I’ve designed my own stag-do t-shirt.
It’s very stupid - like a warped parody of lad culture. You can see it below.
But what about the real lads t-shirts? The ones that you can’t believe anybody would actually wear. The ones you secretly find quite (/very) funny.
Scroll for some of the finest specimens, along with some over-the-top commentary just for a laff. (REMEMBER LAFFS?!)
Warning: Not safe for work…
T-Shirt 1:
One of the oldest gags in history - perfectly conveyed on a beautiful mauve backdrop. Content-wise it’s perfect. From a design perspective however, I have some notes: I’d like to see the green tick in a different shade - it gets slightly lost on the background. The style of the tick could also be hand-drawn to help ground the mum-doing accomplishment in reality - like a real human has ticked it off. I’d also reduce the size of the ‘YOUR MUM’ text so it’s smaller than the title’s.
T-Shirt 2:
After taking our jobs, AI has now entered the sacred world of lads t-shirts. Controversially, it might be an improvement. I like the cartoon font and layout - it scans very well. The drawing is crude but of lovely quality (praise Grok). And how very modern to see the detailing of hairs. Unrealistic female body standards are a huge issue and so broadcasting the empowering message of ‘it’s ok to have hair on your legs’ is doing a surprising amount of cultural labour, even in the context of a clunge being plunged.
T-Shirt 3:
A poor choice of model - too unrealistic. Without even seeing his face - he’s too Shoreditch House for such puerile larks. I’m not sure what they’re going for on the design as ‘once’ isn’t a thing. Perhaps it’s for somebody who only had sex once, and then became a paedophile? A generic superhero lifting up the ‘N’ is visually fun - a wonderful homage to surrealism, but narratively it’s very confusing. Why is it happening? Maybe that’s the intention: it’s nonsense. (THANK YOU)
T-Shirt 4:
Fun colour (rare for lads t-shirts). And actually decent wordplay that’s very satisfying to say out loud - go on, give it a go. Wherever you are. Say it. SAY IT!!! Shame the visual representation of the cat’s bumhole muddies the message. Or is that not its bum? It’s not clear. Removing the ‘x’ would improve things and give the viewer more credit. Let them complete the visual pun themselves for god’s sake. Also: why is the dinosaur chewing a leaf? The Lickalottapuss is known for one thing: licking. Not snacking. Or is it some sort of palate cleanser?
T-Shirt 5:
A very decent prank. Bold. Brash. Embarrassing. A perfect example of less is more. Two downsides: The ‘yes’ should be in speech marks as it’s quoting somebody. Unless that’s part of the prank? The real message then becomes: ‘My willy smells and I have subtly imperfect grammar’. A layered humiliation. Though if he’s dyslexic, this could be considered a hate crime. Also, why is his fiancé a ghost from the 1950s?
And finally, the t-shirt I made:
Here she is. My intention was to use a similar design-aesthetic but to undercut expectations with messages of ultra-modern (and totally absurd) masculinity.
Side note: There’s something very entertaining to me about combining classic lad banter with emotional rhetoric. Once on a mate’s stag-do, which was a lot of fun and very ‘traditional’, I had to suggest a dare for one unlucky attendee so I put forward “you have to say something nice about everyone!!!”. It went down like a sack of shit, but I enjoyed it immensely.
I’ll leave the critiquing to you on this one.
Open to more dares too.
Can't wait for stag do video!