It’s been a minute since I’ve done a TumbleDryLow post, so here’s the jury dury edition coming at you straight from the courtroom wifi!
For the record, I didn’t wear this shirt to jury duty.

This most excellent “Sex, Drugs, Helvetica Bold” shirt is from Collapse.

You guys know by now that I’m a certified Helvetica FREAK, so when I saw this I immediately had to own it.

Even the packaging it came in was totally slick!

There are a couple things about the shirt that some folks might not like. First, the lowercase l in “bold” is tilted (which is a trademark of most collapse shirts, as well as their logo). I think it’s sort of neat, but it might offend some type purists out there. Also, they don’t make a girly fit version of their tees. All that said, I’m extremely happy with my purchase from them.

Next on my wishlist is their “Will Kern for Food” shirt!

A couple of you were asking where I got this fabulous dress, so here’s the lowdown!

It was a gift from the fabulous Mr. Tim, purchased at the wonderful Betty Page Store, in Las Vegas!

The staff there was incredible, fetching me different sizes, styles, and accessories.
I bought some other stuff there, but honestly I cannot stop wearing this particular dress.
You’re all going to see so many pictures of me wearing this dress that you’ll be sick of it.
That’s how much I love it.

If you’re in Vegas, go to this store.
There’s something for every body type, and the staff will make sure you leave with something fabulous.

Hey guys! Upper playground, who I’ve blogged about on here before, is celebrating their 10th anniversary.

To mark this momentous occasion,

everything they make is 50% off right now.

The sale lasts until tomorrow in their retail locations, and until the 25th in their online store.

I stopped by the store yesterday and got the sweet shirt and bandanna pictured above.

1. Deco New York Mini Journal — Fredflare
2. Lovebirds Tea Towel — Ferm Living
3. Large Slab Pillow — LetterSetter
4. Cutthroat tie — Cyberoptics tie company
5. Ratio M tee — Brooklyn industries
6. Asymmetric cadet jacket — Phillip Lim
7. Polaroid tee — Fredflare
8. Phonophone - Tristan Zimmermann
9. Key Ring — Kiel Mead
10. Type Trumps — Magma Books
11. Soda ring — D-LICIOUS
12. Red Fingerless Gloves — Fredflare
13. PANTONE® Flight Stool — PANTONE® Universe
14. Ice Cream Lamp — Fredflare

What’s on YOUR list?

First, this video amused me very much:

(via Laughingsquid)

Second, I love the guys at Turn Nocturnal.

Check out this shirt:

& Comic Book Tattoo is totally out tomorrow!! (for real this time!)
OMG!

After an epic weekend at the Renegade Craft Fair, I’ve returned with this t-shirt gem from SEIBEI.

Oh man, do I like this shirt.

Red white and black? Check.
Print runs all the way to the bottom of the shirt? Check.
Witty and clever? Check.
Bold sans serif font in all caps? DOUBLE CHECK.

I should mention that all the people I met from SEIBEI were really sweet and awesome…not to mention that my friend Hellen Jo designed some stuff for them.

It’s always great to buy stuff from nice people!

Vampire Career Fair — $20.00 from SEIBEI

I totally bought one:

It’s really cool! It’s stiffer than I expected it to be, but I’m hoping that it will soften a bit as I wear it.

It also came with this note on the box:

Despite this, I am really happy with my purchase. The scarf is stunning…here’s hoping it holds up over time.

The simple snap clip.

Most long haired people I know have a couple of these lying around.
They are extremely handy for securing a cowlick, or subduing an errant flyaway.

What could possibly improve on the design of such a simple thing?

Making it giant, clearly.

My hair ‘aint going anywhere today. Thanks, H&M!

First, I’ve wanted to get a typewriter key ring with an asterisk on it for a while. I’ve seen a ton of people making these on e-bay or etsy, but I wasn’t into the settings that most of them use to hold the key in place. Also, the asterisk is a much harder thing to come by than the typical letter key rings.

After having basically given up on my quest for he perfect asterisk ring, I stumbled upon one at the Bazzar!

This little guy is from The Weekend Store.

(cameo by my lolita glasses and my 5 week old manicure. yikes!)

Another thing I had been looking for at the time was a new wallet.
I had been previously using the AA Shiny Coin Purse which quickly turned into the not-so-shiny-and-leaving-bits-of-formerly-shiny-crap-all-over-my-purse coin purse. yuck.

I remedied this by buying a new coin purse from Miss Alison.

She personally guaranteed it’s shininess, and so far it’s held up!

Have a great weekend everyone, and be sure to come back Monday to vote on the Helvetica Challenge!

The hoodie in question was designed by Tofu for Upper Playground, a cool clothing and housewares store that happens to be in my neighborhood.

They have a really wide selection of styles, work with a bunch of designers, and paint beautiful murals on and around their building, like the one above by Sam Flores.

I currently own 3 t-shirts and a hoodie from them, and I suspect that I will continue to buy more.
Especially since they recently started working with (brace yourself, Typophiles) my favorite grunge font designer, Eduardo Recife, aka Misprinted Type.

Check out this neat video of one of his designs in motion:

My favorite shirt from UP is of the BART map…

I suspect this is mostly because of the huge amount of Helvetica in play.

Extra:
Upper Playground Blog

p.s. If you design cool shirts, or know someone who does…let me know!
I am always looking for designers to feature on TumbleDryLow, so keep your eyes peeled!

I was enticed by a charming mannequin with no hands, and took the following lomo photo of him:

I bought a shirt on the spot and eventually came back for another.

This shirt commemorates the Elephant Hotel in Coney Island. I know it burned down in the late 1800s, but I can’t find much more info. Either way, it’s a rad shirt!

This shirt depicts the thunderbolt roller coaster, which is also no longer. (Wikipedia entry on the Thunderbolt.)

You can order your own off the Lola Staar website here:

lolastaar.com

If you’d like to keep up with upcoming news from them, you should check out their myspace blog.

Apparently, she’s opening a roller rink. Go Lola!

One of my favorite designers is having a sale!
I thought I should share the news with all of you lovelies.

Nubby Twiglet, my friend and collaborator, makes really cool t-shirts.
They would look hot on you, I promise.

She is discounting two styles specifically for valentines day.
Check out the details:

Get them before they’re gone!

A few weeks ago, I was walking home from work, and I passed this charming little store:

It had a rack of awesome shirts outside and I couldn’t resist going in.

It turned out to be the showroom for the awesome SF based Apparel company, FluffyCo!!

FluffyCo makes rad t-shirts, wallets, and even some awesome homegoods like pillows and wall mounted bottle openers.

Here’s the rad sparrow shirt I bought:

Thanks, FluffyCo!