80s-inspired graphic t-shirts for Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital
12 designers and illustrators have created 80s themed t-shirts to raise money for the London children’s hospital
It seems our obsession with the 80s is still going strong. Last year brought us 80s themed shows (Netflix and Stranger Things), a remake of Stephen King’s classic horror It (set in the same decade as the original) and a sequel to cult sci-fi film Blade Runner. Topshop is currently selling Wham! t-shirts alongside retro sportswear and cycling shorts are making a comeback.
Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital Charity has also drawn on the 1980s for its latest fundraising campaign. To mark the 30th anniversary of the charity’s Wishing Well campaign – which raised £54 million for a new building back in 1988 – it has commissioned 12 designers and illustrators to create 80s-inspired graphic t-shirts.
The t-shirts form part of the charity’s ‘Then. Now. Always’ campaign. Designers include Hattie Stewart, Anthony Burrill, Chrissie Abbott, Crispin Finn and Glasgow screen printing studio Risotto.
Each one costs £20 and 100% of profits will go to Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital to help fund treatment and research.
You can buy the t-shirts online at gosh.org/shop80s until April 6.
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