The title says it all. People.com’s Stylewatch features our t-shirt website and specifically our Geek is the new chic t-shirt. We are offering the readers of People, and of our blog, a 20% discount on all our shirts. The promo code is: “People,” and it expires on June 15th. So use it as many times as you’d like until then.
And don’t forget that we always offer free USPS shipping when you buy 2 or more shirts. And our Girls recession t-shirts are up on the site.
She just recently got Adobe Illustrator, and made the above illustration. Fantastic.
If you’ve got any Crooked Monkey illustrations–using funny t-shirts, the monkey or our name–send them through and we’ll post them.
Ashley Gosik, a journalist for DC Modern Luxury wrote up a piece for a series called “Look who’s talking” that was featured in the back page of this issue of DC Modern Luxury. I first told you about it when i reported on the Photoshoot of me in a Dolce and Gabbana suit. So here’s the article, republished in its full form.
Micha tees off!
And in the process, the Crooked Monkey CEO rocks the vote
By Ashley Gosik
If you’re looking to blame Abercrombie & Fitch for the tasteless T-shirt phenomenon, don’t bother. The culprit is 25-year-old localite Micha Weinblatt. The rabbi’s son co-founded the sophomoric T-shirt collection Crooked Monkey in his primary school pal’s basement three years ago and has since become an international arbiter of sayings like “Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder.” But the
Weinblatt’s style growing up was something akin to slacker-chic. “I always wore T-shirts and sweatpants,” he says. He’s replaced the sweats with designer denim, but tees remain a staple for the
Just a few months after his company’s launch, Crooked Monkey’s first T-shirt, “Livin’ the Dream,” was featured in a GQ spread. Soon, retailers from Nordstrom to Urban Outfitters jumped on the better-tee bandwagon. A bicoastal sales team and dozens of fresh, irreverent slogans followed but Weinblatt says the political tees are the most important he’s produced. The understated shirts feature sayings like “One Voice, One Love, One Vote,” and “Make Your Voice Heard.” Their bipartisan flavor is intentional.
“I’m not a fan of political parties,” he says emphatically. “There are so many other things that need to be done from global warming to the economy and none of it can be dealt with by being partisan.” The minimogul does, however, find time for a different kind of party. “I usually go out four nights a week,” he admits. Weekend mornings are spent at Busboys & Poets and followed up with a movie on his 46” LCD TV—his first big boy purchase. “Yeah, I guess I am livin’ the dream,” he muses.
So besides going to shows and cruisng around town with has-been governors (see our blog post from yesterday about my trip to New York City), we’re also meeting with some big whigs in the city.
Today I met the buyer from Alloy, for the first time. She’s picked up a lot of our funny t shirts, which have been doing real well, so we finally had to meet. We invited her to our NYC showroom and it was a true meeting of the minds.
We showed her our new funny t-shirts, chatted about bridge and tunnel girls, and looked into ways we can work together in the future. She actually gave us a bunch of ideas to work on for the meeting–i posted one of our new funny t-shirts below. She challenged us to come up with some vintage looking destination shirts and she was real impressed with our concepts. The new shirts remind me of old school destination shirts you’d find in those old vintage shops. We’re going to be coming out with a whole series of these–if you have any cities you want done, or if you can think of any clever lines for cities, please do email us or post them here.
I’m actually pretty tired so I’ll blog about Seventeen magazine tomorrow–just enjoy the sneak peak at our newest vintage looking funny t shirt.
Crooked Monkey has modeling shoots all the time, and we produce some pretty sexy pictures like the one above. The photograph was taken by Richard Greenhouse, a famed Washington DC photographer, who does all the shots on our funny t-shirt website. You can check out our Gallery for more hot, steamy pictures.
But it’s not everyday that I’m asked to be the model of a photoshoot. I was quite flattered and a little nervous for my first shoot–finally understanding what our models have to go through. Leading up to the shoot I kept to a strict diet of Pizza and Fruit by the Foot.
The shoot took place in NorthEast DC at what we thought was an abandoned warehouse. There was some real cool Graffiti art about the election that we spotted and Modern Luxury wanted to use it as a backdrop for the shoot–providing a nice urban feel to the sleek outfit the set me up with. The best thing about the shoot was I didn’t have to dress myself–they had stylists taking care of my appearance. I only had to make sure that my mascara looked good and my hair was gelled. I rolled up to the shoot in jeans and a Crooked Monkey Funny t-shirt. They swapped that outfit out for a sharp looking Dolce Gabana suit. The photographer told me I was a natural born model and looked comfortable in front of the camera–I told him that I already had a girlfriend but was flattered nonetheless.
Anyways, about 45 minutes into the shoot we got shoed away by the owner of the warehouse who accused us of a lot things–not fit for publication–and threatened to bust a cap in our asses. Apparently you need a permit to look this good in front of a camera. It was kind of ridiculous. She looked like the cat lady from the Simpson–but instead of cats she traveled with Monty Burns’ hounds. And off we went–but not without a number of fantastic pictures–probably the only pictures in circulation of me not wearing a funny t-shirt. We’ll post the pictures as soon as we get them. You’ll enjoy them.
The Washington Post Magazine, with a circulation of 983,000 people, did a nice write up of the brand this past weekend. It was published in the “Making It” section of The Post. Tracing the company from our humbled beginnings selling Fuck Duke T-shirts, the article highlighted our wholesale distribution of over 550 boutiques.
They even got the store manager from Urban Outfitters to go on record about Crooked Monkey’s Funny t-shirts. Antoine Kelly from Urban said “‘They’re a hot item’,” Kelly said. College-age customers like them because ‘they’re funny and can start a conversation at a bar.”‘ That’s awesome, thanks Antoine.
The picture is pretty cool–i look like a magician juggling funny t-shirts. You can check out the article in its full form by click here, Washington Post Crooked Monkey Funny T-shirt Write up
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