604Republic seem to be running on all pistons right now, they’re knocking out more and more high quality design and are starting to gain some serious clout in the market. Here are their latest tee releases, the first features a gamer’s closet, as opposed to the more usual closet gamer, and the second features none other than those little blue imps that doubled an oil company’s profits whilst subconsciously inferring that only female character Smurfette  …is a tramp. Yes you guessed it, those vile blue cretins The Smurfs. I used to collect them as a kid, I think I ended up executing them all very slowly with a large magnifying glass on a particularly hot Summer’s day. Ahh for the memories.

Gamer’s Closet Tee

This one’s available in both blue and silver, everything you need to battle virtual foes and frenemies is included in the price :p Get this tee for $19.95 in sizes S-XL.

Blue Horde Tee

Love it, anything to get my mind off the likelihood that the old skank Smurfette must have been servicing the whole village for over 30 years by now. I’m a big fan of all things zombie related, if you haven’t seen the latest contribution to the genre, check out The Horde (it’s in French – but it’s worth straining with subtitles for pure cinematic zombie mayhem). Anyway back to the t-shirt, it’s awesome, dead Smurfs on toast for me please. Get this tee for $19.95 in sizes S-XL.

More geek chic at www.604Republic.com.

Japanese Laundry are a brand new label from the UK with a passion for all things (you guessed it) Japanese. It all started with a love for Japanese Selvedge Raw denim jeans, for 12 years they’ve been working on producing their own, and now they’re planning to release a whole host of Japanese influenced items including tees, polos, sweats and shirts. JL will be opening their doors or rather booting up the online store at the end of this month,  they aim to offer up their first batch of t-shirts at £29.99 each in sizes S,M,L,XL which will be available for pre-order and available from April online and in stores across the UK.

I’ve persuaded Ross at Japanese Laundry to upload photos at Flickr, so this will probably be your first sneak peek at their shirts including their Harajuku Showgirls Tee. Unless of course you’ve read the technical review of their merchandise at DapperDude.co.uk. In the meantime feast your eyes on these which will all be available in a variety of difference colours…

Asai Tee

Yoshihiro Asai is a Japanese Wrestler, and is the only professional wrestler in the world to hold 11 titles at the same time. Better known as Último Dragón (ウルティモ ドラゴン) – his mask is the inspiration behind this design

Fukuoko 7 Tee

Nagoya Grampus 8, based in Nagoya play in the J. League. Originally founded as the company team of the Toyota Motor Corp. in 1939.

Nagoya Gampus 8 Tee

Nagoya Grampus 8, based in Nagoya play in the J. League. Originally founded as the company team of the Toyota Motor Corp. in 1939.

Safe Tee

This design features the “Love Cannon” condom box, one of Japan’s less strange condoms packets! The packet features Gundam the Japanese famous robot.

Lee Medlin Tee

“Pedlin” Lee Medlin’s first race for Kuwahara Cycles Ltd (only the finest BMX manufacturer in Japan founded in 1916) was the NBL Grand Nationals on August the 30th 1980. Pedlin Medlin rode No.7 in that first race.

Tokyo Fixed Gear Tee

Tokyo Fixed started as a web only shop in Tokyo, using small quality brands who have a passion for both style and function.

Harajuku Show Girls Tee

Japan is a place where everyone is individual – Harajuku became famous in the 1980s due to the street performers and wildly-dressed teens who gathered there on Sundays.

Keep an eye out for the grand opening sometime at the end of January at www.JapaneseLaundry.com.