Triple Skull T-Shirt

This one is one of a kind. I never put the Triple Skull t-shirt into production. I made it for a friend of mine in Las Vegas around 2008–2009, back when Vegas was where I did all my printing.

Purple t-shirt on a dress form with three hand spray-painted blue and orange skull patches and brass grommet eyes, by Andrew Hanson

Two on the chest, one at the hip.

Why the tag is upside down

If you look closely, the tag is upside down. That’s on purpose. Back then, I did small things like that to mark a piece as special rather than regular, and at the time, an upside-down tag was how I did it. If you have one of my pieces with a flipped tag, now you know.

Black woven “Andrew Hanson’s F, Los Angeles” label sewn upside down inside the neck of a purple t-shirt

Upside down means special.

How it came together

It takes the Triple Skull from the hoodie and moves it onto a t-shirt, with a few changes:

  • Hand-printed with spray paint, using three stencils

  • An all-over print made using sheet metal

  • Grommets set through both the patch and the t-shirt, so the eyes go all the way through

  • My signature shoulder stitching

I also filmed the original video of this shirt for my YouTube channel, Fashion Enemy, back then.

Close-up of two stacked skull patches spray-painted in light blue, orange and brown on frayed muslin, with brass grommet eyes and black stitching

Three stencils, brass grommets, frayed muslin.

What’s next

I’ve been thinking about bringing this one back in some shape or form. It may not come back exactly like this, because this one stays one of a kind, but the idea isn’t finished yet.

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