Your latest t-shirt — 08 Feb 2007

Do you buy t-shirts on internet?. I do. Essentially geeky and crypted branded one (gibberish for some). My latest acquisitions are from A List Apart and Insanely Great Tees. Good quality cotton, nice colours and nice prints.

As a result of fashion, t-shirts have changed these last years. They seem to be weaved in lighter cotton, and offer a tighter fit. The side effect is that I've switched from an L (XL sometimes) to M size. Ls are just too large. I use to favour the thick loose fit surfer style t-shirts for a long time, but I must admit the tighter fit feels good too - to F's pleasure who's been trying to make me wear them for years.

I think I've worn t-shirts ever since I could get dressed alone. The colours, brand and message have evolved through the years, but the t-shirt has always been at the heart of my dressing code - to the great despair of my mum. When I think of it, I'm basically dressed the same way now as I was 20 years ago. Scary. The brands and messages have changed, but the basic look has survived. Seems I'll never grow up.

A quick Spotlight search for 't-shirt' in my e-mail revealed an interesting (and scary) thread of geeky t-shirts I acquired on the net over the years.

• Lift 2007 [medium sized]
• A List Apart [Web 2.0 and -9999px]
• Insanely Great Tees [Jolly Rodger and Magic Eraser]
• SimpleBits [Vintage and Document]
• RailsConf Europe 2006 [RailsConf Europe - London]
• Daring FireBall [Member's t-shirt]
• Apple WWDC 2005
• [..]
• Apple iPod World Launch
• Apple Switch Here - Ask me how
• TextDrive (VC126: get yours?)
• CafePress (my own - hmm)
• ThinkGeek (loads of different ones)
• Iconfactory - the original one
• Netscape - Mozilla before Mozilla
• Yahoo! - my first t-shirt with an URI printed on it - 1995

What t-shirts do you buy?

Check out Charlotte Brunel's "T-shirt" for an illustrated history of T-shirts.