cottonable, I'm sure you are not a stranger to names like God Machine (was mentioned here), Jimiyo (mentioned here) or You Work For Them (featured twice!) -- which are participating artist on the list. There will be total 20 participating artists and exhibition to celebrate the launch at Pale Horse Gallery - St. Petersburg, FL. If the place is within your reach, note the date here: November 22nd from 4.PM - 10 PM. During the exhibition you can see (for free) those designs screen printed and displayed on the walls. And purchase the shirts for only $15 bucks.   Won't be there on that date? Me too, but no problem. You can also pre-order the shirts at price of $3 bucks more expensive than if you attend the exhibition (excluding ship...
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Ouch, These T-shirts Stabb Me to the Heart
2008-11-16 16:52:00
The two upcoming T-shirt from Ryan a.k.a RustyEight Media will be released on Dec 1st 2008, now available for pre-order via brand Stabb. Judging from the preview design, I can't say more but impressed by design of the shirts. They're bold, attention-grabber and original. And it seems like Emptees folks agree with me too. These tees will be printed on Anvil Fashion Fit and sold for $18 bucks.  More about RustyEight and his on Emptees.
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Have It Your Way? Custom Made Burger King Apparel
2008-11-16 00:12:00
Ladies and gentlemen, the online t-shirt world has just gotten downright odd. It's seemed for awhile now that just about everyone and their mom had a t-shirt start-up business in the works, and apparently that desire to enter the industry even applies to huge corporations.Because Burger King , Home of the Whopper, has opened Burger King Studio, Home of the Fashion-Fit T-Shirt. At first it feels totally wrong- how could a company that makes bank by adding pounds to the guts of millions possibly expect to succeed by aiming a fashion product squarely at the waifs who worship at the altar of American Apparel ?But really, this initiative is an extension of that long-held BK motto: Have It Your Way. Custom shirts certainly exemplify this- the site includes a build-your-own shirt app that lets the shopper chose which design elements to use and where. Like value meal options in-store, there are also some pre-made options available, ranging from a list of common burger ingredients to colorful...
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Collar Free, Quietly Expanding T-shirt Design Competition
2008-11-15 15:14:00
Collar Free might not be T-shirt artists' household brand name. But the ongoing T-shirt design competition which just started in January this year (2008) expanding aggressively by pursuing private equity funding and works with Zazzle - to reach wider audience and have design printed beyond T-shirt but also on the other product like button, mug, poster, etc. Business wise, I'm not sure if this co-branding Collar Free x Zazzle will work well. For one thing, Zazzle site is full of crap, some very good designs, some Walt Disney, Star Wards stuff and so on -- which mean downgrading niche-ness of Collar Free as cutting edge clothing brand supported by indie artists (who enter the competition). An expansion strategy that Threadless always try to avoid. Aside from business issue, I find that Collar Free has its own advantages. First, its battle-like voting (to determine competition winner) is quite fun and very encourage participation to vote. Other advantage that is that the submitted...
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Cottonable is Twittering too
2008-11-14 17:02:00
So, I just started a Twitter account, not very sure how I'm going to use it but since the address is http://twitter.com/cottonable, it should serve cottonable T-shirt blogging purpose. Raise your hand if you disagree :) Promo discount and new T-shirts found, perhaps? What about broader conversation on graphic design, fashion and blogging -- which is also my interest? Please drop me some ideas. Anyway, if you're on Twitter, let me know so I can follow you. Already find people that are no stranger to me like Andy, mel0dy, Rodney B., Hunty, Duncan, Sjors, Patrick and more... Yeah, everyone's on Twitter and it really makes me feel like a laggard.

The "Tee" is 3 Letter(s) Word
2008-11-13 18:04:00
Seeing so many tee shirts during my 2 years T-shirt blogging, I couldn't help but getting bored sometime with all those fancy graphics or smart slogan T-shirts. Very often I'm questioning myself, what would be the next T-shirt ideas that excite me? Maybe I don't that much. Even three letters word can excite me. I found this website called 3Letter Word , an online shop that basically print you a three letter word of your choice on the shirt. The rule is simple: your word must be 3 letters. You shall maximize this word to be the true expression of yourself. No idea how did they get the number, but 3letterWord  told me that there are  1,238 official English 3 letter words to choose from and limitless acronym options. Gee, I feel like my vocabulary collection is so limited once I found out that there are so many 3 letters word. Hey, isn't "Gee" a three letters word? What else? "Yes", "can" and "win" -- that's if you're obama su...
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Planning to Start a Clothing Line? This e-book might be Good for you
2008-11-11 19:04:00
Starting clothing might sounds very complex, from planning collection's designs and get them printed on the actual products, to managing inventory and setting up an online shop. But it could also be very simple if you understand the know-how; it can even be the easiest and cheapest venture to start as I see the trend of a single person or small group of individuals starting their clothing line, and growing like a mad in just few years. I know I can't wait too long just to see the new Marc Ecko, Sunshine Megatron (owner of T-shirt Hell), or Johnny Cupcakes in the near future. Sure you can find info on how to start clothing line (especially T-shirts) from online forums like T-shirtsforum.com or Emptees. But there's another resource you that may give you some ideas to start clothing business, an E-Book by Gino Orlandi of T shirt blog and clothing line Color Overload. I won't call Gino himself a success story. His T-shirt blog, ColorOveload.com, was just started few months a...
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Video Game Nerds Unite at Supercombo
2008-11-09 22:21:00
Supercombo is a company tailor-made for fans of both cool shirts and video games- because it was created by guys who love those things, too. That much is made clear by the attention to detail seen in their designs, particularly in the depth and accuracy of the items they used in Trifarce, a stylish send-up of the iconic Zelda series.One Night Only is another strong concept, mirroring a fight poster but using the names and personalities of the characters from Street Fighter to add some flair. Nice phrasing like "one credit per entry" and "live at the airfield" immediately bring back fond memories of battling it out over arcade joysticks.I have to admit that their third launch tee is so nerdy that the reference initially escaped me (I'm not familiar with Naruto), but Dattebayo! has a really nice style that is eminently wearable even for less knowledgeable nerds like myself. In a sense, that's the focus of the whole line- shirts that make geeky references, but that have such a good-l...
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Hand-Painted Shirts at 6 Foot Owl
2008-11-08 22:00:00
Unique and limited-edition are two of the most common terms new clothing lines like to center in on, but with 6 Foot Owl it's more than just vocabulary. Their shirts are hand painted, which means that no two shirts are ever alike- literally.The style is stencil-inspired and clean, with the kind of "art first" mentality that means you'll probably never see a pun or talking food here. That isn't to say that they don't have a sense of humor- one shirt features ants capturing a cupcake- but the humor is always second to the style.As the founders put it, "[their] goal is to put original images onto the bodies of original people." I'd say they're well on their way towards doing exactly that.
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Tank Theory May 2008 Edition, Featuring the Comeback Kid: James Roper
2008-05-16 04:55:00
Earlier this week, Tank Theory has announced its new line for the month of May. As usual, guest artists are happily involved in production -- resulting in wide range of style brought to us. First is from The Tank Theory Artist Society (specialized section aimed to invite today's premier artists and designers to showcase their works via Tank Theory wearable medium), UK-based artist James Roper has been once again invited to ink his imagination via medium of this tee called Saccade. Mr. Roper, whose personal website is up at www.jroper.co.uk, is not actually a stranger to Tank Theory fan -- in the past, he has contributed some other good pieces for Tank Theory such as Reflex and Fallout. I bet some folks would celebrate the comeback of Mr. Roper with Saccade T-shirt. Another good piece come from T-shirt of the Month. Stained Skull is a multi-color waterbased tee designed by Thank Theory art director Zach. But it's the ladies who get special attention from Tank Theory with this t...
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