yeah I agree it's a great sentiment but the tee, although inspired by haitian styles, doesn't really translate

*cough*conversation starter*cough*

I'm not sold on the design either but it's by no means shit... I'm just pleased threadless have carried on from Katrina by releasing a charity tee. Buy some and give them away as gifts

I'm surprised it took this long for this blog to appear

it's human nature Ivan.

Thank you anyways guys.

haha this is a silly blog, it wasn't like they had this design just sitting around waiting for an earthquake to hit haiti to release it.



I think they did a great job on such a short deadline and as aforementioned it's the thought. Not only does it not matter if people can understand the meaning, those that buy it will more than likely know what it means and maintain the translation verbally if asked "whats that mean?"

i think threadless should do more charity tees- not just for major disasters. maybe one a month or every quarter?

I think Threadless should become a Non-Profit and just donate all the money to charity.

I think i'd wear this design anyway, even if it wasn't a charity tee.

i like the design a lot.

just saying.

This is sort of like saying "I'm happy that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie donated a lot of money to help Haiti, but they're terrible actors."



I understand what this blog is saying, but does it matter in the end if it helps people?

chatnoirrouge on Jan 22 '10 at 11:10am

It still amazes me that some humans really does not have a heart. I am no angel, farrrrr from it even, but you should please just go away with your selfish



is this response to what i said?

Cos obviously I think the cause is the most important thing here- I just mean the design is good too.

Oh ok, no need to apologise, my mistake

We all know that what Haiti is going through is an Aesthetics crisis, so I'm glad we're debating the real important stuff.

lol @ ivan.



i dont think this shirt was ever meant to be an outreach programme.

I like the design a lot it has real charm

Ivantobealone on Jan 22 '10 at 11:21am

We all know that what Haiti is going through is an Aesthetics crisis, so I'm glad we're debating the real important stuff.



LOL

Good god people. The man (or woman) wanted to talk about the design here, not about the disaster. I think you're being to vicious in your attacks. It's just like Threadless hipsters to wear the proud pageant ribbon of humanitarianism while sitting on their asses posting on blogs.



I myself agree with others who have said, I think this is the best that could be done on short notice, and I think it's really representative (in a positive and hopeful way) of the relief effort. No it's not the most artistically brilliant design, but it's cute and I think it works. I'd definitely wear it and buy some to give as gifts, too!

I like the design. I just don't particularly like the color of the shirt, only because I don't really wear army green. But I still bought one because it's for a good cause.



I think the point of it being in a different language is to get people to ask about it. (It also doesn't date the shirt.)

i agree

I'm getting one mostly for the cause, but also because I believe it is a conversation starter, and yeah, I like it enough, all considered.



What I would mostly like to comment on here is the frequency of charity shirts from Threadless... with such their large cliency maybe they should do more charity shirts, I'm sure they could do a lot of good.



I'd say about 1 a month, because the possibility of Threadless becoming Non-Profit seems pretty unlikely xD