Preshrunk

Sometimes it's hard to let go of your favorite shirt. Fortunately, an enterprising gal by the name of Logan Billingham has figured out how to rescue your favorite cast-offs. She seems to think that they don't belong in a drawer, gathering dust and aging disgracefully. No sir. Logan thinks they need to start a new life cuddling up with your junk. You know, like covering your bathing suit area... Get it?

No? Really? Fine. I guess I have to spell it out then.

SuperNaturale has instructions on how to turn your misfit t-shirts into underwear. Does that make a little more sense?

Jeez, sometimes allusion is totally lost on you.

No, I'm not mad at you. I'm just a bit disappointed. No really, it's alright...

Anyhow, they've got free patterns available for both men's and women's skivvies. So break out your sewing maching and make yourself some unmentionables. It'll help you get your mind off our little fight.

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Russell Yarwood just pointed me to his white trashtastic t-shirt shop, Honkey Threads. His current line is a fun, poppy take on some of the more endearing qualities of the shine brewin' red state set.

As much as I love the winter, Camp Fire makes me long for a spring hike thru the Angeles National Forest. The warming glow of the fire against your face. The cool feel of calamine lotion on the rash you got from wiping with the wrong leaf. The taste of beer that didn't get chilled enough in the stream. Man, it doesn't get much better than that.

Actually, I think watching Adult Swim with a pizza on its way is better than that. Then again, I'm not much of a camper.

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"Dead men tell no tales."

Brandon Debes advised that I check out the gear over at Enclothe. After running over there I'm very happy to say that I wasn't disappointed. The shirts all have top notch artwork, but none hit me the way the Ghost Ship did. There's something that's almost haunting about the way the crisp light blue ink rests on the black shirt. I know I'm gushing more than I usually do, but fuck it... I'm having a good day and this shirt is just that well done.

Now some of you may cry that pirate gear was so last year. You'd be right in doing so. But this shirt could singlehandedly bring the whole fad back from the Hot Topic clearance rack. That's just how good it is.

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Hang Tags are little bits of news that really don't merit a full post. Don't think of this as a regular feature, it's just a way for us to cram a few things out at once. We almost started using del.icio.us to add a link sidebar, but we decided against that. We're here to cover the gear that moves us. And if it moves us, it deserves a little more space than a quick link and a quip.

+ It looks like Threadless redesigned their site. The new browsing and scoring interface for submissions is an absolute joy. What's more, the filterable stock chart makes looking for designs in your size deathly simple. Their new layout makes it easy to see that most of the shirts I adore are out of stock. This means that I'll have to wait for a really good shirt to be available in more than medium or extra large before I pimp them again.

+ MSNBC's Clicked had some nice things to say about us:

Some ideas are so good you can spot them a mile away.  That's probably the case with Preshrunk, a brand new t-shirt blog.  Only a few posts old and already creating a big buzz.  A few years from now when your kid is buying t-shirts you don't understand at the Preshrunk store in the mall, you'll remember when it was just three entries in a blog.

It's nowhere near as big a deal as being linked on BoingBoing, but MSNBC holds a bit more cachet with my grandparents. I can't see this blog going brick and mortar, but it was still really nice of them to say that.

+ If you have a LiveJournal, you can get a break from the sullen emo kids and cutters by adding us to your friends list. If you're old enough to know better than to use LiveJournal, we're also available on Bloglines.

You know what makes me feel old? Realizing that a good deal of my friends are [or are about to be] parents. It's even more frightening to think that a child may depend on me someday.

But when I do have a kid, I'm going to want to him/her to look awesome. Fortunately, Infantile Clothing is one of a handful of companies that makes sweet looking gear for kids. With art from Dave Kinsey, Evan Hecox, Scott Sylvia, Tiffany Bozic and Phil Frost, your kid can look as fresh as you.

I'm just sad that some of the designs don't come in "parent sizes".

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Sometimes you have to sell your soul just to get a free t-shirt.

I mean, look at the coeds in those Girls Gone Wild videos. Most of them flash their boobs for nothing more than a gaudy shirt and [maybe] a mesh back hat. But first, they have to sign a waiver that states that Girls Gone Wild can use their image in their low rent spank videos and infomercials. That's an awesome deal, isn't it?

You don't have to show off your dirty pillows to get a free Cuervo and Ginger Ale shirt. I mean, you can if you really want to - but you don't have to. All they require from you is a valid postal and email address, which isn't too horrible. Actually, getting put on a marketing list is almost as much of a hassle as having your boobs show up on TV at 3am; but hey, free shirt.

Besides, who wants to spend themselves in their Adams Atoms shirt while watching Girls Gone Wild? Not I.

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Update: I guess one should never underestimate a guy's need for a new spank rag. They're allegedly out of free shirts.

I had to open my big mouth and claim that I couldn't find any Sinclair apparel, didn't I? Truth is, I didn't look that hard. Well, Rod Begbie pointed me in the direction of this beautiful Spectrum 48K hoodie.

I loved Rod's brother Frank in Trainspotting, so I bumped his submission right to the front of the queue. It also helps that the model wearing the hoodie is sort of fit. [BTW: If my girlfriend is reading this post, I swear that her being fit had absolutley nothing to do with it. Nothing at all.]

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If you've got a moth problem, at least this shirt would be safe in your closet. I say safe, but that's only in theory. I'm pretty sure moths don't read english, so that may be an issue.

Now, I don't want any innocent t-shirts getting hurt. If you really do have a moth problem, you should stop browsing this site and go get some stuff to take care of that. We'll still be here when you get back.

Okay, so the shirt really isn't moth-proof. Like, at all. It still manages to be pretty damned clever despite its shortcomings. The fine print on the pseudo shrinkwrap license should prevent wearer induced ingestion at the very least:

The wearer of this t-shirt expressly agrees that use of this garment is at the wearer’s sole risk, and that the manufacturer is not responsible for any injuries resulting from accidental or intentional placement of the aforementioned garment inside the gastrointestinal system. Wearer’s license to display this garment may be revoked if it is found to be eaten or otherwise used in a nutritive or gustatory manner.

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I'm not a hipster, but I play one on the interweb. Fortunatley, people like Terry send me shirts that make it really easy to pretend like I'm cool.

Now that we know that I'm just a poseur, let's take a look at Mister Chen's Brooklyn Cow. I'm sure something's to be said for where each neigborhood is, but I don't feel like pulling out my butcher's chart and making a whole bunch of cheesy allusions. Those of the portly persuation should take note - Mister Chen's shirts seem to only go up to XL. So if you're a big guy who really wants this shirt, we suggest you get on the Atkins and have yourself a cut from the Bushwick area.

Then again, you could just write to ask them if they could print on bigger sizes. That'd just be the easy way out, but the choice is yours.

$17.00 | PayPal | URL

Wow, man... I can't belive how much everyone's fussing over this goofy little weblog. We've gotten loads of really great feedback so far, and I appreciate all of it. The ammount of great t-shirts that people have thrown our way should keep us rolling in content for at least the next four months. That means that we're sort of burried under a mountain of site related email at the moment. Needless to say, it's a bit hard to get back with everyone who's sent us something so far. Just be aware that if you haven't heard anything from me, I'm not trying to be a dick.

Now I know that most of you didn't stumble onto the site until the 1st of 2005, but we were in soft launch for the last week of 2004. Why do I point this out? Because the floor is open for nominations for the Bloggies. Since we existed in 2004, we're technically eligible for nominating. The "Best New Weblog" category has Preshrunk written all over it. Sadly, I'm really urging y'all to do this so I can be eligible for the $150 Bloggie Finalist discount at SXSW Interactive. Yes, I really am that cheap. So please nominate us before we start to suck.

Okay, I've got a pile of great shirt links to sift thru. Mad love to both the big and little folks who've supported us so far. We'd be nowhere without you.