Political shirt gets another go ...HEATHERETTE...
NEW YORK - Thursday, August 26, 2004
Pre-9/11, Lyle Derek designed a “God Save NY,” T-shirt—a la Vivienne Westwood’s God Save the Queen number—as a statement against then Mayor Giuliani. Well, like any good “vintage” number, it is part of a revival, this time against the RNC invasion.
Updating the political frocks, Derek joined forces with design duo Heatherette, who was commissioned to take the shirts and customize them! After a couple were released, Britain’s other Queen mum, Madge, called up the designers and requested a bunch of the shirts that she could wear on her European tour to show support for NY on dates that coincide with the RNC.
Additional customized Heatherette shirts will be auctioned off at this coming Sunday’s God Save New York event, which is being billed as a “Going away party for George W. Bush.” At the bash, which will benefit the NY Civil Liberties Union, Boy George and Rufus Wainwright will be perform. Also set to appear is Ben Jelen.
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