Now this is the kinda sale we like to see! Ultra-hip Carnaby Street-based Lazy Oaf have just announced a 24-hour flash sale on all their men’s T-Shirt designs, knocking a whopping 50% off the tag price.
“Today is a very exciting day as, for the first time in Lazy Oaf history, we’re giving you a whole 50% off ALL of our men’s T-shirts,” reads the Lazy Oaf announcement.
“This ridiculously radical offer starts at 12pm today and finishes at 12pm MIDDAY tomorrow Friday 20th April. This is a once in a life time discount deal so make sure you get involved before it is too late.”
HALF PRICE! Just in time for summer too, making this a very timely way to update your wardrobe before the sun starts shining.
Including long-sleeve T-shirts and polo shirts too, the offer is also available instore at Lazy Oaf’s 19 Fouberts Place retail outlet, just off Carnaby Street in London W1F 7QE.
Personally I have never really thought of Snoop Dogg as much of a fashion icon, but that is exactly where Adam Kimmel got his inspiration for his latest series of roll-up shirts. Utilizing a custom bandana print reflective of Snoop’s personal style, the shirts feature several different cashmere/cotton designs incorporated into the roll-up part of both T-shirts and button-downs. Overall creating an refreshing take on the classic T. Shirts are available through Por Vocacao.
If you get chance check out the new menswear collection from men’s clothing company Bank. The online retailer has loads of great brands (Henleys, Adidas, Superdry to name but three) and in particular have a very impressive selection of very cool t-shirts.
20 years on from their Madchester heyday Stone Roses T shirts are as cool as ever. Or maybe you’d prefer this NYPD print or Amplified shirts. The site has also got some cool new Gio Goi quilted hooded jackets which are perfect now that Autumn is starting to kick in.
What is it about T-Shirts that is so interesting? Just about every graphic designer or illustrator makes a T-Shirt at some point in their career and there are new designs appearing daily online and in shops.
Tees: The Art of the T-Shirt by Maki, a small design house in the Netherlands, celebrates some of the best T-Shirt designs out there from over 80 of the most creative designers in the world. It’s crammed full with some great designs to suit all different tastes and makes a great coffee table book. You can see some of the most interesting designs in our gallery below.
Tees, the Art of the T-Shirt is published by Laurence King Publishing for £19.95. A special limited edition including a T-Shirt featuring a unique collage of designs from artists in the book is available for £30.
Giles Deacon for New Look, one of the few designer X high street collaborations for men returns next week with another collection, featuring a selection of shirts, t-shirts, jeans and knits.
We like that the New Look collections are a chance to see Deacon’s lighter take on fashion with witty t-shirt prints and bright colours. Hopefully we’ll see see pieces which push boundaries a little more in future collections but as always it’s baby steps for menswear. Having said that the designer himself wears quite simple and classic clothes, miles away from his last Pac Man womenswear catwalk show. What do you think? Take our poll and let us know!
A good Father’s Day present is hard to find; we picked out some fab gifts yesterday, but my Dad was after a T-shirt. I headed to the high street to find him one, but quickly realised that what once was a goldmine for interesting, unusual tees was now a factory of cartoon characters, fussy design and ugly graphics. After a look around a few more typical high street retailers, I’d almost had enough.
Massive palm trees, logo’d shirts (I mean, really, in 2009?!) and the word ‘Osaka’ on every third T had really got to me. It’s the equivalent of wandering around Tokyo wearing ‘Luton’ across your chest. The oddest thing was the disparity between the immaculately-styled mannequins (in one shop, they had a sharp DJ over a loose white vest, belted with a black silk cummerbund) and the stuff lining the shelves. A frustrating shop, to say the least.
But then I remembered Carnaby Street’s little boutiques and dropped into Super Superficial. Simple, pretty graphics, no ‘distressing’, logos or Japanese city names. Added to that, the lovely & helpful staff and a Cafe Nero-style loyalty card scheme (after 10 Ts, you get one free) and you’ve got the recipe for the perfect Father’s Day present and quite possibly a bit of self-gifting as well. While it’s not exactly high street prices, it’s definitely worth a visit if you’re looking for an unusual but still stylish gift for your Dad.
Out dancing on Saturday night it was clear that a big trend for guys this summer is the sleeveless T-shirt. Customised band T-shirts with sleeves cut out around the arm-hole, or, for the lithe of frame, slashed from shoulder to waist ruled the dancefloor, usually accompanied by post-punk undercut hair of various extremes. If your shoulders aren’t your best feature or you lack the necessary tattoo work (clearly a temporary problem) you can coyly roll the sleeves up instead. This still looks cool, especially if the T-shirt is long and flares slightly from chest to waist for a bit of swing.
Whilst a customised, vintage band or graphic T-shirt is best (and so recession friendly) there are designer options if you prefer something minimal. Acne’s current Classics range includes the gorgeous sleeveless ‘Tate’ style.
Images: Acne ‘Tate’ and Obesity and Speed T-shirts both from Oak, NYC
Beats In Space is a radio show mixed live by Tim Sweeney and guests in New York City every Tuesday with the very best in guests playing music of a disco persuasion. He’s even had Kim-Ann Foxman on dammit! And now you can get the T-shirt too. Featuring a retina-boggling, two color design somehow recalling 1950s Beatnik book covers, the T-shirt does indeed say Beats In Space – though you may need to be off your face to read it.
Printed using environment-friendly, non-toxic, water-based paints, printed on white American Apparel 50/50 Poly-Cotton T-shirts designed “to feel like you’ve owned it for years the moment you put it on”. This is the latest in a line of recent T-shirt collaborations with that extra bit of attention applied.
OkiNi have just announced they will shortly be branching out to offer a music section on the site, better known for its well-priced designerwear. But this isn’t quite the off-fashion post it may seem, as the first release by the new music arm will be the A Mountain of One album release which comes complete with T-shirt.
And we’re not talking just any old T-shirt but a ‘vintage styled stretched neck T-shirt’ – only going to prove that changes are afoot in T-shirt land (as we’ve posted about recently). So it’s probably time to throw out those figure-hugging or (heaven forbid) ribbed Ts lurking in your wardrobe and embrace a looser, less defined shape with the neckline being (it seems) where the action is.
As the days lengthen, the volume has definitely been turned up on Spring fashion options. A clear voice amongst the throng, ACNE have just launched their SS09 POP Classics collection. Inspired by reminiscence of ‘the freedom of our teenage years‘ (a serious lot those Swedes), the collection features lovely, bleached-out pastels and some groundbreaking shapes.
T-shirts come in luxurious, sexy jersey with ‘stretched-out’ or ‘deep round’ necklines and an overall looseness in shape – perfect for playing with proportion alongside some slim jeans. More unusual (at least for men) are the ‘carrot’ and ‘balloon’ leg trousers which can be worn alongside those loose T-shirts with some smart shoes to add gravity. Speaking of shoes, how about seeing last summer’s Happy Days loafers in primary colours? You’d certainly turn heads in these though not sure what The Fonz would think about it all.
America has always been the place to pick up cool T-shirts. Whether Hanes or (more recently) American Apparel, heavy duty 100% cotton T-s are an American staple. And there’s certainly no shortage of Stateside design talent when it comes to T-shirt graphics. Many of the best are available from 80′s Purple online. Costing approximately half the price they would here, it’s worth investing in a few at a time to make the postage worthwhile. Stock up now and be the envy of your friends this summer.
L: Beautiful Decay, Spaghetti/R: OBEY, Obama Yes We Did from 80′s Purple
A while ago when Silas pulled out of the UK I was pretty gutted because at the time they were my favorite brand due to the fact that their T-Shirts fit so damn well, the actual design of the T’s were less important to me but to be fair these were just as great. Silas has returned to the UK (though the brand still concentrates on its much larger following in Japan) and has grown up a wee bit with some smarter pieces to their range such as the awesome knitwear and coats featured in this winter 08 lookbook put together by Unbar.
I want Barack Obama to become the President of the USA. I do. Honestly.
However, telling you guys is enough for me and I don’t feel the need to have his name plastered across each of my outfits. Benji Madden turned up to a Diesel’s 30th Birthday in New York having heavily invested in the trend for Obama-slogan clothes and his political tuppence worth came in the form of a print tee.
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I once know a girl that used to believe everything GMTV told her, so when a few people died of S.A.R.S she was then convinced she was going to get it, the same with bird flu, she even stopped using her mobile because of the radiation. A few years down the line and she is perfectly healthy but has come to the conclusion that the News and Eamonn Holmes may in fact, from time to time, be bullshit.
This story has a point, which I am now getting to: Too Black Guys recognises also that the media chats balls and this is the topic for their latest line of graphic tees entitled “Merchants of Fear“. The line consists of several graphic t-shirts depicting media propagated fear and are really cool, but don’t trust me- see for yourself!
British clothing maker Call Of The Wild has previewed some of their Spring 09 range. The preview comprises of subtle graphic tees which will be a nice contrast from the previous seasons mostly tiled offerings from COTW.
The relative newcomer to the t-shirt scene has had moderate success of late and though is not a high street brand (which in a way is a blessing) is becoming easier and easier to get hold of. With these excellent graphics and a good slim fit to the t-shirts the spring is looking good for Call Of The Wild.
Now this is the kinda sale we like to see! Ultra-hip Carnaby Street-based Lazy Oaf have just announced a 24-hour flash sale on all their men’s T-Shirt designs, knocking a whopping 50% off the tag price.
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