Tees drawn by the Wee ones

I'm not about to get all sanctimonious to get brownie points for featuring charitable fashion-related news.  However, Marni's charitable idea is an endearingly cute one that simultaneously solves the problem of what to wear with my stash of Muji/Uniqlo drab office skirts that I accumulated during my uni temping days and also what to buy as last minute X'mas gifts for a few people.

Marni's association with printed art on clothes is taken down to basics by presenting childrens' self-portraits from all around the world.  Children from Colombia, Tibet, India, Guatamala and Brazil were asked to doodle their self-portraits and six of the drawings have been selected to be printed on men's and women's t-shirts available on the Marni Virtual Store. 

I remember doing this self-portrait excercise, first starting off with the classic childish errors of 'all heads are shaped like eggs', teensy tiny eyes, HUGE lips and other sorts of disproportions.  Marni apparently received 7,000 of these self-portraits and though the children were asked to draw what they see in a mirror, some had the imagination to depict themselves as what they wanted to be (firefighters, astronauts etc).  To be ickle again and go mad with crayolas and felt tips....

The main thing is though (and this is where I go slightly preachy!), the proceeds of the T-shirt sales will be distributed between the schools who participated in the initiative.  Actually, the other 'main' thing is that the t-shirts are not going to break the bank at £60 a pop and like I said, solves my very two very selfish/uncharitable problems.  If you are lucky enough to shop at Marni regularly then you'll also see an ickle face peering up at you as the remaining drawings have been reproduced on the stores' carrier bags.

P.S. I'm not actually a 'Bah humbug' sort of person.  I'm just wary of various ways of cashing in hidden under the guise of charity.  This thankfully isn't one of them.   

Comments

[FLA Stylist]

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[Drusilla]

Those tees are cute..

[Suzanna]

The children draw better than I do. I am still stuck in that "classic childish error" phase despite years of practice.

What a cute idea these were.

[cate]

these t-shirts are so cool! hehe i did these childish errors too but i have been drawing all my life so now i gather i'm rather good at it^^

[kseniya]

wow, those are prety sweet.

susie bubble,
i think you went to my school-henrietta barnett!!! (but a few years back) you happened to be on its myspace alumni page.
i've been reading your blog for about a year now and i think its amazing! please check out my blog, after reading so many inspiring ones, ive decided to create my own! please have a look :)
its- http://iwantbighair.blogspot.com/
thanks
also i wonder if you could come in and give us a talk or something at school????it would be great if you have any spare time!
xxxxxx

[wholesale womens clothing]

I think that's very sweet. Love the tees, they're cuties! Arniza :)

[pao]

Colombia is spelled with a O, not a U (I'm from there!). With a U is the name of an american university, it is a very common misspelling.
Aside from that thanks for keeping us posted on EVERYTHING!!.

[buttonsandstars]

How adorable! I love childish drawings. My cousin is 10 and his drawings have so much detail in them, yet they have that lovely naive style to them still. Rather wonderful! I only wish my student piggy bank could afford a £60 t-shirt.