Inspired by a Buddhist exhibit, it was a comment against war, death and destruction. Hamnett viewed her T-shirts as a way of getting her message across: "If you want to get the message out there, you should print it in giant letters on a t-shirt." Her first shirt featured the "CHOOSE LIFE" slogan. Models such as Naomi Campbell have appeared in Hamnett shirts bearing the slogans "USE A CONDOM" and "PEACE". And I mean, I did a fanzine, so when I read that I thought, great, fanzine T-shirts!" The official FGTH designs were particularly successful, and spawned many imitations of their own. Morley has stated that these designs were consciously based on Hamnett's slogan T-shirts: "What persuaded me was reading Katharine Hamnett saying she wanted the T-shirts ripped off, which reminded me of Mark P, saying he wanted Sniffin' Glue to be ripped off.
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In 1984, ZTT's Paul Morley designed a series of "FRANKIE SAY." T-shirts to promote the record label's chart act Frankie Goes to Hollywood (FGTH). Taylor wore Hamnett's "WORLDWIDE NUCLEAR BAN NOW" shirt during Queen's historic appearance at the first edition of the Rock in Rio festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The t-shirt also appeared in Queen's video for " Hammer to Fall" (worn by Roger Taylor). George Michael wore his white "CHOOSE LIFE" shirt in the music video for " Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go". Hamnett's oversized T-shirts with large block letter slogans, launched in 1983, were adopted by pop bands, including Wham!. From 1975, she was a freelance fashion designer in London, Paris, Milan, New York and Hong Kong until she founded the Katharine E. She set up Tuttabankem with Anne Buck in 1969.
Hamnett graduated from Saint Martin's School of Art. Hamnett was born on 16 August 1947, the daughter of James Appleton, a group captain. Hamnett CBE (born 16 August 1947, in Gravesend, Kent) is an English fashion designer best known for her political T-shirts. Hamnett appearing on TV discussion After Dark "You Are What You Wear" in 1988
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