Punk tee was created in the early 70's by Westwood and McLaren

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  1. punk
    a performer or enthusiast of an alienated rock subculture
    Dada was punk before punk came in 1975.
  2. tee
    a short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground
    Tees pop culture icon number one.
  3. stencil
    a sheet of material that has been perforated with a pattern
    I used stencils and real car paint to make my first punk tee.
  4. spray paint
    paint applied with a spray gun
    Two Packs tee from Levi’s was my favorite even not the original tees, but I used to see how long I could wear them, and later I did spray paint one-off as Sonic Youth and my best one for a Fugazi concert in the early 90s.
  5. punks
    a youth subculture closely associated with punk rock music in the late 1970s; in part a reaction to the hippy subculture; dress was optional but intended to shock (plastic garbage bags or old school uniforms) and hair was dyed in bright colors (in Mohican haircuts or sometimes spiked in bright plumes)
    Punks are today a central part of youth culture but nothing more than just a fashion statement.
  6. art movement
    a group of artists who agree on general principles
    The distinct social dresses of other subcultures and art movements, including glam rock, skinheads, rude boys, greasers, and mods have influenced punk fashion.
  7. T-shirt
    a close-fitting pullover shirt
    Where does the story at the T-shirt start?
  8. subculture
    a distinctive social group within a national society
    Punk fashion is the clothing, hairstyles, cosmetics, jewelry, and body modifications of the punk subculture.
  9. skinhead
    a young person who belongs to a British or American group that shave their heads and gather at rock concerts or engage in white supremacist demonstrations
    The distinct social dresses of other subcultures and art movements, including glam rock, skinheads, rude boys, greasers, and mods have influenced punk fashion.
  10. US Navy
    the navy of the United States of America
    The US Navy that is, while other historians say it was the swabs in the British Royal Navy which wore them under their uniforms in World War I, some even suggest it was the French Army.
  11. hairstyle
    the arrangement of the hair
    Punk fashion is the clothing, hairstyles, cosmetics, jewelry, and body modifications of the punk subculture.
  12. skinheads
    a youth subculture that appeared first in England in the late 1960s as a working-class reaction to the hippies; hair was cropped close to the scalp; wore work-shirts and short jeans (supported by suspenders) and heavy red boots; involved in attacks against Asians and football hooliganism
    The distinct social dresses of other subcultures and art movements, including glam rock, skinheads, rude boys, greasers, and mods have influenced punk fashion.
  13. youth culture
    young adults considered as a cultural class or subculture
    Punks are today a central part of youth culture but nothing more than just a fashion statement.
  14. mods
    a youth subculture that began in London in the early 1960s
    The distinct social dresses of other subcultures and art movements, including glam rock, skinheads, rude boys, greasers, and mods have influenced punk fashion.
  15. Salvador Dali
    surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989)
    Punk started before and with the Dada movement and was soon followed by Salvador Dali.
  16. retail store
    a place of business for retailing goods
    The digital retail store will open www.buddhajeans.comand in hand selected stores
  17. Bauhaus
    a German style of architecture begun by Walter Gropius in 1918
    Others been sold as The Who signed tees from the 70s, the unique messages from The The, Bauhaus, Kraftwerk German editions, Dead Kennedy’s early San Francisco Tees and a few well known street art artists and Galleries from NY, London, and Tokyo to China.
  18. dada
    an informal term for a father
    Dada was punk before punk came in 1975.
  19. washing machine
    a home appliance for washing clothes and linens automatically
    A stencil and black car paint did the job, smelly as hell as I had to use my washing machine otherwise a mixture of car paints and beer would knock us all out, in madhouse of a Fugazi punk concert, somewhere in a squatted house in Oslo.
  20. body language
    communication via the movements or attitudes of the body
    A t-shirt has become the icon of pop cultures of all decades and is denim jeans mirror of the upper body language, but in addition to this tees been used with everything, suits, weddings, punks, artistes, political events, and military action to clever brand awareness marketing.
  21. Andy Warhol
    United States artist who was a leader of the Pop Art movement (1930-1987)
    When the factory in New York was established by Andy Warhol, the modern culture of punk started.
  22. artiste
    a public performer (a dancer or singer)
    A t-shirt has become the icon of pop cultures of all decades and is denim jeans mirror of the upper body language, but in addition to this tees been used with everything, suits, weddings, punks, artistes, political events, and military action to clever brand awareness marketing.
  23. Dali
    surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989)
    Punk started before and with the Dada movement and was soon followed by Salvador Dali.
  24. swab
    cleaning tool made of absorbent material affixed to a handle
    The US Navy that is, while other historians say it was the swabs in the British Royal Navy which wore them under their uniforms in World War I, some even suggest it was the French Army.
  25. greaser
    (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent
    The distinct social dresses of other subcultures and art movements, including glam rock, skinheads, rude boys, greasers, and mods have influenced punk fashion.
  26. one-off
    a happening that occurs only once and is not repeated
    Two Packs tee from Levi’s was my favorite even not the original tees, but I used to see how long I could wear them, and later I did spray paint one-off as Sonic Youth and my best one for a Fugazi concert in the early 90s.
  27. icon
    a visual representation produced on a surface
    Tees pop culture icon number one.
  28. denim
    a coarse durable cotton fabric used to make jeans
    A t-shirt has become the icon of pop cultures of all decades and is denim jeans mirror of the upper body language, but in addition to this tees been used with everything, suits, weddings, punks, artistes, political events, and military action to clever brand awareness marketing.
  29. sonic
    having or caused by speed equal to the speed of sound
    Two Packs tee from Levi’s was my favorite even not the original tees, but I used to see how long I could wear them, and later I did spray paint one-off as Sonic Youth and my best one for a Fugazi concert in the early 90s.
  30. Levi
    disciple of Jesus
    Worn out Levi’s 501 big E and old band tee are my favorite look.
  31. Warhol
    United States artist who was a leader of the Pop Art movement (1930-1987)
    When the factory in New York was established by Andy Warhol, the modern culture of punk started.
  32. artwork
    photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication
    Post, research, video & artwork by Kenneth @ buddha jeans.
  33. shirt
    a garment worn on the upper half of the body
    Where does the story at the T-shirt start?
  34. military action
    a military engagement
    A t-shirt has become the icon of pop cultures of all decades and is denim jeans mirror of the upper body language, but in addition to this tees been used with everything, suits, weddings, punks, artistes, political events, and military action to clever brand awareness marketing.
  35. mod
    relating to a recently developed fashion or style
    The distinct social dresses of other subcultures and art movements, including glam rock, skinheads, rude boys, greasers, and mods have influenced punk fashion.
  36. Oslo
    the capital and largest city of Norway
    A stencil and black car paint did the job, smelly as hell as I had to use my washing machine otherwise a mixture of car paints and beer would knock us all out, in madhouse of a Fugazi punk concert, somewhere in a squatted house in Oslo.
  37. vintage
    the oldness of wines
    The recommended and brilliant tees fashion books are; Ripped-t-shirts from the underground, Vintage T-shirts Tees-the art of T-shirt and Vintage T-shirts by Täschen.
  38. clothe
    provide with clothes or put clothes on
    Punk fashion is the clothing, hairstyles, cosmetics, jewelry, and body modifications of the punk subculture.
  39. pop
    make a sharp explosive noise
    Punk fashion varies widely, ranging from Vivienne Westwood designs with styles modeled on bands like The Exploited to pop based Green Day.
  40. underwear
    undergarment worn next to the skin and under the outer garments
    T-shirts are a visual history of pop culture of military underwear and blank cotton canvases for self-exploring, artistic and political, humorous, sarcastic and brand messages in the total history of fashion.
  41. culture
    all the knowledge and values shared by a society
    When the factory in New York was established by Andy Warhol, the modern culture of punk started.
  42. worn-out
    used until no longer useful
    The common message is that a tee-shirt has become my closest friend together with a pair of worn-out Levi’s 501 jeans.
  43. worn out
    drained of energy or effectiveness
    Worn out Levi’s 501 big E and old band tee are my favorite look.
  44. fashion
    the latest and most admired style in clothes or behavior
    Punk fashion is the clothing, hairstyles, cosmetics, jewelry, and body modifications of the punk subculture.
  45. Salvador
    a republic on the Pacific coast of Central America
    Punk started before and with the Dada movement and was soon followed by Salvador Dali.
  46. visual
    relating to or using sight
    T-shirts are a visual history of pop culture of military underwear and blank cotton canvases for self-exploring, artistic and political, humorous, sarcastic and brand messages in the total history of fashion.
  47. exploit
    use or manipulate to one's advantage
    Punk fashion varies widely, ranging from Vivienne Westwood designs with styles modeled on bands like The Exploited to pop based Green Day.
  48. Navy
    the navy of the United States of America
    The US Navy that is, while other historians say it was the swabs in the British Royal Navy which wore them under their uniforms in World War I, some even suggest it was the French Army.
  49. band
    an unofficial association of people or groups
    Punk fashion varies widely, ranging from Vivienne Westwood designs with styles modeled on bands like The Exploited to pop based Green Day.
  50. uniform
    clothing of distinctive design worn by members of a group
    The US Navy that is, while other historians say it was the swabs in the British Royal Navy which wore them under their uniforms in World War I, some even suggest it was the French Army.
  51. environmental
    of or relating to the external conditions or surroundings
    Please do not buy those made by big chains as they are in bad quality and mostly environmental unfriendly ones.
  52. movement
    change of position that does not entail a change of location
    Punk started before and with the Dada movement and was soon followed by Salvador Dali.
  53. create
    bring into existence
    Andy’s house band the Velvet Underground became the band that created more musicians than records sold.
  54. novel
    an extended fictional work in prose
    Post, research and video by Kenneth @ buddha jeans Novel Clicks on Saturdays is the weekend story about inspiration from the pop culture.
  55. China
    a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world
    Others been sold as The Who signed tees from the 70s, the unique messages from The The, Bauhaus, Kraftwerk German editions, Dead Kennedy’s early San Francisco Tees and a few well known street art artists and Galleries from NY, London, and Tokyo to China.
  56. rock
    material consisting of the aggregate of minerals
    The distinct social dresses of other subcultures and art movements, including glam rock, skinheads, rude boys, greasers, and mods have influenced punk fashion.
  57. military
    the armed forces of a nation
    T-shirts are a visual history of pop culture of military underwear and blank cotton canvases for self-exploring, artistic and political, humorous, sarcastic and brand messages in the total history of fashion.
  58. design
    the act of working out the form of something
    Punk fashion varies widely, ranging from Vivienne Westwood designs with styles modeled on bands like The Exploited to pop based Green Day.
  59. quality
    an essential and distinguishing attribute of something
    Please do not buy those made by big chains as they are in bad quality and mostly environmental unfriendly ones.
  60. American
    of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture
    American soldiers liked the comfortable lightweight cotton undershirt compared to the wool uniforms American soldiers wore and the rest is history.
  61. modern
    ahead of the times
    When the factory in New York was established by Andy Warhol, the modern culture of punk started.
  62. original
    preceding all others in time
    Two Packs tee from Levi’s was my favorite even not the original tees, but I used to see how long I could wear them, and later I did spray paint one-off as Sonic Youth and my best one for a Fugazi concert in the early 90s.
  63. London
    the capital and largest city of England
    Others been sold as The Who signed tees from the 70s, the unique messages from The The, Bauhaus, Kraftwerk German editions, Dead Kennedy’s early San Francisco Tees and a few well known street art artists and Galleries from NY, London, and Tokyo to China.
Created on Wed Dec 26 07:07:46 EST 2012

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