POOR FORM Journal

Comfort Colors 1717: fit, weight and sizing guide
What the Comfort Colors 1717 is, how it fits, how heavy it is and how to wash it, with a full size chart in centimetres. Read more...
Funny T-shirt gifts for adults: how to pick one they’ll actually wear
How to choose a funny T-shirt gift for an adult that they will actually wear: the right humour, the right level of explicit and the right size. Read more...
Subvertising: a short history of vandalised billboards
Billboards talk at us all day. Every so often, somebody talks back. A short history of subvertising and the graffiti bandit behind Shits & Giggles. Read more...
Your Country Needs You: the story behind the 1914 poster
Alfred Leete’s 1914 Kitchener image is one of the most copied posters in British history. Here is the real story, and what our graffiti bandit did to it. Read more...
How to choose a graphic T-shirt you’ll actually wear
A good graphic T-shirt has to work as clothing before the artwork does the talking. Here is what to look for in the print, garment and idea behind it. Read more...
Gym wear, activewear and athleisure: what’s the difference?
Gym wear, activewear and athleisure overlap, but shoppers do not always use the words in the same way. Here is a simple guide to the terms and the clothes behind... Read more...
What is garment-dyed cotton? A guide to garment-dyed T-shirts
Garment-dyed T-shirts get their colour after the garment has been made. Here is what that changes, why the finish looks different and why POOR FORM uses it. Read more...
What does “poor form” mean — and why is our clothing brand called POOR FORM?
“Poor form” normally sounds like criticism. That is exactly why the name works. Here is the idea behind POOR FORM and what the phrase means to us. Read more...
Holi: the festival behind the colour
The colour catches your eye. The celebration gives it meaning. A closer look at the festival that inspired POOR FORM’s Holi tee. Read more...
Fred Ott’s sneeze: an everyday moment from 1894
A man sneezes, a camera records it, and an ordinary moment survives. Meet the early film behind POOR FORM’s Sneeze tee. Read more...
The Voyager Golden Record: a message from Earth
What would you send into space to explain life on Earth? The story behind Voyager’s Golden Record and our Curated Curiosity tee. Read more...