From the earliest cave drawings and cuneiform tablets, humans have lauded and praised a good t-shirt.  We all have our favorites. You know the one.  It’s kinda ragged, there are probably a few stains on it but hell, you’d wear it to a funeral if you could. So what do you do when your favourite t-shirt bites it? You get another one or four.

But a good t-shirt is hard to find.  T-shirts have always had statements on them, from that sketchy beach in Florida to the local pep-club (throw it up Donnell, Mrs. L is still rockin’).  But there are good messages and bad messages.  “Vote for Pedro” was good for the ten minutes before it was horribly co-opted by the man.  Then there are the entire realms of frat-boy t’s that even embarrass the prostitutes that read them.

If you find the right message on a shirt, you are the hit of the party or computer lab.  Below are a few locations on the web where you can find shirts that are not only interesting and witty, but stylish as well…that is half of the goal, by the way!

Threadless

Ok, A) the site is awesome. 2) they have some amazing shirts here

They accept t-shirt designs from anyone. If you are good enough, you are in.  Take a few hours and go through their catalog, then spend the money you would have made working those few hours on some shirts.  It’s art on your chest.  Art.

Busted Tees

If the general public got jokes (Oh, it’s a joke… I get jokes!) then more people would wear these shirts around.  You like puns? Bam, these shirts are for you.  If you get it and happen to see someone else who has a shirt from Busted Tees, you’ve just found yourself a friend.

Think Geek

So you’re a nerd, eh? Well you can lord your nerdily knowledge over the remainder of the population with the shirts at Think Geek.  Again, if you get it, you really get it and some of these are the finest in geek/gamer/linux humour.  Just make sure you wash the shirt every once in a while.  The chicks/fellas dig cool shirts, but they gotta be nacho cheese free.

Social Propaganda

A wicked little shirt design company.  The selection is limited, but I’ve gotten word that more shirts are in the works.  The shirts they do have, however, are really well designed.  Plus, I know one of the guys, so put in a good word for me.  I really want that camel shirt.

La Fraise

This company has a few really cool shirts.  The one that caught my eye first is sold out (a really awesome RTFM design).  Alas, I hope they reprint it, but there are about three others on this site that if I could, I’d buy… damn you Euro! If anyone wants to get me a gift, this would be perfect. (I’m probably an XL).

Café Press

If you have ever thought “Oh man. That should be on a shirt!” a four hour search on Café Press will show you you weren’t alone.  Can’t find a good enough shirt, you can make your own for free and they take give you a cut when it’s sold.  Lots of crap here, but every once in a while someone is clever enough to make it worth your while.

So now you know where to go to get the finest threads in t-shirt form.  Now of course, I’ve setup some awkward situations. If we are ever at the same party or concert and we’re wearing the same shirt, we gotta plan a strategy.  I say we claim we planned it and hangout arm-in-arm all night, but that might be well… a bit too rainbow, if you know what I mean.

I’m ok with it if you are.