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Posted: 06 Nov 2009 06:09 AM PST

Sure the plot of Lost is as confusing as hell, sure it may have been stretched out a tad too far although the final series is just around the corner, but when it’s gone I can bet you that if you’ve watched it you’ll miss this ground-breaking TV series. To commemorate the final run of the TV behemoth that is Lost Ian Leino, a highly talented designer we’ve featured before at Buy Tees, has created a Lost / Beer Label Mash-up shirt for TeeFury, and for anyone familiar with TeeFury.com you know you won’t have long to buy one!

What’s more Ian is single-handedly reviving the art of scratchboard! If you’re not familiar with this technique take a look at this video from another artist just to see the amount of work it takes to create a design, also known as ’scraperboard’ it involves a thin piece of white China plaster coated black with India ink. It’d be nice to see Ian at work on his scratchboard in a video, maybe next time?

Anyway the concept of his Polar Beer tee has a few references to Lost, one of course being the polar bear! Another might be a reference to all the ’stations’ on the island, in this case Ian features a so far hidden one, the Beer Station. About time really, the poor time travelling motley crew could do with a few brewskies. Other references are the octagon which is a symbol for Dharma, an evil corporation that features greatly the show’s plot, plus of course the sightings of polar bears on this tropical island and ‘hatches’ leading to bunkers where former Dharma employees researched temporal events (amongst other all out weirdness).

Check it out but hurry there’s just 15 hours left on this one…

Polar Beer Tee

If you’re a fan of beer, Lost, polar bears or all three then you’re in luck, but like I say the clock is ticking, I can tell by the flood of positive comments at Tee Fury today this will sell fast! Get yours now for a measly $9 in all sizes for men and women today! What’s more Ian also created a small run of 1.25″ pin badges of the ”Beer Station” logo that at http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=33750262) just in case you miss out on the tee!

CottonMouth - Tastier Than Ever!

Posted: 05 Nov 2009 06:20 PM PST

There are some fashion brands that are just a cut above the rest when it comes to making sexy apparel. I’m not talking dodgy peep-hole bras and nylon garters here, I mean t-shirts of course, and they don’t come much hotter than Cotton Mouth’s new collection simply entitled ‘Bad Girl Candy’. I’ve featured this Dutch label a few times now and I am always impressed from the outset whenever I visit their site, it’s as slick as a t-shirt store can get. Something akin to reading a copy of Cosmo whilst striding along a Parisian catwalk and obscuring the glare of the paparazzi camera flashes with a long black gloved hand.

If you’re female, love high fashion and high concept, if you want to look and feel like a star but without the strain of burning through your credit cards, then this is the label for you. They experiment with everything from inspiration to design to the cuts of their tees, pullovers and t-shirt dresses, and all of it successfully mind you. It’s all very well trying to out do the market but if you’re too far ahead or behind the fashion curve you can forget it. CottonMouth.nl always seem to be ‘bang on’ when it comes to the ever changing face of mainstream couture, it’s a tricky balance working to accessible budgets whilst squeezing out every little detail possible to create a ‘must have’ item. They do it every time.

Pin-ups, soul and sexuality are the inspiration for this limited collection. The shirts are designed in cooperation with artist Thijs Bierlaagh. Bierlaagh’s Sexual Healing tee mixes the latest graphic and fashion styles with a flashback to the 80’s accompanied by the lyrics of the late soul legend Marvin Gaye’s classic anthem for lovers ‘Sexual Healing‘.

I’ll give you a glimpse of their latest t-shirt and t-shirt dress just to get you in the mood:-

Sexual Healing by Marvin Gaye Tee

This rather seductive t-shirt offers a bevy of tonal pinks, the lyrics to Marvin Gaye’s 1982 classic, and is framed by a rather leggy lithe lady with, shall we say, needs. She’s probably just stepped out of the gym, her friend with benefits has called and caught her on the hop, and she’s weighing up the satisfaction offered and a night with the bed to herself. Look I don’t know, it’s sexy okay? Whatever the story I’m positive that many women out there are already way ahead of me, we men, we are little more than hypnotised fools with sex on the brain waiting for the chance to jump aboard. If there’s one thing I do know, you’ll get a lot more of it if you’re a sexy soul singer. Still, for us mere mortals, those of us lucky enough to have a love of our respective lives, the Sexual Healing tee is probably a sure-fire Xmas pressie to keep more than the fireplace warm There are only 20 of this limited edition tee available at € 34,50 in sizes small to XL here.

Makes it all Better T-Shirt Dress

For the strict t-shirt aficionado this might not precisely be a tee as such, but hey, forget convention, Cotton Mouth are way ahead of the game, and though they may be few and far between (at least in the indie t-shirt market) for now, it’s about time we saw more of these particularly sexily cut dresses. T-Shirts are probably one of the most adaptable and versatile garments in a designer’s artillery of fashion, and Cotton Mouth are most certainly firing on all guns with this cool piece of apparel. There are just 12 of these seamless, raw-edge T-Shirt dresses available as of today, yes a mere dozen, so if you fancy one I’d hurry! Continuing the bad girl candy theme, this item takes on more of a graffiti / urban style compared to others in the collection. Very sleek, very street. Only available in small and medium sizes here.

Spice up your tee life at CottonMouth.nl.

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Friday, 6 November 2009