Sunday, September 16, 2018

All the Rage: Voices Against Trump


Wearing your politics on your sleeve

"Well I have news for you. We're already in a constitutional crisis." - Dan Rather

If ever there was a time to suit up, speak up, and stand by your values it is now. Thus the "All the Rage" series (click on "Politics" here or in the menu at right to see other creations in this series.

Clothing label

This shirt, created by collaging two men's thrift store shirts, is embellished with hand-embroidered quotes about the current president.

"He is a wolverine." - Dan Rather

Shirt front

"Mr. President, we are not afraid of you." 
- Maxine Waters

Shirt back

"Mexico is not going to pay for that fucking wall." - Vicente Fox

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"Trump's action could push the Earth over the brink, to become like Venus, with a temperature of 250 degrees and raining sulfuric acid." - Stephen Hawking

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"Sorta makes me look pretty good, doesn't it?"
- George W. Bush

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"A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges is not Christian. - Pope Francis

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The quotes included on this shirt in addition to those highlighted above:

• It is our consensus view that Mr. Trump in the office of the presidency is a danger to the nation and the world. - Dr. Bandy Lee, Professor of Psychiatry, Yale

• The earth is not flat and climate change is real. Can someone please inform the folks at the White House? - Xavier Becerra, California Attorney General

• I think his remarks are divisive, stupid and wrong. - David Cameron, former British Prime Minister

• Standing up to bullies is the hallmark of a civilized society. - Robert Reich

• I don't like him. - George H.W. Bush

Wearing clothing with a conscience 

Time to go out and stitch some statement couture of your own and if you don't sew, use magic marker!












3 comments:

  1. Yeah! Always telling it like it is - just like art!

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  2. i know i am a bit late to the party...but love your work :) this is freakin awesome :)
    if you want some great insults...see what the folks in Scotland wrote on placards to wave at him at his golf course ;P

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  3. Very cool. Saw this posted on FB. Also recently saw on Instagram a movement of visible mending. I like the idea of marrying the two.

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