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“Retro-Futurism” is a return to, and an enthusiasm for, the depictions of the future produced in the past, both in science fiction and in the nonfiction futurism of the time”.

W.”Zak” Hoke, Creative Partner, GARB/EDGE nyc :

“Brands like Perks & Mini (PAM), Sixpack France, BAPE, ADDICT, dpmhi/Maharishi, Artist like Futura, Jose Parla, Takashi Murakami and a few others were my inspiration for my Spring 2009 “Retro-Futurism” collection for GARB/EDGE. Being into architecture and a huge fan of Sci-Fi, particularly, Stanley Kubrick and George Lucas, I decided to approach the line the same way they approach their work: with imagination and passion”.

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They LOVE all things Zombie/Horror/Heavy Metal/Cool. All designs are jumbo size prints ranging from 4 to 6 colours, because they silk screen only, the quality is very high and the prints last the life of the shirt!

Zombie Liquorice is the brain zombie child of Jason & Jeff!

All shirts they make are silk screen printed on to 100% cotton American Apparel and they ship World Wide.

Zombie Liquorice uses PayPal for payments.

Fruits attack designed by Sven Palmowski aka A.mar.illo is the first contest winner on ABT in december. 2 color discharge print on
black American Apparel shirt.

Night of the dead by siXsiXsiX is the second ABT winner. 6 color waterbased screenprint
on asphalt American Apparel shirts.

Dirty Sanchez by Metamephisto is one out of two Beautiful loser shirts for december.

Paper Root is back again with another strong offering. Working with some new underground designers as well as new print techniques, these shirts are sure to up your swagger.

On top of that, in honor of the holiday season, they are having a blowout Holiday Sale with tees as low as $7.

The sale is good through New Years. Also, Paper Root has released a holiday tee specifically to raise money for TOYS for TOTS. So grab one if your feeling charitable.

ps: Paper Root is now available at Karmaloop Kazbah!

The entire Akomplice team pushed real hard to come out with the Holiday collection, they wanted to put a different flavor on the tees as well as push themselves which you can see in the cut n sew pieces, down coat, Rugby, Flask, Denim, New Era X AK Hat scarf pack, etc.

Evolution is everything for them, keeping the inspiration high and continuing to make clothing they love and people love.

Leapstore is getting into the spirit of xmas with these 2 fantastic offers to its valued customers throughout December 08.

PURHCHASE ANY JACKET AND RECEIVE A RATHER TIDY SEVENTYSEVEN BEANIE ABSOLUTELY FREE!

plus…

SPEND OVER £75 AND YOU’LL ALSO GET A LOVELY SEVENTYSEVEN T-SHIRT FOR FREE!

Place your order by 20th December 2008 for guaranteed Christmas delivery in the UK. For more info check out Leapstore.

Foot Locker has teamed up with R&B sensation Ciara to offer customers an exclusive free download from her third album ‘Fantasy Ride’ as well as the once in a lifetime opportunity to meet the singer herself.

Ciara’s latest album is due for release in next year, but those who want to get ahead of the game should head down to Foot Locker and spend £10 or more to receive a unique code to download an exclusive remix of the first single ‘Go Girl’.

Also up for grabs is the chance to win an all-expenses paid trip to meet Ciara for two lucky entrants, as well as runners up prizes of an ultra cool W350 Sony Ericsson phone complete with a Ciara ringtone. Entering couldn’t be easier, just visit foot locker and answer the question!

This collaboration is another huge Foot Locker exclusive bringing sneaker aficionados the latest and greatest from the biggest names on the planet!

Please visit Mind what you wear and check out our favorite gift ideas:

MAKE THE CUSTOMS OFFICERS BLUSH ( passport cases by stiksel):

WHERE IS MY GUM (Brooch by Wanted Jewellery):

IT IS A STEAL! ( Brooch by IK):

BIG RING (by Jet Mous):

ROSE NECKLACE (by Mecky van den Brink):

Three contemporary legends, Jose Parla, Eric Haze and Natas Kaupas from Miami, NYC and LA have created a set of 3 limited edition T-shirts for The Standard Hotel’s 3 properties (owned by Andre Balazs) in those cities

1500 of each design has been produced and are available only through The Standard’s website starting on 8 Dec.

A limited number of T-shirts are also available at each hotel’s on-site store.

Each T-shirt includes the artist’s signature next to the label and sells for $55, T shirts come in black or white, in S/M/L and are available for men and women.

Orders before 18th Dec will be received before the holidays using regular shipment. Orders before Dec 22 will arrive for holidays. These 3 impressive artists have a rich body of work - each with a style that represents the 3 cities where Standard Hotels are located:

Jose Parla - a contemporary artist with graffiti roots whose work looks like kaleidoscope of layered colors and textures. It’s totally incredible to watch him at work - you can watch him on a CoolHunting video from last year.

His first solo exhibition in NYC just opened at Cristina Grajales (from Nov 8 to Dec 20). He has had many exhibitions around the world in USA, UK, Australia, Dubai, Japan etc. etc. including ones at Christies during art basel and with Takashi Murakami in Tokyo.

His first UK solo show called “Adaptation/Translation” opened in October at ELMS LESTERS PAINTING ROOMS).

He was also one of 6 young artists who went to China for an artists’ tour - the other artists on this trip include with artists like Suitman, Rostarr, Deanne Cheuk, Davi Russo (photographer), Mark Foster (filmmaker).

Eric Haze - a legendary graffiti artist and graphic designer from New York City and is known as one of the earliest designers of streetwear clothing. Eric has collaborated with a number of brands such as Porsche, Sony, Stussy, Mountain Dew, Nike, G-Shock, New Balance.

Some of his works include the now iconic early hip-hop logos for Public Enemy, EPMD, and MTV as well as album covers for the Beastie Boys and Tommy Boy Records. His handwritten text for the cover of the Beastie Boys “Check Your Head” album is probably one of the most imitated handwriting styles to this day.

His customised Lotus “Exige” to help celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Sony / Playstation video game “Gran Turismo” received a huge amount of attention globally - car is currently being auctioned on ebay to benefit Studio in a School, a New York non-profit that pairs professional artists with children.

Earlier this year Haze completed a major solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Hong Kong.

Natas Kaupas - accomplished artist and skateboarding legend - He is often referred to as one of the first true professional street skateboarders during the “Dogtown Era” - there are loads of amazing videos about him on YouTube.

In early 1990’s, Natas began to do art direction and graphic design for such companies as Santa Monica Airlines, Element, Vita, Etnies and his own board company, Designarium - and later became global creative director at Quicksilver.

Natas was profiled in one of the most famous skateboarding films of all time “Streets on Fire“.

The idea is iwearyourshirt and it is pretty simple.

Jason, iwearyourshirt:

“I am selling ad space on my chest, to anyone in the world, in the form of a t-shirt. I plan on wearing a new t-shirt everyday for 2009. Day 1 starts at $1, and each day the price of a shirt goes up a buck, until New Years Eve 2009 when the price is $365. January, February and March sold out within 5 days of launch and as of today 120 spots have been sold, almost exactly 1/3 of 2009!

The brands and companies who buy a spot will be promoted using social media tools like Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, Ustream.tv, multiple other Video sharing sites and the iwearyourshirt Official Blog for daily shirt exposure. I am encouraging people to send products associated with their company that I can talk about as well as their shirts.

When a company buys a day they can expect me in the shirt all day. I am not putting the shirt on for 20 minutes to take pictures and video, I am wearing it from the time I wake up until the time I go to bed. No exceptions! I’m not a rock-star, professional athlete or supermodel, just a guy with a passion for marketing and looking to have some fun while wearing shirts”.

“This is Flo Albert” does a big christmas charity auction on ebay.

Actual products can be bidden on in favour of the “Freude für Alle” foundation, which supports people who became innoncent victims of accidents or illnesses, and thereout lost their normal lives and/or belongings.Now these people need financial aid to start a new life.

That’s why the benefit of these auctions completely goes into that foundation.

You can find them on ebay at “Flo Albert” or “Freude für Alle“.

Need a present for your brother, your friend, or even yourself this Xmas? Well, They have you covered!

For a limited time they are offering a “Christmas Treat” A 3 T-shirt package from the current T-Shirt collection for a bargain price.

Just Perfect for gift giving. (You can choose the size of the T-Shirts, but the designs will be randomly selected from a mysterious black top-hat).

The guys over at MarkerTees have created a range of t-shirts that allow you to use the t-shirt as a canvas.

A simple re-writable marker (included for free with every t-shirt) allows you (or your friends) to write and draw on the tee with whatever message or picture you like.

The drawing disappears after every wash, making it reusable over and over again. A different tee every day! It’s that simple really.

From an eco-friendly point of view, having one t-shirt that you can change the design of can even mean great things for the environment.

One of their ‘speech bubble’ t-shirts could potentially be re-written to replace 1000 different slogan tees.

RDKL Tops are about all things rad.

Available only in extremely limited quantities and are produced and distributed from the most isolated city in the world.

If your Beejoir ‘LV Child’ is looking lonely in your house, then FUSShop have found the perfect companion!!

Charlie Brown by Cyclops stands 18cm high and is available in 4 colourways - Grey, Black, Pink and White…

Each colour is limited to 100 pieces. All individually signed, boxed and numbered by the artist.

If you live in London then you have probably noticed ‘Cyone’s’ face looking down at you from the walls and backstreets.

So if you missed out on them at POW at the weekend and just couldn’t handle the queues then this is your second chance.

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