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No-Phlegm-Ber Newsletter

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:53:30 +0100

No-Phlegm-Ber

Yet another month end and near year end, just 2 months until 2010... oh and only 2 days left on our super fantastic special of 15% off all products. Read our special here.
So... Time flies but at least you have another month at Public Wear to keep you interested. Read on to see what we've been doing.

Poll

This month we would like involve the masses. We are having a simple poll to determine what element you all feel is the most important for a T-Shirt. To participate simply view the Poll from our homepage, or click here. You will see all the results instantly but we will also release the results next month in this newsletter.

Shop

Check out some new products within our kickass Shop. Here are some of our newest additions:

Brains... yummy with toast. Just another classic Zombie ‘wanna-a-be' T-Shirt. Just because they are decapitated does not mean you are safe.

Available for:

Stay up all night and sleep all day, We were smart kids with too much to say. And so, so sure that they were missing out, They're the ones who were missing out, and We were elemental, talked down to bare essentials, Who knew we'd get so far?

Available for:

What a bad ass skull, guaranteed to make me a fool, a ‘noob', a 'dood' with attitude. I mean take a look And don't loose your drool How freaking cool So, use this internet tool, And buy this tee!

Available for:

Winners

As always we announce a lucky Facebook Fan to win our monthly free Tee. therefore without any further delay, our winner for this month is:

Nina Wotapka

Congratulations! We will be in touch to sort out the details. For everyone else, maybe next month it could be you, so see you on Facebook! Remember its easy, simply become a fan of Public Wear on Facebook and win!

Blog

As always, we have written some interesting and random Blog Posts of what we have seen or heard or thought of. Take a look at our Blog to see for yourself.

Haunted Halloween, A Shop Special and promotion of Public Wear
Mongolian Death Worm, an article exploring the strange worm (of death) based in Mongolia.
Mutate Britain, Some random photos of a street exhibition based in London and near our base of operations. These have some pretty cool ideas of recycling 'junk'.

Stalk Us

Lastly we would like to thank you all for all your continued support, it is most appreciated.

Haunted Halloween Special

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:21:09 +0100

If you can not see the images you can see this newsletter here.

Your 15% discount will be applied during Checkout, simply enter the following coupon code during the Checkout Process: hauntedhalloween09 This special is valid until 04/11/2009. Free Shipping still applies for all orders. Here are some examples of awesome T-Shirts that are in mood of Halloween:
	What a bad ass skull, guaranteed to make me a fool, a ‘noob', a 'dood' with attitude. I mean take a look And don't loose your drool How freaking cool So, use this internet tool, And buy this tee! ~~�12~~ �10.20 + free shipping
Brains... yummy with toast. Just another classic Zombie 'wanna-a-be' T-Shirt. Just because they are decapitated does not mean you are safe. ~~�12~~ �10.20 + free shipping



See you guys online and thanks for all your support!

The Mongolian Death Worm

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:21:57 +0100

A giant worm that spits acid and farts lighting, sounds like something from a really bad Sci-Fi movie. However, this is actually (apparently is probably the correct) a creature that lives in the Gobi Desert (covering Northern China and Southern Mongolia). My initial thoughts were, Wow, what’s next? The Loch-ness monster can shoot laser beams from its eyes or the bogeyman has an adamantium skeleton. Yes, there is a reference to a particular comic franchise here but that is not what I was getting at.

Therefore back to the topic. The Allghoi Khorkhoi or 'the intestine worm' as the Mongoloians called it. However in English speaking countries it is called the Mongolian Death Worm. However based on these local accounts it sounds a bit like a combination of the worms from Dune and those ‘things’ in Tremors. Perhaps the Mongolians have been smoking too much Desert Grass and watching too many Sci-Fi / Horrow movies...

The appearance of this worm is definitely is not pretty, however I don’t think there are many worms that are pretty. Their size can vary in size from half a metres to one and a half metres, it is dark or blood red in colour and well… wormy looking. Even thou it probably could not be a worm as worms are really bad at retaining water. An important ability to posses should you live in a desert.

Regardless if it exists or not, it appears that the Mongolian Death Worm story is big news around the world. There are several YouTube clips for it, including the ones below of parties being sent to look for this worm

There are even computer games featuring this worm. Take a look at Death Worm, its pretty fun! You can see some game footage in the YouTube clip below:.

You can even buy T-Shirts or listen to a Mongolian Death Worm heavy metal music, buy bumper stickers, buy trucker caps or even view street art dedicated in its honour. That is a lot of commerical usages for something that ugly.

Anyways… As you can see, this worm is big news. Big for something that has never been scientifically proven or seen by anyone else except locals. Therefore why are we so excited about an idea of a giant worm when we have many other giant things that can kill us. What makes a killer worm more special than a cobra or an elephant?

Ok, I must admit it is pretty cool if I could spit acid at your face and then electrocute you in quick succession. However Personally I think as long as people are willing to believe there are more things out there that have not been discovered or studied, we will always get some form of urban legends or cryptozoology (a term I recently discovered). I am not sure if I am like everyone else but sometimes I feel there are more mysterious in life anymore. Everything has been discovered and studied and we humans have a pretty good idea of what and how things work.Therefore maybe the Mongolian Death Worm is just a legend that people do not really want to discover.

But, I hope we actually find a Mongolian Death Worm, imagine having one of those for a guard dog!

Mutate Britain

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:20:38 +0100

Over the past weekend, by pure chance, I was lucky enough to stumble across a cool temporary exhibition of random street art and what I like to call more “alternative art”. (I am not too sure if the event organisers would like that term). However the event was right near where Public Wear operates and it was good to see some new type of art being expressed in the area.

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However, it was also really cool to see how they have used so called ‘dead space' in an urban city (in this case it was under a bridge) to create an exhibition. Even more impressive where several sculpture, if you want to call them that as they were also vehicles, that was made from recycled vehicle parts. Also at the show was lots of cool graffiti, prints, paintings, interesting mirror frames, strange plants and other strange and wonderful things.

For those who would like to see this event simply go the corner of Acklam and Portobello Road in London , UK . The event is running from 9 October until 25 October.

Entrance is �1 before 6pm, which afterwards it is �2 or �3, I believe this is because there is live music to enjoy.

More details can be found on their website: One foot in the Grove

I have taken some photos that you can see below. Hope you enjoy!
Sorry the quality is not too good as these were taken with my Camera Phone (poor planning :( )

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Zip Temper

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:22:20 +0100

September or also known as the Zip Temper as it is the time to start zipping up for the cold times ahead.

Well at least we at Public Wear have been keeping busy by introducing new products, including our uber nice Hoodies to keep us warm and our usual colourful Tees to keep us entertained. However we have also been busy doing our promotional activities, mainly attending this year's "The Mayor's Thames Festival 2009" where we were invited to attend for two vibrant days, surrounded by loads of professionals and cool general public folks. We enjoyed your interest in our stand and the various small talks that we had throughout the day. It was a good opportunity to know what you like and we are always welcome to new ideas, suggestions or just your opinion. We also hope that you enjoyed our promotion 'designer' cards that we were giving away on the day. It seems that a lot more people are visiting the site. Thanks for your visits!

Speaking of online. We have uploaded some photos from this event should you want to check them out.

Featured Teez

All T-shirts are only �12 (€14* or ZAR150*)
including free shipping worldwide

View more Shirts for Guys and Gals.

Female Shirts

Male Shirts

Winners!

And of course as all of you are waiting for... our monthly Facebook Fan winner is....

Clarie Fordred

Congratulations! We will contact you soon to set up the little gritty nitty details.

Remember if you would like to win your own free T-Shirt all you need to do is become a fan of our Facebook page. Simple.

oh yes... before we forget. We have designed some conceptual skate decks. Why not take a look at some of our initial ideas in our first instalment.

I guess that is it for this month... Bring on the Rock-toe-bar!

Stalk us

Lastly we would like to thank you all for all your continued support, it is most appreciated.

Additionally, we would like to extend a special thanks for those who have come past our stall and those who have purchased either at the stand or online. Thank you all guys, you guys rock!

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The Thames Festival

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:13:27 +0100

On the 12th & 13th of September Public Wear attended the Mayor's Thames Festival 2009. Essentially we were invited to attend this year's festival along the river Thames in central London.

View Public Wear at Thames Fest '09 in a larger map

Only vendors that provide a unique and interesting attribute to the Festival overall. Therefore Public Wear was pretty honoured to be invited as well as it was a great pleasure to be able to meet the general public and receive some positive comments. Therefore thanks for everyone who came past.

According to the official Thames Festival website we can definitely see why we were invited to attend. We hope you all agree.

{xtypo_quote} ... Thames Festival activities are based on public participation. The festival commissions new work, and transforms unusual spaces on and around the River Thames with a mixture of street arts, performance, carnival, pyrotechnics, illuminations, art installations, exhibitions, river events, massed choirs, circus, music and dance, food and feasting. The finale is a magical illuminated Night Procession that winds along the north and south banks of the Thames, followed by a fireworks display fired from the centre of the river itself. {/xtypo_quote}

So enough reading. Here are some photos form the day with great views of the river, Big Ben and the London Eye.

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We would like to thank everyone again for coming past and providing us all their positive comments. We hope to see you all again next year!

My 6 Skate Decks (part 1)

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0100

As a kid I used to fancy myself as a cool skater, however the reality was quite far off. However the thing that really got me interested in skateboard were not the fancy and gravity defying stunts that can be done, well actually that partially was. It was the interesting and creative desgins that skateboards had.

I thought it was about time that I had my chance in designing some skateboard (aka decks). Here are some of my initial ideas. I will probably create some more as I thought this was rather fun so keep an eye out for more in the near future.

I hope you enjoy them and please let me know your thoughts.

Evil Munchkin	Eyes	Killer Bunnies

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Rock Hand	Skulls (colour)	Skulls (white)

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Please feel free to provide your comments about these in the comments below.

Arrrr-Gust Newsletter

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:46:21 +0100


It appears that another month has flown by, while enjoying the sun and using any opportunity to wear our funky tees. However as summer cannot last forever we have started to plan our next range of products. We would like to introduce you all to our very first Hoodie product. Awesome!

Featured Teez

All T-shirts are only �12 (€14* or ZAR155*)
including free shipping worldwide

View more Shirts for Guys and Gals.

Female Shirts

Male Shirts

Winners!

And of course as all of you are waiting for... our monthly Facebook Fan winner is....

Donald Gardner

Congratulations! we will contact you soon to set up the little gritty nitty details.

Remember if you would like to win your own free T-Shirt all you need to do is become a fan of our Facebook page. Simple.

Remember to come past for a visit at our stand at the very popular Thames Festival. All our best designs, including our new products, will be on sale. Additonally it is a good chance to meet the crew behind Public Wear.

Hope to see you there!

Lastly we would like to thank you all for all your continued support, it is most appreciated.

Additionally, we would like to extend a special thanks for those who have come past our stall and those who have purchased either at the stand or online. Thank you all guys, you guys rock!

* Correct at time of publishing

New Website and Features

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:21:22 +0100

{xtypo_code}Welcome to the new Public Wear website. Yes it is all new and shiny and even has that new car smell. yummy! For all of you who have been to the site recently might have noticed quite a drastic change. For those who have not noticed, shame on you. It clearly means you need to come back here more often. We have been addressing your feedback and suggestions on how to make the site easier, faster and more fun.

Therefore in this short post we thought it would describe to you what we have done and what has changed from the old site to the new site. We have only included some of the highlights, as there is quite a lot that has changed. Additionally we have decided to explain the new website it several categories. {/xtypo_code}

Just like the old Menu you can hover over each Menu item to see sub-items. The most drastic change we have done with the Menu overall is that we have group all 'User activities', such as Messaging, Profile page, Community search, etc, under one Menu Item called My Profile. This was due to some feedback that all these items were hard to identify and find. So our solution now is just to group all these user activities under 'My Profile'.

You may ask yourself, well where do I login now? Well if you look below the Menu, you will see another Toolbar Menu which includes:

Cart
Login
Text Size

Cart and Login are dropdown menus which means that you need to click them to see them, as you can see in the picture above. This is aimed at spacing space on the screen, and of course they look cool! Regarding the login, this is done the same way as it was before. Simply click on login, enter your username and password, followed by pressing enter or clicking 'Login'

Text Size simply increases or decreases the font size of the text on the entire page you are on. There are three sizes to toggle between, Small, Medium and Large.

The Cart will be explained in the next heading.

Shop

Filter by

A new feature of the Shop is to be able to filter all T-Shirts by gender (well this is not new but the interface is) and by colour. This allows a user to select a preferred colour to display only the T-Shirts with that particular colour.

Shop Cart

The Shop Cart operates in the similar manner as the Login button, meaning it is a popup window that will appear if you click on it. It will also appear when you add a product to your cart. This will popup to notify you of what you have added and your total price that you owe. To Check Out, you will need to click on the 'Show Cart' button in the bottom of the popup window. This will navigate you to the Check Out process process.

Also keep in mind that your Shop Cart details are also stored on the left hand panel of the screen, under the heading of 'Shop Cart'..

Search

Finding stuff is so much easier and cooler with our new AJAX powered search. This means that you can find items that you are looking for as you type them in to the search bar. This obviously saves you time and provides you with instant information. Excatly what you would want from a Search function.

Footer

The footer has not actually changed too much, however it is worth pointing out there are some useful links. These include:

Become a Fan of our Facebook page (which you could win free Tees)
Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Latest Twitter Updates
Garments and Sizing, this will provide you with all the information you may need about out T-Shirts, which includes all our colours and sizing charts for guys and gals
Privacy Policy, for all those concerned folks. You can read our policy on how we treat your data on the website and how we ensure that you are and information are safe.
Returns Policy, for in case you are not happy with your purchase of our super cool shirts. No one ever reads this, luckily.
And many others that you might be interested in looking at. Take a look!

Screenshots

Take a look at some screenshots of the various features of the new site.

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We hope you enjoy our new site. Please give us shout on info [at] publicwear [dot] com or in the comments below.

Talking about the Homeless

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:08:02 +0100

Talking about homeless is always controversial. They are often down on their luck or even self induced from substance abuse or addictions. Cities consider them as an issue and the general people consider them as a potential risk. Homeless are world spread.

The most surprisingly thing that I found in London, is that the homeless are forbidden from the streets. They are not allowed to stay there even thou the streets are meant to be a public asset. There are even big sign in the middle of the busiest streets of central London advising about this rule. At first glance, I felt shocked, but then after a while I began to think if this was fair or not. (I know, fair is a difficult word).

On one hand people feel more safe and the most important thing, tourists will be brainwashed with the idea that London is a beautiful city without homeless, as rich as in the movies and as fashion as in the catwalks. A Utopia essentially, out of sight out of mind.

On the other side, what about the homeless people? What happens to them? Where do they go? Is it right to treat them as if they were just animals lying on the floor? - not much different how people would treat a stray dog. As if they didn't have any rights?

So I decided to wander the Internet and research possible alternatives to the proposal of the London council surprisingly apart from the obvious ones like help, educational centres and more professional social staff, there is art, yes homeless art.

So firstly, I found the Homeless Museum which isn't actually related to homeless people but with the definition of homeless. In my opinion, a vague idea about how to spend more money with the manipulation of concepts as existence, loneliness and Darwinian in society.

I also found some paintings , really good ones. I am not an artist but I can give my opinion and there are really good pictures over there, and I will definitely buy one if it has a reasonable price (reasonable price again depends on lots of facts but I think it is clear what I want to say with this).

Nowadays with Twitter, Facebook and many other technologies it is easy to promote social initiatives. The communication power of the people, the mobile picture that you sent to your friend and then your friend to another…and one day you receive a picture of a sculture made by a nobody in the middle of who knows which city:

I have also discovered that not only paintings but magazines as The Big Issue , give homeless the opportunity not only to earn money but also to manage it creating a perception of ownership. This kind of proposals activates the sense of responsibility for the job that they are developing.

The paradox is this exhibition that took place in the early stages of this year in London, guess what was called, yes!!! Homeless of the Capital in the Museum of London .

On a concluding note, art is usually an expression of the human soul. It is most of the times a way of survival. Maybe following all these small examples of street and homeless art, the society and the government can provide a new way of subsistence for those that currently don't have anything. It will also be convenient to our cities and to the citizens because creativity is one of the pillars of big urban centres, and of course, is a way of having benefit. All in life is related to the economy. If there is no benefit (not only money) then there is no opportunity to go ahead. This is our society.

Public Wear Feed

No-Phlegm-Ber Newsletter

Haunted Halloween Special

The Mongolian Death Worm

Mutate Britain

Zip Temper

Featured Teez

Winners!

Clarie Fordred

The Thames Festival

My 6 Skate Decks (part 1)

Evil Munchkin

Eyes

Killer Bunnies

Rock Hand

Skulls (colour)

Skulls (white)

Arrrr-Gust Newsletter

Featured Teez

Winners!

Donald Gardner

New Website and Features

Menu

Shop

Filter by

Shop Cart

Search

Footer

Screenshots

Talking about the Homeless