TheHundreds is “…a lifestyle project that encompasses our signature clothing brand and online magazine.”
Their blog is a damn good read for everyone who wants to get some insight into the streetwear game. Besides stories about their life you can find their original clothing line and the new Public Label collection in the online shop section of the site. 2006 was Ben and Bobby Hundreds year and the infamous Paisley Hoodie rocked the streetwear world.
From the Hundreds site:
Our line is inspired by “Los Angeles Lifestyle / California Culture,” and our roots within the skateboarding, punk, and hip-hop subcultures. The design is reminiscent of 1980s surf-culture t-shirts, independent skateboard company apparel of the 1990s, and the advent of “streetwear” at the turn of the millennium.
The Collection (t-shirts), Public Label (cut & sewn garments) and Tens (women’s program) are sold in limited quantities in the world’s most prestigious streetwear boutiques (including our online Shop) and has been recognized and featured by the industry’s leading publications, such as The New York Times Magazine, Warp Japan, Complex Magazine, Streetwear Today, Beinghunted, and the “Untitled” book by Lodown.
Compared to most streetwear brands 10.Deep is a dinosaur. The company was founded in 1995 as a design firm and creative collective that creates the 10.Deep Clothing line as one of their main outputs.
THE APPAREL LINE
10.Deep is one of the original New York streetwear brands. Through bold graphics and quality design, we create apparel that intelligently conjures thoughts of movements, individuals, and ideologies of days past and present. We seek to produce goods that neither sacrifice quality nor style. At 10.Deep our motto is simple: forget everyone and listen to yourself. Strength lies in the hands of an individual (10 fingers), not in the approval of one’s peers.
Orisue is a streetwear brand that produces fresh and innovative designs. Whoever thinks all over patterns are played should check out what Orisue does with them and like with so many other designs they always find a way to give a good design a twist to make it great. This philosophy is also reflected in their mission statement.
The Mission:
When we look at a piece of paper, it is plain, simple, and without dimensions. But when folded into an ORISUE or better known as origami, it becomes a medium of art and craftsmanship. In retrospect, a piece of fabric when cut and sewn together becomes its own stitch.
You can fold a simple quadrilateral paper into any shape. We wish to fold the laws of nature, the dignity of life, and the expression of affection into our clothes. ORISUE’s appeal lies within its simplicity. Simple rules and a basic set of folding maneuvers which lies in precision and discipline.
Like an ORISUE or a piece of fabric, you are given this life; do something with it, decorate it, and make it your lifestyle.
2k by Gingham originated from Japan in the early 90s when many museum and popular art design t-shirts, began to be displayed in fashion boutiques in Japan. 2K started to research such kind of shirts and began to work with new artists to develop their own style.
The design is based on searching for the latest designs, graphics, and logos from all over the world and using this as a foundation for their own line. Besides that several artists collaborate on designs with 2k. Rather than relying on mass marketing 2k sticks to the core of what they are doing and focuses on creating extraordinary artwork on high quality shirts.
DURKL is a clothing label that feeds off of absurdity. Our clothing demands attention and keeps you flashy. Inspired by former hilarious trends, 7th grade dances, and the future according to Weird Science, DURKL keeps streetwear honest. Our label thrives on decadence, fun…and because my mom is an aerobics instructor.
There are streetwear brands that take themselves way too seriously, and then there is DURKL. DURKL loves bright colors, rare animal skins, big league chew, and dinosaurs. I actually dealt B.L.C when I was in 2nd grade. (Grape and original only though).
We spiked so much damn punch and ran out of rules to break, so we went and found the 4th dimension: DURKL.
DURKL is the 4th dimension.
Come join us.
RETREAT - A fresh and innovative U.K clothing brand, which was formed in 2004 by graphic designer and DJ, Paul Sudron aka Paul Sid.
Retreat aims to bring a little more of our own feeling of individualism, and to focus on the design and the aesthetic of what we are trying to achieve.
Current focus lies on some raw t-shirt designs featuring both graphics and more abstract motifs and more recently sweatshirt designs for the autumn/winter collection.
Current focus lies on some raw t-shirt designs featuring both graphics and more abstract motifs and more recently sweatshirt designs for the autumn/winter collection and our upcoming spring/summer 2007 collection.
RETREAT FROM ALL EVIL!!!
Preshrunk is a t-shirt blog written by Jason Cosper. It is updated on a regular basis and has been online since December 2004. Each post contains a short review of the featured product along with an image of it.
A great feature on the site is that at the end of each post the price of the product, the mode of payment, a link to the brand’s website, and the available sizes of the shirt are listed. It’s a great time-saver and definitely makes life easier for those who are on a shopping spree.
The design is clean and simple and without the unnecessary bells and whistles other bloggers choose to put on their sites.
Aside from the features Jason Cosper’s way of writing rocks. He writes in an in-your-face and irreverent manner that makes reading his reviews a joy.
So, if you’re looking for a t-shirt site that’s filled with fresh writing and reviews of nothing else but t-shirts, then visit Preshrunk.
Although we sell clothes, It is not about fashion for us, Lowercase Industry sits firmly and happily on the underground, Our product will never sit in every shop or store you come across, we wouldn’t want them to. Instead, we aim to provide Limited run art based products for people that appreciate unique things.
When it comes to our art prints, we always try and make them as screen prints if possible, we like things that have been made by humans putting paint on a surface, not churned out of a computer printer in the thousands.
Its the same with our shirts, we have sourced suppliers that screen print each shirt by hand, ensuring that every print we get is spot on. We also try to ensure our shirts are sweatshop free, its not something we want on our conscience. It costs us a bit more sure, but we reckon its well worth it.
We like to make things that feel special, we want our shirts to be your favourite shirt that you want to wear all the time.
Giving upcoming artists a stage to be seen on is important to us, with guest artist tees and featured bands in our sounds section, we try to give something back to the scene that we love.
SELEKKT.com is catching the most creative and extraordinary t-shirt artwork from allover the world. Being featured on SELEKKT.com means to belong to the latest and freshest stuff.
We are a bunch of designers, illustrators and streetwear junkies from Barcelona, Frankfurt and Berlin. And we are spending every free minute SELEKKTing the web out there to find the stuff we are greeding for. But maybe you realized
Every month we measure between 10,000 to 15,000 readers visiting our site and clicking our links. For everyone being featured on SELEKKT.com this normally means some quite noticeable traffic. And that is exactly what we want: Drawing attention to the rare high-quality-independent-small label-and-designer-stuff made by people with exceptional ideas.
ANONYMOUS APPAREL was formed in 2005. We produce a range of clothing, accessories, and artwork targeting young urban market with contemporary edge.
Who’s behind the scenes? Well, they’re anonymous – and want to keep it that way. The important thing to know is that we’re passionate about our products. Joining with local artists, we work together to create unique designs. It’s not just collaboration. Our goal is to become a bridge of communication between the professional design community and the public – with every graphic bringing a bit more freedom of expression and movement to everyday life.
Just for sure, the wearer of our pieces will never be Anonymous!