JC Penny Pulls “Sassy” Tee for Tween Girls Yesterday, the women-focused entertainment blog, The Frisky, posted a brief piece calling out retailer JC Penny on a shirt targeting young girls. The shirt was printed with the statement, “I’m too pretty to do homework, so my brother has to do it for me.” Jessica Wakeman, the…
How to Make a Word Cloud T-shirt
Word Clouds are an easy and visually appealing method of presenting text as an image. Word clouds weigh the most frequently used words with a larger font, while less important words become smaller and provide a pleasing background and context to the image. Word clouds are a great way to spice up your club’s custom…
Tom’s Favorite Slim Fit T-shirt
A few weeks ago I blogged about Chuck Norris’ favorite t-shirt, the American Apparel TR401. This week we are featuring Tom Dolan’s favorite t-shirt, the American Apparel BB401. Tom loves the light weight, 3.7oz., super soft, 50% polyester / 50% combed-cotton blend, and the durable rib neckband. Unlike other Poly-Cotton t-shirts on the market, the…
Designosaurus Rex: Dinos in the BlueCotton Design Studio
Twenty-one years ago tomorrow, on August 12, 1990, Susan Hendrickson made an amazing discovery. In a cliff face near Faith, South Dakota, Hendrickson found what would turn out to be the largest Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton in known existence. Eventually named “Sue”–after its discoverer–the skeleton was very well-preserved and over 90 percent complete. By now you…
Celebrity Primates Rage Over “Rise of The Planet of the Apes”
The roaring success of “Rise of The Planet of the Apes” at the weekend Box Office prompted BlueCotton to contact a few celebrity primates for comment. “Rise of The Planet of the Apes” raked in $54 million this weekend, outpacing “Captain America: The First Avenger” and “The Smurfs.” While we were unable to reach Gargamel…
Dan’s Love
Check out our next door neighbor and an extended member of the BlueCotton family Dan and his Hanes 5170 t-shirt. Dan loves this shirt because it is a light, 5.5 ounce, 50/50 cotton/polyester blend that lets his “guns” breathe. Dan’s green side loves that it is made with up to 5% polyester from recycled plastic….