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When I saw the guy on the left at Citifield on Saturday, I went over to him and hugged him and told him that there was a good chance that I sold that shirt on Tour in the 90s. He said someone gifted him with it, I couldn't help myself, I started crying cuz it brought back such sweet memories for me. This shirt was called "Skall" and was hand painted by Mark Laico aka 'Lakes Designs'. I sold shirts for Lakes on tour from about 1988 till near 1995. You don't see many of these around anymore, and my own collection has dwindled to very few, as I have grown too large for the old XLs.
Seeing it made me wonder if anyone still has any Lakes Designs shirts anymore? Other designs included "Melting Peace Sign", "Melting Rose", Bart Simpson "Just Say N2O" , "Psychedelic Sam" , "Panda ~ Save The World" and "High Noon". I'll try to post some samples from my remaining collection later.
Here's another lot encounter I had at GD 50 Chicago with a guy wearing "Psychedelic Sam".
Below is an old photo of the artist Mark Laico 'Lakes' from a Street Fair in Hoboken in the late 80s. The T shirt display was my booth.Lakes is on the left.
Any Zoners still have any Lakes Designs T Shirts, or recognize them?
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It’s pretty cool that you
It’s pretty cool that you still see shirts you sold all these years later! They look familiar but I don’t think I ever owned one.
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Great collection of lot
Great collection of lot shirts here
https://www.instagram.com/fromthelot
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Saw a few I have in their
Saw a few I have in their (Bart ot on Down the Line/Helps on the way man" and "Funkin Gonuts/It's worth the trip"
Best lot shirt ever....still have the one I got at Brendan Byrne in '88 "The game of dance"
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Back in the late 80s my
Back in the late 80s my girlfriend and I used to tie dye shirts for a bootlegger. Simple one and two color spirals that he'd put a black silk screen over. He'd do all the big tours, GD, Stones, Who, Floyd. We would die up to 500 dozen T shirts a week for the guy.
At Citified I bumped into the him. Hadn't seen him in almost 30 years. He's got a real job now but still hustles shirts when he has a chance. Dies them himself now.
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It must be cool to see your
It must be cool to see your "children come home" after all this time!
I can barely hold on to a t-shirt for more than a few years before it goes to tatters. Saw someone with this shirt in great condition at a show a couple years ago and couldn't believe how he could've possibly still had it in mint condition (after having thrown mine away with holes in it about five years ago):
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Best lot shirt ever<<<
Best lot shirt ever<<<
Alex P. Keaton'd
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I'm sure there's a connection
I'm sure there's a connection in that parallel universe you inhabit.
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Fret not, we all love Alex.
Fret not, we all love Alex.