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July 21st 2013

In House are In the House! New Exclusive Retro T-Shirts

As much as we love searching high and low for the very best t shirts money can by, we love nothing more than to get all creative and get ourselves stuck into creating our very own, exlusive designs that you just can't get anywhere else!

Over the years we've collected some truly amazing licenses that have allowed us to think up and create some of our very favourite retro inspired designs, most popular of which includes, Top Gun, Labyrinth, Harry Potter and even our hero Ferris Bueller. Well we certainly haven't slowed down! Working as hard as ever, we've been busy creating yet even more original ideas just for you guys and they're finally here ready to show you!

Take a look at some of our latest creations....

Men's Mr Bean Cool Beans T-Shirt from TruffleShuffle

Ladies Mr Bean Cool Beans T-Shirt from TruffleShuffle

No retro clothing collection would be complete without the amazing talents of Rowan Atkinson as the beloved Mr Bean! Possibly one of the greatest physical comedy characters and performers of all time, Mr Bean also took part in the London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony...remember that?

Looking cool as ever in some geeky glasses, this amazing Mr Bean T-Shirt is a simple classic and we bloody love it!

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July 16th 2013

5, 4, 3, 2, 1.... Tracy Island Build is GO!!

5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Thunderbirds are go! This week sees a new addition to our FAB collection of Thunderbird T-Shirts. This wicked tee, features some our favourite sci-fi puppets, from The Thunderbirds in a cool, beatles-eque album cover design. Inspired by the famous With The Beatles cover, this print features the faces of Brains, Parker, Lady Penelope, and Scott in a cool black and white photographic effect. A perfect addition to your collection of cool t-shirts!!

No collection of retro TV tees would be complete without at least one great Thunderbirds tee, so to celebrate the launch of this new design we thought we'd take you back a time when a shortage of Tracy Islands in the run up to Christmas saw a famous Childrens TV Show show you how to avoid the disappointment of not having a Tracy Island by making your very own.... My guide is made up from a mix of the Perfect Housewife Extrodinare Anthea Turner's Blue Peter show and the very helpful Bluepeter Fact Sheet.

Having heard stories of the build taking weeks if not months, due to collecting all the various bits and bobs, waiting for things to dry etc. Needless to say this isn't a project to take lightly or one that you can do in a week, it takes a lot of patience and determination but would be completely worth it at the end.

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March 13th 2013

Top Geeks of the 80s!

Everyone loves a good geek, whether you can simply marvel at their genius, or smile at their quirky geeky ways they never fail to intrigue and entertain us on the big and small screens.

With the geek clothing scene these days bigger than ever, it seems revealing you inner nerd has never been cooler. Modern day screen heroes are more and more not the all-out amazing lead roles, but increasingly the cooky sidekick that can out gadget and out think any challenge. With some amazing new characters hitting the big time recently such as the new Dr Who, BBC Sherlock series and Q from James Bond played by Ben Whishaw, we thought we would take the time to appreciate the geeks of old with our Top Geeks of the 80s list!

Anthony Michael Hall in everything from 1982 to 1985

Best known for his roles as The Geek in 'Sixteen Candles,' Brian Johnson in 'The Breakfast Club,' Garry Wallace in 'Weird Science', Anthony is well known and loved by all retro film lovers in the land and we're sure everyone has a little bit of his characters inside them. Geeky but cool!

David Lightman in 'WarGames' (1983)

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October 22nd 2012

Thunderbirds (Tees) Are GO!!!

We are very excited about the launch of this fabulous new Thunderbirds T-Shirts collection!

Featuring original, vintage photographic prints of all your favourite characters, these are an absolute must have for any fan. Here is just a selection...

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