Comments on: Tees For Change: Eco-fashion gets didactic?

By: Dallas

Dallas — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:14:00 +0000

Oops–for anyone who reading the end comment, rather than from the top down… comment 16 links to comments 14 and 15. That is, the t-shirts I’m referring to in Comment 16 are on the site http://www.ElementEcoWear.com. Sorry for any confusion!

By: Dallas

Dallas — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:07:38 +0000

In reply to David Rice’s comment–several people suggested this, so I did lower the price on my site for unprinted t-shirts. The shirt referred to in this article is now just $20 unprinted for women’s (classic feather tee) and $22 for men’s (classic tee).

Interestingly, I have a web survey up on my site right now, and one question is whether people prefer the same price for tees with and without graphics, or to pay less without and a little more with. So far the response is about 40:60, with the slight edge on paying less without.

By: David Rice

David Rice — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:33:44 +0000

It would be great if we could purchase plain Ts without the printing costs.

By: Dallas Fairbanks

Dallas Fairbanks — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:10:57 +0000

Good news to some who love the eco-fashion but don’t want the particular logos on the shirts mentioned. I recently opened an online store which carries a very similar shirt from the same supplier; mine is just a regular tee, not the raglan sleeve version. And the eggplant is a gorgeous color! You can buy the shirt plain or customized with a choice of more than 300 graphics for just $26. I also offer low price shipping, and many other t-shirt styles and colors. And of course, a portion of proceeds are donated to eco-causes as well. For more info, see http://www.ElementEcoWear.com. Happy greening! :o)

By: Alex Thompson

Alex Thompson — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:52:21 +0000

I like the angst of a shirt which reads “Read my blog, dammit!” but doesn’t specify the URL.

By: emily

emily — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:19:01 +0000

great idea about “read my blog” and maybe you could write and ask if their are custom shirt options.

my advice to you: turn the shirt inside out! write on it yourself, sew something else on or just leave it plain!

By: mb

mb — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:43:04 +0000

i have no particular issue with slogan-bearing clothes, but i do find i don’t wear them very often because when i’m in the mood for the cut/color of shirt, i’m not always in the mood for what it says and vice-versa. ultimately, if i’m never going to use it, it’s not a terribly eco purchase.

By: Siel

Siel — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:15:46 +0000

Just to be clear, I’m not against personal slogans (or colors) — I just feel weird about wearing it publicly, b/c it feels a bit like I’m telling others what to do. For the most part, the messages on these T-shirts ARE commands, after all…. Imperative sentences, I think is what we called them in jr high….

But since many people seem cool with the messaging, maybe I should buy a shirt with the slogan “read my blog, dammit” :P

By: Alistair Williamson

Alistair Williamson — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:43:17 +0000

Having checked the meaning of diadactic – I agree.

If it’s about how the tee’s came to be they speak to that. The hand print of the sewer would work for me, or something that is less easy to write off – like Turkish bamboo.

By: Will Campbell

Will Campbell — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:13:42 +0000

Do they have one that says “Print Sparingly?”