Andrew Biliter

Clubbing with Mickey

Nothing is sacred among Russia’s deviant hipster fashion designers, not even a true American hero like Mickey Mouse.

On this t-shirt by Moscow-based label Conspirators, the Steamboat Willie star is cast as some kind of mutant, his iconic head welded onto the body of what appears to be Vinni Pukh, Russia’s Danny-Devito-like approximation of Winnie the Pooh.

And why oh why is the whole thing done in faux-macramé-lace? In short, we love it. And there’s more where this came from.


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