T-shirt presentationBy Aleii.

Friday, 11 December 2009

Internet Research.The t shirt has evolved from a undergarment to a item of clothing that some people take pride in wearing. In the 1940's they were used as a bra or vest type item of clothing and was worn under neath the clothes, it was also used in the royal navy but now people show there views on t shirts or wear them as a fashion statement.

T shirts have now developed over time from something that started of as a simple shirt for the royal navy, that they most likely found from other boat crews that wore them out in the open on board. the styles have varied quite a lot over the years many people remember the 60's when the tie dye look was quite popular. The first major company to establish the t-shirt Tropix Togs in the early 50's.

The T-shirt evolved from undergarments used in the 19th century, through cutting the one-piece "union suit" underwear into separate top and bottom garments, with the top long enough to tuck under the waistband of the bottoms. T-shirts, with and without buttons, were adopted by miners and stevedores during the late 1800's as a convenient covering for hot environments

Friday, 11 December 2009

SHAKES TEE By CHEER UP CLOTHING.

The shakes tee by cheer up is a ash grey t-shirt with a pink white and red print on top of it.The image is of A milkshake glass with whipped cream and a cheery on top, with the drink spilling out of the top of it. Its a high rise collar with shirt sleeves.The reason i got it is because the brand is by two friends of mine, Ed and Matt.They are both in bands ( You me at six and look! Im a ghost/Me and the moon)and they are quite big within the music industry, and a lot of bands wear this brand

for example: - All forgotten- Emarosa- Futures- Hit the lights- Houston calls- Me and the moon - Versa Emerge- We are the ocean- You me at six

The other designs are often seen in bands music videos or on the internet as the bands wear the clothing and the clothes are seen all over the net as they are promoted. the clothing company obviously has a strong link to the music industry. I like my tee as its quite simple but cute and quirky at the same time, i ordered it over the internet from the official cheerupclothing.com but i could easily have picked it up from many you me at six tours as Matt takes Ed and the clothing on tour with his band around the UK. They make around £10,000 yearly from the company. The clothing line has featured in many magazines such as 'front' which is a 'gentleman's mag' and kerrang clothing. It has also appeared on youtube with an advert for there march line.

Friday, 11 December 2009

Online T-shirt Printing.Online t-shirt printing is cheaper and easier to use than getting t-shits in a large amount before the shirts are ordered over the internet as you would be saving money .online printing means you can save the t-shirt design and then once a shirt is needed you can thenprint of the wanted design. This method saves a lot of money as you are not paying for every t-shirt to be printed and then if some of these shirts do not get used and you would also have to pay for all the shirts tobe sent to yourself before you can send them off.

Online printing allows one image to be saved on a computer and then just uploaded to a website to be printed off.This can also allow more designs to be saved and then after used when they are wanted.

For Example :

http://www.tshirtstudio.com/http://www.spreadshirt.net/en/GB/Create-t-shirt/Create-your-own--59/

Friday, 11 December 2009

Blood sweat and t-shirts.

I watched two videos about the making of high street clothing, One looked into Primark and the other was about ‘who’ makes the t shirts.

The first one i watched was Blood sweat and t shirts, this was a show on six fashion loving teens being sent over to india to see how clothes are really made. I think the most effective part of these videos are that it shows the reality of backstreet factories in india, and highlights the horrific problems within them. It also shows the reaction of a british citizen which we can relate too as thats what we are, it kind of hits home when you see them in that situation.

The second video i watched was ‘Primark on the rack’ which is about the high street store Primark. This video highlights the sort of problems that can arise inside the store. Like products being all over the place, riots going into a brand new store and fights breaking out over ‘cheap’ clothing. It also highlights how cheap the clothing is and says ‘primark in the new Prada.’

Friday, 11 December 2009

Stencils and silkscreen

Silkscreening has been used since 1960’s to create t-shirts.silk screening is where a mesh is held over a ink blocking stencil, the benefits of this method is that it is very simple and easybut the down sides is that it is quite messy and smudges. Also the paints can smudge from one shirt to another as it gets onto the board that then subsequently ruins the T-shirt design. Also if the stencil isn’t put down flat enough the paint will bleed. And that also will ruin the shirt, silk screening has more downsides compared to pro’s, so i would say avoid this.

Friday, 11 December 2009

Campaign T-Shirts...T-shirts are used in many campaigns to show the subject of it, they also make the campaign more well known and alsoshows those who are supporting it.

Some campaigns that i support that use t-shirts are: To write love on her arms Peta

The t-shirts both target an audience of 16-19 year olds by making them quite interesting to look at by using bright colour’s or even making the design on the a v neck. its also got bright colours as thewriting and its quite catchy.

Friday, 11 December 2009