One of a kind test shirts – PrintLiberation

What a great idea…..

“These are one-of-a-kind tees. Before we print a run of shirts we test the design on a tee to make sure there aren’t any leaks, pin-holes and overall defects in the screen. After a while the designs overlap creating layers and layers of greatness. Every single test tee varies a bit. Also, there may be finger smudges or other attributes that add character to these artifacts.”

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Yougraph – a t-shirt and screen printers dream

T-shirt printers and screen printers sometimes get twitchy and you may even hear a low pitched grumble at times when garment designers provide images that do not take into consideration the desired level of thought or print preparation when the creative juices are flowing. The ordinary business that may just want a cool image on [...]

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Liam Gallagher’s new Pretty Green Range

Liam Gallagher’s new Pretty Green Range, yet to be released.

Some words from Terry Christian about the man behind the brand.
Pretty Green, taken from the title of a Jam song, is to be the name of Liam Gallagher’s new clothing range: classic styles as befitting a true star and reflecting the tastes of his audience. Liam [...]

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Screen printing and T shirt printing techniques

Plastisol – the most common plastisol based print used in garment decoration. Good colour opacity onto dark garments, clear graphic detail, with as the name suggests, a more plasticized texture. This print can be made softer with special additives or heavier by adding extra layers of ink.
Water Based inks – these penetrate the fabric more [...]

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SHIROI NEKO – Handmade designer T-shirts

All Shiroi Neko T-shirts are handmade.
Several techniques are used to achieve the unique Shiroi Neko look, including stonewash, enzyme & acid wash, foil, floss and custom coloring.
Shiroi Neko T-shirts are screen printed on the front as well as the back and some models all around.
Print motifs are influenced by retro tattoo, vintage Manga (Anime) as [...]

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Glitters, foils and hamsters – Screen printing

D.I.Y. stands for Destroy It Yourself. Most sensible men know this, resulting in the invention of the sofa, the bottled availability of Old Bishop’s Todger, and the seven hundred episodes of Top Gear now  showing – if my Mrs ever finds Dave, he’s going to get a kicking. There are some blokes out there in [...]

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Own Clothing – tshirts and modern streetwear

The name “OWN” was originally intended as a reference to modern street wear culture, and hoped it would
provoke some thought behind why individuals purchase copious amounts of branded clothes and footwear
not just to wear but to also “keep them on ice”.

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Plug our blog articles into your site and support Urban clothing design

Urban clothing widget

You can now get our blog as a widget (news feed) and plug it right into your own site or blog. In order to set it up,  just follow the link below and get your widget in the size and colour which best fits in with your site. Get the code and follow [...]

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Your tshirt and fashion choice

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t shirt printing, screen printing, embroidery

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HERE COME THE SUGABABES T-SHIRTS

From the Chateau Roux Design Department, through the October T-shirt Print Laboratories, and on to the Sugababes.
It’s not surprising they went for this t-shirt – made from a modal t-shirt fabric it’s extremely soft and light, and so a good choice for performance. The fine gauge of the t-shirt does create an issue when the [...]

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