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unusual facts about T-shirts



23rd Renfrewshire Rifle Volunteers

23rd Renfrew RV played in navy shirts, navy shorts, and red socks, and played in Muirhead Park in Cathcart.

Aaron Bird

Bird caused controversy after appearing in a Twenty20 match, in which players wore nicknames on their shirts, with the moniker 'Flu' - a reference to bird flu.

Apple Mighty Mouse

Prior to launching the device, Apple received a license to the name "Mighty Mouse" from Viacom, and subsequently CBS Operations, as owner of the Mighty Mouse cartoon series, the title having been registered in the U.S. as a trademark with respect to various merchandise (such as T-shirts and multivitamins) associated with the character.

April Smith and the Great Picture Show

"Colors" from "Songs for a Sinking Ship" was used in an episode of NPR's Planet Money podcast, released in early May, about how trends are picked up and used in clothing - specifically the colors chosen for the Planet Money t-shirts offered through their Kickstarter page.

Barmy Army

In conjunction with the increasing appearance of English football shirts at cricket grounds in the early 1990s, the song's repetitive cry of "Barmy Army, Barmy Army, Barmy Army" transferred to domestic cricket arenas at Old Trafford and Headingley.

Battledress

In the early campaigns in North Africa and the Mediterranean theatre, British troops wore khaki drill (KD) shorts or slacks with long sleeved Aertex shirts.

Ben Martins

He was charged and acquitted in 1978 for producing banned Steve Biko T-shirts.

Bright Future

Nimura takes a job at his sister's office and later encounters a gang of youths in Che Guevara T-shirts.

Che Guevara in fashion

Aleida Guevara, the eldest daughter of Che Guevara, has defended the fashion trend derived from her father's image, saying, "But look at the people who wear Che T-shirts. They tend to be those who don't conform, who want more from society, who are wondering if they can be better human beings. That, I think, he would have liked".

Chevolution

Commercialization of the image has expanded to pictures, swimming suits, beer, wallets, socks, shirts, cigarettes, even in cartoons such as South Park and The Simpsons.

Chief of Hearts

When they spot Fat Tony and his mob counterfeiting Lacoste shirts, Homer and Clancy are captured and thrown in the trunk of Tony's car.

Chinese clothing

For the 2012 Hong Kong Sevens tournament, sportswear brand Kukri Sports teamed up with Hong Kong lifestyle retail store G.O.D. to produce merchandising, which included traditional Chinese jackets and Cheongsam-inspired ladies polo shirts.

Chris Reitsma

Seattle reliever George Sherrill and strength coach Allen Wirtala had the shirts made up shortly after a game at Yankee Stadium.

Chutes Too Narrow

Host Tyra Banks called his girlfriend a week later, and Sewell went on to win third prize on America's Next Top Model, wearing "three different Shins T-shirts" on the program.

Civil Air Patrol Ranger

While Ranger trainees wear BDUs with brown T-shirts underneath, Ranger Staff wear orange t-shirts under their BDU's.

Crawford Boxes

In addition, promoters from restaurants owned by Landry's (such as Rainforest Cafe and Saltgrass Steakhouse) visit on various days and throw gifts such as T-shirts, keychains, frisbees, and stuffed animals to the fans in the boxes.

D.A.N.C.E.

In the video, Augé and de Rosnay walk and the images of their T-shirts constantly change and morph (cars, mouths, thunderbolts, lollipops, numbers, letters and the lyrics).

Disarm Bush T-Shirts

Disarm Bush T-Shirts is a for-profit political activism campaign created in 2004 in the run-up to the American Presidential election, in which the incumbent George W. Bush ultimately defeated challenger John Kerry.

Economy of Thailand

From 25 November to 3 December 2008 the Yellow Shirts, protesting Somchai Wongsawat's prime ministership, seized the two Bangkok airports (Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang) and damaged Thailand's image and economy.

Errorwear

Exclusively dealing in error messages printed on shirts, Errorwear is best known for the "Blue Screen of Death" t-shirt, an all-blue shirt with the famous Windows 95 BSOD across the front.

Funky Skunk

Funky Skunk, a mix album released in late summer 2005, has been framed within the project Public Works billed as a DJ Shadow/Obey reconstruction and co-production between Josh Davis (DJ Shadow) and Shepard Fairey, in concordance with a product line of shirts, stickers and box set.

Good Ol' Boys Roundup

T-shirts were sold showing Martin Luther King Jr.'s face in sniper crosshairs, O. J. Simpson's head in a noose and black men sprawled across police cruisers with the phrase "Boyz on the Hood".

Gorilla Biscuits

The band held a month-long re-union tour during the summer of 2006, and featured both exclusive 7-inches and exclusive Paul Frank t-shirts only available on tour stops.

I See the Rain

The Marmalade's original recording also featured in a major clothing chain worldwide advertisement campaign in 2002 featuring Dennis Hopper and Christina Ricci “The Gap - Two White Shirts (version 2)”, directed by the Coen brothers

International reactions to the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy

On February 14, Italy's Reform Minister Roberto Calderoli had T-shirts made emblazoned with cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in a move likely to embarrass Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government.

Jennifer Lopez Collection

The Jennifer Lopez Collection includes contemporary sportswear, dresses, handbags, jewelry, shoes and sleepwear along with a home collection of bedding and towels, while the Marc Anthony Collection consists of sportswear, dress shirts, neckwear, accessories, suit separates, sport coats and shoes.

Julia's House

In July 2008, Julia's House replaced Park Engineering as the logo on Weymouth F.C.'s shirts.

Kenneth Cole Productions

Recently, he partnered with rock star Jon Bon Jovi to create a line of jackets, t-shirts and fragrance under the Kenneth Cole New York label.

Koalapop

Based on the street art, skating, punk and rave subcultures of the Bay Area, California, the website features a variety of shirts, hoodies, hats, stickers, printed autographed art, etc., as well as free content such as an RSS feed e-magazine, "viral art" (art which is free to distribute non-commercially), e-stickers, music playlists, and links to videos and other internet content.

Magners

Magners will be on Celtic's shirts for three years starting from the 2013–14 season.

Mountain Dew Vertical Challenge

These include black hats, various t-shirts, black sweatshirts, black bags, black arm bands, and green Völkl skis.

Neo-pop

Ken Done in Australia became world famous for his businesslike approach to art related merchandise including tea towels, key rings, t-shirts, sarongs.

Nima Behnoud

Today celebrities such as Heidi Klum, Nicky Hilton, Jim Carrey, Pras of Fugees and Kevin Spacey wear these T-Shirts and major publications including Vogue, Maxim, Washington Times have written about NIMANY.

Paul Gorman

In 2008, Gorman launched fashion label The Look Presents through Topman with three collections based on artist and designers featured in The Look: t-shirts by Wonder Workshop; t-shirts by Granny Takes a Trip founder Nigel Waymouth; and Priceless - a menswear range by Antony Price, designer for Roxy Music and Duran Duran.

PlayGroundOnline

In the year 2010, PlayGroundOnline launched FIFA world cup soccer merchandise offering products such as T-shirts, books, Videos and Other memorabilia of soccer teams.

Princess Julia

Julia recreated her Visage video appearance especially for Kylie's live show, "A club section features graphics inspired by i-D magazine, a special film of club legend Princess Julia inspired by the Visage video for "Fade To Grey", and clothes inspired by Katharine Hamnett's iconic slogan t-shirts of the '80's".

Raed Jarrar

The shirts were produced by The Critical Voice, an anti-war group; the text was inspired by the German phrase Wir schweigen nicht ("We will not be silent"), the slogan of the White Rose, the "subversive" German antifascist anti-Nazi organization.

Ricardo Villa

Today, Spurs fans recall Ricky's unique contribution wearing t-shirts with his hirsute visage morphed into Che Guevara's.

Same Old Tunes

Finally, the band printed t-shirts for the song "Chiquita Chaser" that imitated the logo of Chiquita Brands International, who threatened them with a lawsuit causing them to cease production of the shirts.

Sansabelt

In the "Janet Evanovich" book, Plum Lucky, "Stephanie Plum", as the narrator states "They were middle-aged thugs, dressed in bowling shirts and Sansabelt slacks. Their hair was slicked back. Their shoes were scuffed and run down at the heel. Their guns weren’t as big as ours."

Shane Proctor

Proctor is currently sponsored by Cinch Jeans & Shirts, Corral Boots, Kawasaki and MGM Grand.

Staten Island Vipers

The team colors were blue and white, with shirts sponsored by Toyota and the kit supplied by Umbro.

T.J. Maxx

In the UK in 2007, T.K. Maxx was an active participant of Comic Relief, having been the sole retailer of the Red Nose Day t-shirts which generated £2 million for the Comic Relief cause.

Team Facelift

The fans can expect wet shirts, us doing it big like Ricki Lake's thighs, arena rap, unlimited babes, exploding cars, warm gin, good hip hop music, and non-stop action.

The Shirts

The first album, The Shirts, was recorded in London (while lead singer Golden commuted back to the US to shoot Miloš Forman’s screen version of Hair) and released in 1978, and became very popular in Europe, the single Tell Me Your Plans charting in the top five in the Netherlands for example.

Tiko Kerr

Kerr's art has graced the official T-shirts of the Vancouver Sun Run for over 10 years.

Wonton font

In 2002, the clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch suffered a public relations disaster when it produced a series of t-shirts with buck-toothed images and Wonton font slogans.

Yellow Shirts

People's Alliance for Democracy or Yellow Shirts, a Thai movement protesting against Thaksin Shinawatra


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Airbrush

In the mid-seventies, Panama City Beach, Florida was the airbrush capital of the world, with hundreds of artists painting custom designs on T-shirts.

Amanda Stepto

She used to be an avid fan of punk music and has been spotted wearing t-shirts from the bands Scum, The Mission, The Cult, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Sick of it All, Corrosion Of Conformity, and Dead Kennedys.

At the Gates

They recorded a debut EP, Gardens of Grief, for the Dolores record label, and sold cassettes, vinyl, and XL t-shirts to promote the recording.

Bob Perkins

MoveOn.org denies the sale of the t-shirts and has issued a statement saying so.

Buangkok MRT Station

On 21 January 2006, Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng apologised for the way the police had overreacted to the group of school girls' plan to sell and wear white elephant T-shirts at the opening of Buangkok Station.

Dudley Do-Right Emporium

The shop was filled with toys, stuffed animals, trinkets, hats, t-shirts, wristwatches, original animation cels, cartoon scripts, recordings of TV themes, and assorted souvenirs, all bearing the likenesses of Dudley Do-Right, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Peabody and Sherman, Hoppity Hooper, George of the Jungle, Tom Slick, Super Chicken, Boris & Natasha, Snidely Whiplash and the other famous, wacky creations of Jay Ward Studios.

Flag of Chicago

WWE Superstar CM Punk wears the stars of the city flag on his wrestling shorts and since 2011, utilized a stylized version on his t-shirts to pay homage to his hometown.

Guillermo López Langarica

T-shirts imprinted with his famous phrases or the Mexican soccer team Atlas's logo are for sale in some street markets.

Herb Alpert's Ninth

Ludwig van Beethoven had been a popular topic on T-shirts in the late 1960s.

I'm Nearly Famous

The album received rave reviews in the press and received kudos from celebrities such as Elton John and Elizabeth Taylor who wore T-shirts emblazoned with the I'm Nearly Famous logo.

JNCO

JNCO brand graphic t-shirts and designer jeans can still be found in certain regions in stores such as J. C. Penney and Sears as of January 2010.

KIKS TYO

In addition to the photobook, KIKS TYO, Aki Hoshino and Yonehara collaborated on series of six limited edition "Sneaker Lover" photo print t-shirts and a gravure DVD, also titled "Sneaker Lover".

Larry Alcala

His cartoons had been tapped in advertising campaigns, such as corporate calendars, print ads, promotional t-shirts and in San Miguel Beer cans.

Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards

Former UFC fighter Chuck Liddell can be seen wearing t-shirts from the Viking album.

Mike Leake

On April 18, 2011, Leake was arrested by the Cincinnati Police for shoplifting six American Rag T-shirts worth $59.88 from the Macy's store in downtown Cincinnati.

PlayCafe

Some prizes available in the bonus round include raffle tickets to the next week's drawing, Reactee t-shirts, Amazon gift cards, Audible audiobooks, ITunes songs, Wiis, and US$1,000.

Porsche Design Group

Porsche has been producing car-related accessories since the 1950s, like luggage series, purses, T-shirts, calendars, model cars and buttons were been offered in the "Porsche Boutique".

Preston Lacy

When on Jackass, Lacy is most often featured with Jason Acuña (Wee-Man) and their most common skit involves Lacy chasing after "Wee-Man" down public streets in nothing more than their briefs and white T-shirts.

Product displacement

This accounts for the frequent appearance of pixel mosaics and blurring of logo t-shirts and other instances on shows such as America's Next Top Model, Survivor, and The Real World.

Selfish Jean

Directed by American comedian Demetri Martin, the video features Martin who begins by wearing 19 T-shirts with words and pictures to illustrate lyrics from the song, removing them to progressively reveal the T-shirts underneath.

Sub Verse Music

The label also gave CDs, vinyl, t-shirts, other Sub Verse gear and their time and effort to support causes like hip-hop education (at the Brooklyn Museum), the Hip-Hop Film Festival, and Tolerance.org.