A limited-run JAPAN t-shirt featuring David Sylvian photographed live at University of Nottingham on 1st December 1978.
The image comes from Stephen Holden’s Adolescent Alternatives archive and is used with permission. Holden’s book Adolescent Alternatives is a beautifully obsessive document of early JAPAN fandom: part personal archive, part visual history, part love letter to the period when the band were still raw, strange, glamorous and on the edge of becoming something entirely their own. This photograph was chosen as the cover image for the book and captures Sylvian during those early live years, before JAPAN’s image and sound moved into the more refined, art-pop world they would later become known for.
For this t-shirt, the photograph has been reworked as a stark white halftone print and paired with the raw JAPAN logo above - giving it the feel of a lost late-70s fan-club artefact.
Printed on premium Bella+Canvas 3001 unisex t-shirts, chosen for their soft feel, modern retail fit and quality finish. Each shirt is produced using DTF transfer for a sharp, durable white print.
PLEASE ALLOW UP TO 7 WORKING DAYS FOR DISPATCH. This allows us to offer more sizes and colours across a limited, carefully managed t-shirt run.
PRINTED, CHECKED AND PACKED BY US.
INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: For USA and IRELAND orders, applicable import duties and taxes are included in the shipping price and prepaid by us. You should not be asked to pay additional import charges on delivery. For other destinations, local import charges may apply.
SIZE GUIDE:
XSmall. Chest Size: 31-34 inches
Small. Chest Size:34-37 inches
Medium. Chest Size:38-41 inches
Large. Chest Size:42-45 inches
XLarge. Chest Size:46-49 inches
XXLarge Chest Size:50-53 inches
DETAILS:
Premium Bella+Canvas 3001 t-shirt
David Sylvian / JAPAN live image
Nottingham, 1st December 1978
Cover image from Stephen Holden’s Adolescent Alternatives
Used with permission
White halftone DTF print
Limited t-shirt run
Printed and packed in the UK
CARE:
Machine wash inside out at 30°c
Wash with similar colours
Do not tumble dry
Do not bleach
Do not iron over print
A limited-run JAPAN t-shirt featuring David Sylvian photographed live at University of Nottingham on 1st December 1978.
The image comes from Stephen Holden’s Adolescent Alternatives archive and is used with permission. Holden’s book Adolescent Alternatives is a beautifully obsessive document of early JAPAN fandom: part personal archive, part visual history, part love letter to the period when the band were still raw, strange, glamorous and on the edge of becoming something entirely their own. This photograph was chosen as the cover image for the book and captures Sylvian during those early live years, before JAPAN’s image and sound moved into the more refined, art-pop world they would later become known for.
For this t-shirt, the photograph has been reworked as a stark white halftone print and paired with the raw JAPAN logo above - giving it the feel of a lost late-70s fan-club artefact.
Printed on premium Bella+Canvas 3001 unisex t-shirts, chosen for their soft feel, modern retail fit and quality finish. Each shirt is produced using DTF transfer for a sharp, durable white print.
PLEASE ALLOW UP TO 7 WORKING DAYS FOR DISPATCH. This allows us to offer more sizes and colours across a limited, carefully managed t-shirt run.
PRINTED, CHECKED AND PACKED BY US.
INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: For USA and IRELAND orders, applicable import duties and taxes are included in the shipping price and prepaid by us. You should not be asked to pay additional import charges on delivery. For other destinations, local import charges may apply.
SIZE GUIDE:
XSmall. Chest Size: 31-34 inches
Small. Chest Size:34-37 inches
Medium. Chest Size:38-41 inches
Large. Chest Size:42-45 inches
XLarge. Chest Size:46-49 inches
XXLarge Chest Size:50-53 inches
DETAILS:
Premium Bella+Canvas 3001 t-shirt
David Sylvian / JAPAN live image
Nottingham, 1st December 1978
Cover image from Stephen Holden’s Adolescent Alternatives
Used with permission
White halftone DTF print
Limited t-shirt run
Printed and packed in the UK
CARE:
Machine wash inside out at 30°c
Wash with similar colours
Do not tumble dry
Do not bleach
Do not iron over print
