Fannish Clothing

Fannish clothing is any piece of clothing or accessory with a fannish theme that some fans like to wear in a variety of contexts. Although many fans buy the "official" clothing merchandise available for some franchises, fans also create items of clothing for themselves and other fans. Fannish clothing is distinct from the practices of cosplay or creating costumes for conventions in that it can easily be worn in non-fandom spaces.
==Hats and Scarves==
Some of the more common examples of fandom-related hats and scarves worn on a regular basis may be Jayne's cunning hat (Firefly)Sample images of Jayne's hat worn by a variety of people including but not limited to the actor., The Fourth Doctor's signature scarf (Doctor Who).Sample images of the Fourth Doctor's scarf worn by a variety of people not exclusively the actor., and Harry Potter Hogwarts House scarfs. See also Fannish Knitting.
Image:cobbhat.jpg|Jayne Cobb's hat, knit by an unknown fan
File:Buffy scarf1.jpg|Buffy scarf, created by overmama, featuring the B from the show's logo 
==T-shirts==
T-shirts with fannish designs are very popular. Designs can include photos or fanart or plain text with fannish references. T-shirts are often made for conventions, movie premieres or marathons, or when promoting the cover of a fanzine. 
For example, the cover of NOME 4 beautifully rendered by Gayle F, was so intriguing to us that we decided (with her permission) to make it available in T-shirt form. The shirts are silk-screened, available in white or light blue, sizes Small, Medium, Large, and X-Large... The shirts will also be available at FebCon. from the editorial of Nome #4 
Some Highlander shirts carried a statement about unlicensed fan art, eg. If you are planning to order our HIGHLANDER shirts, we encourage you to do so at your earliest convenience • we have been pressed by attorneys for Adrian Paul to pay a hefty license fee for the privilege of printing our own original artwork • our lawyer advises us that we are under no obligation; however, one can never anticipate how this sort of nasty situation can evolve • it is regretable [sic] that fan loyalty is so poorly rewarded and so, we are as yet undecided if we will continue to offer these teeshirts • please order early. Thank you.
Beauty and the Beast fans made many T-shirts. See: Beauty and the Beast T-Shirts.
Some fan artists create T-shirt transfer sheets. The transfer is intended to be applied with a hot iron by the owner to the t-shirt.
Many conventions sell official con t-shirts with a different design every year.
===T-shirt Gallery===
File:Star trek tshirt transfer roach 1975.jpg|unused T-shirt transfer sheet showing the Starship Enterprise. Artist: Mark Roach, 1975
File:Tcon.gif|T'Con, 1978
File:ComicKingdomTshirt.jpg|Roly the Crocodile, logo mascot for Comic Kingdom, Sydney, Australia. Artist: Frantz Kantor, 1980s
File:Nomeshirt.jpg|a Nome #4 shirt. Artist is Gayle F, 1981
File:Trekshirt.jpg|a fan-made Star Trek shirt, artist is "AL. Z", 1982
File:Mediawest1986tshirt.jpg|1986 convention T-shirt with a theme from The Prisoner
File:LanaDataMonksTshirt.jpg|Star Trek: The Next Generation cartoon featuring Data by Lana Brown, New Zealand, 1989
File:Calicon89 tshirt.jpg|Koon-ut-Cali-Con, 1989
File:Beastabuse.jpg|"The 'Victim of CBS Beast Abuse' t-shirt is now available. The artwork by Marilyn Cole of 'Vincent in Chains of Gold,' which graces the cover of Abode of the Beast..." 1989
File:ConvergeIITshirt.jpg|Klaa & Data, ConVERGE II promotional art by Lana Brown & Melody Rondeau, 1990
File:Quantumleapshirt.jpg|a shirt with the back cover of Look Before You Leap #3, art by Mel Vavaroutsos
File:SitLongTshirtfront.jpg|25th Anniversary Sit Long and Prosper: Star Trek Movie Marathon, souvenir [front], September, 1991
File:SitLongTshirtback.jpg|Sit Long and Prosper: Star Trek Movie Marathon, limited edition souvenir [back], September, 1991
File:Sydney91Tshirt.jpg|Sydney in '91 logo for an unsuccessful World SF Convention bid, Sydney, Australia. Art by Shane Dale Designs, 1988
File:Weekendinsherwoodshirt.jpg|Weekend in Sherwood, 1991
File:Weekendinsherwood3shirt.jpg|Weekend in Sherwood III, 1993
File:TrekAustralis.jpg|Trek Australis club logo, Sydney, Australia. Art created and screen-printed by Mike McGann, 1993
File:Conquest94Tshirtfront.jpg|Borgified Elmer Fudd, Conquest '94 [front], Brisbane, Australia, 1994
File:Conquest94Tshirtback.jpg|The Borg Are Coming, promotion for Conquest '94 [back], Brisbane, Australia, 1994
File:LoquaciousofBorgTshirt.jpg|Loquacious of Borg, Conquest '94, Brisbane, Australia. Art by Master of Ceremonies, Ian McLean, 1994
File:Stagshirts.jpg|some STAG Star Trek shirts for sale, advertised in 1994 in the STAG newsletter #117
File:Oddssonshirts.jpg|1995 flyer for some shirts by Warren Oddsson
File:Zcon 1995 tshirt.jpg|ZebraCon, 1995
File:Virgule 1996 tshirt.jpg|Virgule Convention, 1996
File:Constrict 2003 tshirt front.jpg|Con*Strict, [front], 2003
File:Constrict tshirt back.jpg|Con*Strict [back], 2003
File:Redemption con tshirt 2005 bw halfscreen.jpg|Redemption, 2005
File:TWH t-shirt back.jpg|The Witching Hour, [back], 2005
File:TWH t-shirt front.jpg|The Witching Hour, [front], 2005
File:Sectussnarrytshirt.jpg|a custom designed Snarry T-shirt made for Sectus. Artist: Lizardspots, 2007
File:Sectushd.jpg|a custom designed Harry/Draco t-shirt made for Sectus. Artist: Lizardspots, 2007
File:Fannish shirt RDJ.jpg|shirt made by Gina Betters for the premiere of RDJ's movie Due Date, 2010
File:Hansonshirt.jpeg|shirt made by Callie Wells featuring Hanson lyrics, 2021
File:Foreverknightshirsts.jpg|an undated flyer for miscellaneous Forever Knight, Raven, and Kung Fu shirts
File:Highlandertshritswarning.jpg|ad for some Highlander shirts
File:Professionalsshirt.jpg|a Professionals example
File:Wildwildwesttshirt.jpg|a Wild Wild West example
File:Tacs tshirt.jpg|some t-shirts were able to replicate rich details as can be seen in this Sentinel drawing by TACS
File:Sentinelshirt.jpg|a Sentinel example
==References==
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