A printed T-shirt is fashion at its most democratic: affordable, effortless, versatile and often a gateway into both a complete collection and a fledging designer’s career. Some of Australian fashion’s biggest names got their start with a stack of blank tees, a silkscreen, a market stall and a good idea.
I think of printed tees as an accessible form of visual art, taking pictorial and graphic design out of the gallery and onto the streets.
Forget pithy slogans and tiny corporate logos: contemporary tees are all about illustration – on a grand scale. In the LMFF shows you’ll be seeing a range of illustrative styles, from Alpha60’s line drawings of interesting folks (Stanley Kubrick, Gene Wilder) to Rufus Green’s computer-generated smash-ups of photos, type and engravings.
Dynamic graphics are everywhere, too, with strong linear designs drawn from worlds as diverse as flags, mathematics and that 1970s interior design staple, supergraphics.
The terrifying, chest-baring deep V stays in the season just past; the simple, warmer crewneck replaces it. Monochrome is still the go: black on white, white on black. Done.
Pictured: printed T-shirts by (1) Alpha 60; (2) Extinct; (3) Rufus Green; (4) Chocolate City; (5) Stevie; (6) Vanguard.
Entry by Paul Hayes, http://kollektor.com.au
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Nice post!
Now a days lot of designs have arrived in to men & womens fashion style. But one of the key items every men & woman should have is a pair of jeans that flatters your figure and can be dressed up or down.