Before: 1 REM t-shirt, size XL. This is what happens when you’re at the back of the merchandise queue.
After: 1 REM t-shirt, much smaller. This is what happens when you have a sister with a sewing machine. 😉
My sister bought this t-shirt when she went to see REM at the Milton Keynes Bowl, approximately one million years ago. She has kept the t-shirt all this time even though it in no way fitted her. In fact, her fiancé wore it when they went to see REM in Hyde Park, slightly more recently. Apparently it was also too big for him, and he’s over six feet tall!
It’s actually quite nerve-wracking, chopping up other people’s precious t-shirts. All it takes is a snip in the wrong place and you’ve got a hole, or a t-shirt that’s too tight. Band t-shirts in particular come with a lot of memories attached, which imbue them with greater significance than you might expect in a mere item of clothing. Being entrusted to refashion someone else’s beloved t-shirt is actually quite an honour.