Close Up: Men & Women T-Shirt Magazine

Without a doubt, the worlds most popular item of clothing is the t-shirt, and is now the most widely used means of dissemination in the fashion world In the last decade, designers, artists, writers, have created graphics with the aim of reaching a wider audience to target their thinking, their mood, their protest, propaganda, or simply an idea born out of improvisation. The previews for Spring / Summer 2011 offer a wide collection of subjects the basic philosophy is oriented towards irony with which come enriched, reproduced, recreated faces of famous people, literary, and above all artistic quotations, from celebrated periods. It is not enough to just be attracted when facing these small works the strengths are freshness and lightness, macro and micro geometry with kaleidoscopic effects and floral motifs that thanks to new techniques, create almost photographic images. Those created for the Skunkfunk collection are a fantastic game of graphic overlays making an amazing visual impact. Prints of skulls continue with great success, sometimes repeated in the same t-shirt, and repretions by a strong dark-chic taste. In this line, the proposals by Daniele Alessandrini and Cubicoola should not be missed. There is therefore, a greater sophistication in the choosing of the content and details: the logo can be embroidered, the prints made with water colours and sometimes hand-sewn the vintage references come from washing procedures for a studied aging affect. The fit appears to be soft in length, the accentuated neckline seems to almost prethoughts of scruffiness, but of course everything is researched in detail. Men are often dressed in white, occasionally slightly soiled with grey tones and natural colours, even the washed out blacks and lived-in browns are fascinating. womens t-shirts are an explosion of colours: green is still growing, yellow and bright orange with a tone that is very close to red are increasingly visible or in very strong shades pinks are in pastel shades, delicate, with tones that sometimes recall flesh tones or tending towards fuchsia. images: more than 500 pages: 128 format: cm. 24,5 x 33