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In your best Tim Gunn voice, say it: Designers! The Flea is making it work, tapping some of our fair city's fiercest T-shirt mavens to bring their creations straight to the schoolyard. As a journo and politico (El-i-ot!), Senor Flea tries to stay objective when blogging, but with three of his T's he's simply overjoyed that Milton Carter's mesmerizing designs (right) will be adding the Flea to a list of outlets that also includes Barneys. Uh-huh.

We also sense that the hand-drawn T designs from Loyalty & Blood (formerly Bang) will be a big hit, along with their series of letter bags (right, "F" for Flea). Heavenly Bod-Tees has a whole line of T's that feature African-American hair styles, and Chor Bazaar plays around with traditional Indian and Pakistani images like Indian Cadillacs and Bollywood heroes.

Still on the small-batch/customized tip, East Village-based The Fair School mixes designs like the sign-language alphabet with ironic sayings and pretty horses and zebras. And Black Sheep Heap hand prints her eco-smart "Beet the System" vegetable design onto recycled or organic cotton, and even donates some proceeds to NYC community gardens. All the more reason for Flea time to equal T time.

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