Some people are gay t-shirt

The t-shirt says it all. Proudly modeled by Sir Ian McKellan.

Via Hide Your Arms via ATshirtBlog.com via Holiday Matinee via peep-toe-shoes.tumblr.com.

It’s interesting to see how things spread around the interwebs.

Clown Wars

No, it’s not the latest Facebook game (at least I don’t think it is) it’s a new t-shirt from laFraise. My first impression of the t-shirt was not very good but when I noticed the intricate detail of this fun/funny design I was duly impressed.

Noobs these days

A simple but fun t-shirt available in a variety of styles from Zazzle. The girl is cute, right!

Creatures on Bicycles

I just came across this store and thought to myself: awesome. A lot of the tees in this store involve animals riding bicycles and they are very cool. I would love to know where this idea came from. There are other tees it the store but I’ll just post a couple of my favorites from the bicycle collection.

Huge print on AA with free shipping to the US and ultra cheap elsewhere and for non-US customers shipping is even cheaper if you buy more than one item. $18 for most of the tees.

Dark Cycle Clothing consists of husband and wife team Coryn and Adam. We own a small screen printing shop in Tampa and love tinkering with jewelry and screen printing fun designs. When we’re not making things we’re playing with our two little ones and drinking too much coffee.

You can check them all out at Dark Cycle Clothing on Etsy.

Design Festa: Seibei

If you are following @RudeRetro on Twitter you probably know that I went to Design Festa and while I was there I met, among other people, one David Murray from SEIBEI. Before going I checked the T-Shirt Review archives and realized that I had never posted about his store. Well, here we are. There will be a few more Design Festa posts but I thought that I would start with SEIBEI.

It was my first time to Design Festa and I have to admit that it was a lot different from what I had imagined. I expected something more out there but it was basically a large open space with stalls separated by panels. It was huge though and I didn’t have time to check out upstairs. Dragging my baby around with me slowed down the process as did handing out the Edo Label flyers. (If I have time I’ll scan and post the flyer later. It’s pretty cool and gives you a sneak peak at a much delayed new shirt release.)

I found David Murray and his boy wonder in a sweet corner stall. As you can see he had a nice collection of tees in various color-ways. I’m not big on wearing cutsie t-shirts and there is a lot of that in SEIBEI but there is a dash of humor added which really helps. My favorite tee in the store has to be the “I like to say things and eat stuff” tee. That’s a great line and yes that is me too. So me. It could have been made for me. I especially like to say things…and eat stuff.

I have a feeling that the t-shirts weren’t exactly flying off the shelves at the Design Festa, at least not as fast as Mr. Murray had hoped because he told me that he had brought a lot of tees over and was talking about setting up at some markets in Harajuku or something along those lines. Design Festa is not really about buying and selling though, it is about looking and showing and I believe that was the goal of SEIBEI in Japan. I’d love to know how he got on.

Anyway, you should check out the online store: SEIBEI

*Edit: I just checked the SEIBEI blog and it seems I made a fairly accurate assessment.

Alive and well…and kicking

If you are looking for a tee with a difference you should definitely check out Alive and Well. OK, so they are not all that different, they are t-shirts with designs printed on them. These designs are pretty cool though. The Fat Pony t-shirt certainly has a Greg Abbot vibe but it’s much darker than Abbot’s work. I have seen the Owl t-shirt on a few blogs these past few days and I can see why. It is a very attractive tee. You don’t need to study it to understand that.

I have to say though that the stag tee is my favorite in the store. Not only is it original but contains a cool quotation (I assume it’s a quotation) that gives us something to think about. It does make me want to do something more productive than write in this blog though. ‘A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.’

These tees are created and sold by Connor who says he is running the business from his garden shed in the South of England. Awesome! Hopefully he can do well because he is certainly talented. And if you are looking to get your hands on one of these t-shirts don’t worry they are all very reasonably priced.

Check out: Alive and Well.

Dan Mumford has Arisen

I’m totally not into this stuff but you’ve probably figured that out from the fact that I hardly ever post t-shirt with gruesome images (unless they are cute too). That doesn’t mean that I can’t appreciate it. I mean the level of detail in Dan Mumford’s work is astonishing. If I were to commission someone to illustrate a satanic Book of Kells Mumford would certainly me on my shortlist. Anyway, for those of you that are interested, famed designer/illustrator Dan Mumford has opened up his own store selling tees like the ones in this post. Just like them.

There are 8 tees, a hoodie and more to choose from. Go check them out: Mumford.

Glennz Tees on ThinkGeek

I have mentioned Glennz Tees a few times. It is run by Glenn Jones from New Zealand. His designs were very popular at Threadless and after a while he set up his own store. He has a particular style that makes his designs and his brand of humor fairly recognizable and because the themes of his designs are often pop culture references they are very popular.

Anyway I noticed that his tees were on sale over at Think Geek which I also sometimes mention and thought I would pass along this piece of information. Why? Well for the fairer sex it seems that Think Geek are offering some designs on baby doll t-shirts if you prefer them to the standard American Apparel women’s tees on Glennz Tees.

Correction: It seems that the t-shirts are the same.

Arrest the Pope

T-Shirt Hell specializes in t-shirts with controversial designs. That’s their shtick. They don’T mind who they offend and they are happy to offend someone as long as it generates interest in their store that result in sales. It is a pretty cool business model that many have tried to emulate but few have been successful. I find a lot of their tees funny even if it is just the shock value. It doesn’t mean I would wear them but I am entertained by them.

This tee though, neither shocks nor amuses me. I don’t want to wear it either but I am in total agreement with the message. I do believe the Pope should be arrested. In fact not only should he be arrested but she should be locked up for a long time for his part in the protection of pedophile priests who have destroyed hundreds if not thousands of lives. I read somewhere than there are some people in the UK planning to do just that if he steps foot in their country although I am sure a citizens arrest would be very difficult. Some say that because the Pope is the head of state that he cannot be arrested but others say that the Vatican is not officially an independent state so he can be. I’m fairly sure he won’t be arrested but I wish he was. How many people can get away with this type of crime?

In one case it is clear that he aided and abetted in the cover-up of a priest who molested 200 deaf children in his care. How can he even live with himself much less masquerade as God’s representative on Earth. If I were God I would look for a new salesman.

Wise wordplay t-shirt

This is another limited edition tee from Tilteed and features the instantly recognizable artwork of Daniel Newman aka Quakerninja. The shirt is available for less than 3 days now and costs just $12. It is one of my favorite of Quakerninja’s designs so far, probably because it is softer than usual. I also dig  the brown coloring.

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