T-Shirts, an item of clothing generally reserved for the warm spring time– but really is a year round necessity. Don’t get caught wearing mainstream nonsense this year– buy independent. We believe t-shirts are wearable art, and here are 11 of our favorite shirts ‘from the vaults’ for holiday time gift-age.

• Beautiful Decay Holiday Line: As we promised back in August, the nice people at Beautiful Decay have come out with quite an impressive fall/holiday line of t-shirts… Continue Reading

• Momimomi: I'm absolutely loving the new t-shirts I just received from momimomi. Very rarely does a t-shirt line get both factors of the ultimate t-shirt… Continue Reading

• I-Manifest: This shirt is solid holiday-time update from the guys at I-Manifest. They call the design ‘Cupid‘, and it's the first of hopefully many collaboration t-shirts… Continue Reading

• Nossa: Che Poppa: I'd seen this shirt around before on a couple of hipsters but never knew where they got it. The Che Poppa shirt is by a design group called Nossa… Continue Reading

• Artefacture: I Will Pay for Good Design: I recently had a conversation with a friend who said ‘it's so hard to find great designers these days', and I totally agree… Continue Reading

• Squidfire Designs: Focused on quality, comfort, and individuality; SquidFire's t-shirts are all hand designed, hand printed, and each piece is given individual attention… Continue Reading

• Softservice: softservice's line of t-shirts responds to the “homogeneity and ubiquity” of commercial “superstore” clothing. All of the shirts are individually hand-painted and embroidered, giving them each a unique appearance… Continue Reading

• Rxmance Clothing: Chris Dennler and Nick Motte started rxmance as a small independent clothing company. Right now they make t-shirts and tops… Continue Reading

• Invicid:Hot designers Invicid are back! They just released their latest collection– the series is called “Clouded By Fiction”, featuring 9 new styles for… Continue Reading

• Monsieur T: Here's another hot tip on T's.. Are you aching for some truly unique designs? Monsieur T. offers you just that. Limited edition… Continue Reading

• Materialust: It takes a lot for a t-shirt line to really impress me, but when I came across LA based Materialust, my hand immediately reached for my wallet. Materialust is really a globe trotting brand… Continue Reading