One day I was in a store looking for band shirts. Could not find a single female act. I got livid. I got furious. I got fed up. I got home and said, "Well design your own shirts then!" And here we are. And seeing as how there was such a desert of female representation on shirts I said F it I’ll LOAD each shirt with tons of women.
I call them a music history lessons on a shirt. Just some names to spark curiosity so that maybe the “viewer” or even the wearer will go check out acts they may have never have heard of before and discover new music they will love.
So many categories to choose from and more on the way! Click the image to get a shirt for you or the music nerd in your life!
Go local or go home! And I’m straight outta California. And this shirt design celebrates the the unsurpassed musical legacy of my home state! Not that it is a competition (but we are winning). More than 400 artists are represented across several editions celebrating the diverse history of CA’s various music scenes including; punk, hip-hop, & heavy metal.
Celebrate the trailblazing women artists of the 50s & 60s and the collectable 45 singles they turned into floor fillers, slow dances, civil activism and testaments of female power!
“My So Called Nineties” shirt designs, are play on the iconic TV show name while giving a shout out to the female musicians who in the age of Nirvana and gangster rap sneered at the boys, told the truth, demanded U.N.I.T.Y., made feel empowered at the queer clubs, and started a riot, girl!
Who doesn’t love a refreshing groove and refreshing ゆずさわ. This design celebrates the neon hues of Japanese city-pop and some of the women (and a few men) who brought all the funk, fusion, and disco grooves to The Land of the Rising Sun in the 1980s. They weren’t just かわいい they were かんぺき!
Before the age of the internet if you looked at the history texts, music anthologies, and what the media was saying you might’ve rightly assumed it was only men and one or two token ladies who made music over human history. It was mostly men all day every day. And straight dudes at that.
My independent women designs celebrate leading voices of music in countries and sub-cultures that helped shape not just music but women’s roles in the world. And they did it despite whatever society was telling them about a woman’s place in the world.
Despite the gendered title, included here are trans voices from across the globe because metaphorically they too are independent women blazing trails and challenging the norms.
Currently most of my designs can be bought on Printful.