| It’s that time of year again. I have to summon the strength to purge my closet of all the forgotten t-shirts I bought last year to make way for new ones. It’s a soul-sucking endeavour, especially since there are at least 15 shirts of which I only wear three on a consistent basis. But one was only ten bucks, another I bought in Helsinki, oh, and another is the only thing I can wear with those jeans I bought on sale, you know, the ones I never wear.
Justification to decimate my wardrobe comes easy at tshirthell.com. Offensive is the deal clincher here, with a wide range of shirts you can’t wear to Grandma’s house with such sentiments as: "I Only Support Gay Marriage if both Chicks are Hot," "I Read to the Deaf" and "Bring our Camel Fucking Troops Home." Babies can offend too with "I Can Kick Your Baby’s Ass" and "I Shit My Pants and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt."
If you’re into making a more subversive statement and providing support to independent artists try threadless.com, which describes itself as: "an online, ongoing T-shirt design competition." Artists submit design ideas which are voted on by website viewers with the winners available for purchase. This results in fresh ideas and affordable wearable art with exposure for the artist in the form of a link to their personal site. New designs are chosen every month with more than 200 design submissions a week to vote on. And if you happen to fancy a shirt that isn’t available in your size, you can request a reprint.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I have a closet to empty. |
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