T-shirts with cool slogans on them have become quite the hot little item in the past few years. Be they funny, cool, geeky, dirty or cute, it seems that you can find your voice no matter what socio-economic bubble life has shoehorned you into. Luckily, Bangkok’s endless street markets are a great place to find some very funny examples. Although many of them are made by Thais with a very weak grasp on what makes a t-shirt statement ‘cool’ (my favorite – a picture of a potted plant with the words ‘Spaceship One’, swear to God), most are really neat. Some make you laugh, some make you go ‘Awww…’, and some – like the shirt below – make you go “WTF?”

While wandering near the infamous Khao San Road a few weeks ago, I came across this gem and had to double-back to take a picture. Now, my mind being the vast wasteland of pop culture filth and frivolity that it is, borne by youthful overexposure to skin mags, bootlegged VHS porn movies and violent Hollywood movies, I immediately think the worst when I see this. But what about the positive side? Maybe the shirt is referencing… uh… perfume? Makeup? Maybe it’s the end part of a long sentence that explains the whole thing, and is just missing the elipsis, as in: “… to wipe love on her face.” Essentially what I’m asking is, can anyone think of an instance where this shirt is not filthy?

It's nice to see an artist with the care in their work to pay attention to the little details, such as the occasional dripping letter.

It’s nice to see an artist with the care in their work to pay attention to the little details, such as the occasional dripping letter.

Well, most are much tamer than this. If it’s true shock value you want, you can’t beat TShirtHell.com. Head on over and browse – just make sure you’re not at work.