Unlike a lot of the Bench T-shirts I own, this one's illustrative contribution is fairly understated. Instead, the construction of the tee is the focus. The Bench logo is in fact a hollowed-out section in the main sky blue fabric - each letter has been sliced through to the chest. On the inside of the tee against the reverse of the hollow letters, individual brown pieces of material peppered with the typical architectural illustration favoured by the Bench brand have been sewn over the hollows, creating a sort of 3D window effect deliberately framed by the stitching.
I've always appreciated Bench's penchant for exploring interesting ways to create a T-shirt visual without relying solely on screen-printing, whilst still keeping the retail price acceptable.
Having said that, cutting hollows is all very good and well and modern and bold and innovative and everything, but the stitching is starting to deteriorate on the brown portions, meaning that one day soon the logo will cease to read 'Bench' and instead will read 'B-nipple-nch-ipple'. Thankfully after today, I won't have to worry about that until next year.
