I’m a big fan of buying t-shirts online from boutique operations that print them in limited numbers. In a way these sort of tees are like posters and prints except you don’t have to clutter up your walls with them – you just shove them in a cupboard and wear them until the armpits go all crusty and the smell won’t wash out. Threadless is the grandaddy of these services but I’m always looking out for new places to get my t-shirt fix.
Deplorable Tom pointed to Rumplo which gathers “artist t-shirts from around the world” in a blog/shop/gallery format and from there I came across T-post, a Swedish subscription service where you get sent a shirt every 6 weeks with a design inspired by a recent news story (which is printed on the inside).
The gallery looks to be to my liking – I doubt I’ll get sent a shirt I’ll really hate – and the price, at €26 a shirt, is pretty reasonable. They also only print as many shirts as there are subscribers so you know you’re getting something unique. I like that. Makes me feel all special. And given that I’m seeing more and more Threadless shirts at gigs that’s an important factor.
I also like how their models are relatively normal people photographed in their pants. Nice touch.
I’ve been getting my ultra-slow news fix from T-post for about a year. I think the montage above is from the start of the project (starting bottom right), first one of those I’ve got is the electric skellington top-right, but there are gaps.
I’ve liked them all so far, some more than others but that’s the way it goes.