itt "FUN SHIRTS"

hey elmo were you shocked and awed by this one?

http://www.twoonetwo.us/product/hats/911-lightning/

http://www.twoonetwo.us/product/t-shirts/towers/

ffs

it came in the mail!

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8257/8673363588_1a00b95fe0_o.jpg

idk whether t-shirts are deemed acceptable, but this one caught my eye and immediately brought this thread to mind
http://www.oipolloi.com/cache/images/gallery/37128-1--450-auto.jpg

fun fun

love that!!

i'd wear the shit out of it.

link?

http://www.oipolloi.com/tom-and-hawk-t-shirt-tom-ate

kind of sad when you can immediately tell where a shirts from by the catalog photo style ... need new hobby

tempted by that shirt. haven't made a lavish purchase for a while.

that shirt rules

Don’t adjust your monitor, this is a real t-shirt from Tom & Hawk. Made on an interesting contraption known as the CMS knitting machine, not only is the pattern a head-turner in it’s own right, but if you stare long enough you can actually see a 3D image of the Pyramids of Giza.

i can't buy shit from oi pollo because of the exchange rate but love the site

the exchange rate is pretty good right now coming your way. it's just oi polloi sells expensive stuff.

on some US brands they seem to convert prices directly from USD to GBP?

but then again i guess i don't pay VAT

neither do i, plus i usually wait for one of their free shipping promotions and/or a sale before ordering. exchange rate is also favourable for nzers right now.

agreed, most of the stuff they sell is expensive, but there are good deals every so often. with a VAT deduction, i don't think that t-shirt is particularly exorbitant. it certainly shouldn't be compared with prices for american apparel shirts or similar. i still prefer finding fun shirts in thrift stores tho, but they're not easy to find, especially ones that fit well and are in decent nick.

http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0159/1662/products/su13-MNE3315-450-SanO-OxfordL_grande.jpg

slightly fun

that is not a good shirt

i've been trying to figure out if i like it or not

seems like an awkward place to put a stripe

basically.

masking tape?

yeah that stripe is not going to have a slimming effect

it would look stupid even on a skinny guy

that is true

idgi either

i can see it being of momentary interest when, say, a guy unbuttons his jacket and i see "hey! a stripe!" but my interest would quickly give way to confusion, then anger

then violence

the thing is it's really really nice oxford cloth, the cut looks good

i just couldn't get my head entirely around the stripe

not sure it's quite as bad as you're all making it out to be

like the og 'fun shirts' itt are oxford cloth too, that stripe is just half steppin

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4W5ELGQXb-w/T6dKP5SstVI/AAAAAAAAEh4/m2YVc7OwzwU/s1600/brooks-brothers-extra-slim-fit-oxford-fun-sport-shirt.jpg

the stripe shirt also just looks like a very boxy cut

i like a foxy boxy cut

yeah v boxy. maybe a bit miserly on the collar too #oxford #shirt

the point of the stripe is to make us all uncomfortable

it takes a very bold asshole to buy & wear it

hmmmm well i have the asshole part down

the boldness of far too much asshole flesh

this is fun

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zYMAd2oQt9E/UZEr7bc4sCI/AAAAAAAA8Zo/FwTXv8ADY-4/s1600/gitman_vintage_polynesian_print_large.jpg

so fun

my brother discouraged me from buying a shirt that was not dissimilar to that one yesterday, telling me that it was "too young" for me and that i "can't go backwards."

treeships don't have a reverse gear

never too old / young

i would say it is possible to be too old for kitsch (not that it's a great look for the young either), but the best fun shirts are p tasteful imo. like, think of funky old man sweaters

i don't really find that shirt kitschy

i don't either tbh. but it's bold/whimsical enough it wouldn't work with my personal aesthetic, i don't think. i think kitsch can work really well if people are committed to it.

I don't like that shirt

why not?

it's just not quite right

I love the bubblegum colors

i'm with gr80 on this one. there's something almost stifling about the azure background and overall predominance of blue. it doesn't contrast well with or enhance the more fun aspects of the shirt, which kind of looks like a mismatched assortment of tropical scout jamboree badges and resort information centre souvenirs. the adjacent pink and red parts are clashy and the assymmetry of the pattern is detrimental.