| It looks like the graphic t-shirts bubble may have just | | | | my car. Guess which one I chose." |
| burst. Threadless is experiencing a slow decline in | | | | Whatever the future of graphic t-shirts will be, one |
| visitation, Hollisterco's figures are not up to par and, | | | | thing is clear: it will happen over the Internet. As |
| on Thursday, Reuters reported that graphic tees | | | | graphic tees become increasingly mainstream, |
| performed the weakest in Abercrombie & Fitch | | | | wearers of t-shirts must search for graphic t-shirts |
| Co.'s men's category. The strangest part is that all of | | | | that are ever-more creative and attractive. This is |
| this is occurring in the summer when graphic t-shirts | | | | creating a niche market for very elaborate designs as |
| are a hot commodity. It is doubtful that graphic tees | | | | websites spring up that concentrate on one type of |
| are on their way out - they are, on the contrary, | | | | graphic t-shirt or another. |
| never more popular - but what this could mean is | | | | The one advantage that graphic t-shirts have versus |
| that they are no longer the one item that every | | | | other items of clothing is that - just like women's |
| must have. They have become that secondary item | | | | bags - you never have enough graphic tees. It is |
| that everyone has and that, no matter how original | | | | typical for someone to continually buy graphic t-shirts |
| the designs, they are still commonplace. | | | | without ever considering whether they actually need |
| What appears to have really put a dent in the graphic | | | | another one. If there are new designs then these |
| t-shirts profit is the weak U.S. economy. We can say | | | | should be in their closet. Graphic tees are made |
| with some certainty that most high school kids are | | | | continually in a variety of designs and just as a new |
| more concerned by paying for the gas going into | | | | bag will attract girls, a new graphic t-shirt design will |
| their newly-acquired cars than by worrying about the | | | | draw in all kinds of attention. Whether it is an |
| new Armani Exchange graphic tee collection. Now | | | | economic slowdown or an over propagation that has |
| would be a good time to start using some of the | | | | caused a slight lull in graphic t-shirts sales, one thing is |
| irony that has been used so effectively in graphic | | | | sure: artistic creativity and cleverness will be ever |
| t-shirt design and design a tee that says something | | | | important in the future of graphic tees. |
| along the lines of "This awesome t-shirt or gas for | | | | |