Grateful Dead Skull + “Solo Jazz” Design = Best Pin of The Week

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Aug 29, 2016 at 8:56am PDT

As the founder of Strike Gently Co, I deal in pins and patches daily. The Creators Project asked me to pull together a weekly roundup of the best newly-released pins. Most of these will probably sell out. If you like them, smash that “add to cart” button. Every Wednesday, you can head to the bottom of this article for an exclusive discount code so you can keep your pin game sharp.  

I spend a lot of time walking downtown, and this week I saw more people wearing pins in public than ever.  Most people are still stuck in five-year-old trends like health goth, vaporwave, or Vetements, but a lot of the lower-key cooler teens wear pins. Good on you, teens. Good on you. Here are my five favorite releases this week:

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Aug 23, 2016 at 12:11pm PDT

This one’s personal. Back when I was in school, and either sick in bed or faking it, I would somehow always find myself glued to The Price is Right. My tiny child brain, malleable and impressionable, found solace in the ridiculous hypercapitalist spectacle… Makes sense, actually. Now that I think about it, I’d wear this pin proudly.

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Aug 27, 2016 at 2:19pm PDT

There's no love lost between me and the breakout teen pregnancy fantasia, Juno, but I do care about hamburger phones. They’re a great idea, and all but a relic of the past. Bracelegs Collective has immortalized the burger phone in a pin, since most of you, with your cool young parents, would be fools to waste money on a landline. RIP, dial tones.

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Aug 26, 2016 at 3:40pm PDT

Suspect LTD has done it again, this time creating what might be my favorite pin ever. Wear this one to tell the world how you really feel. Wear it on a crowded subway during commuter hour and maybe you’ll even have a minor civil suit on your hands. That’s the beauty of city living, baby. Wahoo!

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Aug 27, 2016 at 9:38am PDT

The Grateful Dead is hip again and, man, am I pleased. Where I grew up, all the cool people loved the Grateful Dead. Then I moved to New York, where everyone's measuredly into Burzum and chokers. Suffering and sexual repression, sure. But you know what else is cool? Music that relieves you of those ailments. Thunder Yells had the brilliance to put the "Solo Jazz" design onto the "Steal Your Face" logo, and the result is an instant classic. 90s kids + 70s jams = 100% Self-loathing-free chill.

$10.00 here.

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Aug 31, 2016 at 5:20pm PDT

Speaking of the ironic glorification of mental illness, here’s a pin about depression! Wear it to show people that you had a secret My Chemical Romance fanfic Livejournal in 7th grade, but that you’ve since graduated to soft goods because fashion is less work than literally everything else.

$10.00 here.

Ok, that’s it for this week. What a relief! Use the code 69 for 20% off your order this week at my shop, Strike Gently Co.

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