| ls of courage and valor are sometimes the subject of | | | | Che's now famous visage found on custom printed |
| custom printed t-shirts. These emblems are significant | | | | t-shirts, mugs, bags, posters, and other memorabilia |
| for left-wing thinkers and students because these | | | | was taken from an Alberto Korda photograph of him. |
| signs are strongly associated with revolutionary | | | | Titled "Guerrillero Heroico," the photograph of Che |
| changes in the political and social spheres. | | | | Guevarra gazing into the distance easily became the |
| Chairman Mao Custom Printed T-Shirts | | | | most recognized image symbolic of the leftist |
| Chairman Mao is a respected political figure in Mainland | | | | revolution. |
| China. His image dressed in the uniform of the | | | | Quoting from a May 2001 BBC News article, Alberto |
| infamous Red Guard of China is a recognized emblem | | | | Korda's photograph of Che was declared by the |
| of Chinese political ideology. However, wearing a | | | | Maryland Institute of Art as "the most famous |
| Chairman Mao t-shirt does not literally mean the | | | | photograph in the world and a symbol of the 20th |
| wearer supports the political ideology and the bloody | | | | century." Time magazine has also included Che |
| history attached to Chairman Mao's leadership. | | | | Guevarra in the list of 100 most influential people of |
| According to an online page on the Mao Fever exhibit | | | | the 20th century. |
| held last 1999 at the Honnold-Mudd Library at | | | | Other Revolutionary Symbols On Custom Printed |
| Claremont ( the significance of Mao's image has | | | | T-Shirts |
| changed during the Mao craze in the 1980s, when his | | | | Aside from revolutionary political figures, other |
| "Mao's image was welcomed as a symbol of | | | | symbols of the leftist movement include the red star, |
| economic stability, egalitarianism and national pride in | | | | the hammer and sickle, and the raised fist. These |
| [a] China." | | | | symbols have been reproduced in colors of red or |
| Today, Mao's image has become the symbol of an | | | | black on t-shirts, caps, bags, mugs and other items. |
| avant-garde art movement. The famous American | | | | However, there are custom printed t-shirts that defy |
| graffiti artist, Andy Warhol, has screen printed Mao in | | | | convention and stir controversy, which raises the |
| garish colors in his "Mao Portfolio of 10" series. | | | | demand for such shirts rise. A case in point is the |
| Chairman Mao's image has been custom printed not | | | | Oba Mao t-shirts that a Chinese entrepreneur had |
| only on t-shirts, but also on bags, purses, and caps. | | | | been selling profitably, up until President Obama's |
| Aside from Chairman Mao's image, the symbols of | | | | official visit to Beijing. Days before the US president |
| Mao's ideology, like the red star, is also custom | | | | arrived in China, the shop selling the custom printed |
| printed on t-shirts, bags and purses. | | | | t-shirts closed down. |
| Che Guevarra Custom Printed T-Shirts | | | | This did not stop the American t-shirt printing |
| Ernesto "Che" Guevarra is another symbol of | | | | companies from reproducing the same print on |
| counterculture often screen printed on t-shirts. He | | | | t-shirts, bags and mugs. The Obamao custom printed |
| was a Marxist revolutionary and guerilla leader in | | | | t-shirts are selling well in online shops. This just |
| Argentina, and played a pivotal role in the Cuban | | | | demonstrates the freedom of expression that |
| Revolution. | | | | Americans enjoy. |