http://www.indigoclothing.com/blog Indigo Clothing Blog - News from inside Indigo, the promotional clothing industry and cool t-shirt sites reviewed. Fri, 02 May 2008 09:07:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en London nervously awaits the results of the Mayoral elections 2008, wondering which clown won. Indigo Clothing screen printed the t-shirts for the 'London Elects' staff, the organisation running the election. Last night the polls were very close, with second choice votes looking important for both Boris and Ken. I am not ... http://www.indigoclothing.com/blog/london-elects/ Our favourite French t-shirt store, LaFraise, is selling eco-friendly, organic cotton apparel for the first time. Also, free shipping with promo code: ORGANIC. In case you didn't already know, Indigo Clothing offer a wide range of organic and ethical clothing which can be customsied with your logo.ShareThis http://www.indigoclothing.com/blog/lafraise-now-sell-organic-t-shirts/ Tom, Indigo-2's new lead web developer, has noticed, thanks to the 37signals blog, that you can have fun with the CNN headline t-shirt maker thingy we posted about yesterday!ShareThis http://www.indigoclothing.com/blog/messing-with-cnn-shirt/ Starting to get the point of twitter - some good stuff from those I'm following: CNN Headlines printed on t-shirts on-demand [via tCritic/twitter: karllong] London bike shop Velorution have Bagaboo messenger bags (photos on Flickr) - designed by messengers, very tough, great colours, in stock from £100 [via Velorution/twitter: _velorution] Also, via traditional ... http://www.indigoclothing.com/blog/getting-point-of-twitter/ To carry on the vintage t-shirt theme (see last post about 1976 t-shirt from ISO50) I came across a controversial site the other day called "Stuff White People Like" (SWPL). It has been getting an extraordinary amount of media coverage in the US and it seems the reaction it has ... http://www.indigoclothing.com/blog/white-people-vintage-t-shirts/ Vintage t-shirts are still fasionable and as usual Scott Hansen's newsletter sparked my curiousity, his designs for both t-shirts and posters are so distinctive. This 1976 tee is available in 3 retro designs, printed on the American Apparel Heather Grey Tri-blend; just $23.ShareThis http://www.indigoclothing.com/blog/1976-t-shirt/ A trip to the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens tournament left me reflecting on the state of my wardrobe. Despite being involved in the t-shirt printing industry, it does not mean I come into work every day sporting a Gildan Ultra T-Shirt or whatever is lying around the samples cupboard (though ... http://www.indigoclothing.com/blog/hong-kong-tailor/ As t-shirt lovers, we were excited to see a trailer for a new BBC programme on the subject, airing on 22nd April 2008! A new four episode series is starting on BBC THREE where six young fashion lovers swap shopping for the factories and backstreet workshops of India to make clothes ... http://www.indigoclothing.com/blog/blood-sweat-and-t-shirts/ I used the British Library for the first time last Thursday. An incredible building not far from the Indigo Clothing offices and near Kings Cross train station. Did you know they receive a copy of every publication produced in the UK and Ireland and the collection includes 150 million items, ... http://www.indigoclothing.com/blog/british-library/ The famous actor and director, Woody Allen, is suing American Apparel for more than $10m (£5m) after the US clothing company allegedly used his image on advertisements without permission. According to the Guardian newspaper: American Apparel claimed "the image of Allen dressed as a Hassidic character alongside Yiddish text was meant strictly ... http://www.indigoclothing.com/blog/woody-allen-sues-american-apparel/ There is a group of people out there who share the collective aim of developing the 'perfect t-shirt'. They have now developed a great looking website (luxuryredefined.co.uk) and, being t-shirt related, it sits in my bookmarks in the t-shirt websites category (it is a BIG category!). I do though find ... http://www.indigoclothing.com/blog/luxury-redefined/ If choosing screen printing as a customisation option on t-shirts, or other promotional clothing, here are some key money saving tips to keep the price per item down: Print with less colours - a one colour print costs much less than a 4 colour one! Print on just one side rather than ... http://www.indigoclothing.com/blog/money-saving-tips/ The first five thousand people to use the coupon code 'spring08' during the Threadless Spring Cleaning sale will receive $5 off their order on top of the already discounted sale price.ShareThis http://www.indigoclothing.com/blog/threadless-coupons/ Matt recently returned from his travels in Australia and Japan and he popped into the office to show show us a 't-shirt-in-a tube' he bought from a fancy t-shirt vending machine store in Tokyo. The shop is a concept store by well know brand UNIQLO UT and as a ... http://www.indigoclothing.com/blog/t-shirts-in-tubes/ The countdown is on, 2 days until the American brand Banana Republic opens its first ever European flagship store. The store is opening on the 20th March on one of London's most prestigious shopping streets - 224 Regent Street, London. Gap Inc. describes this part of the group: 'Banana Republic ... http://www.indigoclothing.com/blog/banana-republic-london-flagship-store/