I've been meaning to do a cartoon about the trend of pre-cracked t-shirt lettering for quite some time. They really haven't perfected the art of simulated wear-and-tear yet, if you ask me. You can tell when jeans have been artificially faded. The light areas are just a little too perfect. I'm not prone to talk about TV personalities, but that puffy-faced celebrity ass-kisser Carson Daly regularly wears strategically faded jeans, and they just look AWFUL. Didn't we get past this sort of thing in the '80s? Surely people remember the whole acid-washed debacle? And yes, I really have seen brand-new, pre-faded Converse Chuck Taylors for sale. A sure sign of the Apocalypse.
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posted by Jen, 3:19 PM -
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