#72 - A tshirt

Yes, I do have two of these. They're different sizes. The small one is too small really.

#70 A long sleeved shirt

People always ask if I made this, which is kind of funny. I bought it at (you guessed it) a value village.

#68 A shirt

Made of some weird stretchy material. I've only ever worn this to clubs or as part of costumes.

#56 A long sleeved shirt

Yes, that's Astro Boy again. This fits kind of weird, but the design on the front is a hologram _and_ a pocket. Amazing. Yes, it is from that ValueVillage all of my clothes seem to come from.



This is what it says on the back (presumably written by Osamu Tezuka):

What I try to say
through my work is simple.
My message is as follows
"Love all creatures!
"Love everything that has life|
I have been trying to express
in different ways through
my work the message such as:
"Preserve nature."
"Bless life."
"Be careful of civilization
that puts too-much
stock in science."
"Do not wage war."
And so on...

#53 A tshirt

Fighting, Reds! Korea Forever!

I bought this in South Korea while they were in the grip of soccer/football fever (again) during the 2006 World Cup. I really enjoy that it could be seen as either a pro or anti communist slogan. I only wear this occasionally to sleep in, it's pretty beat up.

#50 A tshirt

The black suit Spider-Man costume logo! Amazing! While on the adult sizes the logo is also on the back, the chidlren's sizes (like this one) are lacking it.

#44 A waist coat

I will reveal that, to the great surprise of many of you I am sure, this item was actually purchased new. It is also, like the last several items, pin-striped.

#42 A shirt

Purchased at the same Valvil in Vancouver that all of my clothes seem to have come from this shirt has a really nice old style pointed collar, and was nice enough that the girl at the checkout complimented it when I made my purchase.

#35 A tshirt

A Cheburashka tshirt I goto from a Value Village in Vancouver. Considering how many of my clothes seem to have came from that one Valvil I wish I could go to it now that I need/want more clothes.

Anyway, Cheburashka is an adorable Russian monkeybear thing. She/he appeared in a number of stop motion animations that are pretty cute, and is presumably adored by everyone in former Soviet countries. This tshirt is actually from Japan, which adores cute things no matter where they're from. I picked up a couple of Cheburashka notebooks in Tokyo a few years ago.

#31 A tshirt

£1.50 in Primark children's section. Killer!

#28 A tshirt

My brother bought this for me in Taiwan. I think it's a little big for me (I clearly like all my clothing in a very precise tiny size), but I still end up wearing it as I don't own that much clothing.

It's Astro Boy if you couldn't tell.

#25 A tshirt

I bought this in Indonesia, making it one of the oldest pieces of clothing I own. It's a bootleg BAPE shirt that says "Ape Shall Never Kill Ape".

#18 A t-shirt

This is an awesome t-shirt! So exciting! Unfortunately it's a kid's shirt and is too small for me, so I can only really wear it under other shirts unless I want to go around exposing my midriff (I do not).

#12 A t-shirt

I really like The Presets and regret only seeing them once while I lived in Vancouver.

However, this shirt actually came from the children's section of a Value Village. Solid. It has faded a lot, but I still love the rainbow skull made up of plants and animals (click to see a slightly bigger version).

Here's the first video youtube throws up.

#8 A Hoodie

One of two hoodies I bought in South Korea. You'll note that the zipper is broken. I want a new hoodie, but I can never find a nice, zip up, black hoodie. Drat!

The text is classic Konglish. It says "Smex", "A Different", and "Smexholic" (not even smexAholic). Oh Korea.