{"id":3849,"date":"2021-10-06T04:59:29","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T04:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=3849"},"modified":"2024-02-08T09:03:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T09:03:28","slug":"misc-t-shirts-as-signals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=3849","title":{"rendered":"CLOTHES\/MiSC: T-shirts as Signals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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My most recent acquisition in this line.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As a kid I had a few T-shirts – only a very few, mind – that proclaimed something. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One such was a Blackfoot one. They were a US \u2018Native American\u2019 rock group, most famous (I think?) for a track called Morning Dew (\u2018Mourning Jew!?\u2019 says my inner Woody Allen!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A bit weird, that one. Acquired primarily for the colourful design, at a time when being a rocker\/hippy, of sorts, was my intent! I did like the group, or at least the few songs of theirs I\u2019d heard. But in truth, a Thin Lizzy T-shirt, something I now have, but didn\u2019t back then, would\u2019ve been a better representation of my tastes and listening preferences!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I then went through a very long and, retrospectively, rather bleak \u2018no logo\/label\u2019 phase. A combo of anti-advertising sentiment and a semi (pseudo?) political stance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nowadays I\u2019ve relaxed back into a childish glee in using my chest as a communications platform. And I\u2019ve slowly but surely been amassing a collection of T-shirts whose sole porpoise – aside from temperature regulation and public decency – is to let the world know a little about me, without I have to open my yap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are still a number of things the puritanical politico-moralist in me eschews; I don\u2019t like brand labels, nor am I fan of slogans. Maybe it\u2019s a legacy of the artist-illustrator-designer part of me? But I prefer T-shirts that are primarily visual. Sometimes, as in the Moog or Lizzy tees, this design is textual. But mostly I prefer pictures or \u2018designs\u2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of these purchases have been happier than others. I\u2019m quite disappointed with how my Mr Natural <\/em>Robert Crumb T-shirt is fading with each wash. And a couple of Herbie Hancock designs I got (from China, most likely?) are kind of great, design\/image wise, but are made from hideous synthetic material (the sort often used for football shirts). I definitely prefer good ol\u2019 plain cotton!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pics: Herbie tees\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My most recent acquisition – whilst pictured at the top of this post, it hadn\u2019t actually arrived when I started drafting it – is an Impulse record label logo job. I really wanted the maroon variant, with cream disc, etc, the above of the two pictured below. But that wasn\u2019t available. So I went instead for the brown and orange variant below that. Still nice! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My preferred but unavailable choice.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The variant I eventually ordered.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This whole trend towards forlornly broadcasting one\u2019s interests, perhaps esp\u2019 so since I turned 50 (Jan\u2019 this year\u2026 gulps!), might seem a bit pathetic. But I reckon I\u2019m past caring!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s a mini gallery of some of the designs I have. What does this little collection say about me, I wonder? I\u2019d like to think it\u2019s just a bit of harmless fun. But Teresa seems to be more of the \u2018what are you wasting money on those for?\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a kid I had a few T-shirts – only a very few, mind – that proclaimed something. One such was a Blackfoot one. They were a US \u2018Native American\u2019 rock group, most famous (I think?) for a track called Morning Dew (\u2018Mourning Jew!?\u2019 says my inner Woody Allen!). A bit weird, that one. Acquired … <\/p>\n

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