Selecta Loves T-Shirts
1. What’s with your obsession with t-shirts? I'm actually unsure where it stemmed from. Kind of just grew (and grew, and grew) out of nowhere. Perhaps it can be traced back to the early 90s early of Polo and Tommy Hill tees, which morphed into hip-hop related brands a la Triple 5 Soul and Supreme. & the natural progression to the artist tees that were ever so prevalent in the indie record label days ofRawkus Records in the East and Stones Throw to the west.
2. How many t-shirts do you own? Hard to gauge, They are scattered all about the abode. But a rough estimate would be 1500-2000.
3. Are there shirts you bought you haven’t worn yet? Plenty! In a valiant effort to organize my stash in some shape/manner last week, I pulled out at least a dozen with tags still firmly attached. Most of them were likely ill-fitting or an impulse buy that looked different online as opposed to the (funky fresh) flesh. I'm not a "returner" by nature...so they stay within the collection. I'll get around to rocking them all at some juncture as styles/colorways go in and out of fashion. Some I just plum don't fit any longer. Yikes!!!!
4. What makes a dope shirt to you? The feel and design are paramount to me. I would say even the latter more than the former. If a tee feels good (much like a comfy pair of jeans) it will be part of the consistent ensemble. You'll notice the photostatic embodiment of such on my socalls. Where I'm captured in my favorites, time and time again. For example, I have a red Sade tee that can be seen on my IG pic feed dating back to almost a decade ago, to this day. It is stilljust as comfy, durable, and aesthetically pleasing. The three keys to longevity.
5. Tell us about these new designs and what they mean? They mean everything, as they were born from my Twitch stream. I certainly didn't coin "Famalam", but just started exclaiming it as folks came in the chat that I recognized....& here we are. Both "Famalam" & "My Mello" have become constant catch words/phrases over the last fewyears. "U No Likey The Jazz" was born out of the limited jazz music streams on Twitch during the halcyon days of Twitch. I was a bit unsure how receptive my community would be to an all-jazz stream, so in my nest half-italiano accent I asked.."U No Likey The Jazz?" It also stuck. Lastly, "Push-Push" was organically birthed by a Twitch feature called a hype train. It's a feature that allows viewers and supporters to show love to the streamer with offerings of bits and subs. Each movement of monetary appreciation pushes the train higher and higher. As the train was "pushing" one day, I recalled a recent record purchase of a bare-chested Herbie Mann donning simply a flute, coupled with a compical expression. It was simply entitled "Push-Push" I pulled out the appropriately titled record during a train one day &it escalated the train to record breaking level! Hence the adoption of the push-push upon every hype train.
6. Where can people follow you? I try to stay brand consistent throughout the vast social media landscape. So....Selecta 720 on ALL platforms....Including Selecta720,com It's important to be easily & consistently accessible. We all have very short attention spans in this day and age. If there is any frustration in the attempt to discover more about aperson....place...thing...we will move on to the next.
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