Friday, February 6, 2009

Rock t-shirts and other types of tshirts

By reklicom

It's not often that a whole new piece of clothing appears, which is what happened with the t-shirt 40 years ago. When James Dean and Marlon Brando sported T-shirts as outerwear, it was a faux par and seen as bad as wearing underpants over trousers.

Iconic photos of the American GI during WWII filtered back and in an instant, Hollywood transformed how the garment was worn and attitudes towards the T-shirt changed.

Over the years the t-shirt was approximated as a walking billboard, advertising the wearers affiliations or views, or simply what was the latest fashion.

Some people are averse to wearing a funny t shirt even if they do have a funny bone, or Obama T-shirts even if they are Obama supporters, and for them, a plain tshirt is good enough.Rock t-shirts are also funny to wear.

Frankie Say Relax T-shirt: 80s phenomenon, originally designed by Katharine Hamnett but appropriated by Frankie Goes To Hollywood they became ubiquitous in the UK during the summer of 1984, mainly because the BBC banned the song on radio and the terribly rude video on TV. This just increased the bands sales and their bad boy credentials. People buy these t-shirts less for the original political reason, more to get dressed up like 80s freaks for fancy dress parties.

Hitler European Tour T-shirt:A mock up with colour map of Hitlers European Tour 1939-45, or as its better known, World War 2, with dates in England cancelled. Is this a bit close to the bone, considering the horror of the Holocaust? Or what anout rock t-shirts?

Sometimes, fans and followers of political parties and candidates themselves get their custom designed and printed Tshirts from Tshirt companies and openly declare their liking for a candidate. This was seen in the recently concluded US Presidential elections with fans and party workers wearing Tshirts with images, slogans, and messages of the candidates.

Obama was a favorite and Obama T-shirts were and still are a rage in the US. Although most of these Tshirts had images of Obama or had his name in different styles and colors, a few of them humorous messages and were a funny t shirt rather than conveying a political message.

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