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Ello TruffleShuffle fans!

So you've twisted and turned your way around the weird and wonderful space that is the Internet to find our little page right here. A little lost and perhaps desperate on your adventure, we're here to be a soothing face, kind voice and ever helpful guide for the next part of your journey....much like the Labyrinth worm weirdly!

As you may know, we're biiiiig fans of the cult 80s film Labyrinth (anyone confusing this with a certain chart topper please leave now....kidding!), as a result we love working hard to create and bring you guys more and more Labyrinth inspired clothing so you can show off your love too...and in style!

This time we've created some fantastic new designs featuring the beloved character known a Ello Worm who before 'helping' Sarah on her way, offers her to come inside, and meet the missus with some tea. Oh now nice!

Also available on this amazing swing vest for the warmer days. Such a flattering shape, and complete with our signature vintage style print.

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Twenty-seven years ago today, a Jim Henson-directed fantasy movie called Labyrinth was released and... well, quickly became a bit of a box office disaster. This strange movie, about a girl (Jennifer Connelly) searching for her baby brother who's been kidnapped by a goblin king (David Bowie), was maybe a little too weird for mainstream audiences at the time.

But thankfully over the last 27 years whether it was due to the amazing creatures and sets or to Bowie’s extraordinary wig and lunchbox, it's really gathered a strong following and you only need to see the popularity of our Labyrinth T-Shirts to know this movie has definitely become a cult classic, and for good reason. Labyrinth is one of the last non-animated films of the pre-computer age. Yes, there is probably a few computer effects used in the film, but when you consider that 1986 was also the year that Pixar released Luxo Jr., marking the beginning of a computer animation revolution, Labyrinth's props-and-puppets approach to imaginative filmmaking feels like something of an to an era in film making.

To celebrate this fantastic mile-stone (yes, it makes me feel old too) I thought I'd give you 10 interesting facts surrounding Labyrinth, so enough gas-bagging as we only have 13 hours to reach Goblin City, after all….

1 - The screenplay went through 25 drafts, mostly to inject songs and more humour to ensure legendary pop star David Bowie would agree to star as antagonist Jareth the Goblin King.

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Happy Sunday everyone! Hope we're all having a good time, full of fry-ups, lie ins and perhaps the odd retro movie or three :)

If you're as big a Labyrinth fan as I am, you’ll make any excuse to watch this timeless fairytale adventure. So here’s a few little known facts to tempt you back into the magical world that is Jareths Labyrinth. The secret is that there are seven hidden faces of Jareth (David Bowie) dotted around this magical maze. If didn't know this, then read on and I shall reveal all.

Take a look at some of the random times the face of our retro hero David Bowie pops up that you might not have noticed before.

1. The first face appears as soon as Sarah enters the Labyrinth (after talking to the little blue ello worm).

2. After the tunnel cleaners scene, Hoggle and Sarah climb a ladder. Hoggle steps on a weak rung and it breaks. As they show the rung falling, Jareth’s face appears among the rocks.

3. After talking to the wiseman, Sarah and Hoggle walk through a hedge maze. Jareth’s face is on the floor, to the left of the obelisk.

4. In the scene after Sarah frees Ludo, Hoggle is seen walking off and muttering, “She’ll never get through the Labyrinth.”Jareth’s face appears on the top left hand corner.

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Calling all you fellow Labyrinth lovers out there!

On one of our many trips through the weird and wonderful world of YouTube, we discovered this little gem and just had to share with you guys. Yep! It's the young and oh-so stunning Sarah...sorry Jennifer Connelly before it all begin in her first audition for the part in one of our favourite cult films ever!

What do you think?

Left wanting more? Check out our huuuuge range of totally official and exclusive Labyrinth T-Shirts...

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Soon enough it'll be time to retire that Christmas jumper for another year, so what will you replace it with? Retro jumpers are a good shout!!

It just so happens that TruffleShuffle has quite the collection of said retro jumpers, sweaters, whatever you call them... Designs available from some of our favourite brands including Junk Food, Chunk and Amplified!

So once the festive period has subsided you know where to come for funky jumpers. Take a look at my favourites...

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We all like to think of ourselves as big film buffs here at TruffleShuffle and with so many great Movie T-Shirts in stock there are constant reminders around to encourage us to dig out the old classics time and time again.  The films that I return to most are the ones that I grew up on, there's nothing like cheering yourself up with a classic 80s movie for the ultimate nostalgia fest!  In a Top of the Pops style I'm going to run through my top five movie quotes that never fail to bring a smile to my face, and also show you a cool selection of Film T-shirts to kit you out in style as you settle down with the popcorn!

5 - "May the force be with you" - Star Wars

The ultimate Sci-Fi flick from the late 70s, few films have made as big a cultural splash as Star Wars and if you count yourself as one of the millions of fans out there you're sure to appreciate our cool and stylish Star Wars collection!

4 - "Roads... Where we're going we don't need roads!" - Back to the Future

Every kid wanted to go on an adventure like Marty McFly and Doc Brown did after seeing Back to the Future, unfortunately time travel hadn't (and still hasn't!) been invented so the next best thing you can do is pay homage to the ultra cool Delorean with our fab tees!

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