Three Hundred and Sixty Five Shirts

Hey Sport! Physical Education has Lifetime Benefits…I picked up this shirt at Village Thrift off of North Avenue, on the outskirts of West Baltimore. This place definitely has a ton of great t-shirts, but is a little more expensive than my favorite thrift store, Value Village. It’s right in the low-rises off of North past Park Ave. Check it out.

I’m also sporting the new iphone today! It’s definitely a great invention. It’s purely for work though…

Check out the Official Vans Blog. They ran a little feature on 365 Shirts and the Cause! Thanks to Nikki Scoggins from Vans for the Respect.

Friday night was man night. Dustin, Jared, Chris and I decided to hit up the local Apple store for the Leopard launch party. Not only was the place jam packed full of people buying the new OS, they were giving out free t-shirts and I had the chance to play with the new operating system. Anyway, thats about it, man night at the mall got me this new Leopard shirt…Look at me wearing it with pride!

This is the way you should say Leopard

Sorry for the delay today. It’s been awful busy!

Today’s shirt is a sweet Get up Kids shirt from, well I can’t really remember when I got this. I’ve been a fan of TGUK for a long time, and to this very day I still listen to “Something to Write Home About.” Anyway, I wish I had more for you today. Go Get the New New Amsterdams album, and anything else Matt Pryor has touched. It’s Golden.

Blast from the past indeed. This Toy Machine Skateboards shirt is atleast 11 - 12 years old. I’m thinking it dates back to my skateboarding days, specifically in 9th or 10th grade. I always loved the Toy Machine graphics, ads, and videos. Even as a naive young high schooler I knew I somehow wanted to adapt the graphic stylings of that company into my own work, back then I just didn’t know how I would do it. Fast forward to today and I think that I can claim Toy Machine skateboards and more specifically, Ed Templeton as two influences in my Painting and Design styles.

Yesterday was a good Saturday. I stepped away from the computer to go check out the screening of the new Sigur Ros film Heima. It was a pretty amazing combination of music, performance and icelandic landscapes. It was Rachel’s first exposure to Sigur Ros and I think it’s safe to say that she really liked them. I already felt like their music was genuine, however this film definitely took that feeling to another level. I feel like every note they produce is a direct compliment to the land and people of Iceland. If you get the chance watch it.

Nothing like a little thrift store shopping and Bed Bath and Beyond to start your Saturday morning. Just to let everyone know my positioning on BB&B… I can’t stand the store. It lacks focus, good merchandising, and well good prices and products. Target blows them out the water. They carry everything you need, and even throw some good design into the mix.

Now that’s settled, on to today’s shirt! This shirt is made by The Affair, a UK based label. I was turned on to this label through the blog Boredom is your fault. This very blog was featured on this BIYF, and after an email exchange with BIYF and the Affair founder Zoltan I received this shirt via Royal Mail. BTW, getting Royal Mail is ten times more exciting then regular USPS mail. Anyway, Zoltan is a great guy, and I can’t thank him enough for his generous contribution to this project.

The label it self is a definite winner. Although they only have two shirts for sale right now, their impressive flash site and detail, not only in the shirts, but also in product descriptions puts them a step ahead of most other labels. This “MiniLuv” shirt, a reference to George Orwell’s 1984, has what looks to be hand sewn affair tags on the sleeve, and a nice description/screened in tag on the inside of the shirt. Also the printing quality is spot on. I’d much rather wear a shirt that doesn’t have a ton of ink on the front of it.

Check out their other shirt at The Affair