punk outfit (shirt)
Summary
White cotton poplin. High round neck with turn down collar. Fronts extending CF and fastening with six buttons. Long sleeves with cuff fastening with button. Worn as part of a punk rock outfit. Wearer tore collar and sleeve, and added inscriptions in ball-point pen over body of shirt. Written : "I gotta get out of this hell-hole / VZ / Career opportunities nil / Destroy (Swastika) NF / The older generation brough us into this fuck-up of a world / and then leave us to sort the mess up / If you feel like a riot pick your nose / Never mind the sex pistols here's the bollocks / Johny's gone long live midge!! Ha Ha!!" See also 1978.308/5 for rest of outfit.
Object Name
punk outfit (shirt)
Creators Name
Date Created
1977
Dimensions
Length: 83cm
Shoulders: 47cm
accession number
1978.308/5
Collection Group
Place of creation
United Kingdom
Medium
Legal
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