The Russians gave us a taste for the finer
things in life – vodka, caviar, jewel-covered eggs – but when
choosing a new motif for a line of summer T shirts, Brooklyn
Industries went Soviet. The Williamsburg-based clothing company
recently rolled out a line of 12 graphic Ts with designs of famed
Coney Island icons – the Cyclone, the Wonder Wheel, hot dogs
and the Parachute Jump – inspired by the Russian Constructivist
movement of the 1920s and ’30s, according to Creative Director
Vahap Funk.
These shirts aren’t just cool enough for summer, they remind
you to stop and smell the ocean, and while you’re at it, get
some cotton candy on your nose.
Brooklyn Industries Coney Island T-shirts are $28 and are available
at their retail locations [206 Fifth Ave. at Union Street in
Park Slope, (718) 789-2764 and 162 Bedford Ave. at North Eighth
Street in Williamsburg, (718) 486-6464] and Web site www.brooklynindustries.com.
