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FizzyT, April 29th, 2013
Following the recent tragedy in the Dhaka clothing factory in Bangladesh, where an estimated three hundred workers lost their lives, the whole ethical clothing debate has opened wide once again. Cheap clothing company Primark along with Matalan were revealed to be among the companies who were buying garments from the Dhaka complex. When factory bosses decided that cracks in the wall in the large building were nothing to worry about. Despite the obvious danger, the men and women were ordered to work at the machines or face having their pay docked. The catastrophe that occurred a short time later seems to be a direct result of corruption, hideous working conditions and at the end of the chain, our demand for fast and affordable fashion no matter what the price.
Last week, barrister Victoria Butler-Cole started a campaign to raise funds for ActionAid, a charity currently offering support the workers who survived and the bereaved families of those who didn’t get out in time. Calling it a T Shirt Tax, the aim is to ask everyone buying a t-shirt from stores such as Primark to donate the amount the garment would have cost if it has been produced ethically.
Obviously this is a voluntary t-shirt tax, but it seems to me the right way to go. And in the meantime, wherever possible, try and buy Fair Trade, so even if you can’t prevent every tragedy, you at least send the right message across.
Tags: ActionAid, charity t-shirts, fair-trade t-shirts, Primark t-shirts
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FizzyT, April 28th, 2013
What a terrible disaster. I’ve forgotten that it’s Ed Balls Day! Two years to the day since he sent the infamous tweet which stated merely “Ed Balls” . Was just flicking through the paper and realised I should have made a t-shirt to commemorate this auspicious occasion. So here it is, sorry guys, promise I’ll me more on the (Ed) ball(s) next year!
Tags: Custom organic t-shirts, Ed Balls t-shirts, Fair trade organic t-shirts, personalised fair trade t-shirts, political t-shirts, t-shirt studio t-shirts
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FizzyT, April 18th, 2013
If there’s a queue of people who would happily punch Chancellor George “Giddy-on” Osborne, I would probably be somewhere at the end of the line, not sure what I was waiting for but aimlessly hoping for an ice cream. I do think he’s a bit of a Gideot, and as Chancellor of the Exchequer he seems to be a bit of a no hoper, but I can’t really summon the energy to loathe him properly. God, how terrible is apathy?
The photo of him shedding a tear at Margaret Thatcher’s funeral service yesterday however, does seem a bit ripe for the t-shirt picking. It really is crying (sorry) out for an appropriate slogan (actually an inappropriate one), or a photoshopped onion or something. Sorry George; you might have been hugely moved at the funeral of one of our most famous politicians, you maybe doing your damnedest to salvage the economy, but as a multi squillionaire, I just can’t feel sorry for you, no matter how hard I clench.
Tags: custom t-shirts, funny, George Osborne T-shirts, humour, personalised t-shirts, political t-shirts
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FizzyT, November 7th, 2012
You might have been asleep for the past 24 hours for some unknown reason (sleeping sickness maybe, pulling a sickie, or it could be that you just like a good snooze). Otherwise, there’s just no way in the world you would have missed the fact that Barack Obama has won the presidential race for the second time. What amazes me is the huge amount of celebs that show support for their chosen candidates in a ‘like me, like my choice to run the country’ sort of way. Maybe it really is that simple. In which case, old Romney had no hope against Beyonce, wearing her mean face and a slogan t-shirt with the words ‘Texans for Obama’. Well, with that snarl, would you argue?
Tags: Barack Obama t-shirts, beyonce t-shirts, Fashion, political t-shirts, slogan t-shirts
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FizzyT, September 26th, 2012
Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell has been caught up the creek without a paddle this week when he was busted trying to sneak out of Downing Street on his bike and ended up having a big ranty rant at some policemen when they stopped him from using the gate reserved for ministerial cars.
Today policemen wearing slogan t-shirts, emblazoned with the words PC Pleb (in reference to his big rant where he allegedly called the officers F****** Plebs”) mounted a bit of a protest against budget cuts outside Mitchell’s Birmingham offices. Perfect timing, I’d say, as it will garner maximum publicity. And a great use for a good old slogan tee. On yer bike, Mitchell!
Tags: Andrew Mitchell t-shirts, custom t-shirts, Funny T-Shirts, personalised t-shirts, political t-shirts
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FizzyT, September 11th, 2012
Conservative MPs have displayed great outrage at t-shirts on sale at the Trades Union Congress’s annual conference this week. The t-shirts are all a bit (!) anti Thatcher and have quaint little slogans such as “Hey ho, the witch is dead” and “A Generation of Trades Unionists will dance on Thatcher’s Grave” next to a gravestone with Thatcher on it. The packaging urges the wearer to don the t-shirt in the event of Thatcher’s demise, and not a moment before.
Rather unsurprisingly, Ed Miliband has been called to distance himself from the TUC and condemn the organisation that produced the t-shirts, which is affiliated to the TUC. An air of disapproval prevails.
Although not a big fan of the Milk snatcher myself (although thought Meryl was fab in the Iron Lady), t-shirts celebrating the demise of frankly quite a knackered old lady seem a bit too vitriolic even for me. Thoughts?
Tags: political t-shirts, t-shirt printing, Thatcher t-shirts
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FizzyT, May 3rd, 2012
A trip to Primark is an unsettling experience. I have been twice, and both times felt a bit like a fox at a battery farm. There’s a lot of stuff, and you can come away with armfuls of fast fashion, but you feel a bit sullied. The clothes smell all chemically and are just too cheap to mean that the workers get paid anything like a fair wage, anywhere down the line. A pound for a t-shirt is wrong in so many ways; it just honks of exploitation.
But enough of my Primark rant. For now, anyway. News that a fake Primark store has opened in Dubai is quite frankly the most shocking thing I’ve heard all year. I’m with why people buy fake Prada, Nike and other top end goods, but fake Primark? How on earth can that happen? Is it the first of April again or something? How much less than zero are you supposed to buy things for?
I was so outraged that I had to go and design myself one of our nice Fairtrade Organic t-shirts, just to register my protest. Grrrr!
Tags: fairtrade, fake t-shirts, personalised organic fairtrade t-shirts, personalised t-shirts, Primark, Primark t-shirts
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FizzyT, April 15th, 2012
I don’t quite know why George Osborne popped straight into my head when I saw this t-shirt template, but there you are. And I think he looks rather nice with those black lines across his face, don’t you?
You can probably think of many more deserving characters to have behind bars than poor put upon Mr O, but this is just to start you off. You can have lots of fun playing with this, our latest t-shirt template. You can add your own picture together with three lines of text, and you can personalised your own t-shirt or hoodie. I thought I might maybe make a little set with all my favourite characters. They wouldn’t all be politicians though, a few reality TV stars might make it too!
Tags: custom hoodies, custom t-shirts, George Osborne T-shirts, personalised hoodies, personalised mouse mats, personalised t-shirts, political t-shirts, slogan t-shirts
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FizzyT, March 30th, 2012
Just some thoughts I had today in t-shirts…
or should that be…..
(and a microwave) How about
Nice to know the government are making an extra £32 million in revenue. No wonder they’re encouraging everyone to fill up. How about this?
And since the whole fuel crisis seems to be overshadowing the cash for access scandal, and Cameron riding Murdoch’s old nag, do you think your tee should be saying
Oh, I could spend all day on this. Have a play on our t-shirt template and personalise your own slogan of the day for a t-shirt, mug or mousemat. But hurry, panic buying is the new window shopping didn’t you know!
Tags: custom t-shirts, Funny T-Shirts, keep calm and carry on t-shirts, keep calm t-shirts, kichener t-shirts, personalised mugs, personalised t-shirts, political t-shirts
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FizzyT, March 15th, 2012
Sunday Girl in Hamnett t-shirt
Katherine Hamnett, part designer, part political campaigner and activist is famous for having set the ball rolling with her slogan t-shirts. Way, way back in 1983 she became a global presence with her “Choose Life” t-shirts, and later other battle cries such as “Save the Rainforests” and “Education not Missiles”. Hamnett was aware that her slogan t-shirts were big and bold enough to be seen in press photographs, and her slogans then as now are deceptively simple in order to get people talking.
Her latest tee is being launched for National Climate Week, which runs right through until the 18th March and is available from H&M. The wording “Save the Future” is typical of Hamnett’s blunt messages. Provocative and challenging, the t-shirt is relevant is so, so many ways. Well worth a trip to H&M to be part of this really valuable campaign. (and also to pick up some cheap pants while you’re there!)
Tags: charity t-shirts, Fashion, H&M t-shirts, Katherine Hamnett slogan t-shirts, Katherine Hamnett t-shirts, national climate week t-shirts, political t-shirts, slogan t-shirts
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