I really do. Ever since I first found out about Threadless in 2004 or 2005, I’ve spent way too much on way too many awesome shirts. Who doesn’t like wearing a little bit of disposable yet slightly-artsy commercial . . . art . . . on his or her chest?
Over the years I’ve gone from the aforementioned granddaddy of them all, Threadless, to Uneetee, to Design by Humans, to TeeFury, and to a few solo shops such as Ugmonk. It’s interesting how each of these more or less have their own niche in the artsy T-shirt market. Threadless goes for the cute and the punny, Design by Humans is all about experimentation, TeeFury is kind of like a minor league DBH, and Uneetee is kind of like . . . well Uneetee is a bit harder to pigeonhole. But they’re still pretty badass.
Anyway, on to the impetus for this post. I just ordered a shirt from a new outfit I hadn’t heard of yet, Ten Bills. They haven’t been around too long by the looks of their catalog, but the quality of their designs makes up for the quantity, or lack thereof:
A lot of the shirts seem to be emphasizing fine linework, which is always interesting to see on a T-shirt. Also of note, they give you a couple of color options for each shirt. For example, the last shirt (the one I ordered incidentally) could also be ordered as silver ink on a charcoal tee. I’m still not sure which one I liked better . . .
Yes. I forgot. They have a sale/promotion going on right now. So get on that.
