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Artist/Maker	Seditionaries (designed for) Vivienne Westwood (designer) McLaren, Malcolm (designer)
Place of origin	London (sold)

White cheesecloth muslin shirt with extended sleeves, with strait-jacket clasps and D rings at end, also at shoulders. Shoulders semi-open and fastened by Velcro tabs. Screen-printed with red and black design showing an inverted crucifixion, a large swastika, and the words "DESTROY" and, in bottom corner, the Sex Pistols lyrics: "I am an antichrist/I am an anarchist,/don't know what I want/but I know how to get it/I wanna destroy the passer by/'I wanna be anarchy/"

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Categories	Fashion Clothing
Object type	Shirt
Materials and techniques	Cheesecloth muslin with metal D-rings and catches, screen-printed logo Cheesecloth Metal Screen Printing
Brief description	Cheesecloth muslin shirt with straitjacket sleeves, logo depicting swastika, inverted crucifix and Sex Pistols lyrics.
Physical description	White cheesecloth muslin shirt with extended sleeves, with strait-jacket clasps and D rings at end, also at shoulders. Shoulders semi-open and fastened by Velcro tabs. Screen-printed with red and black design showing an inverted crucifixion, a large swastika, and the words "DESTROY" and, in bottom corner, the Sex Pistols lyrics: "I am an antichrist/I am an anarchist,/don't know what I want/but I know how to get it/I wanna destroy the passer by/'I wanna be anarchy/"
Dimensions	Length: 63cm Sleeve length fully extended length: 90cm
Marks and inscriptions	"I am an AntiChrist/I am an anarchist,/don't know what I want/but I know how to get it/I WANNA DESTROY THE PASSER BY/I wanna be ANARCHY!" (Lyrics from "Anarchy In The Uk" by the Sex Pistols, inscribed near herm of shirt) DESTROY (Slogan on shirt)
Object history	Purchased. Registered File number 1995/1812 and 1995/1813.
Subjects depicted	Punk Culture Anarchism Swastika Crucifixion
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	T.773-1995

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Record created	January 11, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O143330/shirt-vivienne-westwood/

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