1000 T-Shirts: That Make a Statement

A visual history of the world’s most popular and versatile streetwear, 1000 T-Shirts celebrates the evolution of the T-shirt into a fashion statement and urban design icon in hundreds of examples.

This definitive compilation is an encyclopedic celebration of the most popular, style-setting T-shirts from the 1950s to the present. Included in this collection are every type of T-shirt, from counterculture slogans of the sixties and the heyday of the rock-band -tour commemorative T-shirt to today’s tees, which run the gamut from high-fashion branding to innovative graphic designs.

This book showcases the rich graphic design culture and features photographs of T-shirts worn on the street, specially commissioned T-shirt graphics, T-shirt collections, and a survey of the best and coolest contemporary graphics from around the world.

1000 T-Shirts is sure to appeal to designers, illustrators, art directors, fashion buffs, and pop-culture junkies, as well as a general market of T-shirt enthusiasts and collectors.

About the Author:

Raphaëlle Orsini is the fashion editor for the online magazine of Paris’s famed department store Galeries Lafayette. Previously, she was fashion editor for the website of the leading French fashion magazine Grazia.