Or maybe it’s the same one. I saw this over at Hide Your Arms and had a Groundhog Day moment, because I’ve seen it before. Then I read Andy’s blog – I don’t always do the words, you know? He thinks he’s seen it before too.

Weird.

So, while some of the reviewers wanted the blank to be a different colour so that it would really ‘pop’ I’m not totally convinced by that idea: I like the subtle approach of putting line-art on a grey T-shirt and I think it enhances the idea that the picture is like a botanical illustration, which plays up the visual joke of the ‘kiwi’ being kiwi fruit inside.

$20 seems a fair price for a T-shirt that could be worn most places, although some people are carping about that too. I dunno. You can buy a T-shirt for a quid most places, but really, would you want to? What I pay for in a printed T-shirt is the image, which either resonates with me, challenges me, or cheers me up, and getting that from something I can wear seems like a bargain at $20 imo.

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I’m not a big fan of yellow T-shirts (and yes, you can call them gold as much as you like, I know that gold is a malleable metal, not a garment hue!) but this one has a strong appeal to me. I like the color combination, and I am impressed by the boldness of the image which works well with the intricacy of the fiery kite which is pretty impressive when seen in real life, believe me!

I think there are people who couldn’t wear this T-shirt – pasty redheads need not apply, for a start – but if you have strong coloring and you like to make a statement with new spring clothing, I think this T-shirt could be ideal for you.

At just $18 I think this is an amazing deal – it’s the kind of tee that you can wear anywhere, knowing that it’s going to be talked about in admiring tones. A definite winner from Fullbeed.

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Thrilled to bits with this Bob Dylan T-shirt, nicely rendered in black and white with a good crisp visual of the quotation which is classic Bob, “A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.”

Couldn’t agree more. Can’t see why there’s a problem when all I want to do is sit and play blow football with a MacDonald’s straw and a rolled-up Crème Egg wrapper. Okay. I did eat the Crème Egg, but how else was I going to get the tinfoil to make a mini football? Okay, it wasn’t my egg, but like Bob says, I did what I wanted to do!

£15 is a reasonable price for this ThreeSixSix design which is printed on a Gildan blank, and it’s put together in Glasgow which seems to add a whole level of gritty realism to the work.

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My mind is running on Lent issues at the moment as everybody (except Mikey) seems to have given up something bad or taken up something good. My little world is full of pious ex-smokers and virtuous ex-chocaholics along with foul-mouthed folk who are putting money in a jar every time they curse and sending it to help kids in Africa go to school.

So I have been feeling a bit … under-resourced in the holiness department I suppose. And then I came across this gorgeous T-shirt over at chopshop – it’s a real masterwork of typography and the underlying message is quite somber – seven deadly sins made to look just as enticing, T-shirt-wise, as they are in real life.$22, plus shipping of course, this is the work of the excellent Joby Cummings out of LA whose personal site has some awesome ‘sugar skull’ illos that it’s really worth browsing.

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Found over at Design by Humans, this Holy Shark T-shirt is a bloody (pun intended) glorious design by Shinto 896 and it suggests what might happen if you fall off a sailing vessel T-shirt into the briny. I felt the balance between colour, shape and dynamic imagery was pretty well perfect on this one.

The same site also a great interview from Wotto, talking about how he went from freelancing to Creative Director at Design by Humans, worth reading for the career path, the revelation that he loves Moomins, and the tips on how to design a T-shirt.

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This is yet another brilliant sailing ship design. Not sure exactly what kind of ship it is, my pirate education is limited to Talk Like A Pirate day and dressing up as Jonny Depp on any relevant (and a few irrelevant) occasions. Including the mustache of course.

This is from AcidFree, a new London, UK, based brand that has some nice attitudes: they work with British designers and printers and are investing in their processes to ensure that small businesses and diversity benefit from their approach – I like that.

Also I like the price of £15.00 and I particularly like the way the image fits into and almost around this extra-long ladies tee – for summer wear it’s really cool to have a good vest-style T-shirt that works over shorts without looking Daisy Duke, and this is definitely a contender.

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Today is Pancake Day – what non-secular people call Shrove Tuesday. And I’ve been scouring the interwebs looking for a good pancake themed T-shirt but unless you’re American, there aren’t any.

After a day of been confronted, or maybe affronted, by stacks of small, fluffy pancakes seeping syrup rather than big flat ones flying through the air or rolled up with lemon and sugar, I’ve gone for an egg T-shirt. A wholly, holy, British, egg. The most famous of eggs at this time of year. And a pretty nifty T-shirt too, courtesy of Truffleshuffle who often have a good handle on the retro.

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Not a pirate but still a schooner of a T-shirt, this neat little tee is not the cheapest, but the Euro is struggling and if we don’t support the economy, maybe there won’t be a Europe left for language students to come and invade every year!

I like the delicacy of the shading on this grayscale T-shirt and it would look fab with some of this year’s ultrabrite Capri pants in turquoise or hot pink, especially if you have a bit of a muffin top as gray is forgiving in concealing a little roll. Cottonblend Apparel are a new outfit to me, and I don’t speak Dutch so I have no clue what they’re about. I like their Tees though.

When I say there’s something childish about this T-shirt I don’t mean it in a bad way – I kind of like a certain T-shirt styling that has an optimistic and charming feel, like a children’s book, and this look can be really good, for example, on a first date where you don’t want a guy to get too heavy, as it doesn’t look infantile but just highlights an approach that’s friendly and open without being needy.

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Square Thursday go across my radar and sometimes barely make a blip, but this T-shirt won my heart. When I was a kid I used to do origami a lot. My mom bought me a book of designs and papers and I used to go to her office after school and sit on the floor behind her desk and make little animals. So this fox T-shirt reminded me of that time (although I’m not sure I ever made anything as complicated as the fox).

It’s a beautifully balanced T-shirt, both in design and in production: Square Thursday’s organic cotton comes from low-irrigation areas, with guaranteed and audited adult agricultural labour and a closed loop dye-water system that ensures nothing nasty leaks into the ecosystem. The shirts are printed with organic ink, packed in recycled packaging and shipped by Royal Mail. All in all it’s a good package. £25 is not cheap for a T-shirt, but all that love and care (and the neat little creases in those origami folds!) make it totally worth it.

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