SHIRT KING PHADECUSTOM "GUCCI" HOODIE, CA 1999 Airbrushed hoodie, with portrait of Micky Mouse to the front, embroidered Underdog, Mighty Mouse, Charlie Brown, and Mickey Mouse patches, strips of Gucci fabric along sleeves and spine, with Gucci fabric front pocket. A fantastic example of a 1990s-era custom Shirt Kings piece, featuring all of their classic design elements, from the airbrush designs, to the cartoon characters, to the luxury fabric elements. In the early days of Hip Hop, a graffiti artist from New York known as Shirt King Phade created a following with his custom airbrushed t-shirts. In the Eighties, Edwin “Phade” Sacasa transferred his passion for graffiti from the surface of trains to the surface of t- shirts. Fabric became his new canvas and soon enough, Shirt King Phade, along with his partners “The Shirt Kings”, transferred street culture and street art onto clothing becoming the first to commercialize their graffiti. Some say this was the birth of the streetwear concept. Customization was the hallmark of the Shirt Kings. For every piece and customer, the graffiti was custom-made. Always painted with airbrush, the Shirt King style is immediately recognizable. Remixing pop culture elements and icons, we see Mickey Mouse sporting a gold chain while smoking, the Pink Panther reclining on a champagne bottle, and more. Through their vision, cartoons became badass, and a part of the foundation of graffiti streetwear. After opening a store in Queens at the Jamaica Coliseum Mall in 1986, the shop became iconic in the hip-hop scene, in the same way Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren’s SEX shop was to the punk scene. Hip Hop’s biggest stars began passing through their doors. From Jay-Z, Jam Master Jay, LL Cool J, Salt-N-Pepa, the Fat Boys, RZA. Phade and the Shirt Kings’ apparel found their way into several of these artists’ visual media helping to create some of Hop Hop’s most iconic images. Today, Shirt King Phade continues to work with the biggest names in Hip Hop, Hollywood, and beyond. His artwork has undoubtedly transcended boundaries, and influenced style movements. Phade has collaborated with the biggest names in streetwear including Supreme, Stüssy, Nike, Champion, and others. REFERENCE:"PHADE: PORTRAIT OF A SHIRT KING" by Shawna Kenny for Rock the Bells: https://www.rockthebells.com/blogs/articles/phade-portrait-of-a-shirt-king PROVENANCE:Courtesy Shirt King PhadeCondition ReportTo request a
SHIRT KING PHADECUSTOM "GUCCI" HOODIE, CA 1999 Airbrushed hoodie, with portrait of Micky Mouse to the front, embroidered Underdog, Mighty Mouse, Charlie Brown, and Mickey Mouse patches, strips of Gucci fabric along sleeves and spine, with Gucci fabric front pocket. A fantastic example of a 1990s-era custom Shirt Kings piece, featuring all of their classic design elements, from the airbrush designs, to the cartoon characters, to the luxury fabric elements. In the early days of Hip Hop, a graffiti artist from New York known as Shirt King Phade created a following with his custom airbrushed t-shirts. In the Eighties, Edwin “Phade” Sacasa transferred his passion for graffiti from the surface of trains to the surface of t- shirts. Fabric became his new canvas and soon enough, Shirt King Phade, along with his partners “The Shirt Kings”, transferred street culture and street art onto clothing becoming the first to commercialize their graffiti. Some say this was the birth of the streetwear concept. Customization was the hallmark of the Shirt Kings. For every piece and customer, the graffiti was custom-made. Always painted with airbrush, the Shirt King style is immediately recognizable. Remixing pop culture elements and icons, we see Mickey Mouse sporting a gold chain while smoking, the Pink Panther reclining on a champagne bottle, and more. Through their vision, cartoons became badass, and a part of the foundation of graffiti streetwear. After opening a store in Queens at the Jamaica Coliseum Mall in 1986, the shop became iconic in the hip-hop scene, in the same way Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren’s SEX shop was to the punk scene. Hip Hop’s biggest stars began passing through their doors. From Jay-Z, Jam Master Jay, LL Cool J, Salt-N-Pepa, the Fat Boys, RZA. Phade and the Shirt Kings’ apparel found their way into several of these artists’ visual media helping to create some of Hop Hop’s most iconic images. Today, Shirt King Phade continues to work with the biggest names in Hip Hop, Hollywood, and beyond. His artwork has undoubtedly transcended boundaries, and influenced style movements. Phade has collaborated with the biggest names in streetwear including Supreme, Stüssy, Nike, Champion, and others. REFERENCE:"PHADE: PORTRAIT OF A SHIRT KING" by Shawna Kenny for Rock the Bells: https://www.rockthebells.com/blogs/articles/phade-portrait-of-a-shirt-king PROVENANCE:Courtesy Shirt King PhadeCondition ReportTo request a
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