T-shirt fashions of SXSW Interactive

As SXSW Interactive tears down today to make room for SXSW Music, I thought it would be interesting to see the differences between the two groups in regard to fashion. Namely T-shirt fashion.

The Interactive attendees are not known for their fancy duds. However, some of the kids sported some T-shirts that made me laugh. And some of the booth babes had T-shirts that really made us stop in our tracks.

Above we have a gentleman wearing an anti-MySpace T-shirt that reads "Tom Is Not My Friend." Below a member of Opera (a search engine of Ron Paul-like cult status) wears a shirt parodying Metallica's "Ride the Lightning." Of all the new ways to brand, Opera's use of a generic metal font reeked of irony and nostalgia.

After the jump are some more styles that you missed out on.

I'm not sure which booth was handing out these stickers, but it allowed people to "customize" their T-shirts, or change the meanings of the sayings on their shirts.

Yahoo made their booth babes wear this T-shirt. I felt bad for them because those of us in the know would never ask a strange woman the real answer to what was written on this shirt.

Something for an ex-girlfriend or two?

And finally, the best T-shirt that was released at SXSW, in my humble opinion: Vancouver's Rain City Studios combined the glasses from the Drupal logo with the Sith Lord you love to hate.

Come back in a few days when the music attendees get their shot at the T-shirt fashion show.

-- Tony Pierce

Photos: Tony Pierce / Los Angeles Times

Comments

[ziobudda]

Where I can buy the "Vancouver's Rain City Studios" t-shirt ??? It's fantastic...

M.