Whenever the LSU football team forces a turnover or gets the ball back via a defensive stop, the LSU band plays the Chinese Bandit tune. The entire stadium bows to the defense while the tune is played. The term "Chinese Bandits" originated as the nickname that LSU Coach Paul Dietzel gave to the defensive unit he organized in 1958, which helped LSU to win its first national championship. The next season, the 1959 Chinese Bandit defense held their opponents to an average of only 143.2 yards per game. No LSU defense since has done better.

Chinese Bandit is printed on a 100% cotton, sweatshop-free, made in the USA, American Apparel tee shirt. "Chinese Bandit" is modeled by SLU student Nick Backes as well as LSU students TahJah Krauss and Earl Binnings. The photo of Nick was taken by Lawles Bourque during the 2009 Fashion in the Park fashion showphotographed by Jeff Roedel.

The words Baton Rouge are French for Red Stick. The Mighty Mississippi River rolls right through Baton Rouge. Put 'em together and what do you have? A Red Stick Roller, of course!

Red Stick Roller is a Storyville Original, designed by Elizabeth Harvey for Storyville. "Red Stick Roller" is printed on a cranberry-colored, 100% cotton American Apparel jersey tee shirt with white ink, and is available in both the unisex and female cuts. This Storyville Exclusive is modeled by LSU students Diego Zacarias and Aubrey Howard. Go here to see more Storyville Originals.

Click here to see the baby onesie version of "Red Stick Roller."

Lagniappe is a Cajun French word meaning "a little something extra." And in Storyville, we're all about giving you a little something extra.

"Lagniappe" is a Storyville Original, designed by Elizabeth Harvey of Storyville. Click here to see more Storyville Originals and Exclusives.

"Lagniappe" is printed on an aqua-colored, 100% cotton American Apparel jersey tee with blue and yellow ink. This new tee is available in both the unisex and female cuts and is modeled by LSU students Casey Gioia and James Knobloch. There's also a photo of LSU student Haley Moore modeling the t-shirt during the 2009 Storyville Fashion Show. This photo was taken by Kim Foster of LSU's The Daily Reveille.

"BTR" is short for "Baton Rouge", the Capital City of the Great State of Louisiana. One of the key Baton Rouge landmarks is the long bridge that connects Baton Rouge (and East Baton Rouge Parish) to Port Allen (and West Baton Rouge Parish via Interstate 10).

The bridge is officially named the Horace Wilkinson Bridge and commonly referred to as the "New Bridge" by locals since the bridge was only built in 1968. The bridge is 4,550 feet long, 80 feet wide and 1,235 feet at its longest span. This Mississippi River Bridge is truly a marvel of modern architecture and a proud Louisiana landmark.

"BTR (Mississippi River Bridge)" is printed on an ultra lightweight American Apparel athletic blue tri-blend tee (50% cotton, 25% polyester, 25% rayon) with navy ink and white highlights and is only available in both the female-specific and unisex cuts.

"BTR" features the original artwork of Rob Blumanthal of Evolinium and is produced exclusively for Storyville. The t-shirt is modeled by LSU student Charlotte Cox and photographed by Jeff Roedel. Click here to see more Storyville Originals and Exclusives.

A beignet (pronounced "beign-yay") is a pastry made from deep-fried dough and sprinkled with powdered sugar. Beignets are often found in, and typically associated with, the city of New Orleans, in places like Café Du Monde in the French Quarter.

If you ever go to Café Du Monde, you should get an order of beignets with extra powdered sugar, pretend to have to sneeze and then blow the powdered sugar all over your little brother or sister. They'll hate it, but you'll thoroughly enjoy yourself. And when they grow up, they'll pass the tradition along to their kids.

"Beign-Yay" is a Storyville Original, designed by LSU alumna Elizabeth Harvey and William & Mary student Bailey Thomson and Texas State student Sara Ruffin.

The t-shirt is modeled by LSU students Philip Piediscalzo, Monique Harris, Charlotte Cox, Casey Gioia and Max Zoghbi. The photos of Charlotte were taken by Jeff Roedel and the photos of Max and Casey were taken by Josh Harvey. There's also a couple photos of Jonathan Pretus of Cowboy Mouth wearing the "Beign-Yay" tee while performing at the 2009 Storyville Fashion Show in Baton Rouge. These photos were taken by Kim Foster of LSU's The Daily Reveille. The photo of Monique modeling the "Beign-Yay"dress during the 2009 Fashion in the Park Fashion Show in New Orleans was taken by Lawles Bourque.

"Beign-Yay" is printed on a forest green-colored, 100% cotton American Apparel tee with white and gold inks. Click here to see "Beign-Yay" on an infant one piece.

A beignet (pronounced "beign-yay") is a pastry made from deep-fried dough and sprinkled with powdered sugar. Beignets are often found in, and typically associated with, the city of New Orleans, in places like Café Du Monde in the French Quarter.

If you ever go to Café Du Monde, you should get an order of beignets with extra powdered sugar, pretend to have to sneeze and then blow the powdered sugar all over your little brother or sister. They'll hate it, but you'll thoroughly enjoy yourself. And when they grow up, they'll pass the tradition along to their kids.

"Beign-Yay" is a Storyville Original, featuring artwork by LSU alumna Elizabeth Harvey. The "Beign-Yay" concept was the product of Texas State student Sara Ruffin and William & Mary student Bailey Thomson.

"Beign-Yay" is printed on a grass green-colored, 100% cotton American Apparel Infant One Piece with white and gold inks. Click here to see "Beign-Yay" on a t-shirt.]]> Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:49:31 +0000 http://www.wearyourstory.com/fleur-de-lis-blackout.html

Back in the Spring of 2007, LSU student Jesse Wong hand drew this fleur-de-lis for Storyville. At the time, Storyville was one of several local businesses that were used as "clients" of Professor Rod Parker's senior graphic design course. Storyville lucked out and was assigned to the student team of Jesse Wong, Brandon Jantz and Mary-Margaret Shread (collectively known as Mixed Nuts).

Nearly two years later, Jesse is in Brooklyn, Mary-Margaret is in College Station and Brandon is in Dallas. But many of the graphics that were created in that LSU classroom have already been incorporated into the Storyville shops and website. And here's another one -- "Fleur-de-lis Blackout", a Storyville Original.

Fleur de lis Blackout is printed on an ultra lightweight poly-cotton blend American Apparel track shirt with gold ink. This tri-blend tee shirt is available exclusively in Storyville and is modeled by LSU student James Knobloch as well as University of Texas at Austin students Joel Rajan, Ashley Berwick and Christina Tran. There's also a photo of Red Stick Roller Derby Girl Sigourney Morrison wearing the t-shirt during the 2009 Storyville Fashion Show in Baton Rouge (photo by Kim Foster). Finally, there are a couple photos of Alicia Schulz modeling the Fleur-de-lis Blackout dress during the 2009 Fashion in the Park fashion show in New Orleans. These photos were taken by Timothy Pham of Studio Pham and Lawles Bourque.

Go here to see the infant one piece version of Fleur-de-lis Blackout. Click here to see more Storyville Originals.

King cake is a traditional French pastry cake that is served during carnival season. A small plastic baby, representing the Baby Jesus, is hidden in every king cake. Whoever gets the piece with the baby in it has to buy the next king cake. And so the jubilation continues.

"King Cake" is printed on a grass green, 100% cotton American Apparel tee shirt with yellow ink. This Storyville Original is available in both the unisex and female-specific cuts, and is modeled by LSU students Nicole Staudenmaier, Philip Piediscalzo and Max Zoghbi. The t-shirt was created by Gabriel Harvey and Elizabeth Harvey, the designers behind Beign-Yay and other Storyville Originals. To see more tees that are only available in Storyville, go here.

Storyville's classic Red Stick Roller shrinks itself into a baby one piece. Hey, it's never too early to represent the Mighty, Mighty BR.

Red Stick Baby is a Storyville Original, designed by Elizabeth Harvey for Storyville. "Red Stick Baby" is printed on a red, 100% cotton American Apparel infant one piece with white ink, and is available in four sizes. Click here to see more Storyville Originals.

Storyville's hit tee Fleur-de-lis Blackout gets small, making for an adorable new, tiny one piece.

Fleur de lis Blackout Infant One Piece is a Storyville Original, featuring a fleur-de-lis hand drawn by LSU graduate Jesse Wong. This Storyville Exclusive is printed on a black, 100% cotton American Apparel infant one piece with metallic gold ink, and is available in four sizes. Go here to see more Storyville Originals.

Click here to see the grown up version of Fleur-de-lis Blackout.

Storyville's signature fleur-de-lis makes its way onto a lemon-colored one piece with purple ink. This item is screen printed by hand in the Storyville Print Shop.

Fleur de lis Tiger Lemon One Piece is modeled by eight-month-old Caden Fontana. Caden is not included with the purchase of this one piece.

This item is a Storyville Original, featuring a fleur-de-lis hand drawn by LSU graduate Jesse Wong. This Storyville Exclusive infant one piece is printed on a gender neutral lemon-colored, 100% cotton American Apparel baby one piece with purple ink, and is available in four sizes. Go here to see more Storyville Originals.

Back in the Spring of 2007, LSU student Jesse Wong hand drew this fleur-de-lis for Storyville. At the time, Storyville was one of several local businesses that were used as "clients" of Professor Rod Parker's senior graphic design course. Storyville lucked out and was assigned to the student team of Jesse Wong, Brandon Jantz and Mary-Margaret Shread (collectively known as Mixed Nuts).

Nearly two years later, Jesse is in Brooklyn, Mary-Margaret is in College Station and Brandon is in Dallas. But many of the graphics that were created in that LSU classroom have already been incorporated into the Storyville shops and website. And here's another one -- "Fleur-de-lis Indigo Eclipse", a Storyville Original.

"Fleur de lis Indigo Ecplise" is printed on an indigo-colored, ultra lightweight 50% cotton, 25% polyester, 25% rayon American Apparel track shirt with metallic silver ink. This tee shirt is available exclusively in Storyville, and is modeled by University of Texas at Austin student and Longhorn Model finalist Danielle Burgess. There's also a photo of Loyola University student Ashleigh Barice modeling the dress version of this design during the 2009 Fashion in the Park fashion show. This photo was taken by Lawles Bourque.

Go here to see this item's sister tee -- Fleur-de-lis Blackout. And click here to see more Storyville Originals.

K&B (Katz and Besthoff) was a drug store chain headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded in 1905, it expanded to throughout the Gulf Coast and into the hearts of New Orleanians. In 1997, K&B was bought out by Rite-Aid. Ever since, New Orleanians have secretly held a grudge against Rite-Aid.

One of the most distinctive features of K&B was its use of a particular shade of purple, which commonly became known as "K&B Purple." And with a little help from American Apparel, Storyville now proudly revives "K&B Purple" in tee shirt form.

"K&B Purple" is printed on an ultraviolet (K&B Purple colored), 100% organic cotton, sweatshop-free American Apparel tee shirt. "K&B Purple" is available in both the unisex and female-specific cut. "K&B Purple" is modeled by Meghan Montgomery and TahJah Krauss. The tee shirt was also modeled by Felipe Lopez during the fifth annual Fashion in the Park fashion show, which took place in New Orleans on May 9, 2009 (photo by Lawles Bourque).

Go here to see the K&B design on a white burnout. Click here to see more Storyville Originals and Exclusives.

K&B (Katz and Besthoff) was a drug store chain headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded in 1905, it expanded to throughout the Gulf Coast and into the hearts of New Orleanians. In 1997, K&B was bought out by Rite-Aide. Ever since, New Orleanians have secretly held a grudge against Rite-Aide.

One of the most distintive features of K&B was its use of a particular shade of purple, which commonly became known as "K&B Purple." And with a little help from American Apparel, Storyville now proudly revives "K&B Purple" for a whole new generation.

"K&B Purple" is printed on an ultraviolet (K&B Purple-colored), 100% organic cotton, sweatshop-free American Apparel infant one piece and is available in four sizes.

Click here to get the grown up, tee shirt version of K&B Purple. And go here to see the K&B tee shirt in white. Click here to see more Storyville Originals and Exclusives.

Here's another Storyville Original -- "Fleur-de-lis Eggplant." This shirt features a fleur-de-lis that was drawn by hand for Storyville by LSU alumnus and current New York City resident Jesse Wong.

"Fleur-de-lis Eggplant" is printed on a eggplant (deep purple), 100% cotton American Apparel tee shirt with metallic gold ink. This t-shirt is made in the USA and is available in both the unisex and female-specific cuts. "Fleur de lis Eggplant" is modeled by Baton Rouge Storyvillain Kate Guillot and screen printed by hand in Storyville.

Go here to see this item's sister tee -- Fleur-de-lis Blackout. And click here to see more Storyville Originals.

We took our classic, hand-drawn fleur-de-lis by LSU alumnus Jesse Wong and slapped it on this stylish magenta (or fuchsia, or hot pink, or violet -whichever you prefer) burnout.

"Fleur de Lis Magenta Burnout" is printed on a magenta, 50% polyester, 50% cotton Alternative Apparel top with metallic gold ink. The top is made of a burnout material, which means that it is a super sheer fabric that has been put through an extensive process to reveal years of weathering. Therefore, no two tops are exactly the same. This top is available in only the female-specific cut. If you'd like to see an Alternative Apparel sizing chart, click here and refer to the "women's size chart."

This classic Fleur de Lis top is modeled by Jennifer Culicchia.

Click here to see more designs by Storyville.

It's Saturday night in Baton Rouge and it's almost game time. It's a perfect seventy-two degrees. The anticipation builds. "Chance of Rain?" the announces asks. "Never!" the crowd responds in unison.

"Chance of Rain - Never" is printed on a purple, 100% cotton American Apparel t-shirt with yellow ink. This tee is available exclusively in Storyville. The design was created by Chris Psilos of NolaTiles.com and is modeled by Baton Rougean Katherine Stokes. There are also photos of Margaux Pepper modeling "Tailgate Like a Champion Today" in the photos above.

This t-shirt is available in the unisex cut as well as the female-specific cut (go here for sizing charts).

Click here to see more Storyville Originals.

Look fierce in this new Storyville Original. You are guaranteed to scare an elephant or two.

"Tiger Style" is printed on an orchid, 50% polyester, 25% rayon, 25% cotton American Apparel tri-blend tee with bright yellow ink. The tee is available in both the unisex and female specific cuts.

"Tiger Style" was created by Elizabeth Harvey and is modeled by New Orleanian Jennifer Culicchia.

Go here to see more designs by Storyville.