Gone Are The Days Of Buying Minecraft Clothing From Supermarkets,...
Videogame merchandise wasn't a big thing when I was younger, unless you were willing to pay some impressive import fees and wait months for a package to arrive. When I was a teenager, and mostly after the success of Fortnite, themed clothing started appearing in supermarkets and high-street stores, but it was always a bit naff. No, that didn't stop me from buying it in the biggest size and proudly wearing it to university.
Not only has videogame fashion become more accessible because I now make my own money and don't have to beg my mum and promise I'll clean my room in exchange for a t-shirt that won't arrive until Christmas, but it's definitely become more popular. Which means more brands are picking up licenses for games and creating collections that aren't just a simple transparent JPEG transferred onto a cheap black tee. In fact, some of the collections we're seeing from companies are making video games look, dare I say, stylish.
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The Very Cool x Minecraft collaboration which dropped this month is a perfect example of this, and one that I've been desperate to talk about since I first saw it teased. Minecraft is one of the first games I saw supermarkets start to pick up and create (kids) clothes for, aside from the obvious hitters like Mario and Sonic, but what about adults like me who also love the game, where do we fit into this? Fortunately my wishes have been granted with collaborations like this, and Very Cool has done all it possibly can to bring Minecraft's iconic characters and designs to a clothing line that I love.
The days of producing a bunch of printed t-shirts are long gone. Very Cool has created everything from button-ups to knitted shirts embedded with Mooshrooms, even going so far as to create jeans and jogging bottoms embellished with subtle Minecraft designs, like the pattern of the Wither or some pixelated vines and an Iron Golem embroidery on the pocket. If you'd rather not show your love for the game in bright, flashy patterns and colours, you don't have to.
The attention to detail in these more subtle items is what really sells them to me. For example, the Crafting Pants which look just like a pair of brown corduroy trousers to the untrain
Source: PC Gamer
