Merry christmas from John Lennon and Yoko Ono. A large Christmas peace message reading ‘War Is Over !’ from John Lennon and Yoko Ono on a billboard in New York City. The message, protesting against US involvement in the Vietnam War, (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

John Lennon and Yoko Ono

Katherine Hamnett and Margaret Thatcher in 1984. image credit: associated press)

moda magazine, editorial 1984 credits Oliveiro Toscani

A collector’s item. The original! courtesy of Wilhelmina Bulhof

A collector’s item. The original! courtesy of Wilhelmina Bulhof

It’s WHAM! Get your cult item at asos.com/au

George Michael has sadly passed away last year. He became a famous in the 1980s with his band WHAM! At the same time Katherine Hamnett‘s oversized, white slogan t-shirts, the ones with the large block letters, were equally populair. These t-shirts were launched in 1983. We are quite sure that everyone can see the simlarity between the t-shirts and the billboard placed by John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1969 “war is over of you want it”. (pictured above on Times Square in New York City but it was simultaneously displayed at Montreal, Toronto, Los Angeles and at six European cities). Both are protesting against ‘unfairness’ in the world.
Well, Just that. Have a happy 2017 Y’all! xoxo

PS
Mimi Berlin isn’t the only one with treasures in the attic: Ms Wilhelmina found an original Hamnett t-shirt on her’s!
More on John and Yoko’s peaceful protest on this blog
See Rex Dieters Mimimotto’s on this blog

(images via yoko ono / youmustcreate.com/ katharinehamnett.com /asos.com/au/ thahanks Rex Dieter, Twan Janssen und Ms Wilhelmina)

If you think we missed some (historical) similar, visually equal, protests, besides picket lines, please let us know! We are interested….!

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