punk outfit (shirt)

St Michael



punk outfit (shirt)

St Michael

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

St Michael

Date Created

1977

Dimensions

Length: 83cm
Shoulders: 47cm

accession number

1978.308/5

Place of creation

United Kingdom

Medium

Legal

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