I happened to be in Tribeca last week and stumble upon (I swear!) the J. Crew shop that was to exclusively carry the Bushwick faux vintage t-shirt. I browsed for a few seconds before a chipper associate swooped in to ask if he could help me.
“Yeah,” I said, ” Do you have the Bushwick shirt?”
Chipper associate, in a flash, lost his smile and and his eyes narrowed. “No…we’re out.”
“Were they yanked?” I asked innocently.
“Uh, no, they sold out like two weeks ago.”
“Okay, thanks,” I said, noticing the other “limited edition” faux vintage tees sold exclusively at this store were still quite healthily stocked on the shelves.
A source tells me the CEO of J. Crew, Mickey Drexler, is very hip to buzz, and it would not be unthinkable for him to have ordered the merchandise off the shelves after the whole world made fun of it. I’m sure we’ll never know.
mopar October 9th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
Aw, I totally wanted one. I bought a deerhead from Urban Outfitters.
Asstimus Prime October 10th, 2008 at 10:43 am
Maybe it’s because more hipsters turdbags who think this kind of thing is cool live in Bushwick than anywhere else?
Dresden October 10th, 2008 at 11:24 am
They actually looked pretty cool, despite the total douche-baggedness of the concept. So, fuck you J. Crew for making a better T-shirt than dive bars make.
But I guess dive bars aren’t in the schmata business, they’re in the getting-me-schmeared business…
it’s a nice day to tie one on, incidentally.
Mel Ferrell December 30th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
I’ve always wanted a bushwick T so i screen printed a bunch. The first batch of 50 went out free to the neighborhood… these new ones are $15 if anyones interested. photos are available to users in the facebook group: “it’s bushwick not east williamsburg”
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=13179770641
or you can email me @ mel@phimel.com
Poetsona February 27th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
They are selling “Bushwick” tees and bags at the Wyckoff Starr coffee shop….get yours and represent. New comers ….listen up…Native Bushwicked people like Bushwick being Bushwick .. all this East Williamsburg bullshit is actually annoying. Grab a shirt saying “Bushwick” as if you live here and give a damn!