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FizzyT, April 29th, 2012
It seems that bag supremos Mulberry can do no wrong at the moment. In a decidedly dodgy market, profits are soaring, and their hugely sought after items of shoulder candy are more popular than ever.
With the bag market sewn up, they have extended their fashion line to incorporate more fashionable pieces, rather than just classic British clothing.
This baseball t-shirt really embraces the pastel trend. 100% plaster pink linen with slightly contrast sleeves, this is an uber casual number which will see you right through summer. As with all Mulberry products, it doesn’t come cheap. At £160, you’d have to hold of eating for at least a month if you want to buy it. But it might be worth it!
Tags: baseball T-shirts, contrast sleeve t-shirts, Fashion, Mulberry baseball tops
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FizzyT, April 26th, 2012
Sometimes I really do feel my age. I am not up with all manner of text speak (please don’t ROFL or LOL too much on my behalf), so when confronted with this image of former reality TV-turned-Coronation Street-babe Kym Marsh sporting a printed jumper with the initials XOXO (the first X partially concealed) I felt I was being aggressively confronted with a 1980′s gravy advert.
Thus, a word of warning. If you are intending to send a subversive message via the medium of personalised clothing, make sure your that none of your important initials are obscured. Don’t want anyone thinking you are jumping on the gravy train now, do you!!!
Tags: slogan t-shirts
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FizzyT, April 25th, 2012
The news that US clothing company Abercrombie and Fitch are opening a store in Saville Row was reported with horror this week, with a group of well dressed toffs and toffettes protesting at the move. Abercrombie and Fitch recently hit the headlines attempting to bribe an Mike ‘the Situation’ Sorrentino, an American celeb from TV show Jersey Shore to stop wearing their clothes. This, however, is more serious news indeed.
Saville Row is popular with the upper echelons of society who can afford to pay thousands for a bespoke suit (most of the Tory party then) which takes weeks to make. A&F on the other hand churn out t-shirts and hoodies like they’re going out of fashion. For The Row to become yet another high street would be sad stuff indeed.
To my little mind, the big ironies are these; firstly that A&F offered to pay someone to stop wearing their clothes as they was devaluing their brand, however they are quite happy to devalue Saville Row. Secondly, A&F’s CEO Mike Jefferies likes nothing more than a bespoke suit costing four figures from none other than……Saville Row. As the lovely Alanis Morrisette once warbled “Isn’t it ironic, doncha think?”
Tags: abercrombie and Fitch, Abercrombie and Fitch t-shirts, Jersey Shore, Mike 'the sSituation' Sorrentino, protest against Abercrombie and Fitch, Saville Row, the Row
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FizzyT, April 23rd, 2012
Threadless is one of the most fantastic sites if you’re looking for some great t-shirt ideas and inspiration. It’s also the place to go if you’ve got an amazing design you want to share. Best of all, I can have a browse through some of the amazing pieces of t-shirt design and some truly hilarious slogans all in the name of work. Hurrah!
Todays haul includes this lovely one, an interesting take on the Audrey look!
A corker, available in men’s and women’s sizes in t-shirts and vest tops. Might not go down well with everyone, but hey ho!
This is my new favourite hoodie, I particularly love the use of the zip as a piece of interactive artwork. Inspired!
Tags: Audrey Hepburn t-shirts, Funny T-Shirts, printed hoodies, t-shirt design, Threadless t-shirts, zombie t-shirts
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FizzyT, April 22nd, 2012
Supergroup, the owners of clothing company Superdry have announced their third shock profit warning since October, it was reported this weekend. The drastic fall in sales has been blamed on lack of variety and new lines together with knock off sales and quite honestly the brand being a bit of a one trick pony.
Superdry burst onto the scene in 2004, spawned from the ashes of Cult Clothing. The casual urban-wear emblazoned with retro looking Japanese slogans was an instant hit, and everyone from Pippa Middleton to David Beckham were spotted wearing the label’s own unique brand of retro cool.
The downside for Superdry is that in the intervening years, they have become just a bit too super. Whilst the slogans and retro styling are a good look, they have become ubiquitous, and the niche is now overloaded. Unfortunately pretty much everyone can do vintage looking garments with cool writing much cheaper than Superdry.
So what next for the label? Will they shape up, or will the great British consumer hang them out to (super)dry?
Tags: Fashion, Retro T-shirts, Superdry T-shirts, Supergroup, urban t-shirts, vintage t-shirts
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FizzyT, April 20th, 2012
There is something about this t-shirt that I’m not quite sure of. Quite possibly it’s the fact that it costs getting on for 400 pounds at the amazing Mr Porter, (which seems a little excessive for a piece of printed cotton) or maybe it’s the fact that it’s the sleeves that are doing all the work. I’m coming over a bit Joan Collins circa the Dynasty years just thinking about it. I think it’s some kind of shoulder pads vibe. Eek.
However, this might well be all the rage in a few months, and we could all be sprouting winglets before you know it, so take good note of the Hawaiian-style sleeves. And…er….fly with it!
Tags: Fashion, Givenchy t-shirts, Mr Porter t-shirts, printed t-shirts
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FizzyT, April 18th, 2012
Top news story today is that Pippa Middleton, sis to the Duchess of Cambridge and the owner of the most famous bottom this side of the Atlantic (I fear her derriere is slightly in the shadow of famous American rumps, such as the Kardashian, the Beyonce, and the Rihanna.
Still, Pippa has surely enjoyed the door’s that her bottom has opened (ew, weird image there, sorry). Her book on party planning, set for release in October, is netting her the princely (can’t not use that pun, although pretty dire I know) sum of £400 00. Apparently, every chapter is going to start with an amusing anecdote. Possibly even the current one. That of her lawyer friend waving a gun at the paps in Paris this week. Hmm, is that the chapter on how to make your party go off with a bang?
If convicted of threatening the paps with a real gun, her companion faces a jail sentence. Which is why Pip’s bum is going behind bars in our personalised t-shirt template today. It might be a bit of a tenuous link, but then some might say that getting a book deal because your sister married someone famous is a bit tenuous too?
Tags: Beyonce, custom t-shirts, Funny T-Shirts, humour, Kim Kardashian, personalised t-shirts, Pippa Middleton, Pippa Middleton t-shirts, Rihanna
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FizzyT, April 16th, 2012
Disturbing London is the fashion baby of rapper Tinie Tempah. As you might imagine, the range is very urban-y with bold bright printed t-shirts, sweatshirts, jackets and vests. Tempah hasn’t over-stretched himself; the capsule range at Selfridges is nicely done and concise.
T-shirts start at £25 and go up to £65, with the more expensive pieces going for considerably more. What I like about it though is that you can imagine Tempah actually coming up with the ideas himself, a bit of a rarity these days where every celeb in the land has his or her own fashion range.
Check out Disturbing London, as high end street fashion goes, it’s not all bad.
Tags: Disturbing London, Disturbing London t-shirts, Fashion, printed t-shirts, Tinie Tempah t-shirts
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FizzyT, April 14th, 2012
I love this t-shirt template, with it’s homage to that fabulous 80′s band Frankie Goes To Hollywood with their hugely popular slogan “Frankie Says Relax”. Now, for your own personal enjoyment, you can put your own or indeed someone else’s name and they can tell you to relax as well. In fact, they can tell you do do whatever they want! This is a great fun one, and makes me chuckle every time. Have a look at our other t-shirt (and mug, hoodie, vest top or whatever) templates and have a play around. Don’t forget, many of our items are on sale!
Tags: custom hoodies, custom t-shirts, Frankie Say Relax t-shirts, personalised mugs, personalised t-shirts, printed t-shirts, t-shirt design, t-shirt studio t-shirts
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FizzyT, April 12th, 2012
Lots of t-shirts doing the talking today. Mostly on the Daily Mail sidebar, to be honest. Lana del Rey has been snapped allegedly teasing the paparazzi by wearing a vintage style Guns n’ Roses t-shirt, adding fuel to the rumours that she is secretly (!) dating the band’s frontman Axl Rose (what a musical dreamteam that would so not be).
Not only is Lana delighting in pulling the proverbial wool over the beady eyes of the press, but Rihanna (now thankfully back to a much less dodgy hair colour) has revealed that she and all her Battleship co-stars will be wearing personalised t-shirts with a photo of director Pete Berg’s face on the front. Rihanna said ‘This journalist came into an interview of ours, I think in London, and he had a Rihanna t-shirt and Brooklyn said, ‘I’m getting a Rihanna T-shirt’.”I said, ‘No we should get Pete Berg T-shirts’. So it was her idea and we ended up getting them printed and the whole cast has them. I cannot wait to see his face’. Well, the face will be on the t-shirt, presumably, so she won’t need to look very far.
And the news story to top all news stories (or maybe the one that will make you want to top yourself) is that Saturday’s singer Mollie King has been wearing a blue vest top in a “royal” blue colour. Concrete evidence that she might be seeing Prince Harry. Maybe.
Tags: custom t-shirts, Guns n Roses t-shirts, Lana del Rey t-shirts, Mollie King vest top, Music T-Shirts, personalised t-shirts, Pete Berg t-shirts, Rihanna T-shirts
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