T-Shirt
1989 (made)
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White cotton long-sleeved T-shirt printed with the green and white logo of Fairy Washing Liquid, depicting a baby in a green oval. Instead of "Fairy Liquid" underneath, it reads "Fairly Hip Kid" and above is written "wild green".
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Screen-printed cotton |
| Brief description | T-shirt, cotton, "Wild Green Fairly Hip Kid", Big Banana, Great Britain, 1989 |
| Physical description | White cotton long-sleeved T-shirt printed with the green and white logo of Fairy Washing Liquid, depicting a baby in a green oval. Instead of "Fairy Liquid" underneath, it reads "Fairly Hip Kid" and above is written "wild green". |
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| Credit line | Given by Simon Debenham |
| Object history | Registered File number 1994/1812, Streetstyle exhibition 1994-1995, in the exhibition it was part of an outfit called "Ravers/'Madchester' UK 1987-8" (includes the jeans T.257-1994, the boots T.539-1994 and the T-shirt T.718-1994). This outfit is a 1994 equivalent of what was worn in 1987-88. |
| Historical context | The Northern Rave/Madchester look was centred in and around Manchester and Liverpool. Its followers steered away from the football terraces and into clubs such as the Hacienda. Their style was cheeky, baggy and andrognyous, including amusing T-shirts printed with puns on well-known trademarks. Mancunian clothing companies such as Joe Bloggs became synonymous with the Madchester look. |
| Bibliographic reference | Surfers, Soulies, Skinheads & Skaters : Subcultural Style from the Forties to the Nineties
Described in the exhibition publication, part of an outfit called "Ravers/'Madchester' UK 1987-8". |
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| Accession number | T.1-1995 |
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| Record created | May 28, 2009 |
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