Remember summer reading lists? At our elementary school, if you read twenty books over the summer, you got to attend an ice-cream sundae party in the library in September (This was probably not a good idea from the librarian’s perspective, now that we think about it.)
This soft, garment-dyed books t-shirt from NY-based designer Milton Carter offers an alternative way to celebrate your love of summer reading that beats eating drippy Haagen-Daz in the library with the other nerds.
Carter tells us that the shirt was inspired by “Viet Nam and 60s radical & youth culture while winking at our current situation in the world,� and the graphic is based on a collection of vintage books he found in a flea market.
He ways, “the people who had owned these books were so interesting and eclecticâ€? and “it was an inspiration for a way to do a portrait. I think the books I assembled for the still life portray a fringe character w/ eclectic interests… funny, arty, but a little outside. That tee is one of my personal favorites.â€?
We say: can you get away with wearing the shirt without having read the books? Or is that cheating?
—ALISON COOL
posted by A.
Jun 06, 2007 10:11AM
it looks like a shirt you'd find at barnes and noble next to the tote bags for books. same color and everything. $60? you gotta be kidding me!