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Beautiful/Decay Issue S: T-Shirts and Release Party
It may be warm and bright outside but Beautiful/Decay magazine seems to have been languishing in darkness. Their newest, Issue S, presents a mix of ill–omened themes such as death metal, ritual suicide and the Dark Ages. Hanna Liden's eerie photo series of masked figures (cover image, above left) set in dark swamps only adds to the foreboding effect. Wu-Tang Clan's the RZA wanders...

Three Gift-Worthy T-Shirts
Everyone has a T-shirt wearer on their gift list. These picks combine eye-catching original design with high-quality cotton shirts for tees a step above vintage reproductions and wink-wink-nudge-nudge one-liners. This mesmerizing Dots Tee (pictured left) is made by Brooklyn based T-shirt designers Rise and Fall. The cotton T-shirts are hand-printed and custom-dyed making each one unique. Available for $38 from Urban Outfitters. The Elio-Tree...

19.23 Tees
19.23 fulfills the requirements of the holy t-shirt trinity. Colorways are muted and complementary, like one of the "paratrooper" designs (left), which features a rust-colored release print on a khaki tee. Most include a few lines of whimsical text in place of an interior tag, such as the Emma Rossi haiku in both English and French on the peacock (right) that reads, "Earth mostly...

Red Coles
Red Coles is a soul inspired line that features a hand made feel applied to limited runs of t-shirts, polos and sweatshirts. Eric Coles, a former music exec, designs and produces every piece in his Brooklyn studio. "The collection is a fun mix of pop culture-inspired line drawings, portraits and graphic designs. Since the illustrations all start as works on paper and not in...