Online Pedantics: the SF Graphic Tee Thread

[steveoffice]

thread for all things graphic tee!

title courtesy of @zxcvbn

 

[steveoffice]

Online Ceramics

boot-boys biz

Undercover

 

[bencap]

Here is the text from the boot boyz biz "info" page for your enjoyment (amusement?):

Boot Boyz Biz is a project based research practice. Promoting access to ideas and activating knowledge is essential to our projects.

We investigate a wide range of phenomena, material we live by. We employ strategies of disinterment to produce new works that strive to open unique pathways.

?-ing provides a model for connecting with histories and ideas, allowing us attempts to capture essence and process intertextual relationships.

We understand t-shirts as means for a public sphere and as intermediaries that allow for different levels of experience to be synchronized in spaces we inhabit.

Which is a pretty longwinded way to say that they sell graphic tees (and some sweatshirts and pants).

 

[Nyarlathotep]

Does it have to contain text?

 

[steveoffice]

nope, post whatever u like

 

[GG Allin]

I love the undercover "A clockwork orange" t-shirts, but kinda with they didn't have the writing on the back.

 

[accordion]

C.E is usually hit or miss but I like these from SS19:

UC:

 

[flowcharts]

Speaking of Undercover, I've always liked these

 

[Nyarlathotep]

 

[steveoffice]

love gosha’s the post-soviet skater youth tees

 

[dieworkwear]

This is, uh, kind of low brow and not really a "fashion" graphic tee, but I've been into Midnight Rider. The brand is headed by this Iranian woman in Los Angeles who really loves country music (kind of a cool cross-cultural story, I think. I like it when people are into unexpected things). My understanding is that she's a fashion industry vet, but I don't really know much about her resume.

Anyway, she does this faux vintage country-rock tees. It's certainly "low brow" and kind of an Urban Outfitter product (they were, in fact, sold at UO). But I really like the stuff. There's a lot of detail here. The tees are kind of dyed in this chalky color so they have a lot of pre-worn vintage feel. They're also pick ripped the edges so they look frayed. The tees are all screen-printed, but the prints are cracked and faded. It's somewhat convincingly vintage looking.

Prices are reasonable. They're about $50 for a shirt. The stuff goes well with things like chore coats, fatigues, RRL, Visvim, and workwear type stuff.

ZZ Top Eliminator Men's Crew – Midnight Rider

Everybody's crazy about a sharp dressed man, and that's just what you'll be in this ZZ Top Eliminator double sided tee. This vintage black tee has all the best vintage style favorites : distressed hems, collar and front graphic ! Midnight Rider accepts returns of unworn merchandise in original...

www.shopmidnightrider.com

A YouTube link to Waylon Jennings, one of the artists who license out their image to Midnight Rider

 

[steveoffice]

Takahiro Miyashita’s Spring/Summer 2019 collection adjusts the levels of the alternative rock influences that inform his creative output. As with the actual music being celebrated, all subtlety has been purposefully set aside. Miyashita has taken famous imagery from celebrated Seattle scene photographer Charles Peterson and featured it prominently throughout the collection, from hyperbolic graphic tees to all over printed garments to reversible flaps.

Peterson’s black and white photography didn’t just document the nascent musical movement that would eventually be labeled grunge; it mythologized it. Peterson’s sometimes blurred, sometimes light streaked, wide-angle action shots captured the total live experience, rather than lead singer glamor poses. This anti-rock star ideal is replicated throughout the Spring/Summer collection, as the photographs become an aspect of Miyashita’s larger, intricately tailored, progressive aesthetic, rather than a singular focus.

TAKAHIROMIYASHITA The Soloist also highlights other aspects of Americana into the grunge-centric collection. Bomber jacket silhouettes made from reclaimed vintage quilt patterns, an oversized, label branded, poncho/blanket hybrid, and the designer’s own, distinctive takes on staple pieces.









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[dkboze]

This is, uh, kind of low brow and not really a "fashion" graphic tee, but I've been into Midnight Rider. The brand is headed by this Iranian woman in Los Angeles who really loves country music (kind of a cool cross-cultural story, I think. I like it when people are into unexpected things). My understanding is that she's a fashion industry vet, but I don't really know much about her resume.

Anyway, she does this faux vintage country-rock tees. It's certainly "low brow" and kind of an Urban Outfitter product (they were, in fact, sold at UO). But I really like the stuff. There's a lot of detail here. The tees are kind of dyed in this chalky color so they have a lot of pre-worn vintage feel. They're also pick ripped the edges so they look frayed. The tees are all screen-printed, but the prints are cracked and faded. It's somewhat convincingly vintage looking.

Prices are reasonable. They're about $50 for a shirt. The stuff goes well with things like chore coats, fatigues, RRL, Visvim, and workwear type stuff.

ZZ Top Eliminator Men's Crew – Midnight Rider

Everybody's crazy about a sharp dressed man, and that's just what you'll be in this ZZ Top Eliminator double sided tee. This vintage black tee has all the best vintage style favorites : distressed hems, collar and front graphic ! Midnight Rider accepts returns of unworn merchandise in original...

www.shopmidnightrider.com

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A YouTube link to Waylon Jennings, one of the artists who license out their image to Midnight Rider

Love waylon, would be into rocking a Waylon shirt. Is this the one? I like it... not sure I can pull off the butt https://www.shopmidnightrider.com/products/ass-in-free-waylon-jennings-mens-tee-shirt

 

[dieworkwear]

Love waylon, would be into rocking a Waylon shirt. Is this the one? I like it... not sure I can pull off the butt https://www.shopmidnightrider.com/products/ass-in-free-waylon-jennings-mens-tee-shirt

Hm, yea, that design might be harder to pull off. This is the section with all the Waylon shirts:

Waylon Jennings

Vintage Americana Tee Shirts for Men and T-Shirts for Women and Kids made in the USA. David Bowie, Waylon Jennings, Janis Joplin, Woodstock, John Wayne and More

www.shopmidnightrider.com

I personally find the black shirts to be easier to wear in outfits, but the white ones can be cool too. I just think the washed-out color on the black ones make them look more authentic. That said, I like this shirt:

Good Ol' Boy Men's Crew – Midnight Rider

"Makin' their way , The only way they know how...." in STYLE! Midnight Rider loves a Good Ol' Boy! 100% cotton and proudly made in the USA, this mens crewneck has a true vintage style front graphic and raw hems lines ! Midnight Rider accepts returns of unworn merchandise in original condition...

www.shopmidnightrider.com

I also like their ZZ Top designs.

ZZ Top

Vintage Americana Tee Shirts for Men and T-Shirts for Women and Kids made in the USA. David Bowie, Waylon Jennings, Janis Joplin, Woodstock, John Wayne and More

www.shopmidnightrider.com

 

[dieworkwear]

Also like this Grace Jones tee, but $200 is a lot of money for a t-shirt

Grace Jones T-Shirt

£UV IS A BRAND AND CREATIVE STUDIO BASED IN LOS ANGELES. OUR COLLECTIONS FEATURE THE IMAGERY OF ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE MATT MAUST, AN ARTIST AND TOURING MUSICIAN WHO HAS EXHIBITED HIS WORK IN NEW YORK, LONDON AND LOS ANGELES. MAUST IS INSPIRED BY THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF VISUAL CULTURAL, FINE ART AND...

store.unionlosangeles.com