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T-Shirt

1985 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Grey silk T-shirt with a bold slogan printed on the front reading 'STAY ALIVE IN 85'.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Printed silk
Brief description
Printed silk T-shirt, designed by Katherine Hamnett, Great Britain, 1985
Physical description
Grey silk T-shirt with a bold slogan printed on the front reading 'STAY ALIVE IN 85'.
Production typeReady to wear
Marks and inscriptions
'STAY / ALIVE / IN 85' (Slogan printed on the front)
Gallery label
Nostalgia is not part of Katherine Hamnett's repertoire. In early 1980s she pioneered the vogue for stylish, casual clothing made in oversize crumpled cottons and silks. Designs were often based on utilitarian boiler suits and army fatigues. She conceived a series of silk T-shirts emblazoned with slogans, using fashion as the platform for her Green politics. Hamnett caused a sensation by wearing her T-shirt with the slogan '58% Don't Want Pershing' to meet the Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1984.(1997)
Credit line
Given by Gavin Fry
Object history
Worn with cotton jacket and trousers T.596&598-1996.
Associated object
T.594-1996 (Colourway)
Bibliographic reference
Ribeiro, Aileen. Dress And Morality. London: Batsford, 1986.
Collection
Accession number
T.595-1996

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Record createdApril 20, 2011
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