Eroteme – T-Shirts For The Dystopian Nostalgic

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ErotemeClothing.com have only just launched their online collection of designer t-shirts this week, but are already causing a stir in the underground fashion industry. I think I may have met my match when it comes to Trey Romero, the designer and philosopher behind this radical label, have you ever read an introduction to a t-shirt store like this before?

Quote:- “In this day and age the t-shirt has become a universal medium of expression and creativity. While we do have the passion for design, our designs are incomplete. It is only with your participation in choosing the canvas that our designs truly come to fruition.“

A clear and concise mission statement which personally presses a great deal of psychological and emotional buttons for this reviewer. Trey has summed up a philosophy I have proposed for some months now. T-shirts are for the most part treated by reviewers and fans alike with a subdued contempt, a familiarity that belies the truth in what a t-shirt design can achieve in our society today. T-shirts are art. Something very strange is happening in our post-modern world of imagery and iconography. I was almost booted from my Fine Arts Degree course (many years back) for arguing the exact point with a senior lecturer at Brighton University. Art no longer thrives in the establishment of the gallery system. By the time art has made it’s way to a gallery wall it is purely a commodity, severed from social context, it loses its ability to change public perception and takes on the duller hues of self interest, commerce, and investment. The t-shirt is as much a canvas for ideas as any painting. read more