OK, fine asshole - fucking Hot Topic did *not* originate the "buy a band t-shirt even though you never got close to a concert"...
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OK, fine asshole - fucking Hot Topic did *not* originate the "buy a band t-shirt even though you never got close to a concert" concept. They said "huh - these indie record stores seem to do a booming business in band merch. What if we did that, *only in non-strip malls*?" And don't get me started on how fucking wrong you are about t-shirt sales in general.
OK now I’m gonna attribute the entire 90s t-shirt glowup from souvenirs and hypercolor beachwear exclusively to American Apparrel’s intermediate-goods period and not even mention NAFTA and the collapse of the Carolinas textile industry, just to bait you