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“Color Coded Criminals” by Mr. Purple

T-shirt lets “Reservoir Dogs” fans wear heart on chest

They say first impressions are important.

So imagine how your blind date would feel if you walked up in a T-shirt proclaiming your love for Quentin Tarantino’s “Reservoir Dogs.”

No doubt she’d be wowed by your passion. Stunned by your intellectual prowess. Seduced by your charm.

Threadless.com wants to give you that chance to be exceptional.

Right now, the online T-shirt vendor is offering its neato designs for a mere $12 a pop. Take it from me — this is a deal not to be missed.

Here’s how Threadless works: Folks send in designs, they’re voted on, and the most popular designs become soft cotton American Apparel T-shirts. The winning designers get $2,000, a $500 Threadless gift certificate, and the knowledge that their creations are on hundreds of hip young chests. (More moola is available for special “challenges,” or, design contests.)

Designs run the range from cute to lovely to funny to very, very strange. And there’s always plenty of pop culture references in the mix — like this simply wonderful Darth Vader tee.

Some of the coolest designs sell out quickly, so here’s my advice. Shop now, buy quickly and demand multiple reprints.

Your closet, and your future wife, will thank you.

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The above shirt is “Color Coded Criminals,” by a designer known simply as Mr. Purple.

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