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By Treena Clark, University of Technology Sydney
21 June 2023
First Nations-designed t-shirts, in the form of flag motifs, political slogans and cultural art, are a significant part of First Nations fashion, art and style.
But when did wearing cultural and political t-shirts begin, and what were they like?
T-shirts were originally undergarments, yet it wasn’t until the 1950s that they became mainstream thanks to the movie industry.
A decade later, t-shirts relating to peace, antiwar, black power and LGBTIQ+ themes became popular.
In the early 1970s, some First Nations people wore existing American black power t-shirts or designed their own. Others made and wore t-shirts with First Nations designs and expressions.
Read the full article at National Indigenous Times.
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