Pamla Motown returns with a new version of The Artist T-shirt
//1975: Models Kathy + Jeremy in Artist tees at a New York fashion show.//
//2012: One of Motown's two new versions.//
Designer Pamla Motown – cherished for her contributions to 70s fashion with a run of sensational designs for Mr Freedom and under her own labels – is back with a new version of her graphic “Artist” T-shirt.
//2012: White on black print.//
Motown, born Pamela Harvey, was inspired by the work of Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein to produce the original design in 1971, as a one-colour print in a collection of sweatshirts for Two Generators, the post-Mr Freedom label she operated with fellow designer Jim O’Connor.
//Main pic: Motown's friend, artist Duggie Fields in the 1971 original with Nancy; Inset: With Motown and Richard Gillette in the 1975 four-colour print.//
The pair subsequently moved to the US and in 1975 Motown recreated it as a four-colour design .
And now the Artist T-shirt is back as a limited edition T-shirt available exclusively from the Motown Arts Etsy shop – go here.
Read all about Motown’s significant contribution to fashion in my book Mr Freedom – Tommy Roberts: British Design Hero.