Banksy in Disguise at FUSShop - Josh Spear, Trendspotting

Our friends over the pond at FUSShop have released their new Saviour T-shirt designs for Summer 07, and amongst the new lineup is this, the famous U.K. graffiti artist Banksy in his infamous disguise. The close up shots of the T’s reveal their worn and comfy feel, and you have to love what they’ve done with an icon here– celebrating the guy who single handedly raised property values in London’s trendy Shoreditch area with his stencils and spray can. While everything in Banksy’s personal shop is free, this T is going to cost you a pretty penny once you convert 29.99 Pounds Sterling to U.S. D’s, but for you hard core Banksy fans out there, I’d say it’s well worth the cost. BTW– it also comes in kelly green.

Tags: Art, Fashion, graffiti, london, T-shirts, uk

damion	Wednesday, 03.28.07 @ 1:45 pm
I doubt this is an officially sanctioned banksy shirt. There is so much mania over that guy right now that I saw a flyer that had the Banksy figurine by Mike Leavitt on it sell for over $5 on ebay. A flyer. for an artshow. Not a banksy artshow. Crazy. Also Banksy has on his website something about not doing shirts.

Jackson Pritt

Wednesday, 03.28.07 @ 4:54 pm

I have to agree wth damion.
As much as I like Banksy, I’ve seen other shirts carrying images of his (or direct knock-offs of images of his) and he’s made it very clear that they aren’t official and that he doesn’t see a dime of the profits.

As nice as that $58.88 US Dollar shirt may be, I highly doubt that any of that money is going to end up anywhere near Banksy’s pockets.

Sandra

Wednesday, 03.28.07 @ 9:24 pm

I think the Banksy tee is rip off crap. Another blog I read posted this:

http://ehgazpacho.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/saviour-tees/

Does anybody know if the tee is really sanctioned or not.

Cheers,