Hello World!
Welcome to the new Some Product Apparel website and blog! Frequent updates on graphic and t-shirt design, as well as the latest news from Some Product.
In the beginning
Some Product started as a women’s only fashion line specializing in cutting edge design and hand airbrushed graphics. This was known as Some Product “White Label”. This first collection was called TOYS and was sold at prestigious boutiques internationally. Plans are in the works to relaunch the “White Label” line for women, for S/S 11. Below are some examples from the first Some Product catalogue from around 2003.
Not every DOG is a prophet!
DOG the Bounty Hunter is a bit of an obsession with me. Ok, a lot of an obsession. He truly represents everything American, in all of its beauty and ugliness. He is a top rated reality TV star, a reformed ex-drug addict, biker, a former inmate who is now on the other side of the law. He is religious, a family man with a dozen kids from different marriages, a racist who went on Larry King and cried and asked the nation for forgiveness. He is equal parts prophet, pro wrestler, super hero, preacher man, redneck, addictions counselor, reality tv star and a true pop culture icon!
This drawing is due to be turned into a tee. Beth and Youngblood are next!!!
Some Product meet Vegas, Again!
Some Product will be showing at Pool Tradeshow in Las Vegas, Feb 16-18, 2010. Please stop by the booth if you are there!!
I will also be showing Le Monde Gris at ENK at The Bellagio.
A lovely view of the Wynn from near the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Photo Credit: D. Briker
Sex Metal
Sex Metal was a term used to describe 80’s Judas Priest album covers by a Japanese friend of mine. It is a yet to be released line of tees from Some Product. Most designs are in development stage and all the samples or very limited runs are printed by Mycommunitee.
This tee was printed from a drawing I did, with the Sex Metal logo underneath. The shirt is also dip dyed after printing.
Human fulfillment is only possible through the abandonment of the self……..
Some Product, what’s in a name
The name Some Product was “borrowed” from the great Sex Pistols bootleg with the same name. The Pistols were an amazing band and an even more amazing idea, a spark, that heavily influenced many things and ideas in current popular culture. The name is very fitting with the ethos of the company. It’s all just Some Product.
This was a hand stenciled, airbrushed tee with an obvious nod to the Sex Pistols famous news headlines. Some Product produced in a very limited run of 40 tees for customers in Japan and a few were sold in Canada at El Kartel.
This Rock and Roll Swindle graphic, currently available in the Some Product catalogue.
Fiorucci
Fiorucci, is a super fun and sassy fashion label out if Italy. It was very active in it’s heyday in the 70’s and into the 80’s. This tee has been a favorite since it mysteriously appeared in my possession years ago.
Mycommunitee
My old jean jacket from junior/high school dayz with original patches. The print was done recently by Mycommunitee.
One of the first tees we printed at Mycommunitee. The image is from a scanned hand drawing I did.
Another Mycommunitee one off print from a water color painting.
Second Favorite T-shirt !
I got this tee from a girl at some massive rager I went to in East LA once. I clearly remember a few farm animals running around all over the place and hundreds of people getting wasted with police helicopters flying overhead. She had about a dozen of these shirts printed up and she was trying to sell them out of a box, for $20. I didn’t pay her, but I offered to wear it all night at the party in exchange for the shirt. I have never worn it again ( just can’t seem to find the right occasion I guess ). A real treasure that now sits securely tucked away in my safety deposit box.
El Ballistico
Probably the first t-shirt designed by Some Product for the magician El Ballistico. The design was hand drawn on a napkin and was digitally “remastered” by my friend Pete Digiboy.
The tees were sold by El Ballistico right off the side of the stage after each performance. Only about 50 were made.
There is talk of a limited edition re-print of the El Ballistico tee, for Summer 2010, to be sold exclusively at El Kartel in Vancouver.
A few rare photos of the missing magician El Ballistico and his assistants in his prime.
Photos: Ricky the Tongue
Favorite T-shirt, Ever!
This is really one of my all time most cherished items.
T-shirt graphics are often a way to communicate with the outside world your likes or dislikes, irony, humor, affiliations etc.
I wore this particular tee non-stop for nearly a year. I actually ended up meeting a girlfriend named Kitty while wearing this shirt.
True Story!