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SEEE: I Love Magic Shows and Other Ways To Fight Evil by Letizia Rossi

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The newest collection from CH favorites Star Electric Eighty Eight (SEEE), called "I Love Magic Shows and Other Ways To Fight Evil" features designs inspired by the concept of self-made magic and revolutionary spirit. Harlem-based designer Jennifer Garcia researched the occult elements from a variety of sources including European tarot cards, Native American dream-catchers, Rangoli designs from India and Pennsylvanian Dutch barn hexes, all of which she sampled and remixed to create the designs.

Armour D'Amour (pictured right) features a Native American motif which can be interpreted as armor either of or from love.

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After reading Jane Fonda's biography, Garcia was also inspired to create The Jane Fonda shirt (pictured below) which features a simple repeat pattern of Fonda's famous 1970s fist-raised mug shot. As Garcia says "Her life story seemed to fit in perfectly with the idea of self-made magic. Anyone who uses themselves like that is an inspiration."

The Star Electric Eighty Eight designs are all printed on American Apparel T-Shirts and are available in both men and women's sizes in several color ways.

SEEE's designs are also featured in Street T. Camisetas, a book about t-shirt designs put out by Barcelona-based publisher Monsa and will be featured in a forthcoming book from Rebellion Books in the U.K. Up next is a new line of T-Shirts featuring designs by Datrumpf a French illustrator and designer living in New York.

Also on Cool Hunting Star Electric Eighty Eight: 2004 Collection and Star Electric Eighty Eight: 2006 Collection

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