Can you folks help me find a t-shirt?
June 2, 2015 5:43 AM Subscribe
Looking for a t-shirt with the anarchy symbol on it.
I'd like to buy a t-shirt with the anarchy symbol on it. I'm thinking a black shirt with a red anarchy symbol. My size is X-large. I see a few on amazon.com, but they want something like USD35 for one shirt. Sorry, not interested at that price point. Any help Mefites? Appreciate any help. TIA.
I'd like to buy a t-shirt with the anarchy symbol on it. I'm thinking a black shirt with a red anarchy symbol. My size is X-large. I see a few on amazon.com, but they want something like USD35 for one shirt. Sorry, not interested at that price point. Any help Mefites? Appreciate any help. TIA.
Best answer: a quick google search shows shirts from $18-$25 (there is a $25 after shipping on Amazon)
posted by edgeways at 5:51 AM on June 2, 2015
posted by edgeways at 5:51 AM on June 2, 2015
Best answer: Cafe Press has them for $24, and there are a couple of 20% off coupons floating around...
posted by jenny76 at 6:26 AM on June 2, 2015
posted by jenny76 at 6:26 AM on June 2, 2015
Best answer: Aliexpress for $13.99, free shipping, but it is on white. You may find a black one if you dig through search results.
posted by dirtdirt at 6:28 AM on June 2, 2015
posted by dirtdirt at 6:28 AM on June 2, 2015
Best answer: $12.99 with free shipping if you don't mind a white symbol, on ebay. Do you need new? Here's one with red that might be puffy.
posted by jessamyn at 6:31 AM on June 2, 2015
posted by jessamyn at 6:31 AM on June 2, 2015
Best answer: When I was young and punk rock I made such kind of tee shirts thusly:
1. Tee shirt
2. Spray paint
3. Cardstock
4. Xacto knife
5. Masking tape
6. Piece of heavy cardboard
Cut out appropriately sized @ symbol. Cut out big square of cardboard and put inside tee shirt so that front of shirt is flat - tape the shirt around the cardboard square. Roll up little rolls of masking tape and put them all around the cut edges of your stencil. Stick stencil to shirt. Go outside. Holding the spraypaint can 12 -15 inches or so away from the shirt, spray lightly, moving the can side to side so that a thin layer of paint is applied each time. (You may wish to try this on cardboard for practice - if you do, let the stencil dry before you start the tshirt.) Let the shirt dry. Machine wash on warm, dry.
I made so many shirts of all kinds this way. The @ symbol is an easy one because it isn't very fiddly. And the best aspect of this, of course, is that you can use any shirt you like, any color or size.
posted by Frowner at 6:36 AM on June 2, 2015 [3 favorites]
1. Tee shirt
2. Spray paint
3. Cardstock
4. Xacto knife
5. Masking tape
6. Piece of heavy cardboard
Cut out appropriately sized @ symbol. Cut out big square of cardboard and put inside tee shirt so that front of shirt is flat - tape the shirt around the cardboard square. Roll up little rolls of masking tape and put them all around the cut edges of your stencil. Stick stencil to shirt. Go outside. Holding the spraypaint can 12 -15 inches or so away from the shirt, spray lightly, moving the can side to side so that a thin layer of paint is applied each time. (You may wish to try this on cardboard for practice - if you do, let the stencil dry before you start the tshirt.) Let the shirt dry. Machine wash on warm, dry.
I made so many shirts of all kinds this way. The @ symbol is an easy one because it isn't very fiddly. And the best aspect of this, of course, is that you can use any shirt you like, any color or size.
posted by Frowner at 6:36 AM on June 2, 2015 [3 favorites]
Best answer: A blank shirt could be $12 and the red paint like $4, and you'll have a unique un-authoritarian non mass market item.
Dude you can get a blank black t-shirt for less than 3 bucks, where the hell are you shopping.
I also think you can and should do this yourself. It's dead simple. If you want something that'll last through many, many washes, use Jacquard brand fabric paint (you can find it at any sizable craft store). Also less than $4. Follow the instructions on the paint tub to heat set it. You can knock one out in about an hour.
posted by phunniemee at 6:44 AM on June 2, 2015 [2 favorites]
Dude you can get a blank black t-shirt for less than 3 bucks, where the hell are you shopping.
I also think you can and should do this yourself. It's dead simple. If you want something that'll last through many, many washes, use Jacquard brand fabric paint (you can find it at any sizable craft store). Also less than $4. Follow the instructions on the paint tub to heat set it. You can knock one out in about an hour.
posted by phunniemee at 6:44 AM on June 2, 2015 [2 favorites]
Best answer: phunniemee: "Dude you can get a blank black t-shirt for less than 3 buck"
Source, please? (Not that I doubt you or anything like that. I'm simply asking for further help.)
posted by InsertNiftyNameHere at 7:41 AM on June 2, 2015
Source, please? (Not that I doubt you or anything like that. I'm simply asking for further help.)
posted by InsertNiftyNameHere at 7:41 AM on June 2, 2015
Best answer: Michael's and Jo-Ann Fabrics often have <$5 t-shirts in all sorts of colors.
posted by jenny76 at 8:08 AM on June 2, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by jenny76 at 8:08 AM on June 2, 2015 [2 favorites]
Best answer: If you're applying fabric paint to a dark background, be sure the paint you buy is labeled as being opaque, metallic, fluorescent, or puffy. Regular fabric paint is transparent, so it works well only on a light background.
posted by artistic verisimilitude at 8:10 AM on June 2, 2015
posted by artistic verisimilitude at 8:10 AM on June 2, 2015
Best answer: Source, please? (Not that I doubt you or anything like that. I'm simply asking for further help.)
Blank t-shirt to your heart's content. I've ordered from there tons of times. If you want to buy B&M, jenny76 is right that you can get inexpensive blanks at big box craft stores. I think the Michaels near me usually has them 2 for $5.
posted by phunniemee at 8:34 AM on June 2, 2015 [2 favorites]
Blank t-shirt to your heart's content. I've ordered from there tons of times. If you want to buy B&M, jenny76 is right that you can get inexpensive blanks at big box craft stores. I think the Michaels near me usually has them 2 for $5.
posted by phunniemee at 8:34 AM on June 2, 2015 [2 favorites]
Best answer: omg phunnimee. My kid wants only blank shirts...I had no idea you could get them so cheap. Ahh!
(also agreeing with making your own Anarchy shirt. It's more true to the idea than anything mass-produced).
And the good thing about making it yourself is that if it looks rough, that is even MORE legit.
posted by emjaybee at 8:47 AM on June 2, 2015
(also agreeing with making your own Anarchy shirt. It's more true to the idea than anything mass-produced).
And the good thing about making it yourself is that if it looks rough, that is even MORE legit.
posted by emjaybee at 8:47 AM on June 2, 2015
Best answer: artistic verisimilitude: Regular fabric paint is transparent, so it works well only on a light background.
This is true. One way to deal with this is to do your stencil in opaque white first, then let it dry, then do the red right on op of that.
For interesting dropshadowy effects, move the stencil a bit between the two coats of paint.
(I've made a lot of funky shirts this way.)
posted by Too-Ticky at 9:36 AM on June 2, 2015
This is true. One way to deal with this is to do your stencil in opaque white first, then let it dry, then do the red right on op of that.
For interesting dropshadowy effects, move the stencil a bit between the two coats of paint.
(I've made a lot of funky shirts this way.)
posted by Too-Ticky at 9:36 AM on June 2, 2015
Response by poster: Thanks so very much to all of you for your help. I know it kinda seems like a wussy move to mark every answer as best answer, but you all helped me out so much I felt I had no other alternative. Many thanks to all of you. You've convinced me to make my own. Fuck the establishment. :)
Thanks again, folks. If I ever hit the lottery, I'm taking all of you to Hawaii (chartered airliner, of course), and the food and drinks are on me. (A guy can dream, right?)
posted by InsertNiftyNameHere at 12:48 AM on June 3, 2015 [2 favorites]
Thanks again, folks. If I ever hit the lottery, I'm taking all of you to Hawaii (chartered airliner, of course), and the food and drinks are on me. (A guy can dream, right?)
posted by InsertNiftyNameHere at 12:48 AM on June 3, 2015 [2 favorites]
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posted by nickggully at 5:47 AM on June 2, 2015 [7 favorites]