T-Shirt Times

By Sara McDonald
The Daily News  

Published April 29, 2007

When my husband and I had only been dating a few weeks, he picked me up at my apartment wearing the most awful shirt I have ever seen.

It’s hard to even describe it — it was a long sleeved, gray T-shirt with a plaid patch-like thing on the front, so that when the shirt was worn under a jacket, it “looked” like a nice shirt.

It was not worn under a jacket, but I’m not sure that would have saved it.

I tried to drop hints I thought were obvious. “That shirt is really different,” I said.

I know now he doesn’t respond to hints.

When he finally got fed up with my distant stares and standoffish behavior, he asked me what was wrong.

“I really hate your shirt,” I finally confessed.

Read More:
Go There

Technorati Tags: Shirt, Shirts, TShirt, TShirts, T-Shirt, T-Shirts, Tee, Teeshirt, Teeshirts, Tshirt, Tshirts, Fashion

Hazel Blears has suspended sales of T-shirts promoting her campaign for the Labour Party deputy leadership over fears they may be linked to a factory disaster in Bangladesh.

The supply chain for the garments may lead to a factory where dozens were killed when a building collapsed in 2005.

The Salford MP said she was horrified at suspicions that a product sold on her website might be connected to exploited workers - and was urgently investigating claims of a link.

Last night Miss Blears, Labour’s chairman, pledged to donate to a fund for the families of victims of the Bangladesh disaster, which claimed 64 lives.

And she demanded ’swift answers’ from her supplier, Spreadshirt.

In a statement, she explained that one item sold by the firm was supplied from Bangladesh by B&C/The Cotton Group.

The Cotton Group is the second largest promotional T-shirt supplier in Europe and claims to have an ethical policy, she added.

‘However, it has come to our attention that The Cotton Group was one of the customers of Spectrum, a manufacturer who operated an unsafe factory in Bangladesh which collapsed in 2005, killing 64 workers.

Read More:
Go There

Technorati Tags: Shirt, Shirts, TShirt, TShirts, T-Shirt, T-Shirts, Tee, Teeshirt, Teeshirts, Tshirt, Tshirts, Fashion

Monday, April 30, 2007
By LaMont Jones, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Some folks criticize Pittsburgh’s distinct neighborhoods as a source of parochialism and provincialism.So when she got the idea to create Neighbor Teaze, a collection of T-shirts based on the city’s 90 neighborhoods, she hoped the public might take a liking to them.

And they have. The vintage-style shirts, $32 each, are selling briskly at Lilas in Shadyside and Sugar in Lawrenceville. Charles Spiegel for men/the Garage in Squirrel Hill recently began selling men’s sizes, and the shirts are also available at juliadinardo.com. "The idea just kind of popped into my head out of nowhere," said Ms. DiNardo, a Highland Park native. "Even though I’ve been away from Pittsburgh for a little while, you can’t help but loving the place you’re from."

Read More
Go There

Technorati Tags: Shirt, Shirts, TShirt, TShirts, T-Shirt, T-Shirts, Tee, Teeshirt, Teeshirts, Tshirt, Tshirts, Fashion