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Ryz

lilah wild — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 22:11:55 +0000

A vote-on-the-best-graphic catalog where the usual call for t-shirt submissions gets the rare treatment of shoe design. It’s mostly skate-style canvas slip-ons and a couple of thick-soled low-tops for now – disappointingly, the high-tops section is empty at the time of this review – but good for tastes that run towards the spacey and scientific, splashed with a little pop art. And if you *must* submit a tee image, they do those, too.

Spraygraphic

lilah wild — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:23:00 +0000

The retail arm of a creative community for art/design/video.music/writing-minded people. Most of the site is devoted to social networking through bands and coffee shops and art galleries and such, but they do have some tees, tanks, longsleever, and polo dresses decorated with art of the street-pop variety: grenade brains, bright sprouts of dandelions, a lone lightning bolt striking from a crowd of clouds, a great place to pick up a hoodie that frames the cleavage in monkey wrenches.

Finroo

lilah wild — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:31:40 +0000

A crowdsourced catalog of arty tees, full of graffiti-surf-skate imagery with dedicated pages for the skulls and guns. It’s a pretty mixed bag, the elegant and evil and insane printed on organic bamboo and limited to runs of 200 each. It’s almost all white backgrounds for now – other colors, hopefully black among them, are on the way.

Spreadshirt

lilah wild — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:15:44 +0000

A gigantic t-shirt marketplace that runs on design submissions, boasting over 67,000 designs in just the men’s section at the time of this writing. It’s a storefront site that offers the crucial features of category browsing and a search box for flying across all the shops in pursuit of whatever you’re looking for, be it men’s, women’s, or kids’ designs, and there are also accessories of mittens, aprons, hats, messenger bags, and the like.

Smashing Darling

lilah wild — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:14:00 +0000

“Your house for indie fashion.” Clothing, jewelry, and accessories for men, women, and kids from a huge array of small designers, much of them working in vintage textiles for one-of-a-kind finds or remixed creations. A fabulous catalog that includes both glossy gowns and art silk thongs along with sleek hiphuggers and recycled-sweater corset tops. Thanks, Baily Rose!

Collectics

lilah wild — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:00:00 +0000

A giant online antique flea market – sections include art deco and art nouveau, fifties and sixties, bakelite, china, crystal, pewter, doll clothes, vintage jewelry and accessories. They’re also loaded with reference information.

Threadless

lilah wild — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:15:00 +0000

The infamous participatory t-shirt webshop where artists submit their ideas and the catalog is determined by the votes of the customer populace. Which means the eventual stock is all over the place design-wise, with a healthy helping of indie weird, and there’s always more parading down the pike. And the shirts themselves are loud, bold, and colorful, with the graphics splashed huge across the chest. Updated frequently!

ePagan Auctions

lilah wild — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 04:26:00 +0000

Auctions for witches! Tons of categories to browse though, and although some spots are rather quiet, there are deals to be found here on pagan altar tools and supplies.

Ruby Lane

lilah wild — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 03:01:00 +0000

An online community of individually-owned shops from all over the world, selling antiques, fine art, jewelry, and lots of other hard-to-find vintage treasures. A huge crossroads of finds for buyers, and a worthwhile opportunity for merchants dealing in collectible goods to extend their online storefronts.

Babylon Mall

lilah wild — Mon, 10 Jan 2005 05:22:00 +0000

This site gathers together over fifty small catalogs from members of the Vintage Fashion guild, full of dresses, accessories, lingerie, jewelry, art, and more. Layaway is available on certain items.

Gothic Auctions

lilah wild — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 06:00:00 +0000

“The original since 1998.” The first auction site for goths, which features gallery previews for easy browsing, a running list of items with the most bids, and active forums. Clothes, jewelry, books, furnitures, religious items, music, home decor, crafts, electronics, and adult items.

E-Witch.com Pagan Auctions

lilah wild — Tue, 17 Jun 2003 04:26:00 +0000

Pagan auctions, where many categories feature really good photo galleries. Books and movies, candles. artwork, clothing, bath and body goods, jewelry, altar tools, oils, craft stuff, herbs, incense, decor, crystals and gems, stuff for “wee witches,” and the usual progressive lots, services, and Buy It Now options.

Goth Auctions

lilah wild — Tue, 20 May 2003 06:00:00 +0000

Dark-themed auctions, where listings are free. Categories include clothes, accessories, jewelry, home decor, spiritual items, arts and crafts, books, music and videos, and adult auctions.