tshirts Blog and Journals

Last night Blaine and Justo and I wanted to go out. There's no where nice to go out in our town though so we ended up just going to our favorite sushi bar. Originally we were going to Olive Garden because that's what Blaine wanted but they were packed! The wait was 45mins. to an hour so we said screw it lets go get sushi. So we all dressed up and called Kaley and off we were! I wore my Rodarte dress and looked like a cutie... in my opinion at least. 

Miyako's was also packed, maybe there was some holiday we didn't know about last night. Afterwards we went back to Justo's and watched The Haunted World of El Superbeasto. Justo and I love that movie, hehe it's so crazy, Blaine and Kaley didn't exactly know what to think about it hehe. When we were at Justo's I asked him "Hey do you have a big ass shirt I can borrow?" so that I could be comfortable. Justo said, "I can let you borrow the BIGGEST shirt ever." And sure enough he comes out with this.

Sadly at the end of the night I had to return the shirt and get back in my dress hehe.

It's here...the day that all of America waits for. When we all awake from our tryptophan-induced turkey naps at 2am and run like crazed lunatics towards the nearest Wal-Marts and malls.

We've got an easier option for you. Hit up our Black Friday sale online and score all our tees for just $6.66. (You know...black...evil...yeah.) This sale only goes til midnight tomorrow, 11/27 so jump on it quick! Grab some gifts for friends and fam at a great price.

http://reverie.storenvy.com

New BAL-SAGOTH: CHURCH OF THE MALEFIC AVATAR t-shirt available now from:

http://www.plastichead.com/catalogue.asp?ex=backlist&category=merch&target=BAL+SAGOTH

New BAL-SAGOTH: PRAISE KUTULU t-shirt available now from:

http://www.heavymetalonline.co.uk/acatalog/BAL_SAGOTH.html

So, I just realized a couple days ago that Dallace is the reason I was getting in all kinds of trouble during my summer prep class for college algebra. I was constantly singing I got knocked up and screaming I got paid, which pissed off my mentor the whole first hour. Good times. So I figured I'd give her a little shout out in the post. Why not?

So a couple of friends have asked me what I think is going to be big for fall (they wanted a guy's prespective). Frankly, mens fashion isn't as versatile as girls and it's pretty much the same through out the year for me, which are jeans and t-shirts. I do, however, like the fact that come late October and November is when it get's a bit chilly and I start to wear a couple sweat pants. I also have an addiction to blazers so that's high on my list. But mostly I'm still a jeans and t-shirt kind of guy. I have gathered a couple things together to show from one of my favorite online stores for men called TOPMAN. I hate shopping, so an online store is ideal for me. I didn't include pants in this (expect a pair of bright blue jogging pants) because I wear jeans year around and they all look the same. It does include shirts, blazers, and jewelry.

P.S. Someone asked me about shoes. I didn't think about that because I normally wear the exact same shoes almost all year, which are; Ed Hardy Chuck Taylor inspired shoes, Converse Chuck Taylor, or Macbeth Elliot's.

I have a friend who's little boy wants to be one of the characters from the Chronicles of Narnia for Halloween.  This is comes as no surprise to anyone who knows him because he has almost every one of the Narnia action figures you can own and watches it everytime he is allowed to watch TV.  When my friend asked her 8 year old son what he wanted to be for Halloween he said, "King Peter, because that's who I'm going to be one day."  How stinkin' cute is that!!!

My friend has started looking for little kid halloween outfits for Narnia online, but I think she wants to go with the knight look.  You know, medieval armor and these kind of accessories to go with it.  I think that its a good idea because of how much he really likes that kind of stuff, and then he can keep them as keepsakes.

I myself am also really excited for Halloween.  I'm not sure what to be yet, yes I'm one of those adults that still dresses up, but I'm leaning towards a character from one of Stephenie Meyer's books.  Speaking of which, she just posted on her official website some new products that go along with her book The Host.  Check out the t-shirts, they are seriously awesome!  Peace.

That's right! The tee's are FINALLY up on the website! <3

Sorry to anyone I mentioned them to half a year ago. It's taken so much longer to get it all ready than I expected but I'm glad we chose the tough route (making the screens & printing the tee's ourself, rather than sending the design off to be printed by a company) cause it makes it so much more satisfying to finally have them done!

We've only got 15 tee's and 5 vests...they're up on the website now so go check them out! 

xxxx

In 2004, Abercrombie got slammed with a lawsuit for just that… Their “pretty” salespeople that is, not their poor customer service. Defendant Jennifer Lu, a student at the University of California (Go Bears!) and a former A&F employee had something to say about what she alleged was its discriminatory policies. Incidentally, if you didn’t figure out the gist of the complaint from her last name, then read on… “[Abercrombie & Fitch is] dominated by Caucasian , football-looking, blonde-hair, blue-eyed males; skinny, tall,” Lu accurately reported. “You don’t see any African-Americans, Asian-Americans, and that’s the image that they’re portraying and that they’re looking for.” Being neither Caucasian, football-looking, blonde-haired nor blue-eyed, Lu said that when corporate officials visited, they did everything but blatantly tell management to get rid of her. Pointing to one of their posters, which featured none other than their version of a star employee, the executives said that the store needed “to have more staff that looks like this.” Result: Lu was shown the door. Since she wasn’t the only one, former disgruntled employees banded together to sue the establishment, pointing out that “All-American doesn’t mean all-white.” Sure, defenders agreed, but Abercrombie should be allowed to conduct business the way they best see fit one way or the other. In the end, that class action suit was settled for $50 million, with the famous moose brand agreeing to adhere to a more diverse standard when hiring. So they went around trying to hire as many attractive Asians, Latinos and African-Americans they could find - or at least as many as they thought would appease their critics - and went back to business as usual. In other words, it remained the same vapid cookie-cutter business it had started out as. As evidenced by the latest lawsuit it’s facing. Riam Dean has a prosthetic arm that attaches at the elbow, and she typically wears a sweater to cover the prosthetic. While A&F employees are required to wear jeans and a polo shirt, she was given permission to wear a white cardigan while working on the floor. But only a few days after she started work, the store was paid a visit by the “visual team.” This group’s purpose is to sure the shop and its staff look up to code. One of the members of the team demanded she take off the cardigan, but she insisted she had permission to wear it. Nevertheless, she was asked by management to continue her employment in the stockroom, far out of the public eye. Management claimed that she “violated the ‘Look Policy,” which is an imperative part of working for such a prestigious clothing outlet. As if she could help the fact that she is, unfortunately, missing an arm. Totally her fault, I suppose. The nerve. Pssh. Riam sucked it up and commenced her stockroom duties, normally reserved for the “underlings” (i.e., ethnic minorities) of Abercrombie & Fitch “society” and received a telephone call at home a few days later, asking if she would continue on board with the company’s stockroom until their winter uniforms came in, which consisted of long-sleeved tops. She quit on the spot. Riam, who was born without a forearm, has utilized a prosthetic appendage for as long as she can remember. However, she never let her physical handicap become just that - a handicap. Dean is currently a student at Queen Mary University, located in London, and is pursuing a barrister’s degree. A&F has never been a stranger to discrimination suits; one was recently settled in the US for discrimination during the hiring process in that they would allegedly only hire “young and beautiful” men and women to work in their stores. I am not one of those sue-crazy citizens. I think that a lot of the lawsuits nowadays are setups. A lot of people abuse the legal system and look for loopholes to sue over practically everything. I have a family member quite like that and it drives me up the frigging wall. Yet, I hope Riam gets every penny. I hope she triple-sues. I hope after the suit goes through, she receives her requested money and additional funds for pain and suffering. The embarrassment at her treatment by Abercrombie and fitch must be immense.

In 2004, <A HREF="http://www.abercrombieonsale.com/"><B>Abercrombie</B></A> got slammed with a lawsuit for just that… Their “pretty” salespeople that is, not their poor customer service. Defendant Jennifer Lu, a student at the University of California (Go Bears!) and a former A&F employee had something to say about what she alleged was its discriminatory policies. Incidentally, if you didn’t figure out the gist of the complaint from her last name, then read on… “[Abercrombie & Fitch is] dominated by Caucasian , football-looking, blonde-hair, blue-eyed males; skinny, tall,” Lu accurately reported. “You don’t see any African-Americans, Asian-Americans, and that’s the image that they’re portraying and that they’re looking for.” Being neither Caucasian, football-looking, blonde-haired nor blue-eyed, Lu said that when corporate officials visited, they did everything but blatantly tell management to get rid of her. Pointing to one of their posters, which featured none other than their version of a star employee, the executives said that the store needed “to have more staff that looks like this.” Result: Lu was shown the door. Since she wasn’t the only one, former disgruntled employees banded together to sue the establishment, pointing out that “All-American doesn’t mean all-white.” Sure, defenders agreed, but Abercrombie should be allowed to conduct business the way they best see fit one way or the other. In the end, that class action suit was settled for $50 million, with the famous moose brand agreeing to adhere to a more diverse standard when hiring. So they went around trying to hire as many attractive Asians, Latinos and African-Americans they could find - or at least as many as they thought would appease their critics - and went back to business as usual. In other words, it remained the same vapid cookie-cutter business it had started out as. As evidenced by the latest lawsuit it’s facing.

Riam Dean has a prosthetic arm that attaches at the elbow, and she typically wears a sweater to cover the prosthetic. While A&F employees are required to wear jeans and a polo shirt, she was given permission to wear a white cardigan while working on the floor. But only a few days after she started work, the store was paid a visit by the “visual team.” This group’s purpose is to sure the shop and its staff look up to code. One of the members of the team demanded she take off the cardigan, but she insisted she had permission to wear it. Nevertheless, she was asked by management to continue her employment in the stockroom, far out of the public eye. Management claimed that she “violated the ‘Look Policy,” which is an imperative part of working for such a prestigious clothing outlet. As if she could help the fact that she is, unfortunately, missing an arm. Totally her fault, I suppose. The nerve. Pssh. Riam sucked it up and commenced her stockroom duties, normally reserved for the “underlings” (i.e., ethnic minorities) of Abercrombie & Fitch “society” and received a telephone call at home a few days later, asking if she would continue on board with the company’s stockroom until their winter uniforms came in, which consisted of long-sleeved tops. She quit on the spot. Riam, who was born without a forearm, has utilized a prosthetic appendage for as long as she can remember. However, she never let her physical handicap become just that - a handicap. Dean is currently a student at Queen Mary University, located in London, and is pursuing a barrister’s degree. A&F has never been a stranger to discrimination suits; one was recently settled in the US for discrimination during the hiring process in that they would allegedly only hire “young and beautiful” men and women to work in their stores. I am not one of those sue-crazy citizens. I think that a lot of the lawsuits nowadays are setups. A lot of people abuse the legal system and look for loopholes to sue over practically everything. I have a family member quite like that and it drives me up the frigging wall. Yet, I hope Riam gets every penny. I hope she triple-sues. I hope after the suit goes through, she receives her requested money and additional funds for pain and suffering. The embarrassment at her treatment by <A HREF="http://www.abercrombieonsale.com/"><B>Abercrombie and fitch</B></A> must be immense.

We finished the screens a few weeks ago.

Test printed them in the inks my dad had.


Then on Monday we went to Broadstairs to pick up the new inks! :D


(yeuchhhh picture)
And today we tested the new inks! I'm so excited about the colours we've decided on. I'll be trying them out with the design tomorrow, so i'll post a picture then, they're yummy bubblegum colours. They looked good enough to eat when we were mixing them ^-^

We also ordered some flyers!

They're really simple, but i've designed them so I can use them for packaging too!
xxxxx

COMING AUGUST 1st!
The first of 3 limited edition tees is coming out in August!

Sooooo... EXCITED! I do mean LIMITED EDITION..

LIKE 50 to 100, Maybe less than that!

sooo.. snatch them fuckers up!
Special Thanks to: Avecamore for designing it!