Nicely-designed t-shirt resources

January 2, 2006 3:40 AM

Need recommendations to sites showcasing well-designed t-shirts, ala threadless. Most of the sites I found have really ugly, amateurish t-shirt designs.
posted by arrowhead to clothing, beauty, & fashion (16 comments total)

squidfire has some pretty good shirts. Preshrunk... well, i was going to say that it had been a good t-shirt blog, but it apparently came back to life, like, today. so that's a good place to look for good shirts and good sites (see: archives at bottom of page).
posted by MadamM at 3:47 AM on January 2, 2006

Defunker.
posted by mykescipark at 4:24 AM on January 2, 2006

Kudos for not linking to your own street team id for Threadless.

Here's a special little hint: If you use your street team link when you go to purchase a shirt for yourself, you'll earn the $3.00 worth of points anyway. And they don't actually mind. I've asked.

Defunker has a TON of Threadless' designs, but incredibly marked up. It's an interesting concept to front as another company that sells artists' wares, while blatantly charging $5-$10 more for the shirt with little more than a "By Threadless" line on the item to let the buyer know what's up. Gross.

I'm such a Threadless junkie that I really haven't looked for anything comparable. I wish they'd print more designs, but it's an understandable limitation. Their shirts are the perfect price, terrific quality, non-sweatshopped and have great designs. And yet, I'm not helping here, am I?
posted by disillusioned at 5:32 AM on January 2, 2006

I enjoy RandomShirts.com.
posted by allison00 at 7:21 AM on January 2, 2006

Zero Boutique.
posted by MJaffaDMB at 8:05 AM on January 2, 2006

I previously mentioned Liquid Blue. Warning: personally, I hate t-shirts with a tiny little "cute" picture on the chest, but seem to be in the minority among t-shirt wearers.
posted by Aknaton at 8:14 AM on January 2, 2006

howies make some nice tees.
posted by tnai at 8:36 AM on January 2, 2006

Spunk.co.uk
posted by k8t at 8:44 AM on January 2, 2006

The designs at http://www.soyclothing.com/ are cool and they're friends of mine!
posted by black8 at 9:14 AM on January 2, 2006

I just bought a t-shirt and hoodie from Heavy Tees and think they're very cute.
posted by echo0720 at 9:22 AM on January 2, 2006

What kind of shirts do you think of when you think Threadless? Threadless hosts a wide variety of styles these days, and recently has veered towards "witty title reflected in image" tees where you'd basically have to say to people, "the t-shirt's called Pandamonium!" Which is great, because it's a laugh, but I do miss the Fluttering-style shirts. Alas, my dream of being clothed entirely in The Designers Republic limited-edition prints is unlikely to come to pass.
posted by chrominance at 9:38 AM on January 2, 2006

Check out this previous thread.
posted by istewart at 9:50 AM on January 2, 2006

I second randomshirts.com. Cheap, cool and a great company to deal with.
posted by Jomoma at 9:56 AM on January 2, 2006

teetonic.com - tag line says, "The hottest non-stop t-shirt design competition."
posted by chase at 10:41 AM on January 2, 2006

I've been wanting to buy something from kadorable for a while.
posted by travosaurus at 1:06 PM on January 2, 2006

White Frog has some well-designed t-shirts, especially Kitten 1980.
posted by kickerofelves at 5:43 AM on January 4, 2006