$125? That’s cheep!

A shirt line called JC#RT (I presume it’s pronounced in the normal way) that specializes in plaid has launched a line of Peanuts-inspired shirts, and while for some of them I can see how they relate the color scheme to the characters they’re linked to, for none of them would I see the shirt out in the wild and think “hey, that’s a Peanuts shirt!”

Well, except for the Woodstock one.

Yeah, $125 is more than I would spend on any shirt, but this shirt definitely says something. What, I can’t be sure, but something!

 

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The first Peanuts ads?

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Yes, I got the bloody t-shirt!

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