On my blog. A visual story on underground #fashion, punk #tees from Dada to Vivienne Westwood. DIY at http://wp.me/p1UV8C-1z4 Pop culture. The totality of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, images, philosophy, music, design, art and creativity gain popularity across the world in a faster way than ever before. Things and ideas become the standard of mass consumption in real time. Where does the story of the T-shirt start? According to some the beginning of the T-shirt is credited to the navy. The US Navy that is, while other historians say it was The Swabs in the British Royal Navy who wore them under their uniforms in World War, some even suggest it was the French Army. American soldiers liked the comfortable lightweight cotton undershirt compared to the wool uniforms American soldiers wore and the rest is history. Tees pop culture icon number one T-shirts are a visual history of pop culture of military underwear and blank cotton canvases for self-exploring artistic and political, humorous, sarcastic and brand messages in the total history of fashion. T-shirt has become the icon of pop cultures of all decades and is denim jeans mirror of the upper body language, but in addition to this it has been wearied from everything as suits, weddings, punks, artistes, political events, military action to clever brand awareness marketing. To cover the whole story about tees would be a big full-time job for years The T-shirt history is impossible to do within my abilities to research so I have used some really good sources of information as well as a few of my personal favorite tees. Unfortunately as I over the years have from time to time a stall open at some market I sold a few of them. Unfortunately I sold a few of my best tees on the Saturday and Sunday market Amongst them some hand printed and exclusive tees made by Malcolm Mc Laren in the Sex Pistols. Others have been sold as The Who signed tees from the 70’s, the unique messages from The The, Bauhouse, Krafrtwerk German editions, Dead Kennedy’s early San Francisco Tees and a few well know street art artists and Gallery artistes from NY, London, and Tokyo to China. Worn out Levi’s 501 big E and old band tee is my favorite The common message is that a tee shirt has become my closest friend together with a pair of worn out Levi’s 501 jeans. Two Pack Tees from Levi’s was my favorite even not the original tees, but I used to see how long I could wear them and later on I did spray paint one off as Sonic Youth and my best one for a Fugazize concert in the early 90’s. Dada was punk before punk came in 1975. Punk fashion is the clothing, hairstyles, cosmetics, jewelry, and body modifications of the punk subculture. Punk fashion varies widely, ranging from Vivienne Westwood designs with styles modeled on bands like The Exploited to pop based Green Day. Punk started before and with the Dada movement and was soon followed by Salvador Dali.

1. tees pop culture icon
number one
story of punk & music
underground tees
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Hang the DJ tee,
car paint stencil
Kenneth @ buddha
jeans 1989
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2. Thanks to
Vintage Tee, The Clash,
Punk, Ripped books
Images, stories and
research on tees culture
Last page you will find titles and images
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Fugazi concert made
10 tees, car paint
stencil art
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jeans 1989
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3. Gustave Courbet
Dada
John Heartfield
Allan Ginsberg
Jack Kerouac
Charles Bukowski
Jackson Pollock
Marcel Duchamp
William Burroughs
Andy Warhol
Velvet Underground
MC5
The Stooges
The Dolls
Generation X
Malcolm McLaren
Vivienne Westwood
Sex Pistols
Ramones
Clash
Godfather of punk Iggy Pop
1975
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4. pop culture t-shirts a visual
history
from military underwear to
presidents
to self
exploring art
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5. from suits & weddings
to artists
& punks
The cure tee
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6. the T-shirt is credited to the US navy.
Or the "swabs" British Royal Navy who
wore them under their uniforms in World
War
punk tee 1975
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7. Foetus 1985 nail album
Political, humorous, Sarcastic
and brand messages. In the
total history of fashion
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8. Sonic Youth 1987.
Make your own punk tee.
I hand-painted five Sonic Youth tee
“Kool Thing” from 1990 and sold it
at the market 80$ .
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9. Joan Jet.
The common message: a tee is the jeans
closest friend. My personal best a worn
501 big E, Ramones tee & Converse
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10. Every Saturday & Sunday
I sold a few of my best
tees on the market. The
Who signed, Kraftwerk
limited edition 72 &
dead Kennedy’s
Joe, The
Clash(1979 with
Elvis Heartbreak
Hotel tee
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11. Cardboard
cut-out punks
(1977.
The tees of rock culture
became a symbol, status and
promotion tool for bands &
crew. A must have for fans
and for a few collectors'
items not too be worn
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12. The Residents, band tee
1981 mark of mole
Tees from the end of the 70’s was all
about DIY. Worn out & beaten up. I got
for free old second-hand tees, cut out
and made stencil art. Used black car
paint, smelly as hell
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13. Ramones (N.Y 1977), rock tees, skinny jeans
(Levi 505), leather (rider) jacket and converse
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14. Spacemen 3 tee (later Spiritualized)
It’s easy to make a dirty punk tee. But please
do not buy ready made from large retail chains
as they are often of bad quality and harmful
to the environment. Find a few second hand.
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15. Pine stripe sailor tee, Topper from
The Clash backstage at the New York
Palladium after the legendary concert
where Paul busting his bass on stage.
DIY continue next page
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16. Or get the tees from friends. worn out
if possible that is even better. you can
use any colour or print. I like them off
white so I scrub them a bit with dirt
sand.
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17. Joe, The Clash 1976,
Elvis Heartbreak Hotel Tee DIY continue next page
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18. You can almost over print anything. Cut
out cardboard and make stencils.
Apply artwork and let them dry
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19. The Clash with Bruce Lee,
enter the Dragon Tee.
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20. Do not add much washing
powder just to clean out
the smell of paint. Keep
temperature low make small
bags with pimp stones
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21. Mick, The Clash with pure
grey tee and bands “The
Clash” promo tee.
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22. Ramones tee London’s
King Road 1977
Seditionaries’ .
The bags with pimp stones to use in the
washing machine, be careful so they are not
heavy. They beat up the tees especially if
they get stiff from paint and
makes them look better.
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23. The Clash
The Clash 1982,
top of the RCA
building N.Y
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24. The water from the washing can be use for
other purposes , to flush the toilets or clean
engines, bicycle etc.
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25. Sex in Kings Road
Bernard Rhodes and Westwood
clearly beginning to develop
more sophisticated tees
stiches roughly
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26. Johnny Thunders wearing tee from
Sex (Malcolm McLaren &
Vivienne Westwood 1977)
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27. from sex
Tits tee
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28. Sid Vicious wearing the icon tee
of the punk era “two cowboys” tee from
Sex (Malcolm McLaren & Vivienne Westwood 1977)
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29. Early Westwood couture
co designed By Bernard
Rhodes, later The
Clash Manager
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30. Johnny Rotten with Anarchy in the UK tee
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31. Malcolm & Vivienne’s transformation of
Paradise Garage into the following shop was
revolutionary
1997 tees was losing it’s edge and became
more mainstream, but McLaren had ordered a
number of tees from a number of gay shops in
San Francisco
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32. The Runaways, fan made tee.
1970’s belong to Joan Jett
Silkscreen
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33. Rock’n Roll Lives, tee from Let Rock, 1972
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34. Anarchy in the UK tee,
Sex shop 1977
Vivienne Westwood
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35. Made to upset, young boy
Smoking taken from a
paedophile magazine
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36. Blondie
Debbie from Blondie wearing
a Pop Eye tee
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37. Hand-painted details from tees
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38. tee from Seditionaries'
Oliver Twist Manifesto,
vision of Sex Pistols 1978
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39. Legs McNeil with Ramones Tee
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40. The most controversial
tee was The Two Cowboys
(Tom Finland)By Malcolm and
Vivienne, Sex. A trial they
lost because of obscene tees
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41. The Clash 1977 tee
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42. The Clash with promo
tee “straight to hell“
and “white riot”.
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43. The end
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Thanks to the following sources
Punk the definitive record of a revolution
The Clash original, ripped tees from the underground,
Vintage US and Vintage tees
See next page, the books you need to buy
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