Looking for a 90s catalog of lefty, funny, alt t-shirts
December 21, 2024 5:52 PM
I've been trying to recall the name of a catalog we received back in the 90s that sold t-shirts (and only t-shirts, iirc).
The shirts were I believe all intended to be humorous or to make some kind of mild statement. The catalog was extensive, maybe 100 - 150 shirts? I can't remember a thing about the name, but maybe there was a sunrise motiff in the logo?
I have been able to recall only two. I believe I have found the actual shirt for the second, though the Internet is now showing me multiple versions of both, presumably of a more recent vintage.
"Homeland security" shirt with a picture of 4 Native Americans. Some variation of this is a common-ish shirt nowadays, and I'm only sort of certain the linked version is the exact one. In either case, the catalog I'm trying to recall is the first place I saw this shirt.
"Old Time Religion" with Stonehenge. This is the actual shirt they sold.
Any ideas?
The shirts were I believe all intended to be humorous or to make some kind of mild statement. The catalog was extensive, maybe 100 - 150 shirts? I can't remember a thing about the name, but maybe there was a sunrise motiff in the logo?
I have been able to recall only two. I believe I have found the actual shirt for the second, though the Internet is now showing me multiple versions of both, presumably of a more recent vintage.
"Homeland security" shirt with a picture of 4 Native Americans. Some variation of this is a common-ish shirt nowadays, and I'm only sort of certain the linked version is the exact one. In either case, the catalog I'm trying to recall is the first place I saw this shirt.
"Old Time Religion" with Stonehenge. This is the actual shirt they sold.
Any ideas?
Here's the Homeland Security one. They seem to have moved heavily into funny shirts, for certain values of funny. They're near my house! The shirts at least used to be very high quality.
I add that they used to have way better designs. I hardly recognize much of their current selection, both literally and in a "where are the radical designs, 1996 Northern Sun would never have a "vote for the Democratic Party" shirt" sense. They were "US out of North America" all the way.
posted by Frowner at 5:55 PM on December 21
I add that they used to have way better designs. I hardly recognize much of their current selection, both literally and in a "where are the radical designs, 1996 Northern Sun would never have a "vote for the Democratic Party" shirt" sense. They were "US out of North America" all the way.
posted by Frowner at 5:55 PM on December 21
Thanks!
posted by AbelMelveny at 6:10 PM on December 21
posted by AbelMelveny at 6:10 PM on December 21
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posted by Frowner at 5:53 PM on December 21