Music, Tees, and Myspace
Yesterday I read on Vogue.uk Stella McCartney has designed a tank for UK’s Glastonbury Festival (the biggest music festival in the UK). The tank is ultra hippie chic and screams “peace and love”. Stella says the design was inspired by “all the Seventies airbrushed T-shirts my mum and dad used to get made.” There are only going to be 5,000 printed, and you can only buy them at the Oxfam stall at Glastonbury. Even though the tanks are super limited that doesn’t bum me out. The thing that gets me down is I don’t live in the UK, and even if I did if I haven’t snapped up tickets yet I won’t be able to because they’re sold out. So, instead of creating a game plan to lurk ebay after Glastonbury hoping one of the tanks will show up for a billion dollars, I decided to do the next best thing. I scoured through our friends on MySpace and found some great t-shirts for everyone.
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One of my favorite t-shirt companies is Glamour Kills. I’ve talked about them before, but they just released their new line of tees. One of those tees is the Live & Love Tee. I’m also obsessed with their Fashionista Tee and the mondo colorful Disco Night Lights Tee. GK also sponsor a ton of great bands like Cobra Starship, The Higher, Boys Like Girls, The Used, Saosin, Cartel, and 1997 which makes me love them even more (see all of the bands on the Glamour Kills MySpace).
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If you love all things Japan, the Spicy Brown is for you. They sell everything from Tofu Robot toys to awesome tees by Kokeshi Ink, Moki, and Tofu. The first tee that caught my eye was a new one from Kokeshi Ink called the Hawaii Sunshine Tee. Another adorable tee from Kokeshi Ink is the Sakura Dark Red Tee. The Rose Asphalt Top from Tama Neko was the last tee I found, but I like it the best. The design is beautiful and I like that it is placed on the side and not smack dab in the middle of the top. Visit them on the Spicy Brown Myspace.
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Redemption Department is a ebay store, but they do us all a favor by not putting things on auction. Everything on their site is set to “Buy it Now” so you won’t have to worry about those pesky last second bidders. Their tees are a mix of emo and totalitarianism. They have an odd obsession with dictators, but I think its all in good fun. I think… My favorite tee is the Perfect Purple Police Boy Tee. I like that the print is on the back of the tee. You can get friendly with them on the Redemption Department MySpace.
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Rara Avis is the only company that doesn’t have a MySpace yet. This might be because they are truly a baby company. They just started and actually only have three tees. The t-shirts are much more girlie than any of the others. All the tees have a bird theme whether it is two birds in the shape of a heart or a ton of tiny birds flying together with one flying in the opposite direction. Not only are the tees very pretty, Rara Avis donates a portion of each sale to RARE Conservation, a national conservation organization.
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The last t-shirt company is Six Barrel Hooliguns. If you’re as big of a music fan as I am, you’ve probably heard of them. There was a Hooliguns booth on this years Taste of Chaos and there will be one on Warped this year too. Even though I love the music connection, their tees also get me all giddy. I love the Rope & Anchor Tee and their Ship Tee because they obviously feed my pirate obsession. I also like the Boombox Tee. It reminds me of an early 90s, Kid and Play sort of thing. You can check them out on the Hooliguns MySpace and see all their rad music friends.
We Wanna Know: What are your favorite t-shirt companies?
