If you visited us at the Toronto Clothing Show a couple months back, then you already know about these badboys. In fact, there's a pretty good chance that you're wearing one of them right now. And if you are wearing it, you're probably also reading this blog from your solid gold laptop, on the beach (Yeah, THE beach), eating Jelly Belly brand jelly beans out of the navel of your high school crush, getting phone calls from the President or the Prime Minister (depending on your location) to save the world, and lighting a fine Cuban cigar off the Olympic torch.
But for those of you that aren't in the know, allow me to bring you up to speed. First up we have our "Honourable Lip Fringe" design (Relax, that's how honour is spelled in Canada). Now, let's say you have a moustache, but you don't have any t-shirts to match it. Conversely, let's say you're an avid moustache enthusiast, and genetics be they hormonal or gender based has denied you a fixture of hair to conceal that unsightly philtrum. Well we have you covered on both angles.
Next up, we have our "Your Wish Is Granted" design. Modern pop culture is composed of a scaffolding so intricate an precariously organized that even the most astute observer will get tangled up in its complex ironies. Twisted Sister for example, good? Bad? So bad it's good? Who among us can with total confidence navigate these subtle categories? We were determined with this shirt, to create something that avoided these questions entirely. That NO ONE, ANYWHERE, EVER would consider anything but WONDERFUL. Something so PURE that it crossed gender boundaries, racial lines, economic status and made these borders meaningless! Something that would bring us together! Unite us as a whole! An icon that the whole world could rally around, like the warm centre of the universe! So you have it: "Tom Hanks in the '80s."
*Disclaimer: Pause is not responsible for damage caused by beautiful members of the opposite sex, trying to jump your bones, and/or confusing you for Tom Hanks in the '80s while wearing this shirt.
-Eric & Ken ¶ 4:23 PM
