Posts tagged trends
Posts tagged trends
A Tribe of T-Shirts.
Inspired by local Jordan culture and street slang, the Amman-based shop Jo Bedu sells t-shirts, pillows and bags with a pop culture edge. The majority of the expressions printed on the shirts are very specific to Jordanian culture and may not be so clear at first to non-locals, but that’s also their charm.
Once you grasp the ideas behind them, you’ll like them even more and may find yourself introducing them into your own vocabulary. Even English slang has found it’s way into Jordanian vocabulary with phrases like “يا الهي شو اني اوسوم” “My gosh I’m so awesome” where the word “awesome” is directly written as it sounds in arabic, no translation. Others are take a twist on Western pop culture, shirts like Rababa Hero (inspired by the game Guitar Hero), Campbell’s Adas Soup كامبلس عدس سوب and Yir7am Jiddak يرحم جدك (with the KFC icon).
Enough talking, check them out for yourself at their online store and tell us your faves!
“Which miss are you?” is the tagline for a new t-shirt line that’s launched in Lebanon. The idea plays on a similar concept to the little miss and mister people, except culturally-adapted to Lebanese women.
The line of 20 t-shirts uses common adjectives that have the sound “miss” in them and reinterprets them. For example, “missmarra” (tanned), “misst2imeh” (pregnant) and “missta3jleh”(in a rush). My mom bought me the “misscall” t-shit for my habit of miss calling her all the time.
The illustrations of long-legged women look like something out of Cosmogirl. I could see teenagers going crazy over them. The printing quality could be better, especially since they are selling for $30 a piece. (A bit expensive in my view for a basic t-shirt)
What I liked about this line was the playful idea and that they were printed on tank t-shirts. The Lebanese are naturally business-oriented and a walk through any artisan fair will reveal the next new trend. And that’s one thing the Lebanese cannot miss out on.
