Life is Good

This location is CLOSED! We walked from Boston Common in 85 degree heat today only to find out it was closed. The LIG website is HORRIBLE and gives no clarity to where you can get LIG products in Boston. Get your sh#t together you guys — Life is NOT Good unless you communicate with your customers!

Husband bought several of these shirts. At first they were great, soft and comfy. After several months they started to fray around the collar and sleeves, then the shoulder seams. He has shirts that are 15 years old that did not wear not like this. Worst shirts ever! And expensive! I would never buy another one, ever!

There’s nothing wrong with the store itself, the employees are very friendly. The clothes are not cheap, but they are in same range of stores with a similar concept ($ 20 – 40 per novelty t-​shirt). Some wouldn’t be caught wearing one of these t-​shirts, so that’s probably why the reviews are split so much.
You’ll need to buy into the whole positive vibe of the store in order to like the merchandise. The store does donate some of its profits to charity and the Boston Love t-​shirt was a nice gesture that raised a lot of money for The One Fund. You can also use their iPads (or your phone) to look at the store website for more options if you don’t see one you like in store.

I would not normally do this, give a good review, just because others gave a bad review. But I think it is terrible that there are so many people reviewing this store as bad just because they are cynical negative people in general and can not take the fact that someone is successful by toting positivity, I am doing it anyway.
These bad reviews are obviously just jealous because they did not think of the incredibly popular simple idea first!

I love this store, their designs, and what the company stands for. Optimism and the power of it.

This particular store is really nice and it’s a flagship location for the company with a design studio upstairs. The place is well organized and very clean. The staff members are very friendly. The prices are pretty high and that is the only reason why we can’t give it a full 5 stars. We are fans and one day when we can afford it we will support them more. I like the golf stuff. The gloves, umbrellas, and golf tee shirts are cool. They have a neat pet area too with toys and accessories. It’s a great store to check out on Newbury.

Visit this store just to get a vibe of positivity. Love the various colors and cartoonish imprints. I like to help spread their message.

As you read the other reviews they’re really based on if you love or hate the concept of this company. I really didn’t see anything bad about the actual store. The store is well put together. It’s on two floors separating men and boys with women and girls upstairs. Customer service was great. They were very helpful as I looked around. That’s why I’m giving it 5 stars: the store is very nice and clean and the employees were helpful.
ALSO: The weekend we were in Boston there was a free event sponsored by this company in Boston Commons. Tons of parents brought there kids out to play. It was pretty cool. So thumbs up to this company!

This store is amazing and has the biggest selection of LIG merchandise that I have ever seen! Their clothes are well-​made, comfortable and convey a very much needed message. I found the employees to be very down-​to-​earth people who actually initiated conversations with the customers. I will be making regular trips into town to buy all of my LIG clothing. Although parking was a bit scarce, it is worth the walk!

barf.
barf. barf. trying to stop– but can’t.
Good story. They went to Umass, Amherst ya know!
but these colors belong in a 1986 Nantucket souvenir shop. muted.
the font and slogan is painful. But, the message is «good»?
I am pretty sure from reading an alumni magazine that their meager beginnings are the coolest part about them. Driving around in a van, filled with horrible shirts, almost ready to give up, a friend who passed away coined the slogan– anyone with me?
but the execution is horrific.
Buy a shirt for your dad. If he wears pleated shorts, white socks and sneakers.

I get so torn when it comes to Life is Good. I volunteer at Camp Sunshine, which is a Camp located in Casco, ME, which is a camp for families and their children who have terminal illnesses. My first year there (which was 6 years ago) was the first year that Life is Good joined up with Camp Sunshine and made their t-​shirts. They are super comfortable, and they last. I’ve had them for these past 6 years, and they aren’t even worn out in the least. They have also sponsored both Pumpkin Festivals that were held in Boston Common, and all of the money that was raised was given to Camp Sunshine.
Back then, I loved Life is Good. Especially since they sponsored something that is so close to my heart. I have a pair of shorts from Life is Good, and while they were pricey, they are über comfortable.
However, I have come to a dilemma. Last year, when I got to Camp, I noticed the shirts looked different. Instead of my light Yellow Life is Good volunteer tshirt I got, there was this bright yellow with gross looking writing on it. Where was Life is Good? I have heard rumors that things ended badly, but I cannot confirm. Also, the last Pumpkin Festival was NOT sponsored by Life is Good. I wish I knew the reasoning behind their break up, and I really hope it wasn’t under bad terms… but I guess I’ll never know.
Be that as it may, I feel like I can’t give Life is Good less than 4 stars, because they do so much for the communities around them, and regardless of my confusion of why they are no longer partnered up with my beloved Camp Sunshine, I can’t knock them down too much.
Yes, some of their stuff is cheesy looking. But they are long lasting. These clothes can outlast being soaked in mud, cakes with dirt, paint, marker, drenched in lake water, you name it. Yeah, they are a bit pricey, and I’ll be honest, I haven’t bought anything from here in a while, but the cost is worth it, because they last nearly forever.

I don’t get it.
It seems like Life is Good is a nice local company, but I guess I’m just not a novelty t-​shirt kind of girl. I was almost considering buying something here for a friend’s birthday, but it’s a little pricey for what it is. I mean, it’s just a cotton t-​shirt with a little silk screening on it.
I don’t get it.

Life Is Good has raised several million dollars for children in poverty or with disabilities. They do this by selling the fucking ugliest vomit-​inducing clothes to the fucking ugliest vomit-​inducing fat dumb rich white Americans.
So they are basically like Robin Hood but with creepy smiley faces everywhere.
No matter how many children’s lives they’ve changed I still can’t give them 5 stars as they’re wrecking so many other lives with their horrible designs. So 4 stars for their business/​theft model. 0 stars for their horrid designs I’d never ever wear. Yuk!
If you’re ever bored (like I was tonight), check out their ‘inspiring’ letters on their website. This one is 100% real…
«En route to LA, my car was broken into and robbers stole everything except my Life Is Good shirt»
hmm… I wonder why?

have you heard of real dolls?
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yes?
this store creeps me out more than that.

Bah! I always knew you Unilocalers were a cynical bunch, but I never truly realized the vastness of the wellspring of pure black hate coursing underneath the sarcasm laden, irony damaged, hipper than though veneer. I bet you like to drown kittens, kick puppies, tie damsels to train tracks, and steal candy from babies in your spare time.
The hint here is that Good is capitalized? As in «The Good» as described by Plato, the highest form of wisdom and knowledge, the light by which all things are apprehended and accorded value. The Life is Good folks are on to something here, something profound and seismic, something which their hokey crunchy front only vaguely hints at, and even obscures a bit. Life is Good may just be a portal to complete understanding. And go read The Republic, people.
Speaking of people, I think I’m going to go listen to me some Up with People and wash this stain of universal despair away.
Life IS good. Life is The Good. Deal.

(life is good)
just good?
pretty bland saying.
Ain’t life grand?
How about, it’s a wonderful life?
Live is life (na na na né na)
Life is f-​in wicked pissa AWESOME
Well we all know sometimes life is good and sometimes
life sucks a big one.
Either way, people who wear sayings on their shirts desperately want to be heard.
and guess what?
I ain’t listening.
WAIT
That was a bit harsh. I apologize. Sometimes I am listening. Just not this time.

When you absolutely, positively need a Gore-​tex tartan fleece hacky-​sack with an insipid phrase logo on it, accept no substitutes.
I’m mainly torpedoing this review because it’s got two astroturfers (hi, Evan and Nina C.!) inflating the rating like a blow-​up doll. I don’t know what set of circumstances could cause me to walk in the door of this place, but it ain’t happened yet.

Life is good caters to the kind of people who when asked what kind of music they like say «lol everything!» or the kind of people who wear Crocs while shopping for organic carrots at Whole Foods, and especially the kind of people who like to give themselves a nice self-​righteous pat on the back.
I can see how this place survives in say, Bar Harbor, or other über-​touristy areas. But aren’t we in Boston a little too cynical for this? Do we really need a $ 20 T-​Shirt with a dog roasting marshmallows, «Life is Good»? You might as well start slapping Peace Frog stickers on your fuel efficient car.
Does anyone that actually lives in this city shop here? It might be cute if it was a one-​off store in some sea-​side tourist town. But it’s chain-​store feel is even more off putting than it’s wanna-​be hippy attitude.
Not into it…
(and P. S. I normally wouldn’t bother with this review but as Pete G. has pointed out there is rating inflation going on here big time)

Oh my god, people actually LIKE this place? No no no. Bad! Bad! And this stuff CAME from Boston. I’d maybe accept it if this stuff came out of some head shop in northern Cali, but Boston, you’ve let me down!
This is like Big Dogs clothing (those horrible dog related t-​shirts), or maybe those hot topic «witty phrase» shirts, except for the upper middle class New Englander (or other such area), rather than angsty teen type. Their «Can’t Sleep, Clowns Will Eat Me» is no match for Jake (registered trademark)‘s patented feel good vibe with the simple message «Life is Good.» For some reason, I don’t think Jake® has moved a 200 pound TV set into his third floor apartment with the lackluster help of a 100 pound girl. Life is not good then.
Their lines are pretty much yawnable early 90’s «crunchy granola wear». Like you can go pick up little Timmy, have your starbucks spill on your lap, and not worry about adding another 20 pounds because the cuts are so completely shapeless. The materials are okay, but they’re in the range of bland to blander. Much of it is designed to be «layered» in bagginess, so whenever you take off that sweatshirt, surprise, your message to the world won’t change! Also they have a wide assortment of table wear now? What?! And I thought the toys were stretching it!
I realize I am completely the wrong demographic for these products as I’m unmarried, I’m in my 20’s, I binge drink, I have paid over 100 dollars for a pair of jeans, but I swear if I see another «soft humor» Life Is Good (registered trademark) that says «Board Meeting» and there’s a picture of a snowboard, I think I’m going to have to… have a sandwich or maybe read a book because it’s simply everywhere in this little city. Try to do it some warm weekend in the middle of downtown Boston, or in any PF Changs, mall, or school event. You’ll at least see four shirts/​accessories if you look with slight interest.
I cannot really give any constructive criticism to this store other than making shirts with the new phrase «Life is bad» and market it to upset kids who still wear the pants with chains all over them. Now I don’t outright hate them to the degree of viciousness, but let’s just say you need not wear their products if you want to keep a modicum of self-​respect and style.

I remember 2 years ago or so when Life is Good products were only found in obscure locations… now it seems like the stores are popping up everywhere! Ok, maybe not, I’ve only been to this one, and I’ve only seen another one in Gloucester, but hey, it’s possible right?! Anyway, I absolutely adore Life is Good stuff… since I’m a dog lover at heart I tend to favor the doggie shirts and other misc items, but I think some of the Jake stuff is really cute as well. My problem with Life is Good is there is just toooo much stuff I want to buy, and can one really have all Life is Good products?! Shirts, shorts, pants, hats, dog leashes?! I think if someone doesn’t stop me I might :) I LOVE LIFE IS GOOD! :D