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mephitine aka Trista Hixson is a 37.4 year old girl, has been a member since February 18, 2007, has scored 4713 submissions, giving an average score of 2.59.
  Jan 07 '08 by mephitine        5 Comments        Watch this      Share:  Share on facebook    Share on delicious    Share on digg    Share on MySpace    Tweet this    Stumble this    Share this on Kaboodle   
New tee quality comparisons needed!
Okay, let me start by saying I despise American Apparel. I've been to their shop, I've bought their shirts, the quality is horrendous, the material is thin and poor, the sizes are inconsistent, and they're sized for young adolescents, not grown-ups.

FOTL doesn't suit me that well, either, but at least the shirt material is thick enough to withstand washing, and the darn things will actually fit onto my body without looking like a sausage casing.

What I need are comparisons of the new Threadless shirt with the Camisteria shirts. I just recently bought a shirt from Camiseteria and was blown away by the quality. My husband refuses to take the darn thing off, it's REALLY nice. Super-soft, thick, and the fit is perfect. I was concerned that it would be too small, as most European sizes run small, and Brazilians are known for their physiques--why wouldn't they follow European standards, rather than chubbier, vanity-sized US standards? I had nothing to worry about. The shirt is awesome.

Anyone out there have both the new Threadless shirt as well as a shirt from Camiseteria? I'd like to know how they stack up, as I've not yet fallen in love with any new Threadless designs, so haven't bought anything printed on the new tees.

Maybe today will be the day Threadless announces a design I can't refuse? It's been a while now....

Torakamikaze
   Torakamikaze on Jan 07 '08 at 9:02am
weird... dont come across too many people who hate AA. I loved AA... but the new shirts are fantastic... at least the one i own is

but they are kinda thin like AA... so sounds like you may not like them
mephitine
mephitine on Jan 07 '08 at 9:07am
When I ordered a girly XL and it wasn't much bigger than the shirts my toddler owns, it made me think twice. And after visiting their Ann Arbor store, trying on various sizes, having my husband try on various sizes, seeing how poorly they fit, finding shirts on the hangers with holes in them, marks on them, etc....well, what else could I think? This was worse than flea market quality.
mephitine
mephitine on Jan 07 '08 at 9:10am
Plus when I compared shirts of the same size in different colors, or even in the same color...well there was absolutely no consistency. And I wasn't too keen on shirts that emphasized my every imperfection. I'm not huge, but I'm not a 96-lb preteen, either. Not that I would have worn such tiny clothes even when I was that thin...it just wasn't my style.
iDanSimpson
iDanSimpson on Jan 07 '08 at 10:01am
I love my AA shirts. They're amazing, in my opinion. Soft. Perfect fit. I want to make out with them.

Also, I love the new shirts. I think they are slightly more thick than AA, yet just as soft. Size-wise, the guys medium is slightly more slim fitting and the waist line lies a little higher than both FotL and AA.
mephitine
mephitine on Jan 07 '08 at 2:22pm
Soft is good, of course...but if it's falling apart because it's too thin, that's not going to work. And geez, seeing people's nipples and pimples through their shirts, that's not attractive. I remember I used to have this boss in his late 40's, he had a pierced nipple and would wear these super-tight polo shirts to work to show it off. It was a challenge not to stare, it just felt so...wrong. He wasn't hot, nope, not even a little bit. He was trying to reclaim his youth, but it was long gone. That's how I feel about wearing skimpy shirts...I'm not 12, I'm not 14--I'm 35 and a mom. I'm not looking to make people cringe with embarassment or pity for me. I want to wear fun clothes but I don't want to be a sad old freakshow. I appreciate heavier-weight fabrics that are more forgiving and last through more washes. Uber-soft material is just the cherry on top.
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The little guy in the avatar is Dave, an American red squirrel I raised a couple of years ago. He and his brother and sister are now (hopefully) living happy lives on the west side of Ann Arbor. I do wildlife rehab in my spare time, but since my own baby was born in 2006, I've not been able to get back to it. Still love those squirrels, though!

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I'm more likely to buy stuff with those animals on them, so consequently if you submit a design with one or more of the listed animals, you'll get a higher score from me. Sure, it's a lame criteria, but that's how it is. Zombies and Gojira subs get good scores from me as well because my husband likes them and I buy them for him.

I'm getting stingier about scoring because I'm not seeing a lot of designs I'd personally wear getting printed, so it's time to cut back on scoring high for "aesthetically reasonable. " If I don't want to wear it, I'm going to knock it down so the designs I *DO* want will be ever so slightly more likely to get printed.

And it's true, I have NO talent of my own, so you won't be seeing any submissions from me anytime soon. If I had artistic skills, I'd be making my own shirts and not thinking twice about this place.


Man, do I ever wish they'd reprint The Motive...or print up that Kitty Loaf shirt I want so badly. I also want to see Falling Koi, by Jemae, get printed. That design is extraordinary.

The guy in the picture by the roller coaster is not my husband, but my husband's best friend, Kevin, who lives in Ohio. I'd like to submit some pics of my husband soon, wearing one of his dozens of Threadless shirts.