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post #1 of 21
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My friends and I have been making fun of those shirts that have dramatic-looking pictures of wolves on them for quite some time now. It seems to be catching on and becoming somewhat of a cult-pop-culture phenom.

Freakin' hilarious- Read the comments toward the bottom of the page...

http://www.birkoph.com/Wolf_tshirt.htm
post #2 of 21
I just bought one. Thanks Scentronic!
post #3 of 21
Thank you! Bro, that was so funny. I have never been able to express my amazement and disdain for the ridiculousness of these wolf shirts. My faves are the ones with the full moon in the background. Very serious indeed. You should wear one of these to the club.
post #4 of 21
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Its one of those things that is so incredibly retarded, that it goes all the way around the scale back to cool.

I saw a tv commercial for a music download site that featured some rappers, one of which was wearing a purple tie-dye dramatic wolf shirt. Looked fresh as hell, too.

"This shirt is great for pulling in husky Native American bitches with diabetes!"

"My last GF was stolen by a guy who had a different wolf shirt for every day of the week!"

"This shirt cured my AIDS!"

LMAO!
post #5 of 21
LMAO! Too funny. Who wears these things?
post #6 of 21
Funny. Must be a midwestern thing. Haven't seen many wolf shirts down South.

On the other hand, here's a striking piece of work from the ferociously talented artist Florian Bertmer:


"Viva Hate" aka "Wolf-Girl"

[Support underground art.]
post #7 of 21
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thats a really cool shirt!
post #8 of 21
They've been around for a while now. Circa 1970's. They seem to be popular with the same crowd that still goes to Fleetwood Mac and Lynyrd Skynyrd concerts. (BTW, I love both of those bands, just don't feel the need to base my style around the dirties that show up to their concerts.) My mom got me a wolf shirt about four years back. I gave it to goodwill (doh!).
- Rich
post #9 of 21
Thread Starter 
oh, well if you're going to the 'Skinnard concert, then you'd need to cut fringes along the sleeves and bottom of the shirt, then wash the shirt so that the fringes curl up.

Seen that one? ...or maybe I should say: "that guy"!
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Here's your basic, quintessential dramatic wolf shirt.



Notice how there is a larger, close-up of the wolf's howling mouth, which melts into the snowy mountains in the background. This obviously adds quite a bit of drama to the piece, not to mention the enchanting blue/purple tie dye. The wolf's eyes are even closed. Pure emotion.
post #10 of 21
Nice one Scentronic; that shirt is even better while listening to Born To Be Wild cranked up to 11!
post #11 of 21
I've seen these worn by people from the Pacific Northwest to North Carolina. Like holiday sweaters, they don't seem to be limited by region.

Where's the love for the eagle and buffalo shirts?
post #12 of 21
I think I have seen many of these in Gatlinburg TN ( although most people in
Gatlinburg are from Ohio or Michigan) and I must say they compliment the Mullet quite nicely
post #13 of 21
if you don't have a mullet, you can't pull off the wolf-t. enough said.
post #14 of 21
Hahaha... that was great. Here's the thing though - what if someone wandered onto those reviews without realizing that they were being facetious? What if someone believed it and bought it? Haha, I can almost imagine some guy sitting at a bar with this thing on thinking to himself: "Why haven't I been jumped by a woman yet?"
post #15 of 21
I saw a VJ wearing one yesterday.

The Wolf Shirt has arrived.
post #16 of 21
I am bumping this thread from last year, since I read about this in today's Washington Post.
post #17 of 21
My brother was on a mission to buy one of these back in March because his friend was convinced they were actually the height of cool. I love the reviews.
post #18 of 21
I'm not buying this poorly written article by the Washington Post. It has nothing to do with that frat-loving website that caused those shirts to be "popular". By the way, its embarrassing how newspapers have such poorly written pieces, no wonder readerships are going down fast.

The main thing is, like certain cowboy fashions that are displayed by many 20 and 30 some year old hipsters, the wolf shirt was to a certain extent being worn in public by many individuals. Its nothing along the lines as a certain yoga wear company or many other brands, but I did see a few individuals sporting it in public. It caught my attention because it first reminded me of shirts I had seen in the past. As well, those individuals wearing them did not seem the "type" to wear those shirts.

But like mustaches, plaid, cowboy boots, tights, and many other things in the fashion world, the wolf shirt can be turned around and look to be something pretty cool as long as it is worn by the right people. When I say "the right people", I don't want to sound as though I am dictating who should wear what, however, if someone who looks like they update their wardrobe...well, they don't update it...then its just not as cool as someone who does so more frequently ( and wears skinny jeans with converse )
post #19 of 21
You know what I want to see? Dramatic barking dog t-shirts.
post #20 of 21
I like the penguin t-shirt, for my 11 year old daughter.

Seriously, I remember these shirts. I think I briefly dated a guy back in the late 80's who had one. He might be in jail now.
post #21 of 21
I want a shirt with a puffin flying headlong into confrontation. That would be epic, much unlike the fashion atrocity these horrid rags commit.
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