SGCR x ALT3RD: Fashion and nostalgia - why vintage band t-shirts are priced to the hundreds
WRITTEN BY DANIEL PETERS, SINGAPORE COMMUNITY RADIO For anyone paying attention to modern fashion trends, band t-shirts have become part and parcel of its evolving apparatus — whether new or vintage. Once a signifier of one’s particular music tastes or fandom, the imagery of t-shirts from bands spanning classic rock, hardcore punk or death metal has been embraced by celebrities and fast fashion. It’s not a unique case anymore to find specialized merch for Metallica and Iron Maiden at your local Cotton On, or seeing headline-dominating celebrities sporting a Morbid Angel longsleeve. The once-fringe aesthetics of heavy metal...