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September 01, 2015

Posted in 1970s, 1980s, art garfunkle, cal naughton jr, david bowie, david foster wallace, formal attire, party attire, revenge of the nerds, t-shirt tuesday, talladega nights, the captains vintage, the simpsons, tuxedo t-shirt, tuxedo t-shirts in history, vintage t-shirts

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T-SHIRT TUESDAY - The Tuxedo T-Shirt


Today I bring you a sweet new arrival (above) and some of our favorite tuxedo t-shirt moments in history. Why do we love this ingenious garment so? 'Cause it's been solving the wardrobe problem, to quote Cal Naughton, Jr. in Talladega Nights, "I wanna be formal, but I'm here to party, too", since the 1970s... 

Cal Naughton, Jr. on Jesus, partying and the tuxedo t-shirt


Art Garfunkle (and some other chumps) at the 1975 Grammy Awards


Lamar shaking his thang at the party of the century in Revenge of the Nerds (1984)

 
And this deep cut - a cameo appearance by the ghost of David Foster Wallace in a 2012 episode of The Simpsons 

(Sources: http://twentytwowords.com/art-garfunkel-wearing-a-tuxedo-t-shirt-at-the-1975-grammies/, http://gifsoup.com/, https://www.youtube.com 
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