Summertime Sadness No More: Slogan Tees For Summertime Sass
Piggybacking on our investigations into the slogan tee's revival, we wanted to extend this appreciation for witwear (™ pending) by picking from our favorite stores' repertoire of sassy tops.
Be it elusive mantras or straight up giggly nonsense, the pieces below will function as your own personal billboards to communicate your thoughts without so much as opening your mouth.
Not-so-quiet luxury after all.
Let Your Look Do the Talking. Literally.
Balenciaga Slogan Tee
In the age of Demna, Balenciaga's hyper ironic aesthetics had a chokehold on culture. Of course the brand would have a wry slogan tee up for grabs, though one might argue this is but an entry-level product into the postmodern jesterisms of Kering's golden child.
Balenciaga I Love Paris T-Shirt
Of course, Balenciaga's I Love Paris tee that you'd otherwise for far less than a tenth of the price from a tourist-y corner shop had to make this list. It's absurdities like this, by the way, that leave us both saddened and curious for the house's switch of creative directors, now that Pierpaolo Piccioli's taken the reins.
MSGM Cotton T-Shirt
What, exactly, isn't here, one must wonder when glancing at this t-shirt? Well, maybe that's the point, to wear the icebreaker that sparks a conversation between you and your onlooker.
Moschino Text-Print Tee
On what is the simplest of canvases, a white t-shirt, the ever-expressive brand that is Moschino fittingly declares it's better to dress how one likes rather than how one is expected to.
Highsnobiety X Nicholas Daley London T-Shirt
We, too, have dabbled in the fine art that is the slogan tee, like through this recent collab with London-based (and -infatuated) designer, Nicholas Daley.
Carne Bollente Gray Bisous & Baguettes T-Shirt
Though fun either way, this tee'll hit especially hard if you're named Nicolas, are bisexual, and enjoying a European summer in the City of Light.
ADER ERROR Bluetooth T-Shirt
There's something comical and truly meta about this t-shirt, with the instantly recognizable Bluetooth logo alluding to the power of memory. Poetics aside, there's nothing more satisfying than one's device-of-choice instantly connects to you wireless headphones or speaker.
Story mfg. Deli T-Shirt
If it hasn't already, Story mfg. ought to actually open a deli, what with the UK brand's dedication to slow fashion, craftsmanship, and sustainable principles? Erewhon who?
SAINT MXXXXXX Universal Cotton Jersey T-Shirt
However wordy or graphic t-shirts may be, some instances of them simply resist explanation.
Carne Bollente Searching Romance T-Shirt
As with many other things in life, it's all in the fine print. Guess you'll just have to get up close to this one to figure out what it's trying to tell you.
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