I Agree With Nick!
The next debate is about to kick off, in just a few minutes. I am dying to know if Nick Clegg will do a repeat performance and knock ‘em dead again. Liz Hurley was quoted this week as saying that Nick Clegg and David Cameron overdid it on the foundation. They did look a little like Madame Taussards outcasts, come to think of it! Stay tuned to our unofficial t-shirt poll to see who comes out on top of the tops!
Onwards and Upwards!
Second only to the “I agree with Nick” t-shirts that are bounding out of the TShirt Studio warehouse are the “Team Clegg” t-shirts that are being ordered. I’m feeling a tad disappointed that “Team Call me Dave” isn’t striking out there too. Anyway, just have a gander at this picture of the dear chap, and see if you can think of a good slogan to put with this.
It’s like a leadership poll all of its very own, just seeing which politician is garnering the most t-shirts and mugs. Funny, David Cameron hasn’t bagged a lot of hoodies yet, though. Wonder why!
Nice a**e Dave, but I'm not kissing it!
I’ve never known Nick Clegg t-shirts pour out of T-Shirt Studio at such a rate! Although to be perfectly honest, there was never any call for them before. In the past week “I agree with Nick” t-shirts have been selling like hot t-shirts. Lots of good thoughts for the lovely picture of the Cleggster I featured the other day. “Nick Clegg – Grasping the Youth Vote” was a good one, and “Keeping abreast of foreign affairs” is nice and current, as it’s the topic for tonight’s debate. Also a few comments about the fragrant Mrs Clegg! Keep ‘em coming, I’m having great fun here! See if you can find any Gordon Brown pictures for t-shirt printing purposes, the poor chap’s not doing as well!
Burn, baby, burn!
Every now and then, I feel I need to take a break from my sordid t-shirt obsessions (currently politicians and electioneering, interspersed with an on/off relationship with Russell Brand’s vests) and enjoy the fine medium of t-shirt design from another perspective.
Today’s little helpers are Worn By, who recreate t-shirts as donned by the rockers of yore. A great idea as a gift for your die hard music know-all, who wants to be as authentic as possible, and needs to be gently chiselled out of their original 80′s number. This one appeals to me rather a lot. As worn by Ian Brown, Stone Roses frontman and latterly hugely successful solo chap, considered a great musical influence, notably for inspiring Oasis at the start of their career. In the video for Stone Roses song Fools Gold, Brown wore a t-shirt with a bunch of burning notes printed around the collar. Worn By strive to recreate the image as faithfully as possible.
I love vintage t-shirts, and a bit of rock n’ roll wearabilia is great fun. At £30, it’s on the pricey side, so don’t get too carried away, or you’ll be burning your own money!
Keeping Abreast!
Blimey! A few weeks ago, you wouldn’t have known who he was if he’d come up and hit you in the face with a kipper, but now Nick Clegg-mania is spreading faster than a cloud of volcanic ash. Gordon and Call-me-Dave are as helpless as a platoon of BA jumbos in the face of his pyroclastic flow-chart. The only pundit who seems to be on top of things is noted expert Liz Hurley. Liz is quoted in the Telegraph as saying “Note to Clegg and Cameron: refuse to wear so much make up for the next debate. Heavy one tone pancake base looks like a mask. Just say NO!” And I thought it was the airbrushing!
Already the PR wheel is in place, trying to dash Cleggs new-found lead. I bet it won’t be long until the first wave of anti Clegg election posters are published, the leakages (Ooo! that sounds sordid) that Cleggy was a serial expenses culprit and went to public school too make him just as dirty as Gordy and just as posh as Dave. I like this photo of him, which is going straight onto a t-shirt, mug, mousemat, hoodie blah blah blah. It is such a suggestive picture, just dying for a killer slogan. Any thoughts? If some genius moment strikes you, let me know. This one could be priceless!
Career Sorted!
Parents are up in arms this week that bargain store Primark have been selling, amongst other unsavoury items, padded bras for 7 year olds, and t-shirts bearing the slogan “Future Wag”. Now whilst dressing up for little girls has been around for a lot longer than Primark, this new venture has earned it a slap on the wrist from Mumsnet, the parenting police, and all offending articles have been removed forthwith. No more strutting around as if you’re married to a footballer please girls. Far better to dress up as a Disney princess, a mermaid or a fairy. Would the t-shirts have been any less offensive if they had advertised other aspirations, I wonder. “Future Sales Assistant” might not sound all that inspiring to most parents, but surely “Future High Court Judge” is a little too ambitious too young, isn’t it? And doesn’t every parent want their daughter to grow up, live in a big mansion with no money worries and be able to go shopping a lot? Financial security is not to be sniffed at, even if it does come with a perma tan.
Brailliant!
In an effort to tear myself away from printing election posters onto every item known to man, I went on a search for the weird and the wonderful. And came across these t-shirts by Primitive State, which must be somewhere between the two, but probably edging towards the weird end of the scale. Simply type in your chosen phrase, slogan or invitation, and it will be printed onto your t-shirt in braille using a raised flock, so anyone who can read braille, or anyone who wants to learn (?) can have a go.
Whilst the idea is quite funny, it might go a bit wrong if you find yourself inundated with willing would be readers, and depending on the phrase it might only deter a select few. Choice phrases that spring to mind are ”Do these feel real?” and “Get off my t*ts!” although I’m sure there are plenty more things you could come up with. There’s also a morse code option, if braille is too up close and personal, and you need to signal for help!
Horsey Girl!
I’ve always thought it must be a bit tough being one of the ones who isn’t Cheryl Cole in Girls Aloud. And out of all of them, Nicola Roberts is the one that is the most not Cheryl Cole, (if that makes sense?). Despite repeatedly reinventing herself, and trying to prove that she has a personality just as glittery as ‘our Cheryl’, she still hasn’t managed to shake off the nickname Casper and emerge from her slightly anaemic chrysalis.
Still, pale and interesting she is, and what apale and interesting sweatshirt she is wearing. Taken from a painting by Stubbs, and printed by Topshop, this has become a massive sell out number. Hooray for Nicola, she’s got something right at last! Her flame coloured locks match perfectly with the horses mane. And her alabaster hues blend in perfectly with the white of the sweatshirt. In fact, it’s quite hard to tell where Nicola ends and the sweatshirt starts. Marvellous!
Labour is old news in Brighton
What people are wearing printed on their t-shirts is an amazing sign of the times these days. Since yesterday’s live election debate, suddenly lots of people now know who Nick Clegg is, and want to wear him with pride. Or at least put an interesting statement slogan on their t-shirt. One of my favourites was “Nick’s got his Cleggover Brown and Cameron” (in reference to Clegg’s one time comment of how many people he had slept with before he got married). Also, another slogan, I think inspired by a newspaper with a picture of the three politicians debating alongside a shot of the volcano and the words “What a lot of hot air” I really like the idea of reusing some old election posters from way back, still relevant today, but also quite quirky in a vintage-retro-been-here-before kind of style.
I’ve got this poster made from a collage of old news papers with Gordon Brown looking, as he so often does, rather world weary. This is by the Green Party, and I have put this onto a Fair Trade t-shirt, but taking a look through election posters through the years, the options are endless, or you can create your own image to print. Get your statement in now.
Undecided!
Wow! Telly doesn’t get more exciting than this, the live debate between the three front runners in the election. It was like the 6th form debating team. Nicholas Clegg, underdog and relative new boy. Great presentation but surely not a hope in Hades? Cameron, over confident 6th form prefect, people will vote for him because they’re fed up with head boy Gordon. Gordon Brown only got the job of being being deputy head when the old head boy left.
So what’s changed?
In all the polls so far, Clegg has emerged the out and out winner, with Cameron allegedly better with the sound off and Brown kind of what you were expecting. This calls for a t-shirt. At least one. Maybe many more. There’s plenty of wash days until May 6th, and it’s hard to know who to vote for. I am thinking about an alternative polling card printed onto a t-shirt, or just the ever fashionable ‘Team Clegg’ (or whoever) t-shirt. Have fun, and show your colours. (By the way, it’s no coincidence I chose a fair-trade t-shirt!)
