personalized shirts: Water Patrol Teaches With T-Shirts

( Air Date: 7/29/2006 )

Missouri water patrol officers are on the look out for youngsters who are following the law. They`re handing out "I got caught wearing my lifejacket" T-shirts to kids on several Missouri waterways and the response is encouraging. Sergeant Eldon Wulf said, "Oh they get a kick out of it the adults want to put their lifejacket on real quick so they can get a personalized T-shirt too." Sergeant Wulf has heard every excuse in the book from parents not enforcing the law that requires any child under seven to wear a life jacket. Wulf said, "The main one is it`s too hot and the kid doesn`t want to have it on and they throw a fit." Sgt. Wulf says parents can avoid a battle by not allowing a child on the boat without it. He says you should make them put on life jackets at the dock or marina before the boat leaves the marina. Wulf warns that parents can`t depend on themselves to save the day because even parental supervision can`t prevent some drownings. Wulf said, "The most common fatality is a drowning in a small boat under 16 foot that `s easy to capsize. If you wind up in the water unexpectedly and the water`s cold or you bump your head there`s a good chance you`ll drown without a life jacket."

Catching kids following the law means some parents are getting the right message across. Seven-years-old Mackenzie Cyr "It`s safe for you and you`re supposed to wear it all times." Five-year-old Madison Cyr said, "Cause it`s safe and our mom tells us too."
Water patrolmen say if one child is saved from the T-shirt program their goal is met but they admit it`s fun handing out something besides a ticket. If a child is caught without a life jacket a ticket will cost the boat driver about 180 dollars but everyone we saw today had smooth sailing.

personalized shirts: 'Made in China' T-shirts make Numsa blush

July 23 2006 at 03:10PM

The National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) is to apologise to its sister union for textile workers after distributing cheap Chinese personalized T-shirts and bags to its members, the SABC reported on Sunday.

Numsa distributed the items at its regional conference in Cape Town at the weekend.

Delegates expressed dismay when they found that the items had not been made in South Africa.

The conference considered a call to return the goods, then accepted the organisers' proposal that they be distributed to members along with a promise not to repeat the mistake.

The organisers said they would write to the SA Clothing and Textile Workers' Union (Sactwu) to apologise.

The textile industry has been badly affected by cheap imports into the local market.

N Numsa and Sactwu both belong to the Congress of SA trade Union. - Sapa

personalized shirts: Vietnam : Allocation of knitted–cotton shirts for US

July 17, 2006


On July 12, 2006, Vietnamese Inter–ministries of Trade and Industry issued Notification No. 0275/BTM-DM concerning allocation of Categories No. 338/339 (knitted–cotton shirts for men and women) to the US market in the remaining 2006.

Reportedly, the ministries announced enterprises to be granted auto–visa facilitating exports of these goods to the market based on unutilized auto–visa fund of 2006.

The enterprises named in the list include ones that have already imported materials after May 25 and will export the goods categories by July 10, this year.

According to the Ministries, these enterprises have also been approved with exports quota allocation in Notification 0233/BTM-DM dated June 16, No. 0245/BTM-DM on June 22 and No. 0250/BTM-DM announced on June 9, this year.

Fibre2fashion, News Desk - Vietnam

personalized shirts: Cheesy T-shirts a time-honored summer tradition

By Joe Kovac Jr.
TELEGRAPH STAFF WRITER


Somewhere on the way to summer vacation - or perhaps at the last-chance taffy-and-trinkets emporium on the way back - cheap, holiday-destination T-shirts became a traveler's look-where-I've-been badge.

Some of the more memorable tees date back to those iron-on shirts of the '70s, particularly ones bearing the phrase "My Parents Went to (fill in tourist-trap beach or mountain-town name) and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt."

Such shirts were (and maybe still are) to souvenirs what personalized, airbrushed visors and license plates are to the flea marketplace.

And yet visiting, say, Myrtle Beach just wouldn't be the same if you couldn't plunk down 10 bucks for a "Darn Seagulls!" T-shirt replete with fake blobs of gull poop.

Or a shirt advertising some coastal seafood haven that its wearer is pleased to promote as the place where, um, "I Got Crabs."

Or one with that ubiquitous sailboats-at-sunset scene that looks the same, be it bought in Tahiti or at Tybee.

Majestic peaks, jumbo cacti, palm trees, whales, surfboards, dolphins, flamingoes and blazing suns sporting smiley faces, sunglasses or both, they're all souvenir emblems from our roads most traveled. And nowhere are they more at home than when emblazoned on 100-percent cotton, 100-percent tacky T-shirts, in shops where mainstream America meets cheesy and gladly slips it on.

Some of the clever T-shirt slogans that over the years caught the eye of former Washington Post staffer Bob Levey - whose column featured an annual list of shirt sayings sent in by readers - include:

"Summer in Nags Head, Some Are Not."

"This Is the Only Shirt I Didn't Lose in Las Vegas."

"My Folks Slept in the Lincoln Bedroom and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt."

Of course there are vacation T-shirts that transcend tacky and find themselves elevated to the realm of fashion statement. The Hard Rock Cafe and Ron Jon Surf Shop shirts come to mind.

But they don't pack the camp of genuine souvenir tees, the ones that like bumper stickers on your back serve up their wit with a flair that says, "Not Only Am I Wearing This Lousy T-Shirt, But, Boy, It Kinda Makes Me Feel Like I'm Still on Vacation!"

personalized shirts: WRANGLE OVER TONY BLAIR T-SHIRT

A BUSINESSMAN has been fined for displaying shirts bearing a rude slogan about the Prime Minister.

Tony Wright (60), of East Farms, Hollow Lane, Burton Lazars, was caught selling shirts with the slogan B*****k* to Blair emblazoned on them at last week's Royal Norfolk Show.
Police told Mr Wright to remove the shirts from display and fined him £80 for causing harassment, alarm and distress.
But Mr Wright, director of clothing company Embassy GB Ltd, said he intends to appeal the fine and clear his name.
He said: "The police told me I was OK to sell the shirts but not to display them. I couldn't believe it when I got my ticket. It made me ill.
"The police said they had received one complaint out of 22,000 visitors. I don't see anything wrong with me expressing my opinion about Blair. It's freedom of speech. I'm going to take my case to magistrates' court. If I lose that I will take it to crown court and then to the European Court if I have to."
Mr Wright said he had been selling the shirts in different parts of the country for four years and had never received a complaint about them.
A Norfolk Police spokesman said officers issued two fixed £80 penalty notices at the Royal Norfolk Show on Thursday in relation to two trade stands displaying T-shirts emblazoned with offensive language.
She added: "The notices were issued under section five of the public order act as the language was deemed to cause harassment, distress or alarm at an event where a cross section of people were present including families and young children who may have found the displays offensive.
"Police did receive a complaint from a member of the public. The police officers in question explained the reasons for their actions to the two individuals concerned.
"Both men now have the right to either pay the penalty or challenge the action before magistrates."





06 July 2006

personalized shirts: China : Fake T-shirts brands seized by Bureau

July 3, 2006


Illegal business of producing fake products of international brands has seen a monstrous growth in China, during recent times.

The Quality Inspection Bureau recently booked an enterprise, which was all set to deliver personalized T-shirts of Crocodile, distributor of Lacoste, based at France.

The Bureau slapped RMB780,000 fine on enterprise as the trust deed of the brand in question is fake.

It is reported that in a month's time, several enterprises suffered on account of their clients, who supplied fake trust deeds of reputed foreign brands.

Fibre2fashoin News Desk - China