There aren’t many t-shirt brands that we would go out of our way for, but New York-based CXXVI happens to be one of them. For a few seasons now they have been consistently hammering out brilliant designs that capture that gritty-essence of the working class in America. In the words of co-founder Matt Gorton, this [...]
CXXVI‘s gritty designs are inspired by those classic American fishing towns you pass by on the highway; the long-forgotten home to fishermen, deckhands and retired sailors. Quite often lost in a country so caught up in urban lifestyle, they can tell you more about the culture and mindset of a people than their big city [...]
/////HOLIDAY GIVEAWAY BAG CONTEST///// Here’s the deal. 2009 has been kind to us and we want to return the favor with a few of our favorite products from the past year: WANT Les Essentiels de la Vie Organic O’Hare shopper bag | CXXVI t-shirt | Inoue Brothers scarf | Bread & Butter Skincare | SUPER [...]
Well it’s that time of the year again. Time for Christmas…Gift Guides. Sure this is another one, but it’s from us, meaning it’s sort of the best of 2009. In some ways it’s our personal wish list, in other ways, they’re the only items that were memorable enough. In any case, it’s all in the [...]
Ever since we’ve featured them on the site, CXXVI has been generating some serious press. We fell in love with their hand-numbered, hand-printed T-shirts mainly based on their blue-collar imagery and aspirations. But then when we actually put on the shirts and re-fell in love with the way they felt and looked. Matt & Jon [...]
////CONTEST WINNERS AFTER THE JUMP//// T-shirt brands are a dime-a-dozen, yet we can’t ignore the fact that so many of the great, influential brands of today have evolved from designing Tees out of a basement. NY-based label CXXVI are doing things differently. Using their strong portfolio of work for design studio Onetwentysix, Matt Gorton and Jon [...]
