Thursday, February 03, 2005

Custom Statements: Let Your Chest Do the Talking


Made-to-order airbrushed and embellished custom shirts are available at Super Sexy Clothing.

New Jersey-based designer Anna Pereira creates custom stencils which she uses to initially airbrush designs and then she embellishes with glitter and/or Swarovski crystals. Each item is custom made, after the customer chooses the shirt’s style, color and size. Text style and embellishment options range from plain text to glitter enhanced to Swarovski crystal encrusted. Super Sexy has been approved by Swarovski and has been assigned an ID number verifying the garments have been crystallized with Swarovski.

Some of the custom requests include such quirky verbiage as Silicone, Turn Up the Valium, Don’t Cry If I Reject You…I’m Out of Tissues, Yes Your Highness (Practice That), Celebrity Party Crasher (It’s Not a Party Until I Arrive), The World Doesn’t Revolve Around You (It Revolves Around Me) and You’ll Do for Now.

Anna Kournikova owns an “"I Love Enrique,” while Ice-T’s ubiquitous girlfriend Coco has one with her name on it.

Last summer the most popular request were the “Mrs. So-So” shirts, a la Madonna and her “Mrs. Richie” tank (yup, that's a sample of one, above. Jersey-girl Pereira has plenty of examples on her website of the "Mrs." or "About to Be Mrs." Many sound like "Soprano" castmembers.

Shirts are machine washable and come in sizes Small through XXL Prices start at $20, with the average shirt costing about $60; www.SuperSexyClothing.com (be forewarned it’s a text-heavy website).

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