This shirt reminds me of a painting by De Chirico, 'The Elephant Celebes*'. I found it interesting because the primary function of most shirt-designs is to identify an attribute of the wearer. Witticisms identify the wearer as funny; product-designs identify the wearer as a target consumer, etc... So most shirts, it seems, are displayed for people around the wearer. As primarily aesthetic, this shirt gives pleasure directly to both the wearer and those around him/her.*http://www.tate.org.uk/collection/T/T01/T01988_8.jpg
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