The Olympics is over and here comes the Cheap T-Shirts

Just like that, 4 years in the making and it’s over in two weeks. I can only imagine what China must be going through I can remember the hangover Sydney experienced after the Olympics. People were on a high for the rest of the year and then like magic the mood changed. China spent billions on the games and on PR but we all know what the lasting images of the games will be. With the games are over we can all now afford some cheap Olympic clothing including souvenir t-shirts. Who is going to pay full price for merchandise during the games when all you have to do is wait a couple of weeks and you can purchase it at half-price.

I think many big name American companies have been caught out by the lack of sales in Olympic merchandise. In China many large sporting companies are hoping that the Chinese will embrace the post Olympic blues and start buying up merchandise. An article in The Wall St Journal explained that businesses such as Nike and Adidas have experienced slow sales during the event. The cost of products has to be the main reason for the slow sales. Now that the Olympics is over it’s time for the discounting to begin. While the Olympics have been popular on television people have been slow to rush out and buy any type of Olympic clothing. Will the trend change now that the Olympics are over? If you can’t find any cheap Olympic clothing but are after some seriously cheap NYC clothing check-out the full range at R.A.G.

Look what a cheap outfit can do to your confidence

If you’ve been following the basketball at this Olympics you would know the damage the mighty Dream Team has caused on nations. Today, it was Australia’s turn to experience the full-force of the US team and the end result was not pretty. If you don’t know, the Dream Team is a selection of the NBA’s best players. The best Dream Team ever picked was the one of the 92 Olympics, which contained stars like Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird to name a few. Comparisons have been made with this year’s team in the way the team has demolished the opposition.

Getting back to Australia, naturally they were the underdogs but there was another issue affecting their performance. It was their uniforms! Yes, reports coming out of Australia that the uniforms had made the players feel uncomfortable and even embarrassed. The player’s confidence was zapped even before the first basket was thrown. Why, the Australians teams’ uniform was bright yellow, the players were warming up with yellow t-shirts, baggy shorts and a collection of white and black socks. Compared to Dream Team who came out wearing immaculate looking tracksuits, everything was in place they looked like the ‘Dream Team’.

We all know what a killer outfit can do for your confidence and I’m not surprised the Aussie’s were off their game. But, when you’re up against the best team in the world at least you want to look your best, even if you’re going to lose the game! The Aussie team should’ve rejected the cheap looking Olympic designed gear and went to the store to buy something different! At least enter the court wearing some cool designed t-shirts, haven’t you learnt anything from the American’s, dress for success. Better luck next-time boys!

Look Good on the Cheap

The return to school advertisements have already begun and everyone is scrambling to find trendy clothes but on the cheap! So where do you find cheap clothes? Well, retailers have come to the party, with new ranges of clothes aimed at the discount market. University students have been known to frequent thrift stores for their clothing requirements. The trick to finding good quality bargains at thrift stores is by choosing a rich neighborhood. One popular spot in NYC is Park Slope, your guaranteed to find good quality garments at stupid prices. Cheap clothing is to be found everywhere, you just have to get out there and look.

Free T-Shirts

I bet the title made you curious to see what I was talking about? In these dark and gloomy days we're all suppose to be experiencing I was curious to see if there was such a thing as 'free t-shirts' and to my astonishment there is. Companies on the internet are giving away free t-shirts in return for advertising. Basically, you’re a walking billboard for the company. Korea’s local online auction site has experienced massive growth since a number of companies starting offering t-shirts for under $1, some stores have sold over 24,000 t-shirts. The slowdown in the economy has hit fashion sales with middle of the road stores being most affected. Discounted clothing and thrift stores are the only sector to grow as people turn to them for their clothes shopping requirements. If you can afford it, the time is now to to buy cheap clothing, retailers are selling clothes at ridiculously low prices.

Polo T Shirts: Just Where Do They Come From?

In suburban areas you tend to find people waking up at 6am, jogging around the town, and sitting down for their morning latte without a care in the world. These early morning folk are socially conscious for whatever reason (normally the need to be a part of a fad) and will only drink fair trade coffee, eat organic food, and essentially shun anything that when eaten could have a negative impact on their body or moral conscience. Now it should be said that this is a good thing, at least for whatever reason people are actively saying ‘no’ to consumables that could have possibly been produced by unfair labor or with something not fit for human consumption. But these polo wearing, latte drinking, organic loving people are forgetting that the majority of their clothing remains products of child labor and are very, very far from anything organic.


Cotton, the most ubiquitous ingredient in just about every form of clothing: polo t shirts, graphic tees, cargo pants, plaid shorts, canvas bags, and even messenger bags all contain some amount of cotton. The majority of the cotton contained in these objects is synthetic, meaning that they are grown with artificial chemical substances unlike their organic brethren. These non-naturally occurring materials such as pesticides and plant stimulants are not only harmful to the environment, but degrade the quality of the shirt over all. The pesticides are washed off of the plant during the rain and seep into nearby water systems and contaminate surrounding areas killing off plant an animal life. But it’s not just the animals in danger! No, the farmers who have to use the pesticides are normally without the proper equipment and can suffer from lung cancer and other diseases and ailments from being exposed to the chemical substances for too long.


The Polo T shirt, something we’ve all come to enjoy as a symbol for American Prepiness, stability, and other positive symbols; however it is easy to not notice that not only do these shirts suffer from synthetic cotton, but they are more than likely not part of the fair trade movement. Fair trade can be simply defined as people in areas of the world being paid fair wages for their work to uplift their living and educational systems. Non-fair trade countries such as China are more than likely where your shirts come from; China being one of the top havens for child labor and violations of human rights laws. It’s easy to overlook where your clothing comes from because it’s not something that you have to ingest like food; however, for all of those socially conscious latte drinkers out there, you might want to consider just where that polo t shirt came from before wearing it in the morning.

Design by Humans

Today I'll be reviewing the new(ish) website called "Design by Humans". I'm normally not a fan of online stores, but with this company I'll make an exception. Here is a short description from their website about their business:

"Design by Hümans (DBH) is a place for people to submit, discover and buy amazing custom t-shirt designs created by artists from around the world. Based around an ongoing t-shirt design contest, all of the designs you see on Design By Hümans have been submitted by our community. Headquartered in Irvine, California, Design By Hümans officially launched in early July 2007."

What's really awesome about this website is that you can make your own t-shirt designs and submit them to the company, in turn other users vote on what shirts are allowed to join the collection. Subsequently, if you win you will also get a cash prize. I'll start uploading my own shirts soon enough.

Do it yourself screen printing.

It's pretty obvious that the cheapest T-shirts are the one you make yourselves. If you don't want to go out and buy something, and still want to have something slightly fashionable when you walk outside of the house, then Do-It-Yourself Screen Printing is for you.

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The above is a video from youtube on how to make your own shirts; however if you want a link where you can learn how to screen-print without having to constantly hit the rewind button, look below:

Do It Yourself Silk Screening Tutorial

Cheap T Shirts: Vintage clothing is a lie.

Lets kick off this blog with an in depth article about Cheap T shirts and how they are no longer synonymous with the word 'vintage'. I found this article and all credit goes to the author:


Cheap T Shirts: Vintage Clothing is a Lie ~ by Fred McCoy

If you live in a major city, or even the suburbs of one, you know that ‘vintage’ clothing is what’s in style this season. This is completely understandable, after all with the soaring prices of polo t shirts, preppy plaid shorts, there was bound to be a fashion backlash which would revolve around cheap, affordable, and individualistic clothing. This is where the vintage revolution in our present society stems from. However, let’s start with the origins of vintage clothing and see how it evolved into where it lies in the world of fashion today.

Surprisingly, most grunge, punk, and emo subcultures in America have no idea where their style of clothing or even their attitude towards the mainstream world comes from. The ‘Punk’ movement existed during the 1970’s in the United Kingdom when there was a significantly growing class difference between the middle and upper classes. Many young people were out of work and to express their rage against the government, they adopted a mentality, personality, and fashion style to show their dissatisfaction with how the country was being run. Rudeness, destruction, torn and worthless cheap t shirts, military boots were their uniforms against the regime that held them underfoot. This clothing became staple of the punk rock movement which quickly spread across the world and became more and more mainstream as the years went on.

Today Punk is nothing more than another generic, mainstream culture where the majority of its members come from an upper-class family and has more than enough money to buy into the fashion and music scene. Forget cheap t shirts and broken guitars, these new ‘punks’ could afford all sorts of new clothing that came pre-torn, instead of wearing it out themselves. They could afford music lessons, instead of spending nights with a guitar coming up with an expression of their rage. Major brand names capitalize on this today by offering ‘vintage’ clothing; essentially partially destroyed clothing at seventy dollars and up. Even small, single shop boutiques in New York City that claim to have vintage clothing are doing the same. If you’re looking for a cheap t shirt, and you still want to stand out, you should check lesser known brand names that no one would be caught dead with: try tourist based clothing shops in major cities.