subject: My my, hey hey, rock n roll is here to stay – the new wave of kids music t shirts [print this page] My my, hey hey, rock n roll is here to stay the new wave of kids music t shirts
The new wave of kids music t shirts is hitting the online stores and just in time for Christmas. That means that rock n roll is going to be here to stay all over again, thanks to ranges from savvy UK clothes designer My Icon Art, whose range of kids music tees draws a lot of its inspiration from bands and albums that most children have never even heard of.
There's a reason for this, of course, and a very good one too, which is this: almost all modern children's fashion is boring. The good folk at My Icon Art, and other design studios like it, have rebelled against the samey samey nature of modern kids fashion in true rock n roll style going back to the roots of teenage cool. The kids music t shirts these guys are producing remind us all that rebellion actually used to be worth something: it was about more than just being cool.
These kids music tees certainly make up all the ground that genuine style has lost over the years. Where once there was individuality and personal statements of cool (which is what both rock n roll and tee shirt culture were all about), there is, now, a basic idea that you have to look exactly the same as everyone else otherwise you don't fit in. People, this is not about being cool. This is about being part of a big plastic herd. The kids music t shirts just starting to hit the cooler parts of the online shopping world are a kick against this idea that sameness is stylish. The whole point about t shirts, right from the word go, was that you could maintain your own ideas on them: you could wear slogans and images that told people who you were. You could wear the colours and images of your chosen band. You could give props to whatever song or album was dear to your heart. T shirts have always (until recently, as above) been a way to become individual, not to be a part of the herd. These new music tees are finally waving farewell to the unimaginative sameness of every tee we've seen in the streets recently.
Kids music t shirts are back, then, in a way they haven't really been since the 1990s. Back then, kids wore t shirts that proclaimed their allegiance to all sorts of lifestyle and values one of which was the value of individualism. Every fresh original kids tee that leaves the shelves this Christmas is going to be more than just an awesome set of threads. Kids music t shirts are back and this time they're here to stay.
