Comments on: Place to get T-shirts

Question: Place to get T-shirts

rolypolyman — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 15:10:44 -0800

T-shirts. I'm in a small town and the only place with T-shirts is Wal-Mart (which has only Budweiser & NASCAR shirts by Faded Glory). So where can I buy a bunch of cool (even geeky) T-shirts online but without paying $15 a pop?

CafePress is good but their shirts are $15ish. Also if it matters I like stylish, nongarish designs (i.e. any big designs on back, not on front; breastpocket logo is good though).

By: subclub

subclub — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 15:15:24 -0800

threadless regularly puts their tees on sale for $10 a pop. wait for one of those sales and go crazy.

By: Vidiot

Vidiot — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 15:18:51 -0800

I haven't seen anything online for much less than $15, aside from the above-mentioned sales on threadless, which are great.

You may also want to keep an eye on T-shirt blog Preshrunk.

By: Specklet

Specklet — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 15:27:04 -0800

In my experience, if you want cool t-shirt, $15 is pretty much the minimum. Try thrift stores.

On preview, threadless looks cool.

By: Blue Buddha

Blue Buddha — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 15:28:09 -0800

You can always try ebay.

By: Dean Keaton

Dean Keaton — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 15:34:01 -0800

Enclothe is pretty cool

By: mecran01

mecran01 — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 15:42:54 -0800

Do a google search for "t-shirt stencil bleach" which will take you to instructions for making your own cutting edge hipster shirts using bleach and stencils. No really.

Also search this site for info on silkscreening and you'll see links to easy alternatives. Apparently cafepress shirts are crap iron-ons that fade.

By: cyphill

cyphill — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 16:01:42 -0800

Screenprint your own!

By: chuckforthought.com

chuckforthought.com — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 17:25:42 -0800

skylab clothing and full bleed and some folks already mentioned threadless

By: boogah

boogah — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 20:50:35 -0800

Vidiot,

Your check is in the mail.

Love,
Jason

By: Vidiot

Vidiot — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 22:33:24 -0800

ah, is it yours? Should've known something that kewl would be run by a Mefite! (Actually, I think I found it by way of A Whole Lotta Nothing, so it's one big circle, y'know?)

By: junesix

junesix — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 12:30:32 -0800

Also teejunkie.com and iloveyourtshirt.com but personally, I prefer Jason's sensibilities.

By: bbrown

bbrown — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 20:31:10 -0800

I've got a whole category devoted to t-shirts I find on my blog.

I'm in the same position as you since I hate paying a lot for t-shirts and I love geeky ones. I've picked up four t-shirts at Wal-Mart recently that were surprisingly good (and only $5.83):

- "Your IQ test came back negative."
- "Mr. Wonderful"
- "Jive Talkin'"
- "I'll drop what I'm doing and work on your problem."

They were all made by No Boundaries, if that helps.