Attention Businessman T-Shirt

Hand-altered slogan T-shirt with layered text, embroidery, paint, and appliqué.

Category: Remade

File Under: #MallCulture, #DIYGraphics, #TextAccumulation, #PostConsumerGarments

Description

Novelty slogan T-shirt sourced secondhand and altered by hand. The original printed phrase—“I’m having a nice day, don’t screw it up”—has been expanded through layered intervention to read:

“ATTN: BUSINESS MAN
I’m having a NICE DAY, don’t $CREW it up!
Greed actually super duper BUMS ME OUT!
Just let me live and be free.”

Text has been applied using a combination of hand painting, freehand embroidery, fabric marker, and a found letterman patch. A separate appliqué reading “Eat the Rich,” cut from floral brocade and stenciled with reclaimed spray paint, is attached at the right shoulder.

The rear of the shirt features a Chains label sewn with visible running stitch. After alteration, the garment was heat-set and lightly sanded to soften the surface. Variations in letter scale, spacing, and finish remain visible.

The accumulation of language reflects the logic of late mall-era slogan apparel, where excess text, provocation, and immediacy replaced refinement. The shirt operates through saturation rather than clarity.