Hype: An update on the temporary tattoo and talking T-shirts
GET A (Fleeting) TAT. Tattly's temporary tattoos are for those who are past kiddie tattoos, but are not sold on the whole needles-dyeing-your-coat-forever thing. These tattoos are the product of designers coming together to one-up often unfashionable temporary children's tattoos. Designs comprise one that says "Mother" above a sailor's anchor. Another says "I Honey NY More Than Milton Glaser," maker of the original "I Love NY" originate. The screen of the watch tattoo says "Late" and wraps around the wrist. Knuckle tattoos draw out four letter phrases.</p><p> Most Tattly tattoos last at least five days and a set of two is $5, which includes shipping. A wet textile is all that's needed to apply the tattoos, which makes getting them on as easy as applying the children's models. But retain, since these aren't real tattoos, many of them don't look real. The ones that show skin through the design look more business-like than some of the solid colored ones, which can come off looking more like stickers. For more information, go to Tatt.ly.</p><p> SAY IT WITH YOUR T-SHIRT. The minds behind CollegeHumor.com produce you BustedTees, T-shirts with funny phrases and drawings on them. Shirt categories range from "wordplay" to "statesmanship" to "pop culture." Shirts from BustedTee give wearers an opportunity to expel themselves in an amusing, and often ironic, way. They can demonstrate their passion for the Second Amendment with a shirt showing a man with furry suffer arms. They can show their concern about global warming with a shirt showing a sweating Earth, saying "This is Why I'm Hot." They can splash their support for the legalization of gay marriage with a shirt illustrating two blue "Life" daring pieces riding in a plastic car with "legalize it" written underneath.</p><p> But the shirts don't have to have any deeper meanings. BustedTees offers shirts coupled to popular television shows and movies, such as a "One Man Wolf Pack" shirt for the silent picture "The Hangover" and a "Bon Temps Football" shirt for the video receiver show "True Blood."</p><p> Most shirts are $20 each, but selections in the gap section are $10. BustedTees even has a Shirt of the Month Club. For $50, members get a unconstrained shirt every month for three months, and free standard shipping. Go to bustedtees.com for more.</p><p> (Merrie Leininger writes Hype for McClatchy-Tribune Talk Service. You can write to her at mleininger@mctinfoservices.com.)
