David Lynch for Supreme T-Shirt (Blue Velvet Still)

Early-2010s Supreme T-shirt featuring a still from Blue Velvet, worn in and shaped through long-term personal use.

Category: Curated

File Under: #AvantGardeCinema, #StreetwearEphemera, #ArtistCollaboration

Description

Original David Lynch for Supreme T-shirt featuring a still from Blue Velvet (1986). Long before formal collaborations became routine, David Lynch’s work circulated through the same informal channels as skate and street culture—VHS tapes, art schools, zines, midnight screenings—making the collaboration structurally aligned rather than anomalous. Supreme’s ongoing artist and filmmaker partnerships reflect moments when underground cinema and streetwear move through overlapping creative networks rather than hype-driven cycles.

This example has been worn extensively. The cotton has softened and thinned evenly; the surface carries a faint greenish cast from sun exposure and repeated washing, along with small paint marks and residual traces from everyday use. Wear settles around the graphic rather than through it, which remains intact and legible. Interior neck print reads David Lynch for Supreme.

The piece documents how collaboration garments function in practice—not as collectibles held in reserve, but as working clothes shaped by movement, labor, and repetition. It remains an artifact of early-2010s streetwear before archival value overtook wear value.

A VHS copy of Blue Velvet is archived separately.