To make way for new Spring/Summer delivery, we are pleased to announce our Spring Cleaning Sale.

Featuring:
- Tees from $5 USD
- Hoodies for $15 USD

This is for a limited time, as is stock in these items.

Shop here.

We are pleased to announce our first 40% off event – The White Sale.

Take advantage of 40% off all orders, regardless of the amount spent. There are no limits. Use it more than once, share it with your friends, send it over Twitter.

This is for a limited time, is on now and ends January 20th at 11:59 PM EST.

Use promo code WHITESALE at checkout. Shop here.

For the Holiday Season this year, we reached out to our friends/fans to ask what promotion they’d like to see. Overwhelmingly, the requests came back “something for charity”. Not ones to disappoint, we snapped into action and started talking about Detroit charities that we would like to support. After much discussion, we landed on a great one, The Detroit Creative Project.

The DCP teach kids inside the city of Detroit the skill of improvisation. Improvisation teaches great lessons about life, and about how to be a better citizen – with family and friends, at work and in your community. At its core, it teaches you to listen, that it isn’t all about you, and that you are not responsible for figuring everything out, or having the perfect answer at a moment’s notice. In this day in (a social media) age, these are needed skills.

So, from now (December 5th) until January 5th, we will match and donate your shipping costs to the DCP so that they may continue their work inside of the city of Detroit. For a more in-depth look at The Detroit Creative Project, watch the video below. Then, start shopping.

We are very excited to announce our first product to stray from our apparel roots, The Mover Art. Checking in at a whopping 25″x39″, this piece of wall art was inspired by old trolly signs and quietly begs for your attention whilst adding a bit of old Detroit into whatever room you see fit for it.

Love it or hate it, the Detroit People Mover has been ushering around business professionals, sports fans and tourists alike for 25 years and is a visual staple of the city. The Mover Art celebrates this staple of the city by showcasing six of the 13 stations.

The Mover Art is printed on thick French paper in Ypsilanti, Michigan by VG Kids and ships via USPS in a mailing tube.

PURCHASE: http://blonde.bigcartel.com/product/the-mover-art

Summer has come and gone and fall is settling in pretty quickly.  As the season changes, so must our Blonde Mix. So, to bring a little extra heat to your bonfire, we tapped Detroit DJ and graphic designer Rebecca Goldberg, A.K.A. Cash4Gold.  Clocking in at just over an hour, Cash’s Blonde No. 7 mix turns you out, running the gamete of minimal house to beat thumping EDM.

To get more in the mind of the artist, we sat down with Cash to ask her some questions about design, DJing and Detroit.

1.) Tell us about you and your ties to Detroit.

Born and raised in the suburbs, have been living in Hamtramck for just over a couple of years now.  I have many great memories in Detroit, and have had a lot of opportunities here.  I do eat, dance, work and shop in Detroit.  I am also proud of Detroit because of what it stands for and means to me personally, and to us as a culture.  Like so many others, this is my home.  It is all of our duties to take care of our home and respect our home.

2.) How did you find your start in DJing?

I have always been very passionate and about music.  I found that my taste was very ecclectic and enjoyed sharing what I like with others.  DJing is an opportunity to do this for long periods of time to a wide and varying audience.  I tinkered with computer mixing software and practiced that way for about a year.  A friend of friends finally gave me the chance to play out and took me under as a pseudo-apprentice.  I was not allowed to even think about bringing a computer and was quickly engrossed in the ‘right way’ to DJ.  About a year after that I started getting my own gigs, invested in equipment, and can definitely match beats without a button click!

3.) Is the party scene inside of Detroit dead?

I think it’s far from it.  There are a lot of different types of people trying to make different things happen. There are great parties in Detroit proper as well as the Metro area happening all the time.  Local talent is very active and I think creating the right relationship with a venue or promoters is key in keeping it successful.  Working together is so necessary, especially here, and I think the most successful parties and series events understand this.

4.) You’re a graphic designer as well as a DJ, do you find those two things work cohesively or separately?

I am excited to have found a way to have what I am most passionate about, music and design, functioning symbiotically in regards to my career.  I have met so many people through music who are in need of graphic design; anything from their own business cards, to flyers for events or record artwork.  I have also met people involved in music through different design and art projects as well, so the opportunities definitely compliment each other in both regards.

5.) Who are your inspirations?

Madonna is definitely my biggest influence as a businesswoman and industry professional.  I have admired and followed her career for what seems like my entire life.  My family and friends are really supportive of my endeavors and their encouragement is always very inspiring and valued.  Musically I am inspired by the likes of BT, Nelle Hooper, Ben Hillier, producers that have been innovative throughout long careers still in the making.

6.) Do you think Detroit will ever rise back to what it was? What do you think it will take for that to happen?

For anything to change and rise up after such a debilitating situation, innovation and adaptation need to occur.  So will Detroit ever be what it was?  It’s hard to imagine the ‘Paris of the West’ being right here, right now.  I do think it could be something huge and inevitably different than any city, and any Detroit, that has ever existed before.  The art/music/culture scenes really are thriving.  There is so much opportunity to brainstorm and network amongst fellow creatives in every field.  Business ARE coming to the city, restaurants ARE successful and maybe the Tigers will win the next time around…  It’s definitely going to take more time, but I think we are headed in the right direction.

7.) Who’s doing big things in Detroit that you want to shout out?

Definitely have to say hello to the MOTORCITYBLOG family.  They are one of the greatest teams I’ve ever felt a part of.  A family, representing Dietroit and showcasing everything great about where we are.  Shout out to the Tandem Entertainment crew. House music is alive and well in Detroit especially thanks to these guys who throw some of the best parties I’ve played and danced at.  DJ Alexi – this is a thank you shout out – See #2.

8.) What do you want to accomplish that you have yet to?

I really want to get deep into the producing aspect of things.  A while back another DJ told me that eventually existing music would not be ‘satisfying enough’ anymore.  I would hear something, or think of my favorite song, and maybe want to add to or manipulate it.  I would want to make remixes… and then my own work.  He was right about all of it.

9.) What else should people know about you?

I work really hard, always have.  I am very passionate and dedicated to the career paths I am on and I hope this shows in my work.  I do what I do because I love it, and I encourage everyone to do the same for themselves.

10.) Where can people see your work, or see you play live?

Please visit my website to follow my Design career and check out my portfolio.  I play out at events with Tandem Entertainment and other special events around town.  Following me on Facebook or checking out listen.to/CASH4GOLD is the best way to keep posted on upcoming gigs.

11.) What were your thoughts when curating Blonde No. 7?

I wanted to keep a sort of “haunting” theme throughout and build to something reminiscent of a carnivale or gypsy party.  To me it sounds very Thriller influenced, and I’m really excited about the way it turned out.  I hope everyone enjoys it and grooves to it this season.

BLONDE NO. 7 – CASH4GOLD [Free Download]

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It seems like just yesterday that we were launching the website, pressing logo tees and crossing our fingers for the best. Now we are all grown up (sort of) and three years later we are still pressing tees, working to make the website better and crossing our fingers for the best. Difference is, we have lots of new fans and friends that we have met along the way

On Sunday, 11.11.12 we invite you to celebrate our third anniversary with us as we host a Sunday brunch like you’ve never seen before.

Noon begins our Art Reception featuring the work of (Detroit artists) Jennifer Blair and Heidi Barlow. Brunch will be served promptly at 12:30, and is provided by Royal Oak’s very own What Crepe? Before you leave, make sure to hand screen your very own exclusive tee at the event or purchase some of our goods at discounted, event pricing.

We are pleased to announce the arrival of our Summer 2012 Lookbook.

Shot by Michigan photographer Ken Hudak, our lookbook debuted on our Facebook page this past Tuesday, and features models Lux Rockingham along with the Conradis Twins (Christine and Madison) in some of our newest tees.

Blonde. | LOOKBOOK | Summer ’12

Shot by: Ken Hudak for Ken Hudak Photography
Makeup and Styling: Dana Witkowski & Alyson Nagorsen

Models:
Lux Rockingham
Christine Conradis
Madison Conradis

The first time we laid eyes on the ink-works of Vincent Cervantez we were blown away by the details and texture within.  We watched as he smudged and smeared the soot-black-ink into his dark-themed creations (and all over his hands) as if he was pushing some sort of pain into the paper.

As the figures take shape, you have to wonder what world Vincent is channeling.  From winged-beauties looking lost into bleakness to a pair of haunting eyes that seem to be hiding just a much as they are seeing; Vincent finds a way to bring large amounts of emotion with very few tools.

With our collaboration, we are proud to offer his Anatomical Heart print up on a super soft, organic, Alternative Apparel tee.  We also hope to offer a new take on “wearing your heart on your sleeve”.

$30 | Purchase: http://blonde.bigcartel.com/product/the-anatomical-tee

Blonde is pleased to offer up the first look into Summer 2012 with the release of The Naut Tee and The Twiggy Tee.  Both offerings were printed on super-soft organic cotton in Ypsilati, Michigan home of our fine printers, VG Kids.  The print is soft to the touch and the fabric is light on the skin. Perfect for whatever weather your summer may bring.

The Naut Tee

First spotted in the nineteenth-century, the nautical stripe has become a staple in fashion.
A typical, small to oversized-stripe pattern is the standard for a nautical design. Ours, somewhat,
tips that on its head.

$30 | Purchase: blonde.bigcartel.com/product/the-naut-tee

The Twiggy Tee

Lesley Lawson (better known to most as Twiggy) became the face of the “swinging 60′s”
London movement in the early 1960′s. At only 16 years old, with her big eyes and androgynous
looks, Twiggy took the world by storm.

$35 | Purchase: blonde.bigcartel.com/product/the-twiggy-tee

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