10 posts tagged “debbie harry”
Juno is a very cute movie, so it makes sense that it would be roundly celebrated in the world capital of cuteness, Tokyo, Japan. And here's star Ellen Page, alongside Japanese starlet Satomi Ishihara, greeting her Asian admirers attired in Worn Free's Iggy Pop Dublin Studios tee.
It must be disorienting for a pixieish lass like EP to be relatively hulking compared to the local populace. But nothing provides instant comfort in a new setting like a cozy, stylish, rock 'n' roll shirt.
Ellen's Tokyo junket is all over the fan blogs now, which will undoubtedly result in (a) a lot of folks learning about this shirt, which -- like every yummy-delicious Worn Free tee -- comes with free shipping for a limited time, and (b) a spike in IMDB queries about the fetching Satomi, whose appearances include Ginmaku ban Sushi ôji!: Nyûyôku e iku (Sushi King Goes to New York) and Watashi no guranpa.
You look beyond dreamy in that dress, Satomi, but we'd love to see you in, say, an I'm Not Johnny Ramone tee or a Debbie Harry Punk shirt. Your international pop cred will skyrocket! Have your people call our people and let's make this happen. Domo!
To celebrate the redesign of WornFree.com, we're offering free shipping on all shirts.
Now, a few caveats:
- The free shipping won't last long, so don't dawdle. We hate it when you dawdle.
- You'll still be responsible for any taxes or customs duties your home country (and where do you live, anyway?) sees fit to impose on the privilege of having spectacularly stylish and comfortable couture delivered to your doorstep.
- Clicking on Mischa Barton's picture will not result in Mischa Barton being sent to your home. How many times must we go over this?
OK, we've sent the attorneys packing. Back to the good stuff.
Not only is the new site a bit easier to use, but it showcases several of our newer designs, including the dazzling suite of Queen tour tees (for the polymorphously perverse rock animal in your life), the dashing Ian Dury Taxi, Blockheads and Antigua tees (a treasure for fans of witty punk/new-wave), the saucy Jeff Beck "Oh Yeah" and On the Road Again shirts (manna for guitar freaks), the audaciously erotic Alan Aldridge London (Smile) shirt and the charming Willie Hall Hollywood T-shirt (for classic-soul aficionados and Tinseltown devotees alike).
Of course, you'll be able to find all your favorite John Lennon, Frank Zappa, Iggy Pop, Debbie Harry, Joan Jett, Johnny and Joey Ramone, Gram Parsons, Ian Hunter, Mick Ronson, Steve Marriott, John Van Hamersveld and other tees as well.
And did we mention the free shipping? OK, just checking.
Blimey! Pardon us if we're a little overwhelmed at all the lovely recent press about little old us.
First off, we're keen as mustard, as one might say Down Under, about the mentions we've received in Aussie publications like Cream, Who Magazine and Madison. Since a lot of our favorite music, movie stars and wildlife come from Australia, we're deeply honored. And seeing foxy Oz girls in WF tees like our John Lennon You Are Here shirt makes us feel all tingly. Please pass us a beer the size of a motor-oil can immediately.
We're feeling the love from InStyle.com, which blew a kiss to our Iggy Pop Dublin Sound Studios tee.
The Detroit Free Press gave us a nice little blurb showcasing the John Lennon Come Together shirt.
Getting a shout-out in a prestigious U.S. design mag like Print, meanwhile, is ridiculously exciting for geeks like us.
We're also delighted to have been the subject of a profile on the Dazed blog, the digital weathervane of long-running U.K. trendwatching pub Dazed & Confused. They're cool.
Been reading about us in your favorite publications, like Popular Mechanics, Scientific American, Cat Fancy or Juggs? Drop us a line -- our scrapbook is never satisfied.
Hey everyone! It's Chris and Joe from the Morning Benders doing a little SXSW video spiel for Blender.
You'll note that Joe is once again wearing a Debbie Harry Camp Funtime tee, just as he was when we spotlighted the band's exhausting week of SXSW shows shortly ago. This leads us to two possible conclusions: Either he has not changed his shirt in several days, because it's stylish and insanely comfortable, or he owns an entire wardrobe of Debbie Harry Camp Funtime tees (for the same reason). We can't decide which option would be more rock 'n' roll, frankly.
You'll want to see the video on Blender's site, if only for the loosey-goosey rapport between the two young musicians, and Chris' revelation that his first concert was Elliott Smith. Yes, they're that young. Oh, and a message to Kirsten Dunst: Joe would really appreciate it if you'd call him. Don't make the poor boy wait by the phone.
Ah, South By Southwest. Whatever else you may say about the annual music-and-film blowout in Austin, Texas, with its BBQ and blather, its cocktail-comped industry weasels diddling their CrackBerries in the Four Seasons lobby, its Shiner-swilling wannabes and next-big-whatevers, the confab reliably assembles a number of bands that make you say, "Where have you been all my life?"
One of these, from where we sit, is the New York power trio Earl Greyhound. The threesome's soul-satisfying sound skillet sizzles with badass riffage and pop smarts. And we may be biased, but they have a fine sense of style, too. Just check out guitarist-singer Matt Whyte in his John Lennon Come Together tee.
If Matt were the band's only frontperson, EG would still be a great band -- he's got a giant, supple voice and impeccable chops as a player. But Matt shares lead-vocal duties with the staggeringly hot and volcanically charismatic bass-thumper Kamara Thomas, who can be seen sauntering in the general direction of a WF banner in this oh-so-South-By pic:
Earl Greyhound played multiple dates in Austin, tearing the joint apart every time; even a cursory look at the live clips floating around the Web confirms that they put on a formidable show (with the occasional, incendiary Fleetwood Mac cover). Catch them before they get so famous that tickets become prohibitively expensive.
You know who else is pretty wonderful? The Morning Benders, whose stylishly melodic pop songs are so smart they positively crackle. Here they are at one of several SXSW engagements; guitarist Joe Ferrell sports a Debbie Harry Camp Funtime shirt, while drummer Julian Harmon rocks a handsome Queen Crazy Tour tee.
In the wake of their FIVE SXSW shows, the precocious Benders will no doubt be bending an exponentially larger number of ears. More fuel for the fire: the Berkeley quartet's full-length debut, Talking Through Tin Cans, comes out May 6.
Hey, we're not made of stone. We, too, were charmed and enchanted by Juno and its incredibly poised young star, Ellen Page. Not only is it a truly funny and compassionate movie with a plot that Hollywood usually gets completely wrong, but it's full of truly fantastic pop-cultural references (and even a clip from The Wizard of Gore, for cryin' out loud). And Ellen (or should we call her Pagey, in tribute to Zeppelin?) has limned an entirely new kind of a teen-female character -- and altered the cultural landscape in the process.
Therefore imagine the be-still-our-hearts moment when we peeped the promo for her gig hosting Saturday Night Live ... wearing WF's Joan Jett Peacock shirt.
Well, that was pretty exciting. And then on the show, when she introduced Wilco in our Debbie Harry Camp Funtime shirt? Well, we were over the moon, as you might imagine.
She may not have snagged an Oscar -- this time -- but we feel like we won a pretty big award. Now if we could just get a shot of Diablo Cody (who took home a trophy for her wise and witty script) in a Flying Burrito Bros. shirt ...
If you've been reading the tabloids - and don't try to pretend you haven't, you cheeky little devil - you probably know a thing or two about the recent adventures of TV starlet, former OC cast member and very hot young thing Mischa Barton. But here are a few bits of info that may not yet have crossed your path:
1. She plays a femme fatale named Francesca (Francesca, for crying out loud!) in Assassination of a High School President, a darkly offbeat teen comedy that several critics have dubbed the best new flick at the recent Sundance Film Festival.
2. Our Mischa was apparently quite a keen student - indeed "really academic," in her own owlish phrase - during her school days, something she's apparently put to use in her portrayal of clever vixen Francesca.
3. Fresh from her Utah triumph, she returned to the wilds of Los Angeles clad in a Worn Free Debbie Harry Camp Funtime shirt, reclaiming her Blondie-ish right to have more fun, tabloids and whatnot aside.
Or perhaps she donned the shirt as an ironic commentary on the summer-campish rites of youthful indiscretion to which L.A.'s celebrity pleasure cult regularly devotes itself. She is, after all, really academic; do not underestimate her.
Alice Peacock may be many things – a fantastic singer, a superb songwriter, an admirable do-gooder and a frankly gorgeous woman, to name a few of her more obvious qualities – but let's face it: She's no punk.
Her songs and voice instead recall the glory days of pop troubadours like Carole King, with a firm nod in the direction of the folk-rock tradition, especially on her spectacular recent CD, Who I Am.
Still, we have to admit this Chicago-based artist looks beyond fetching in our Debbie Harry Punk shirt. This pic was taken just outside the Hotel Cafe in Hollywood, where she'd just finished performing a stellar set.
With the power of her songs and her forthright, playful onstage demeanor, Alice is capable of rocking pretty much any space, as she's demonstrated repeatedly during her 2007 tour.
The night before her Hotel gig, she regaled a very different audience: a devoted crowd of folk-leaning fans at The Coffee Gallery in the charming southland burg of Alta Dena. During that engagement she was attired in WF's Debbie Harry Berlin Shirt, which offered a wry counterpoint to the rural painted backdrop and picturesquely arrayed bags of coffee beans that surrounded her.
Come to think of it, bringing Worn Free's rock and roll style to the folkie hinterlands? That is kinda punk.
We know you've been wondering: How will the loosey-goosey, ultra-comfortable ethic of WF shirts fare in the hyper-efficient, order-loving culture of Germany?
Well, pretty wunderbar, as it turns out -- judging, at least, by this nice mention in the sexy mag Prinz, which showcases a number of our classic images and our cheekily stylin' Debbie Harry "Punk" shirt. Not only that, but they praise our "T-Shirts Mit Musikgeschichte," which has to be good, right?
As much as we love the German penchant for creating enormous compound words, though, we tend to find the English phrase "music history" a tad more, well, musical. But that's just us.
Still, music history is what we're about, and it's nice to know they're feeling it in Deutschland.
And while we're at it, can you name some Teutonic rock bands that have hit it big in the English-speaking world? We'll start off your list for you: The Scorpions, who are still fully capable of rockin' you like a hurricane and will be releasing a new album, Humanity - Hour 1, later this month. Then there's prog-rockers Tangerine Dream, new-wavers Nena ("99 Luftballons"), industrial metal-machers Rammstein ... send us more suggestions, and we'll eat some schnitzel in your honor.
So a Worn Free operative (our spies are everywhere) gives supermodel Naomi Campbell a gorgeous Debbie Harry "Punk" shirt at a party in Houston ... and lo and behold, she sports it during this Fashion Week Live event.
What is a Fashion Week Live event? We're so glad you asked. According to reputable printed sources (The Houston Business Journal, for pity's sake), it's a traveling "consumer fashion week experience" that, in the case of this particular stop, took place in "tented superstructures near Houston's Water Wall."
Well, what a relief to clear that up. And after looking at this photo, we imagine some of you have your own tented superstructures to contend with.
Actually, the event, which is sponsored by the nice people at Sephora, takes the fall '07 designs from fashion legends like Oscar de la Renta, Zac Posen, Francisco Costa for Calvin Klein, Badgley Mischka, Nicole Miller, Nanette Lepore and Michael Kors to different cities for one-night-only shows.
Yet here is one of the world's most celebrated models – not so much a supermodel as ... a megamodel? An übermodel? A new term clearly needs to be coined – sporting not some million-dollar frock but one of our humble (though admittedly torso-snuggling) tees. We are honored. And drooling, just a bit.
