GUETTA, Patrick and Marc. Vintage T Shirts.

(Cologne, Germany): Taschen, 2010. First edition. 24 by 24cm. 390 pages. Text by Alison A. Nieder. An exuberant visual survey of one of the most democratic forms of graphic design, bringing together more than 650 vintage American T-shirts from the renowned collection of brothers Patrick and Marc Guetta, proprietors of Los Angeles’s World of Vintage T-Shirts on Melrose Avenue. Drawn chiefly from the 1970s and 1980s—the golden age of the printed tee—the collection encompasses music, film, politics, advertising, tourism, sports, corporate branding, and counterculture, documenting the evolution of the T-shirt from military undergarment to wearable social commentary. Illustrated throughout. A very good copy in wrappers with integral flaps.