Retro Ad Futurum Shirt

This is actually listed as a Banana Republic T-Shirt, one of several designs to bear that name. Offered only in Summer 1988, this shirt is found quite a bit now; further evidence how much BR had spread by 1988.

From the catalogue: “No republic can take itself seriously without a coat of arms. Much less a shirt of substance. Hence our worldly wise T-shirt with global perspective and philosophy worn over the heart, rather than on our sleeve. In three colors that declare our neutrality.”

The shirt came in White, Natural and Khaki. Long sleeve versions have been seen but were not in the catalogue.