I admit that shamefully I haven’t checked the site of vintagevantage until they wrote me an email recently. Luckily they did. I filed them under “awesomely random funny stuff” immediately. And their offer to send me a sample nicely matched the fact that I wanted one of these really badly upon seeing it. It says “Real men don’t LOL” and what struck me about it was the combination of this rather stupid message using internet slang with its old-fashioned representation of pure manliness: a weightlifter, circa 1920 circus style. I’m not considering myself as the manliest dude around so I always wear this with a grin and a certain sense of irony.
My first impression when unwrapping it was: Wow, even cooler than I thought. The colors are more intense and luminiscent than it seems on the preview pictures on their site. Plus: the combination of yellow, orange and red on a creme colored shirt is just pretty.The details of the design come out beautifully - I always love this kind of ancient looking drawings in the style of old book illustrations or etchings. Its print is soft and barely noticeable with your fingers.
The shirt itself makes me a little skeptical. I can’t figure which shirts they used, apparently they make their own, but the fabric seems rather thin. I know from AA that a thin tissue does not automatically mean poor quality, but I hope this will be lasting quite long, since I am fully in love with this design and want to wear it a lot. Let’s trust them since they’re fond enough of the shirts to sell them as blanks and describe them as “buttery soft and thin loveliness“.
Hey fantastic blog readers, this is my first post on here, even though some of you may be familiar with what I do I will be quick.
My name is Jeremy, I co run enclothe.com, I hand print everything for our company as well as art duties, web, photography, and a slew of other things. Officially it is nice to meet you all, and I thank Joe and all the others that are involved with this site for letting me be a part of it, now on to the post.
I know that Shepard Fairey is a hero to some and hated by others, either way this is a great little video about his new series, and a cool look into a great design studio. One reason for this post, is that I see over and over people struggling with there brand or ideas, and this is a cool little insight into what part of OBEY is, and the ideas behind there work. enjoy!
I’m always pleased to revisit that most amiable of commonwealths, the Bloo Empire—established by Keeley Carrigan ca. 2500 BP. Roughly. Maybe not that far back.
This time around, Emperor Carrigan has no new shirts to offer (but you can still read my two earlier reviews of his t-shirts: 1 & 2), though he has put up a few new paintings and prints for sale in his snappy store.
I’m actually not sure if this one of the newest items, but it’s assuredly my favorite of Keeley’s current cache of paintings. If you’re weary of, well, world-weariness and depression and cynicism,1 then Carrigan’s definitely your man. As for me, I’m going to see if I can steal me some of that candy.
Wait…
The candy.
It is not real.
Oh.
Link: [Bloo Empire's Online Store]
Expensiveness: Depends, although two of those paintings are $300. Buh!
If you’ve been reading this t-shirt blog for a while, you probably know how much I likeImaginary Foundation. So of course when they release any new t-shirts, I can’t help but tell you immediately! Without further ado, my three favorite new t-shirt releases from Imaginary Foundation:
One of my favorite t-shirt companies (because their designs are so beautiful), Imaginary Foundation, has very recently released 5 new art prints. You might remember their old art prints, which were very word-oriented and screenprinted. In contrast, these new ones are based on some of their most gorgeous t-shirt designs and are archival Giclée prints (read: ink jet prints). Each print comes with a certificate of authenticity and with a unique, identifying hologram.
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