October 2010
1 post
Taking the Fright Out of Halloween
Not scary: Scary:Got costume? We do. 28 rocking ideas, all modeled after movie characters from your favorite 80’s cult films (mostly). Posted via email from FAIL Shirt | Comment »
September 2010
1 post
Think Outside the Box
I’m all for sexually suggestive slogans, but I have reservations about this one, which doesn’t seem all that clever. Or original. Now, as for that pink shading applied to the text… Posted via email from FAIL Shirt | Comment »
August 2010
3 posts
Love Drunk
Desperation is such a turnoff…Thirsty? Related reading: Found Item Clothing & It Goes to 11 Posted via email from FAIL Shirt | Comment »
Love Drunk
Addiction is such a fickle muse… Thirsty?Related reading: Found Item Clothing & It Goes to 11 Posted via email from FAIL Shirt | Comment »
Love Drunk
Addiction is such a fickle muse… Thirsty?Related reading: Found Item Clothing & It Goes to 11 Posted via email from FAIL Shirt | Comment »
July 2010
8 posts
Guy Banned From Mall For Marijuana T-Shirt
Oh you Aurora, Colorado. Two dozen pro-marijuana demonstrators dared the Aurora Mall to stop them like they had Jake Gailey when he entered the mall wearing a shirt that features a play on Barack Obama’s “Yes We Can” campaign slogan and graphics, but instead features the message “YES WE CANNABIS” and displays a marijuana leaf. They marched into the mall wearing t-shirts promoting...
Show Us Your Tits
This young and confident lad was spotted at Comic-Con 2010. No beating around the bush for this guy. He gets straight to the point and if you’re not down with that, well, you can SHOW HIM YOUR TITS. Stay classy, buddy. Photo via Flick member Arnold Tijerina. Posted via email from FAIL Shirt | Comment »
Speaking in tongues...
…is reserved for genuine cunninglinguists. A topical tee:Related reading: Found Item Clothing & It Goes to 11 Posted via email from FAIL Shirt | Comment »
Lost in Time...
…and, presumably, translation too. Kids wear the damnedest things, especially when (a) they don’t understand English and (b) they suffer from delusions of grandeur. Via. &. Related reading: It Goes to 11 & Found Item Clothing Posted via email from FAIL Shirt | Comment »
Royal Flush
Burn baby burn… Related reading: Found Item Clothing & It Goes to 11 Posted via email from FAIL Shirt | Comment »
Get Off My Mound
The Oakland Athletics thought that this Get Off My Mound T-Shirt would be the perfect promotional tool for its ace pitcher, Dallas Braden. Braden, however, famously known for warning New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez to “get off my mound!” feels it’s a tacky move. “I think we all understand where they are coming from, but it’s just a serious, gross, lack of...
The Grass Is Always Greener...
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Yup, I'm a Racist - 4th of July T-Shirt
This is one of those T-Shirts that make you go wow. According to Louisville Independent Examiner reporter, Greg Skilling: “The folks in front of the Fayette County Courthouse in Lexington, Kentucky took pimping patriotism a disturbing step farther. Not only were they promoting themselves as defenders of the Constitution, they openly fueled the right-wing paranoia that inches ever closer to...
June 2010
5 posts
School Daze
Clearly, the curriculum has changed of late. One thinks this pupil might benefit from some remedial assistance. Posted via email from FAIL Shirt | Comment »
The Mugshot T-Shirt
Planning on a day of thievery, mischief and random violations of the law? Then why not prepare for your impending mugshot with the official Mugshot T-Shirt from Despair, Inc. We’ve all see those mugshot photos that spread on the web, how funny would it be to see a mugshot of a person wearing a faux mugshot tee? The irony might be a little too much for me to handle. Oh, the irony. Buy the...
Juror Booted for Naughty Kanye West Shirt
As seen in the New York Post: A pouty, hair-flipping teenaged alternate juror for the caught-on-video police brutality trial was kicked off this morning — for wearing a T-shirt with the word “f—-” on it in two-inch-high letters. The shirt in question, worn by 19-year-old alternate No. 3, Nneka Eneorj, as she sat in the front row of the jury box, caught the judge’s...
On The Run...
…and advertising it. FAILSHIRT! Related reading: It Goes to 11 & Found Item Clothing Posted via email from FAIL Shirt | Comment »
Fashion Gives Me a Stomach Ache
Another week, another controversial tee shirt from Urban Outfitters. To wit: I’m not particularly convinced that this is a genuine Fail Shirt, but anorexia, the politics of body image and the burgeoning media brouhaha push it over the top, thereby meriting inclusion in this column. One wonders how this design would have been received if the model wasn’t so… waif-ish? From a...
May 2010
5 posts
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I'm Hiding From The Cops and I'm An Alien and I'm...
News From The Mississippi Press: PASCAGOULA, Miss. — An illegal immigrant was wearing an “I’m hiding from the cops” shirt when he was arrested on child molestation charges, authorities said today William Velasquez Castillo, 27, was arrested by U.S. Marshals in Lucedale late Wednesday evening, Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd said.Investigators have been searching for...
Blink If You Want Me
Tool. Posted via email from FAIL Shirt | Comment »
Think Outside of the Box...
…lest you draw the ire of the Fashion Police. To wit, I present this whopper of a Fail Tee, which 19-year old Jennifer LaPenta, an Illinois resident„ wore to a friend’s court hearing. According to The Smoking Gun, “LaPenta… ran afoul of Judge Helen Rozenberg, a Circuit Court jurist who handles misdemeanor and traffic cases. A miffed Rozenberg, 56, summoned LaPenta...
Hello Kitty
For whatever reason, I’m not feeling this tee (gross…). It might be the bastardized slogan, which doesn’t strike me as all that clever. It might be the strange countenance on the model’s clearly disaffected face (once more with feeling, please…). Regardless, if Vagina is for lovers, I’m moving to for West F&^king VIRGINia. Huh? Posted via email ...
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Tasered Phillies Fan
Hey, the T-Shirt the fan is wearing is not as much as a fail as compared to the situation he put himself in. Wondering what happened? According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, “For the first time in Phillies history, a fan running on the field at Citizens Bank Park was subdued by a Philadelphia police officer using his Taser gun.” Taser Gun! Luckily, the fan wasn’t streaking. That...
April 2010
6 posts
Puff, Puff, PASS
One might argue that this is the biggest Failshirt in recorded history. Posted via email from FAIL Shirt | Comment »
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I Went Drinking With Gray Powell...
Poor Gray Powell. You will now forever be known as THAT guy. The guy that accidentally left his prototype 4th generation iPhone at Gourmet Haus Staudt. You had a few beers. And yes, it was your birthday. This could have happened to anyone. Unfortunately, it happened to you. And it happened to you on your 27th birthday no less. What a way to celebrate your 27th birthday. Being an Apple Software...
Chick Magnet
I am pretty sure that walking around in this T-Shirt does NOT make you a Chick Magnet. I am pretty sure of that. As a precaution, stay away from any T-Shirt that prominently features faux abs as the centerpiece of the design. No matter how cheap it is. Even $5 cheap. Even 4 for $18 cheap. FAILShirt! Photo courtesy of @ccruz54. Posted via email from FAIL Shirt | Comment »
Cat Scratch Fever
Funny: Yes. Fail Shirt? That’s for you to decide… meow! Posted via email from FAIL Shirt | Comment »
All Washed Up
Joey Fatone is an easy target to poke fun at. What to make, though, of this curious image, in which he seemingly mocks himself and his attendant celebrity status with an ironic slogan tee? As much as I’m loathe to admit it, there’s a certain tongue-in-cheek quality here that I find humorous and, gulp, even respect. Observant tee spotters will recall that this embed made the rounds on...
All Washed Up
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March 2010
10 posts
Dryhumping Ain't So Dry After All...
As mentioned in a previous post, t-shirt spoofs are a dime a dozen. Take the one above, which riffs on a popular new wave cut from the 80’s. </object>It’s funny in a suggestive, juvenile and potty-mouthed fashion, but is it a FAILSHIRT? Sound off below! Via.Related reading: It Goes to 11 & Found Item Clothing Travis Greenwood Marketing Manager founditemclothing.com ...
A Super Hair Chest
OK, so this might “technically” not be a T-Shirt, but still, it’s filled with lots of FAIL! Who in their right mind would want to wear something like this, other than say, David Hasselhoff? And you’ve got to wonder, does it comes with the cheesy bottle top necklace as well? FAILShirt! Posted via email from FAIL Shirt | Comment »
The Case for Prohibition...
Lacking even a basic sense of decorum, we present this whopper of a fail shirt, the I’m Drunk, She’s Fat, It’s On tee. Spotted in a tacky gift shop in Byron Bay, Australia, it is, among other things, blatantly sexist, mean-spirited, opportunistic, and pro-stupid. Posted via email from FAIL Shirt | Comment »
She Loves Cock, No He Loves Cock! What?!
via failblog.files.wordpress.com Some might call this Korean Avant Garde! According to one FAIL Blog reader, matching clothes is the height of fashion and a sure sign of devotion for couples, including underwear, in Korea. I’m not sure about that. I call FAILShirt! Posted via web from FAIL Shirt | Comment »
Trust Me, I'm A Liar
“Do you swear to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God?” Don’t hold your breath people. It doesn’t look like the word “truth” is in this persons vocabulary. What a T-Shirt to get arrested in, which is why it’s such an awesome FAILShirt! Posted via email from FAIL Shirt | Comment »
A Real Kitty Twister
T-shirt parodies are a dime-a-dozen. Some are quite clever; the majority are… not. Posted via email from FAIL Shirt | Comment »
Daddy Drinks Because I Cry
Poor baby. Poor, poor, poor baby. It takes a *great* parent to dress their kid up in this shirt. Or, it takes a *great* friend to give said shirt to said *great* parent. That’s what great friends are for anyway, right? Well, I’m convinced that you want this shirt for either your kid, or your friends kid. And guess what, you can buy it here. Posted via email from FAIL...
A Special Kind of Douche
It takes a real douche to wear a T-Shirt that says “Go Fuck Yourself.” It actually takes a special kind of douche. Posted via email from FAIL Shirt | Comment »
Little People, BIG World
I don’t even know where to start with this curious picture. Strange, understated sexual fetish? Check. Oddly poetic slogan masking a Napoleon complex? Double check. Pedophile mustache? Triple check. It’s all relative, I suppose, but creepy… is creepy! SHIRTFAIL!
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I Heart Hot Moms
He sort of reminds me of one of those guys that you’d see on To Catch A Predator. Thoughts? Posted via email from FAIL Shirt | Comment »
February 2010
28 posts
Buttweiser
Oh the classic mug shot. It’s awkward enough to be taking a mug shot, but to take a mug shot in such a prison appropriate T-Shirt? Maybe he had the foresight to know what the future had in store for him. Don’t drop the soap, bud. FAILShirt! Posted via email from FAIL Shirt | Comment »
Orgasm Donor
I wonder if this is the T-Shirt that you get when you give a donation at your local sperm bank. And if it was, would you make a donation to get one for yourself? FAILShirt! Posted via email from FAIL Shirt | Comment »
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Or Give It To Your Mother...
via failblog.org This is actually brilliant. I wouldn’t characterize this tag as a fail…unless of course it’s a 40-year-old virgin who is living at home that’s reading the label. Then, well, yes … FAIL! Posted via web from FAIL Shirt | Comment »
It's Great to Honest With Yourself and Whatnot...
…but take the case of the individual pic’d below who robbed a bank in suburban St. Louis late last year. Look closely and you’ll note that the perp — who, according to the FBI, is still at large — had the foresight to wear a tee shirt emblazoned with the dubious catch-all, “Gangster: I Am Who I Am.” I recognize that it’s important to be true to yourself, but one has to wonder, where’s the...
Offensive Chris Brown Shirt
Alright, so this is as offensive as a T-Shirt can get. There’s so much FAIL in this shirt that I don’t know where to begin. How about the part about this shirt that advertises physical abuse and domestic violence towards women - because we all know that Chris Brown reference refers to what he did to Rihanna. Or, let’s talk about the hideous Miami Dolphins colors. Why turquoise...
I Like It From Behind
via media.peopleofwalmart.com I seriously don’t understand why someone of this ladies stature would like to draw even more attention to herself with such a hideous T-Shirt. FAILShirt! Posted via web from FAIL Shirt | Comment »
Sorry Girls...
I think it might be even funnier if a heterosexual guy wore a shirt that said, “Sorry Boys I Eat Pussy.” Then again, no, it wouldn’t. Because who wears these types of shirts! FAILShirt! Posted via email from FAIL Shirt | Comment »
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Dream The Impossible Dream
via walmartfail.com Wal-mart, where dreams come true. I’m afraid that in this economy “impossible dreams” like this one is the reality for many. Needless to say, save some dignity for yourself and DON’T wear shirts like this one! BTW, she looks razzled, don’t you think? FAILShirt! Posted via web from FAIL Shirt | Comment »
FAIL! (Thumbs Down)
Hello, Hello Kiddos! You’re looking at yet another FAILShirt exclusive T-Shirt, it’s called FAIL! (Thumbs Down). You artsy fartsy types might recognize that it looks kinda like the “Click To Appreciate It” button the Behance website. Yes, this is a parody of that badge and I think that it works perfectly! FAIL! is a parody of the Behance appreciate it badge and is the...
Redneck Love (or Lack Thereof)
This lovely FAILShirt has the distinction of being the FIRST user submitted FAILShirt. Hooray for quick snapping FAILShirt paparazzi (and Twitter)! Some serious hate on this shirt. However, I wouldn’t be surprised if it was indeed a redneck sporting this classy T-Shirt. FAILShirt! FAILShirt submitted by Twitter user @MimicTheSky. Remember, YOU can submit FAILShirts that you spot in the...
I Ate Mary-Kate
Just out of curiosity, I wonder how many calories a whole Mary-Kate would be. For those scratching your heads, this shirt references one-half of probably the most famous twins of the late 80’s and early 90’s - Mary-Kate and Ashley Olson, better known as the baby from Full House. This oversized shirt from designer RosenMunns looks more like prison uniform than chic wear. Another reason...