Archive for June, 2008

40% Off Sale in our Fremont T-Shirt Shop

Huge Blowout T-Shirt Sale this weekend during the Fremont Fair!Visit our Fremont Store this weekend and cash in on our 40% off Blowout T-Shirt Sale. The neighborhood is hosting its annual Fremont Fair, and we’re celebrating with a huge sale on everything in the store. Don’t miss your chance to save big on all of our local t-shirts, women’s t-shirts, long-sleeved t-shirts, hoodies and even kids tees.

See you at the Solstice Parade—who doesn’t love a naked bicyclist!

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Thank you New York Times!

Destee-Nation in AdbustersWow, have we ever had a record week! The New York Times Magazine column about Destee-Nation has sent countless new customers our way, resulted in lots more press and inspired a whole helluva a lot of you to fill out our new Suggest a T-Shirt Form. We’re absolutely thrilled and hard at work printing and shipping and responding to all of you.

Here are a few of our favorite magazines, newspapers and blogs that have mentioned us this week:

Adbusters

Styledash

Seattle Weekly

Authenticitybook.com

Buy Local Pasadena

Citizen Rain

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New Hawaiian T-Shirts: Oahu Destee-Nations

Matsumoto Shave Ice T-Shirts from Destee-Nation Shirt Co.Time flies. It’s already been over a month since our scouts were on Oahu looking for the top landmark establishments on the island. Until recently, our Hawaiian t-shirt collection has been predominantly from Kona on the Big Island. But our scouts finally had time to do a little island hopping, and we’re slowly rolling out the new designs.

Our latest additions include: Honolulu Scuba Co., Matsumoto Shave Ice, Like Like Drive Inn.

And coming soon to a t-shirt near you:

  • Kualoa Ranch
  • Rainbow Drive-In
  • Waiola Shave Ice
  • Lulu’s Waikiki Surf Club

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Destee-Nation is in the New York Times Magazine!

New York Times Magazine covers Destee-Nation Shirt Co.When columnist and author, Rob Walker contacted our founder a couple months ago for a piece he wanted to do, we quickly did our research and discovered a kindred spirit. Rob’s new book, Buying In: The Secret Dialogue Between What We Buy and Who We Are, strikes a deep chord and articulates so many of the original notions we embraced when we started this little t-shirt company. We feel honored to be the recipients of his attention and powerful words.

Go read Rob Walker’s great piece about Destee-Nation in his New York Times Magazine column Consumed! You can also visit his blog Murketing.com to read an archive of Consumed and so much more.

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Just in time for the Half-Yearly Sale!

Destee-Nation story tags ready for NordstromWe’re finally ready to announce our big news: Destee-Nation t-shirts are now on sale at Nordstrom! After a few months of meetings, planning and some grueling production decisions, we shipped our first order to Seattle-area and Southern California Nordstrom stores earlier this week. Next up on the agenda: Northern California and Hawaii, with Oregon, Arizona, Colorado, Texas and Florida all on the docket later this year.

In spite of its nation-wide presence and household name, at heart Nordstrom is a family-run and privately operated company, and we have felt that energy resonating from everyone who has been integral in this process. Everyone we’ve worked with has been super helpful and accommodating, and if you’ve ever shopped at Nordstrom, you’ll know the sales team members are knowledgeable about their products and take great care to assist their customers.

We feel confident our relationship with them will be lasting and rewarding for all of our Destee-Nation member businesses, whether their t-shirts are sold in Nordstrom or just benefit from the added buzz to our t-shirt shop.

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What are all these cool authentic t-shirts?

The Destee-Nation Shirt Co. Expedition is on a perpetual road trip seeking vintage t-shirts from locally-owned and operated businesses. With our trusty Nikons in hand, we capture images from these places to accompany the written story that is displayed with all of our t-shirts.
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