From the day we opened our humble storefront (in the foyer of our old Greenlake warehouse) and set up a booth at the Fremont Sunday Market, Destee-Nation Shirt Co. has been inspired by our fans and earned the favor of a few press outlets and bloggers. Check out what people are saying about our t-shirt shop and our efforts to help local business. If you know of an article or review that we've left off this list, please let us know.
A Few of our Favorites
NY Times Magazine
6-15-08 - New York Times Magazine Columnist and author Rob Walker has this to say, "Destee Nation is not selling nostalgia or hipster kitsch but romance — the romance of the American small business, the neighborhood diner, the old bar, the mom-and-pop shop that has managed to linger into the era of big-box chains." Read more...
Seattle Channel's City A Go Go
6-22-07 - Nancy Guppy and her terrfic crew interviewed our founder, took a tour of the print shop and even bought a few shirts from our Fremont store. Watch it here.
Seattle Magazine
8-06 - The shopping gurus at Seattle Magazine voted us Best Way to Show Neighborhood Pride in 2006 and said, "Seattle's die-hard dive-bar patrons will recognize kindred spririts in co-owners Peter Smith and Matt Morgan..." Read more...
Seattle Metropolitan Magazine
6-06 - In his article, Tee Time, Seattle Metropolitan writer John Coyle had this to say, "Forget the prefaded shirts for fictitious garages and greasy spoons popularized at chain outlets. Desteenation's products are as different from those "imitees" as..." Read more...
NWsource.com (subsidiary of The Seattle Times Company)
3-20-06 - In her article, Desteenation and Vintage T-shirt Expedition, NWsource writer Kathy Schultz had this to say, "You won't find tacky T's with unfunny sayings at this new T-shirt destination in Fremont. Rather, you'll find logo T-shirts sporting the original art from more than 90 (cool) independent businesses, all in one spot." Read more...
More Press & Blog Reviews
Tee Zine - Cause Shirts Rock
4-12-08 - In her post, What's your Desteenation?, a fan and fellow t-shirt blogger, teezine had this to say, "I've known about Desteenation for quite some time now, and every now and then I would check their website just to enjoy in their beautiful, vintage style shirts which are always connected to actual taverns, brew companies and other cool places across US of A." Read more...
Startup Hawaii: News, Info, and Inspiration
1-21-08 - In his post An Example of Genius Cult Branding blogger and attorney Darl Gleed had this to say, "There are tons of T-shirt companies out there. What is different here, and genius, is the successful "cult branding" that is going on. Desteenation Shirt Company succeeds in tapping into our own sense of nostalgia about the places we remember from the good ol' days or our travels, and attaching emotion to our experience shopping for a T-shirt." Read more...
Seattle Post Intelligencer Reader Blogs
1-8-08 - In her post A-B-C. Easy as 1-2-3, Seattle blogger Kathleen VanDerAa had this to say, "Maybe you saw a show together at the Tractor Tavern, or you shared a donut at Top Pot, or you browsed for music together at Easy Street Records? If so, instant sentimental value!" Read more...
NWsource.com (subsidiary of The Seattle Times Company)
11-21-07 - In her piece, Six super holiday shopping neighborhoods, NWSource shopping columnist Natalie Bow had this to say, "For truly local T-shirts, head to Evanston Avenue North and Desteenation Shirt Company, where you'll find logo T-shirts from some of your favorite local bars." Read more...
Seattle Picks
9-14-07 - This weekly newletter showcasing favorite Seattle haunts totally got the point when they said, "The goal is not only to look retro-casual (since you can never be underdressed in Seattle), but also to preserve the local culture provided by these establishments. Plus, the Bad JuJu Lounge needs a little PR from their favorite peeps just as much as Home Depot needs a million-dollar ad campaign." Read more...
T-Shirt Fiend
2-07 thru 1-08 - T-shirt collector, fellow Seattleite and major fan, John Clasher, frequently blogs about our company. In one of his recent posts, he wrote about stumbling into our shop in Kona and how he "pretty much planned his entire Big Island exploration right there." Read more...
T-Shirt Island
5-14-07 - In his post, Desteenation and Vintage T-Shirt Expedition, fellow t-shirt blogger, Rangga had this to say, "If it's a cool, locally-owned and loved establishment, Desteenation licenses the design and then promote [sic] their business through a written profile and pictures on its website and in two retail stores (one in Seattle and another in Kona, Hawaii)." Read more...
Funky Duds
2-9-07 - In her post, a different desteenation, fellow t-shirt blogger, funkyduds had this to say, "Desteenation is all about finding original tees from shops/pubs/record stores in different US states and reproducing them with permission for the pleasure of our buying money." Read more...