It may be one of fashion’s easiest products, graphic t-shirts offer the simplest but most effective wardrobe statement.
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It’s nice to swoon over pockets and details and stitching in pieces of outerwear. It’s great to admire the fit of certain pants, the way they fit on the top of a pair of trainers or shoes. It’s great to look for design details that help you understand what an item means or to trace a designer’s nuanced touch. But nothing is as immediate as the way a graphic t-shirt instantaneously demands a reaction.
Of course, graphic t-shirts can proudly contain a brand’s logo, but they can also be vehicles for social change, projecting slogans for political response. They can be antagonistic for the sake of it, shouting something designed to make mums double-take in the supermarket. They can be nonsensical, even memes.
LA-based Market has gained a cult following for its pop references, bootlegging, and cultural tweaking. The brand has become synonymous with the Acid House Smiley after securing a licensing deal with the original London based company, SmileyWorld. Their graphics don’t take themselves seriously, are playful, fun, and most importantly, loud.
Head to John Anthony to see a wider range, but expect drugs, death and protest, all wrapped up in a layer of jovial metaphorical bubble wrap.