Buyolympia.com T-Shirt Review
Posted on June 17, 2005I switched to this new design because Chachi didn’t like the old one. I like this one better anyway. Also, the photoblog has officially moved to my Flickr, just because I like it that way. You can easily get there via the random Flickr photo on the side bar. Labs and Autoblog have been integrated into Robot Shuffle. Badblogs will remain where it is now. On to the review.
The other week, I placed an order from Buy Olympia. Buy Olympia is a small, 2-person organization based in Washington that sells for other designers. The shirt that I ordered was the Futura shirt from Ampersand Clothing Co. They have four designs based on four different fonts: Futura, Helvetica, Garamond, and Chicago. (For all you Windows users, Chicago is an awesome old school Mac font.)
Futura T with Thug Mug
I ordered an XXL because my past experiences with American Apparel tend to shrink down a bit. About 4 days later, the shirt arrived in the mail, complete with a Buyolympia sticker for my fridge. But, a problem! The shirt I recieved was 2 sizes too small. I taped the package shut, wrote “Return to sender” on it, and wrote them an e-mail explaining what had happened. About two days later I got an e-mail back saying that they’d recieved the returned shirt, and they’d happily exchange it for me. The new shirt arrived even faster than the original, after about two days.
The shirt is a very comfortable cotton, a basic tee from American Apparel. I’ve washed the shirt twice now, and as I predicted, it had shrunk down to my actual size. The lettering has faded slightly, but nicely so, as though it were a vintage shirt. I enjoy the shirt, and the design, and despite the mix up with the sizes, they were very polite and I’d recommend checking them out. Especially the “Save the Fork” shirt.
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Threadless.com Review
Posted on May 29, 2005Threadless.com is an online t-shirt store, but one that espouses the idea of “open source clothing”. Shirt ideas are submitted by users, voted on by users, and the chosen designs are eventually purchased by users. At present, they are running a sale, all shirts $10 (plus approx. $3 shipping) so I bought two: My Mom Likes Maiden and Who I Am (see below for pictures). Two t-shirts for $26 is a good price, especially when they’re as awesome as these.
I ordered on Monday, and recieved the shirts on Thursday. I was impressed by how fast they got here, too be honest. They arrived neatly folded and including two sets of Threadless stickers. The shirts themselves are of pretty good quality. They are “tagless”, in that the OMG Clothing tag is printed on the inside of the shirt, but it is obvious that at one point there was a manufacturer’s hangtag that got clipped (see picture). The printing on the shirts is rather nice, especially the detail on “Who I Am”. I haven’t washed the shirts yet, so I don’t know how the printing will hold up, but I’ve heard from other sources that it lasts much longer than Cafe Press’s “Two washes and it’s out” inks. The shirts are comfortable, and again, they look cool. However, an elderly Mexican woman did make fun of the Who I Am shirt, she said it looked like something was spilled all over my nice shirt. But I dig it, and that’s what matters.
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