Its classic Americana wrapped up in a shirt -- the flag is waving, the constitution is prominent, and the bald eagle is flying front and center. I used to wear it sometimes, almost exclusively on laundry day when it was the only shirt left. It never felt great to wear. But now it feels terrible to even own. I don't want to throw it away though, I just want to burn it and keep the scraps
Mar 31, 2025
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I don't know if other people did this, but during the 2020 quarantine (and in the subsequent years when we didn't see many people) I stopped wearing my "cool" t-shirts. The ones with art prints on them, my favorite band tees, etc. Subconsciously, I figured, "If nobody is going to be able to see or appreciate them, why wear them out? I might as well wait until we start socializing again."
So instead of those, I mainly wore a bunch of plain white t-shirts. One in particular fell apart more quickly than the rest. The neck started stretching out and fraying and a couple of pinholes opened up on the front. Food stains accumulated from countless meals we cooked over the past few years... It slowly became a beautiful dissolving tapestry.
Now I find myself gravitating toward that particular ratty shirt because it has become a symbol of perseverance through an unfathomable time. Since I started wearing it, a pandemic happened, I became a dad, loved ones were lost, new friends were made, a boat got stuck in the Suez Canal, I made a significant body of artwork, we watched the Sopranos for the first time, jobs changed, we watched Community for the 4th time, and I witnessed the best and the worst of humanity at extremes that I had never witnessed in my life prior. Anyway, I think it's made by Hanes.
Sad Update: The shirt may have ended up in the throwaway pile during a recent drawer clean out. A lesson in the consequences of becoming attached to worldly possessions, the impermanence of everything, entropy, et al. Pictured instead are two other surviving shirts from the same multi-pack. They have both lived equally storied lives, so they deserve to be held in the same regard and shall also be worn until ragged!
Apr 9, 2024
I turned this thin blue line flag on a hoodie into an epic airbrush lens flare and so could you
Jan 12, 2024
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i got a shirt from our legacy recently called the "BD Borrowed Shirt" and it has reignited a love for shirting. this is also coinciding with a uni project on shirting where soon i will possess the knowledge & know how to make my own shirts. but anyway all this to say shirts are cool and serve a lot of different visual functions, they're some of the most conservative and also slutty items of clothing one can wear and i think that range is really interesting. i grew up in california wearing lots of very large shirts and now i can't wait for the sun to be back out to wear even more shirts. i prefer to wear mine with either nothing under, or maybe a hanes wife beater. or a slim tee if i MUST
Feb 17, 2024
