My first crush was George Micheal. The first moment I fell in love with him was during this video where he's wearing the neon yellow fingerless gloves, hugging himself singing, "Cuddle up, baby, move in tight, we'll go dancing tomorrow night. It's cold out there, but it's warm in bed. They can dance, we'll stay home instead." (Oh, my prepubescent heart.)
This is where the recent trend of the large font t-shirts started. The designer, Katharine E. Hamnett designed the "CHOOSE LIFE" and "GO GO" t-shirts roughly the same time she designed the "FRANKIE SAY RELAX", "FRANKIE SAY WAR! HIDE YOURSELF" and "FRANKIE SAY ARM THE UNEMPLOYED" t-shirts. As with any trend, fakes sprouted up all over the place, using the phrase "SAYS" instead of "SAY".
Now these t-shirts are knocked off all over the place and you can find them in H&M and Forever 21, with saying like "REHAB IS THE NEW BLACK". A far cry from where Hamnett's political and social messages originated.
"Sarah Mower said I was the most copied designer in the world - to the point where I had to consider designing something I would be happy to see copied." - Katharine E. Hamnett.
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