BS: Folk Shirt?

Subject: BS: Folk Shirt?
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 07 Mar 10 - 12:53 PM

I was so intrigued with one of the adverts on the 'cat I followed the link to a Folk Shirt.

Can anyone tell what a folk shirt is and why this one qualifies as such?

:D(eG)

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Shirt?
From: gnu
Date: 07 Mar 10 - 12:55 PM

Hahahahahahaa! Good one!

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Shirt?
From: gnu
Date: 07 Mar 10 - 12:57 PM

I just clicked. $79? Ah, no, that is definitely not a folk shirt. Not for the folks I know, anyway.

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Shirt?
From: Bill D
Date: 07 Mar 10 - 12:58 PM

It's what you wear when you're just 'folking around'.

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Shirt?
From: skipy
Date: 07 Mar 10 - 12:58 PM

Read the names of their other shirts! Someone has lost the plot.
Skipy in a smegma shirt

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Shirt?
From: mikesamwild
Date: 07 Mar 10 - 12:58 PM

Looks greenish and drab and a bit tight. About right I'd say

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Shirt?
From: Emma B
Date: 07 Mar 10 - 01:03 PM

It wouldn't fit a horse?

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Shirt?
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 07 Mar 10 - 01:07 PM

Emma - You owe me a new keyboard

:D

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Shirt?
From: Amos
Date: 07 Mar 10 - 01:16 PM

"Why you wearing dat shirt, bro?"

"Well, man, that here is a FOLK shirt!"

"FOLK shirt? Wassat?"

"It says to the people, man, you FOLKED."

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Shirt?
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 07 Mar 10 - 04:04 PM

A little slim in the cut for most of the folkies I know...

~ Becky in Tucson

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Shirt?
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 07 Mar 10 - 04:18 PM

Now if you actually do want a fancy folkie shirt, here is the place to look - Hedingham Fair

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Shirt?
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 07 Mar 10 - 05:43 PM

Get a Folk against Fascism T-shirt - if they ever get around to making any in folkie sizes like 3XL and 4XL - or even 2XL dammit!

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Shirt?
From: Micca
Date: 07 Mar 10 - 05:49 PM

Kevin, the chief designer at Headingham Fair is a singer of Folk songs I believe as is her husband, and a very skilled designer too

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Shirt?
From: Emma B
Date: 07 Mar 10 - 06:00 PM

My favourite mail order catalogue and a great place for Winter Solstice greeting cards

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Shirt?
From: open mike
Date: 07 Mar 10 - 06:26 PM

http://www.mudcat.org/tshirt.cfm

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Shirt?
From: frogprince
Date: 07 Mar 10 - 07:12 PM

I've have two or three shirts almost that ugly, but I got them at sidewalk sales for two or three bucks.

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Shirt?
From: Rapparee
Date: 07 Mar 10 - 07:27 PM

If a Folk shirt is $79, how much is a Rock shirt or a Rap shirt?

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Shirt?
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 08 Mar 10 - 02:38 AM

Truly a beautiful shirt, the Folk model reflects, in its soft, washed finish, earth tone, and homespun blend of geometric and floral designs, a great American tradition of functional comfort, and a hearty spirit that says "I'm brand new and cost 80 bucks, but
I look just as genuine as if I'd cost three bucks 10 years ago and spent the last 6 months being worn by a pioneer following the great westward migration.

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Shirt?
From: gnomad
Date: 08 Mar 10 - 04:41 AM

Solid cotton is a good start, but the rest is just fantasy. Perhaps the makers need to decide what is folk.

I'll get me (hair) shirt.

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Shirt?
From: Bryn Pugh
Date: 08 Mar 10 - 05:24 AM

Thanks, Emma and McGrath for the Hedingham Fair contact details.

As for the "Folk Shirt" at $79, I might have been hard up for a shirt in my time, but never desperate.

I wouldn't use it for a floor clout.

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Shirt?
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 08 Mar 10 - 02:11 PM

Quaklity on the Hedingham Sweatshirts is brilliant. At least it was more years ago than I can remember when I bought the one I still regularly wear. They last!

............................

Talking of shirts with a look of hostory about them, how come it's so hard to get hold of shirts without collars? After all, how many people wear ties now except for funerals, job interviews and court appearances? So what are the collars for?

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Shirt?
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 08 Mar 10 - 02:24 PM

ok... pedant alert... look away now if you are likely to be bored...

I suspect that the "folk" refers to the design/pattern on the shirt. There is an echo of folk art in the pattern. A William Morris treatment of leaves and vines and swirlyness. He borrowed from folk art patterns when he "founded" the Arts and Crafts movement.

I guess that is why the makers of the shirt think they can apply the name "folk shirt".

William Morris looks like a folkie






Hey! Wake up! I told you to look away if you are easily bored. God. Some people.

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Shirt?
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 08 Mar 10 - 03:24 PM

VirginiaTam: Your link doesn't work. I suppose you meant to link to the portrait of William Morris at The Friends of William Morris Gallery web site.

Yes, he does sorta look like a folkie--but isn't he wearing a bow tie?

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Shirt?
From: Crow Sister (off with the fairies)
Date: 08 Mar 10 - 03:29 PM

Tam you have it nailed.

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Shirt?
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 08 Mar 10 - 04:26 PM

yes thank you Jim. Must remember to remove the frame in google images in order to get the proper URL.

doh!

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Shirt?
From: Paul Burke
Date: 08 Mar 10 - 04:39 PM

A folk shirt is surely a harmony suit with a beer pocket.

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Shirt?
From: frogprince
Date: 08 Mar 10 - 05:24 PM

If you look at that picture of William Morris...why did he shave off half his mustache?

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Shirt?
From: Emma B
Date: 08 Mar 10 - 06:52 PM

folk shirt Paul?

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Shirt?
From: katlaughing
Date: 08 Mar 10 - 10:48 PM

Emma, now I've seen everything..good heavens!

I notice they brag about the Amazon shirt being frayed around the ages and it having a "bandana inspired" pattern.

If anyone is seriously interested, Deva Lifeware has some very excellent products including shirts without collars and shirts which would accommodate most folkies, I think. I have bought clothing from them for over twenty years and can attest to their being worth every penny. They last forever, are well-made, and directly support the people in North Dakota who make them. They do have a few imports now, too.

kat

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Shirt?
From: the Folk Police
Date: 09 Mar 10 - 04:36 AM

The Ewan

The Sid

Ans a nice jacket to top the ensemble off.

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Shirt?
From: Paul Burke
Date: 09 Mar 10 - 01:25 PM

Good attempt, but that's a dimension jacket, not a harmony suit.

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Shirt?
From: katlaughing
Date: 09 Mar 10 - 04:26 PM

Mudcatter Alice, an accomplished artist and singer, has made available her own design on shirts, mugs, etc. for Folk Against Fascism. Check them out. I think the design is classy. Thanks for letting me know about them, Alice!

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Shirt?
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 10 Mar 10 - 08:39 AM

Virginia Tam has it nailed - she actually used her eyes.

I noticed the pattern as well. I would call it a para-paisley, but the connection to William Morris is astute as well.

I also noticed that the shirt is wrinkled. I can imagine the kerfuffle behind the scenes:

"Oh no! We photographed #465789J23K , but we forgot to iron it first!"

"No sweat. Put some scruffy whiskers on the model and tell Amazon to label it a folk shirt."

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Shirt?
From: Crow Sister (off with the fairies)
Date: 10 Mar 10 - 09:22 AM

Ooh, I like the colourful messenger bag! I'll be having that.

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Shirt?
From: Alice
Date: 10 Mar 10 - 12:52 PM

There were a few more things I could print with "Folk Against Fascism", a sign with stakes you could put temporarily in the ground in your camp at a festival, and mousepad, journal, magnets, postcards, etc., along with the shirts and bumper stickers and other stuff, so I added them to the page:

Folk Against Fascism (shirts, etc.)