World Fashion: T-Shirt Reviews Blog

Thursday, March 3, 2011

T-Shirt Reviews Blog

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:48 AM PST

With Colus you’ve got to respect the line, they’re a smart design lovin’ label offerings tees, prints and toys with a few ground rules…

“Black and white only. No convention, crafted without trend, colour or design stunts to hide behind, this collection tries to stay in its humblest form of design where negative space is as important as the art itself.“

Launched by the S.A designer Colus Havenga, now based in San Diego, California you can definitely spot the cultural crossover style. The subject matter is described as lying betwixt morality and mortality, the mood is sombre, the colours monotone, the line gorgeous and the designs truly iconic. Something for the underground I’d say.

If you love all things Colus you’ll be very glad to know they’re offering 15% off all their products in their launch special, the code is LAUNCH15 and for a limited time only (so hurry!). If you’re brassic right now Buy Tees have also wangled a permanent discount for you lucky lucky people. Just enter the code BUYTEES10 at the checkout for a 10% discount any time you like! All currently $30 in sizes S-XL.

Even Kings Fall Tee

Nicely balanced natural abstract remonstrating the rise and fall of life, power and glory.

Live By The Sword Tee

Nicely Karmic, a little poetic justice for ya.

Stuck In The Headlights Tee

In Britain this applies to rabbits, although we’ve very little wildlife left let alone stags here – Brits do have a habit of running everything over :/ (I don’t even drive so don’t blame me!)

Antagonism Tee

“A principle, force or factor that is an active resistance, opposition, or contentiousness to oneself.” In other words you’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t or is that procrastination?

For more tees from the first collection at Colus visit www.colushavenga.com.

Animal Head Tees

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 03:51 AM PST

Frederik Garcia is a tasty Barcelona label (with a lovely site – check out their screen-printing movie) that exudes a passion for the art and craft of designing and creating hand-printed t-shirts. It’s kind of a culture shock visiting the site, as it’s something more like a surrealist gallery than a store. The limited edition tees are in three surreal categories: Animal Heads, Barrio Maps and Cinq Petite Rêves (5 Little Dreams) although I’ll only be featuring their ‘Animal Heads’ tees, as most of the product photos seem to be part of some strange montage experiment, which I’m sure will make little sense to most t-shirt fans.

If you’re a Jamiroquai fan then these designs will be highly familiar, as the concept is on the same lines as their famous graphic logo. Still a nice selection of graphic tees, all in white, limited to 200 each and priced at €19.90 each plus shipping.