OK. So while I was back in Portland, I decided I needed a couple Portland-related t-shirts. Part of this is because now that I'm riding a motorcycle, I need some more casual clothing (that is cool enough to wear under a leather jacket in the tropics). Part of this is to have something that reminds me of Home. And part of it is an effort to pick up girls. "McMenamin's? I'm from Portland too!" But I digress. Obviously I wanted a McMenamin's t-shirt, but they didn't have the one I wanted in the color and size I wanted. AND they wanted 17 BUCKS for a shirt! Like I'm going to shell out $17 to advertise for you. But Powell's (the largest independent bookstore on the planet ) Had cool t-shirts--and just $12! So I picked one up. The only catch is that they are made by American Apparel. American Apparel is, like, some hippie/hipster '70s retro company in LA that makes 100% organic, Fair Trade, sweatshop-free, touchy-feely clothing. And I have serious issues with clothes that aren't a polyester/baby panda blend, lovingly made by 8 year old Vietnamese kids, chained to Kathy Lee's sewing machines and working 19 hour days at gunpoint. But I want to tell you, this is an amazing shirt! For something 100% cotton, it is baby-soft, stretchy, and incredibly comfortable. And did I mention the workmanship on it is great and it is 5 bucks less than the Chinese shirts McMenamin's is selling? If more hippie companies cranked out product like this, I'd be tempted to support them. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got to go dump a couple quarts of old oil from my 2 cycle gasoline powered chainsaw into the sewer.
It's true! I always figured Chinese sweat shop kids did the best work (small hands you know) but it's not always the case!
Geez, what a cheap bastard. $17 is too much? Fughedaboudit!! Lucky youre not from NYC. For the kinda money you wanna spend the only t-shirts you could afford are the shit I Love NY t-shirts they sell in Times Square and the street. Ya need a $40 t-shirt under that leather jacket if ya really wanna impress chicks.
The kinda women Volpone usually hooks up with would probably be more turned on with a 10 buck shirt and 30 singles pinned to it.
Ya got me in trouble. I went to the website and the chick in the T-shirt and panties picture was on my screen when my team leader came up to ask for something. "What is that?!" "I'm looking at T-shirts" "Yeah. Right." I demand REP-arations!!
I can't see myself in a $12 t-shirt unless its one of those 3 pack t-shirts for $12. Or for $12, its in the big bin with slogans like Bush for President or Smile, God Loves You.
Dude, a book store T-shirt? Get it right son! Ya gotta get long sleeved tees either from tattoo shops, your mechanic, or failing that, college teams. Make sure to get oil stains on some part of all of them.
Then a work shirt and an undone leather vest is the uniform. Important to note is that under no circumstances should a coloured shirt match the bike's paint. (Black doesn't count, of course). The shirt should be buttoned no higher than the third button from the top, and never more than three from the bottom if worn with a t-shirt. At least one silver pendant involving a dragon, skull, or semi occult symbol should be visible.
Now ordinarily I'd spring for a $17 t-shirt, but like I said, the one I wanted, they didn't have in my size OR color. And I'd just picked up a great shirt for $5 less. So that influenced my buying decision. As far as the bookstore shirt...it's not a bookstore, it's Powell's! Calling Powell's a bookstore is about like calling CBGB "a bar that had live music". Off topic, it is finally getting cool enough out here that it isn't torture to wear my motorcycle jacket. And while it may be a bit over the top to wear full-on leathers with pockets for armor while riding the way I ride, fuck it. I'm old and I want to protect myself. I'd wear leather pants if I could get away with it.
You're gonna have to explain further cuz CBGB's was a bar that had live music. And a rather raggedy place too.
I love how the American Apparel shop down the road proudly claims that all its goods are made in the US -- i.e., NOT in the country where this shop sells them. It must be a great consolation to their customers that their manufaction is "vertically integrated"... into some other place.
Yes it is, because they just copy the whole "made locally" rhetoric, only their locally isn't locally here.
Of course hippie clothes are durable and comfortable, Volpone. Jesus! They have to be... The broke-ass bastards can only afford one set.
STOP TRYING TO DERAIL THE THREAD! Anyway... I like how the fabric is so smooth that my nipples don't even need to be fully hard to show.
That's another thing- there are plenty of t-shirts I like wearing but end up with nipples visible except in summer. It's uncomfortable.
But can you actually see them, or see the outline? I mean, is it a white shirt that is thin enough that you see a darker circle or is it a tight shirt where they show up like Schumacher's Batman? Because the second one is better than the first. Well, it is on a girl. Don't know about on a guy. Actually the first isn't terrible on a girl either, but... You know what? Forget I said anything.
It's in the manual!!!!!! Riding clothes may only be washed AFTER labour day, thus attaining the correct smell of exhaust and sweat.
