Ripped: T-Shirts from the Underground by Cesar Padilla,Lydia Lunch,Betsey Johnson,Will Oldham

Ripped: T-Shirts from the Underground Paperback – September 11, 2012. by Cesar Padilla (Author), Lydia Lunch (Introduction), Betsey Johnson (Contributor), Will Oldham (Contributor) & 1 more. Padilla has written for The New York Times, Index, Fantastic Man, and Butt Magazine. Lydia Lunch is a musician, actress, and writer who has worked with some of the biggest bands and directors of the 1980s and 1990s. Betsey Johnson is a world-renowned fashion designer based in New York. Will Oldham is an actor and musician who has played in such bands as the Palace Brothers.

Ripped: T-Shirts from the Underground. Written by Cesar Padilla, Introduction by Lydia Lunch, Contribution by Betsey Johnson and Will Oldham. A visual history of counterculture music T-shirts, spanning the defining era of indie music. Carefully selected from the archives of vintage fashion collector Cesar Padilla, the 200 T-shirts in this book are classic examples of rare and extremely limited shirts created by and for the very bands who embodied the true essence of the DIY and indie movements-from The Ramones to Sonic Youth, John Cale, Talking Heads, Madonna, X, Pil, The Germs, and many others. Each shirt has been photographed in all its gritty, sweat-stained glory just as it was found-on the street, in a thrift store, or inherited from a friend.

Ripped is the first book to document the shirts of the post-punk and indie period, after the submission of 1960s rock ‘n’ roll to mass popularity and before the onset of ironic consumerism. Carefully selected from the archives of vintage fashion collector Cesar Padilla, the 200 T-shirts in this book are classic examples of rare and extremely limited shirts created by and for the very bands who embodied the true essence of the DIY and indie movements-from The Ramones to Sonic Youth, John Cale, Talking Heads, Madonna, X, Pil, The Germs, and many others

Ripped: T-Shirts from the Underground. by Cesar Padilla, Lydia Lunch (Introduction), Betsey Johnson (Contributor), Will Oldham (Contributor). Published March 9th 2010 by Universe. Physical Description.

A visual history of counterculture music T-shirts, spanning the defining era. Introduced by Lydia Lunch, the book includes recollections and ruminations from musicians, fashion designers, and pop culture personalities on the enigmatic and enduring appeal of the rock band T-shirt. Lydia Lunch, Thurston Moore and Betsey Johnson contribute to a new book documenting a '70s- and '80s-era tee collection. Posted by Anna Carnick. Posted on 5 March 2010. As ll-around-agitator Lydia Lunch describes in the book’s introduction, for decades, t-shirts have acted as an iconic symbol of defiance

Last Thursday, Swede-chic clothier Acne Studios hosted an oh-so-rock-n-roll launch party for Ripped: T-shirts from the Underground, the new book by artist, writer, and vintage fashion connoisseur Cesar Padilla, at Opening Ceremony’s Acne showroom in NYC. A collaboration with photographer Andrea Thompson, Ripped is a visual archive of over 200 hundred music t-shirts-all from Padilla’s personal collection-from the post-punk 70s to the indie-rock ’90s

Ripped is the first book to document the shirts of the post-punk and indie period, after the submission of 1960s rock 'n' roll to mass popularity and before th. Ripped is the first book to document the shirts of the post-punk and indie period, after the submission of 1960s rock 'n' roll to mass popularity and before the onset of ironic consumerism.

Cesar Padilla’s book Ripped: T-Shirts from the Underground. There are also readings scheduled by Roddy Bottum, Howie Pyro, Kari Krome, Mat Côté, Jennifer Schwartz, Richard Schuler, Allison Wolfe, and ter Lydia Lunch who wrote the introduction to Padilla’s book. Padilla’s celebration of the visual history of counterculture music T-shirts was the first compilation of its kind, and featured iconic designs from some of the most influential punk/post-punk and indie rock bands of the ’70s and ’80s, states FIDM Museum & Galleries.