It’s Trash Day–Affliction Wrinkle Wash Indo Tee

It’s trash day, time to take it out.  It’s hard for me to trash tee shirts because you can pretty much put anything on a tee and it will look alright.  Once in a while, you come across some trash that defies all reason.  Affliction is just the kind of trash I hate.  The shirts lack creativity; the graphics are all the same and always follow the same pattern on every shirt.  Take this shirt for instance, it looks like a cross between Dog the Bounty Hunter and the Bad Guy from “Temple of Doom.” Affliction claims to be trendsetters, but the wrinkled shirt trend is about 5 years ago and skulls became played out last year. I can’t fault Affliction for sticking with the skull theme and the over masculine shirts, it seems to fit their target demographic.  The only problem is that most of the guys who wear Affliction aren’t the type to be dangerous or ruthless; this is the stigma the shirts display. Just look at most of the graphics: skulls, grim reapers and nothing says crazy guy like rhinestones. I have tried Affliction on and the shirts felt cheap and they fit terrible.  You would think $50 would buy a way nicer tee and one that fits amazing. Most of the guys who wear Affliction are dudes who workout way too much and need huge shirts for their 5 foot wide shoulders.  This shirt looks like a two-year-old got loose in the factory and cut the pattern.  The shirt dips up and down in certain places, and a shirt with open hems never looks good. It just looks like you have been wearing that shirt for far too long. Also, for $50 you would think the print wouldn’t  look ironed on (like I did it with my Canon printer and an iron). I don’t know, maybe add some stitching or just take sometime and do a better job silk screening the graphic.  I compare these to drinking Bud Light and saying it doesn’t get any better; what I mean is there are amazing craft beers, but people still devour Bud Light like it’s gold.  Affliction is to Bud Light, as Creep Street is to Sam Adams.  Is the message this tee is trying to get across, I am a dead Aztec king so I should be feared or I am a testosterone fueled asshole so get out of my way?  Let’s be honest most of the guys who wear this brand are trying to convey that message, but won’t ever admit it. So if you want to channel your inner Aztec king who rips out people’s hearts and drops them into a pit of fire, while arresting “ice heads” with you crazy sons.  Then this is the shirt for you, but if you enjoy Sam Adams and craft tee shirts, than take out the trash with me, because it smells like a rotting corpse.

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