Us vs Them.

Somewhat political.

California is the home country of tees, at least when it comes to t-shirts with prints. This one is from Us vs Them which seems to be a skateboard that like to make tees with political slogans.

I don't know if the people behind Us vs Them are truly political and if they want to change things with the use of t-shirt slogans. But maybe that doesn't really matter. The tees will get a message out there. A general feeling that says that something isn't really right out there.

And political or not their use of fonts and simple colorways leaves a number of nice t-shirts.

Check them out at news.usversusthem.com

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Analog Tee.

To the point.

Like it normally is, tees with prints comes from skate/surf brands. This one is from the California based brand Analog.

Oh yes it's tee time again. From Analog we have a t-shirt that illustrates (again) how something simple is normally a sure way of getting a clean tee. Okey the "trick" they use on this one is one of the older ones. Take a picture of something that you think is cool and then make it black and white, play a bit with the contrasts in photoshop and you're done. Somehow it seems to work almost every time.

This specific t-shirt can be found on www.karmaloop.com but you can also take a look at analogs other t-shirts at www.analogclothing.com

Don't underestimate the power of a good t-shirt.

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Irons

You know it.

"Don't ask me to play shit!" could be a reference to pretty much anything. And that's what makes it work.

Irons is a brand from in4mation. A company working out of Honolulu, Hawaii. In their very colorful description of them self they say: "In4mation’s strength in this niche market is built upon a set of varied experiences, from being clothing reps, buyers, freelance designers and pro/am skate and surf team riders. Ryan, Todd, Rhandy and Jun have a resume list that embodies Hawaii’s action sports, lifestyle and retail market for the past decade." So like most streetwear brands they have that skater/surfer attitude on life.

Sure I wouldn't mind living on Hawaii spending my days surfing but that is just the feeling that they are selling. It's not real. But what we can actually see is a line of really good t-shirts. Surfing or skating it doesn't matter, almost anyone will look good in a tee like that.

Check out more at their website www.in4mants.com

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Alphanumeric.

League.

A# is a straight up skate/snowboard/surf brand (of course) based out of California. I'm not big on that as a style but they have some nice tees.

A clean baseball inspired tee normally always works well. This t-shirt as well as Last weeks Crooks and Castles t-shirt both show that. It's something with the simplicity. It's something with classic baseball uniform layout combined with something different that makes it work.

I haven't see anyone carrying Alphanumerics stuff here in Berlin but you can get a hold of their tees at karmaloop.com

And if you want to see their entire summer line then just click yourself over to www.alphanumericbrand.com

Man I need to start making more money so I can get more t-shirts.

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Crooks and Castles

Hard to find.

I just spent an hour trying to find a picture of this tee in white with black logo. You can see it at karmaloop but I can't get to my computer.

I give up, that was just not worth it. I wanted to show a really nice, white, clean t-shirt from a brand with talented designers. But now I don't want to. Now I just want to bitch about the internet and Crooks and Castles in general. Damn you internet!

Well I guess it's not the internets fault. It's really karmaloop.coms fault. They are the ones not being able to make a web site that works properly.

So if we move on, all I really wanted to point out is that Crooks and Castles have alot of really nice t-shirts. The entire brand produces many clean designs ranging from tees to sneakers. The only thing one could question is that they are often thinking to much in the sense of quantity rather than quality. Because if you drop so many t-shirts a month some of them are bound not to look very good.

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FreshJive

The Finger.

Looking through their websites you see that Freshjive has been around for a while. Founded in 1989 they are veterans when it comes to street wear.

Their view on the whole fashion scene is somewhat different than that of your normal brand. They don't see their brand as a gift from god but more of a way to say something and make people aware of things. And the way they make us aware is normally by being provocative. Just take a look at their other tees and you will understand what I mean.

Freshjive has a bunch of really nice t-shirts (Tees that stick out). But also a lot of clean shorts and shirts. It's definitely worth a look. Check it at www.freshjive.com

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