19.23 Tees

19.23 fulfills the requirements of the holy t-shirt trinity. Colorways are muted and complementary, like one of the “paratrooper” designs (left), which features a rust-colored release print on a khaki tee. Most include a few lines of whimsical text in place of an interior tag, such as the Emma Rossi haiku in both English and French on the peacock (right) that reads, “Earth mostly water/Blazing …

Print Liberation

Philadelphia-based design studio Print Liberation carries a line of tees, prints, and accessories that will make any font nerd swoon. Printed on American Apparel, we like the layout and concept of the "Don't Give Up" tee, which avoids the bumper sticker-like pitfalls of other message shirts by using non-centered and so-clichéd-it's-meaningless text and was also one of Print Liberation's wheat paste campaigns. The same large …

Threadless Select

It looks like open-source t-shirt experts Threadless have stepped it up a gear, by introducing three new spin-off brands: TypeTees, Kids! and Select. I'm particularly into the last one, with four of the top designers on the site being asked to come up with slightly more luxurious, and expensive tees. Relatively expensive that is. They're still just $25 each, and the shiny Angels and Demons …