Fashion

To a T

By Tatat Bunnag, Photos by Tatat Bunnag

Stars dare to wear at Fat�s other festival

Fashion trends come and go, but the T-shirt is a mainstay that�s never been out of style. With the heat and humidity of Thailand, the light and comfortable T-shirt is sure to always have a place in Thai fashion.

Through the years, choices for decorating T-shirts have ranged from iron-on designs to tie-dying to silk-screening to hand painting. Because those decorations feature everything from advertising to personal statements and jokes, no other item of clothing says more about the person wearing it.

• Did you know •

The Guinness record for most T-shirts worn at the same time (160) belongs to Aaron John Waltke of Bloomington, Indiana.

On the lookout for new methods of self-expression, many young people now realise that they can, with a little artistic flair, knock out their own unique and personal designs. With the idea of showcasing some of those new and creative T-shirt designs, Fat Radio started its T-shirt festival in 2005.

The festival � this year held on June 10 at JJ Mall next to Chatuchak Market � has become the premier event for talented T-shirt designers and fans of fashion that�s functional and fun.

Student Weekly stopped by the third annual T-shirt festival to check out the innovative designs and to hobnob with some of the celebrity shirt sellers who were on hand. We asked them how they came up with the ideas for their trendy T-shirts.

�It�s the cartoon version of me in one of my latest music videos. This design was released on both a T-shirt and a watch.�

Petch Osatanukor, singer

�It�s called Panda Scream. As you can see, this artwork is obviously inspired by Edvard Munch�s The Scream. I also thought that this design was perfect for the turbulent situation at our music label now. [Laughs.]�

Somsiri Sangkaew, Bear-Garden�s singer

�This design can be read as �Armchair.� I got the idea from the shape of a block.�

Anusorn Maneethed, Armchair�s singer

�This T-shirt says, �You say what? We say whatever!� It�s the slogan for the mobile club night and party that my friends and I put on. It�s dedicated to whatever music moves us.�

Kasidit Samniang, Futon�s singer

�Our drummer Ja was the one who found this character on the Internet, so we named it Ja Too. We also used it as a logo for our new album, Romantic Comedy.�

Tul Waithunkiet, Apartment Khunpa�s singer

	mainstay (n): a person or thing that is the most important part of something humidity (n): conditions in which the air is very warm and damp silk-screen (n): a method of printing in which ink is forced through a design cut in a piece of fine fabric flair (n): a quality showing the ability to do things in an interesting and imaginative way innovative (adj): introducing or using new ideas, ways of doing something hobnob (v): to spend a lot of time with somebody, especially somebody who is famous turbulent (n): in which there is a lot of sudden change, confusion, disagreement and sometimes violence slogan (n): a word or phrase that is easy to remember, used for example by a political party or in advertising