The Orphan's Arms - Printed Fashion

THE ORPHAN'S ARMS...

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It is not very often I come across a great

basic graphic-orientated brand.

The Orphan's Arms is my new fav.

I absolutely love their prints - not too in-your-face

but still demands space and attention.

Is there anything better than a graphic top?

LOVE

Go to their online shop over here

and their Twitter over here

and their Tumblr over here

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LONG - clothing

LONG...

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Created in 2008 by two young Londoners:
Gareth and Rhys, Long Clothing has really created itself
quite a gathering of admirers.

The aim of LONG is simple:
to create super stylish and basic printed graphic tees.
Sticking to simple, yet effective designs and silhouettes

Today LONG has over 150 stockists spread across 20 countries and is represented in London, New York and Tokyo.

"With an ongoing series of successful parties and club nights as well as collaborations from Boy London, Bearbrick and Disaro Records, LONG affirms it’s status as one of London’s most exciting and iconic youth brands."

lovely stuff.
South Africa needs more of this I think...

Do go to their website over here,
as well as their fantastic Tumblr over here!

LOVE

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Upsidedown Crosses With Asian Stereotypes!

With Asian Stereotypes...

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... Hello, and welcome to my new fav find -  

With Asian Stereotypes.

This fashion brand fist caught my attention when I noticed a whole lot of 

upside down crosses
on printed tees and hanging from chains. My first thought -
oh
wow, that's a bold move!

LOVE these ripped tights from With Asian Stereotypes...!!

Now, living in South Africa where most has been conditioned to be very
sensitive towards people's race, cultures and religions, I highly doubt
a brand like this would go down well on the streets of Cape Town, sad as this
is to say, as I love the cheekiness of the upside down goth cross.

Now, before you start throwing your bibles at my face, let's take a little look into
where this symbol comes from and what it really means:

The "Upside Down Cross" is otherwise knows as the Cross of St. Peter, and
SURPRISE SURPRISE was actually, traditionally, used as a symbol of Christianity
as St. Peter himself was crucified upside down, on a very upside down cross.
The reason for this? St. Peter requested to be crucified in this manner as he felt
unworthy to be crucified in the same was as our boy Jesus himself.

Some Catholics still, to this day, use an upside down cross to symbolize our humility,
and our unworthiness in comparison to Jesus Christ...

SO, whether you even believe in God and/or Jesus or not, it's always good to know a little more about this symbol the next time you decide to sport an upside down cross to Sunday school, kids :p

With Asian Stereotypes is chock full of upside down cross goodness.
Their shapes are SO basic, but their witchy gothy prints are stark and cheeky,
and will look great with a pair of distressed denims and lace-up docs.

Their jewellery is also gorgeous and def worth taking a look at!

Below are a few of my FAV pieces from their shop...

Visit their website here,
and look out for other With Asian Stereotypes pieces dotted across blogs and Pinterests alike ;)

ENJOY

XO

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AND now for some of their SICK jewellery:

STILL loving these little Faux-Fur tails to clip onto your bag.... SO sweet!

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Lookbook.nu LOVES Graphic Tees

GRAPHIC TEES...

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... are one of my most fav fashion things in the world.

Sometimes all you need to add a bit of "jazz" to an outfit

is a good-ol 

graphic tee.

There are many ways to dress a 

printed t-shirt or vest.

To get you inspired, I've taken 5 fellow

Lookbook.nu Fashionistas

that are all on todays HOT trending page

to show you just how different you can dress

your graphic tees:

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1. SHADOW PLAY by Bernadette F

Bernadette mixes a bold black and white graphic tee

with a striking sheer red high-low maxi skirt.

I love this outfit, it's super edgy and cute and I even don't mind the 

little socks peeking out her booties ;) 

It always works to mix a BLACK AND WHITE tee with

a rich bold colour! 

Visit Bernadette's blog over here!

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 1. TRANSCEND / SECRETS by Iga. W

Iga mixes her straight forward BLACK AND WHITE

graphic tee with a marble effect colour printed

legging. This works perfectly I think and looks really cute.

Although I do love the print-on-print trend, sometimes

for an item of clothing as detailed and bold as these

printed leggings, all you need is simple graphic tee 

to bring it all together ;)

 

Visit Iga's blog over here! 

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 1. SEVEN THIRTY by Jennifer G.

Jennifer has such a cute girl-next-door look over here, 

and what fits best with converse and little scalloped shorts?

A graphic tee ;)

Her distressed printed tee gives this outfit a bit more 

of a mature / rockery retro look and the grey and red in 

her tee brings her outfit together perfectly... bit of a

"i'm with the band" look going on which is super cute!!

Visit Jennifer's blog over here! 

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 1. ALL STAR by Lua P.

 I've been keeping my eye on this little blogger for AGES now!

I LOVE all of her looks, she really does have great style.

Lua has a bit of a hip/hop/grunge thing going on here.

In fact, her graphic tee has a bit of a metal look about it, but all in all

this entire look works well. Lua teams an entirely black outfit

with TWO pops of colour - The white print on her tee

and her green sneakers! I love this tee and the DIY looking cut-off crop 

style is super grunge and super hot.

Visit Lua's blog over here! 

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 1. 1991 by Kristina B.

 Well done Kristina for being TOP of the leader board today

on Lookbook.nu !!

This last look just goes to show that graphic

tees aren't JUST for band groupies and alternatives.

Kristina's little WILDFOX COUTURE "1991" top

fits SO perfectly with her sweet girly look, and gives it

a super trendy edgy. All the colours

of this look are very feminine and girly and I love

how her black and white graphic tee JUMPS out at you... SO cool!

Visit Kristina's blog over here! 

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So take inspiration from these bloggers

and get ready for another Summer season

of AMAZING

GRAPHIC TEES!!

For some MORE inspiration

please go check out my PINTEREST

board:

PRINTED GARMENTS

ENJOY

XO

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