{"id":14273,"date":"2017-06-29T15:45:52","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T19:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.customink.com\/?p=14273"},"modified":"2018-10-08T17:21:16","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T21:21:16","slug":"the-most-iconic-sayings-t-shirts-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/the-most-iconic-sayings-t-shirts-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Iconic Sayings T-shirts of All Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--<p class=\"last-updated\">Last updated on October 8th, 2018 at 05:21 pm<\/p>--><p>Say what? You love t-shirts too? What about iconic sayings t-shirts? You might be a fan of our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/customink-100-most-iconic-t-shirts-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">100 most iconic t-shirts of all time list<\/a>, so now we\u2019ve taken a closer look at our list and broken them down by genre. From 90s brands to quirky movie characters, our most iconic sayings t-shirts have something for everyone, and might even inspire you to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.customink.com\/lab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">create a saying tee of your own<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>20. YOLO<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9788\" src=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/991-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/991-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/991.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\nA mantra started by the rapper Drake, YOLO (an acronym for \u201cYou Only Live Once\u201d) was a nominee for 2012 Word of the Year by the American Dialect Society. It can now be seen on t-shirts sold by street vendors all over the country. While many have embraced the phrase, (and lovingly slapped it on a t-shirt), many find it, and the meaning behind it, \u201cstupid\u201d. So much so that Drake apologized for coining the term on Saturday Night Live in 2014, saying he didn\u2019t know our \u201cannoying friends and coworkers\u201d would use it so much.<\/p>\n<h3>19. Coed Naked<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9786\" src=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/971-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/971-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/971.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\nFamous for turning any sport or activity into one you can do in the buff, these shirts and their slogans were popular amongst high school &amp; college athletes in the \u201980s and \u201990s. Coed Naked was trademarked in 1991, and was initially popular at the University of New Hampshire, creator Scott MacHardy\u2019s alma mater. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/business\/moneybox\/2015\/12\/history_of_big_johnson_coed_naked_and_big_dog_t_shirts.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MacHardy has said that<\/a> while inappropriate catchphrases wouldn\u2019t be that big of a deal now, back then the shirts made people uncomfortable. Coed Naked tees got so popular that eventually they were banned by school dress codes.<\/p>\n<h3>18. Don\u2019t Mess With Texas<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9779\" src=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/901-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/901-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/901.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\nFrom anti-littering campaign to unofficial state motto, \u201cDon\u2019t Mess with Texas\u201d is proof that a great slogan can take on a life of its own. Commissioned by the Texas Department of Transportation in 1985, the saying has grown to cult popularity today. In 1998, LeAnn Rimes starred in an ad for the campaign. At the time, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dontmesswithtexas.org\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">96 percent of Texans<\/a> had heard of \u201cDon\u2019t Mess with Texas,\u201d but only 61 percent understood the phrase meant \u201cdon\u2019t litter\u201d.<\/p>\n<h3>17. Choose Life<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9776\" src=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/871-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/871-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/871.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\nWorn by Wham! in its \u201cWake Me Up Before You Go-Go\u201d video, the design was an early foray into social messaging on t-shirts. It also appeared in Queen&#8217;s video for &#8220;Hammer to Fall&#8221;. Designed by Katharine Hamnett to fight back against drug abuse and suicide, this &amp; other Hamnett designs fused social issues and fashion.<\/p>\n<h3>16. Don\u2019t Worry, Be Happy<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9764\" src=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/751-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/751-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/751.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\n\u201cDon\u2019t Worry, Be Happy\u201d was sung by Bobby McFerrin in September 1988, and became the first a cappella song to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The saying, and song, became the source of a political snafu when George H.W. Bush used it in his campaign without permission. This caused McFerrin to speak out against Bush and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/lists\/stop-using-my-song-34-artists-who-fought-politicians-over-their-music-20150708\/bobby-mcferrin-vs-george-h-w-bush-20150629\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pull the song from his show<\/a> line up. Maybe not so happy?<\/p>\n<h3>15. I Survived\u2026<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9512\" src=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/70-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/70-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/70.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\nIf you can eat it, ride it, or visit it, chances are you can get an \u201cI Survived \u2026\u201d t-shirt at the gift shop. This iconic design has spawned infinite incarnations for just about any experience that doesn\u2019t kill you. Some notable classics? \u201cI Survived the Tower of Terror,\u201d along with shirts nodding to spring break and political administrations.<\/p>\n<h3>14. We Can Do It!<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9754\" src=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/651-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/651-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/651.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\nCommissioned by Westinghouse Company, J. Howard Miller created a series of posters to help boost morale during WWII. Commonly conflated with Norman Rockwell\u2019s Saturday Evening Post cover featuring Rosie the Riveter, both have become iconic images for WWII and women\u2019s rights. The image not only led to women working, but to hundreds of thousands of women joining the Armed Forces. In May 1942, Congress instituted the Women\u2019s Auxiliary Army Corps, later known as the Women\u2019s Army Corps. The image has resurfaced recently as \u201cnevertheless, she persisted\u201d t-shirts gain popularity.<\/p>\n<h3>13. Jesus is My Homeboy<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9750\" src=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/611-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/611-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/611.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\nAs inspiration for fashion photographer David LaChapelle\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidlachapelle.com\/series\/jesus-is-my-homeboy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Last Supper art exhibit<\/a>, the Jesus is my Homeboy shirt is quite captivating. While LaChapelle is known for making the shirt famous, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jesusismyhomeboy.com\/the-story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Van Zan Frater vows he is<\/a> the shirt\u2019s original creator. He says the shirt was inspired by a time he was jumped by a gang in LA, and was sure he\u2019d die. But he threw his hands up and said \u201cJesus is my homeboy,\u201d and the gang members repeated it, then let him go. So he felt compelled to share the message\u2014on t-shirts.<\/p>\n<h3>12. Where\u2019s the Beef?<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9746\" src=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/571-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/571-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/571.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\nOctogenarian Clara Peller had some major beef (or lack thereof) with the size of burger patties. You knew when a simple slogan rose to enter presidential politics that Wendy\u2019s was onto something. The<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/09\/26\/business\/media\/after-27-years-an-answer-to-the-question-wheres-the-beef.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">commercial was created<\/a> by the old Dancer Fitzgerald Sample agency. A year after the commercial aired, Wendy\u2019s and Teller parted ways, since she appeared in a Prego sauce commercial saying \u201cI found it!\u201d\u2014Wendy\u2019s thought the only place she could find the beef was with them. Wendy\u2019s answered the beefy question in 2011, when they launched a new line of burgers and said \u201chere\u2019s the beef!\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>11. Make 7 Up Yours<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9736\" src=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/471-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/471-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/471.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\nThe front: Make 7. The back: Up Yours. This juvenile play on the \u201cUn-Cola\u201d slogan of the time (Make 7Up Yours) made this shirt good for a chuckle and a smile. From 1999-2005, this Y2K campaign by ad agency Young &amp; Rubicam, featured Orlando Jones walking around telling everyone to \u201cMake 7 Up Yours,\u201d to which he received\u2026less than friendly responses.<\/p>\n<h3>10. No Fear<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9725\" src=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/361-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/361-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/361.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\nCreated in 1989 by NASCAR driver Mark Simo, the No Fear brand was quite popular in the mid \u201990s during the rise of extreme sports. No Fear shirts show off catchy slogans about living life on the edge and defying death. Pair that with a sharp-eyed, intense logo, and you had yourself quite the t-shirt trend. In 2000,<a href=\"http:\/\/nofear.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the brand<\/a> opened its first retail store, and in 2003 launched the No Fear energy drink.<\/p>\n<h3>9. Have a Nice Day<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9723\" src=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/341-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/341-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/341.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\nThe road to iconic tee was a lot longer than Forrest\u2019s run, starting in 1943 as a Swedish film promo and blossoming as the novelty brainchild of two guys from Philly as \u201cHave a Happy Day\u201d in 1972. Somehow \u201chappy\u201d later got switched to \u201cnice.\u201d But, some of us might believe that the true inspiration was the struggling t-shirt salesman in Forrest Gump, who wanted to put Forrest\u2019s face on a t-shirt but couldn\u2019t draw very well. Instead, he was inspired by a mud smiley face created by Forrest wiping his face off, and according to Gump, \u201che made a lot of money.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>8. Keep Calm and Carry On<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9714\" src=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/251-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/251-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/251.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\nDuring WWII, the British Government <a href=\"http:\/\/www.keepcalmandcarryon.com\/history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">needed morale boosting posters<\/a> to display across the country. The first two posters \u201cYour Courage, Your Cheerfulness, Your Resolution Will Bring us to Victory,\u201d and \u201cFreedom is in Peril\u201d were posted on public transit, in shop windows, and basically everywhere else. The third, \u201cKeep Calm and Carry On,\u201d was only meant to be used if Germany invaded Britain, which never happened. It was thought that the posters were destroyed, but they were discovered in a pile of old books in 2000. The Keep Calm and Carry On phrase speaks to a new generation of beleaguered masses, and has become a favorite for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.customink.com\/custom\/custom-mugs\">custom mugs<\/a>, posters, and of course, t-shirts.<\/p>\n<h3>7. Kiss Me I\u2019m Irish<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9711\" src=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/221-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/221-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/221.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\nPopular on St. Paddy\u2019s Day, the phrase is a nod to the Blarney Stone, since legend says kissing it will bring you good luck. The next best thing? An Irish person! <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ancestry.com\/ancestry\/2015\/03\/06\/origin-of-kiss-me-im-irish-saying\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ancesty.com<\/a> says there are 2 stories about kissing the stone with luck. First, the builder of Blarney Castle needed some luck in a lawsuit in the 1440s. The goddess of love told him to kiss a stone, so he did, and he won! Another story says that Cormac Teige McCarthy needed to convince Queen Elizabeth I to keep his land. He kissed the stone and it gave him the gift of eloquent speech\u2014so he was able to convince her to keep his land!<\/p>\n<h3>6. I\u2019m With Stupid<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9710\" src=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/211-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/211-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/211.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\n\u2026 and it was genius. The grandaddy of the directional t-shirt elicited a symphony of juvenile snickers at the expense of thousands of unsuspecting bystanders.<\/p>\n<h3>5. \u2026And All I Got Was This Lousy T-shirt<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9707\" src=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/181-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/181-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/181.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\nAs custom t-shirts gained popularity as destination-travel gifts, a humorous backlash developed in the form of this saying on t-shirts for nearly every spot imaginable.<\/p>\n<h3>4. Just Do It \u2013 Nike<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9704\" src=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/151-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/151-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/151.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\nAdvertising exec Dan Wieden credits his inspiration for this iconic advertising campaign to the final words of a convict before execution. Hey! If he can face the firing squad, you can definitely run that marathon. On a positive note, the Just Do It campaign <a href=\"http:\/\/www.complex.com\/sneakers\/2015\/08\/nike-just-do-it-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">may have just saved Nike<\/a>. The brand was going through tough times and had laid of 20 percent of its workers when the slogan was launched. In the decade that followed, Nike\u2019s sales increased by 1000 percent.<\/p>\n<h3>3. Frankie Say Relax<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9703\" src=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/141-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/141-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/141.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\nTo overrule censoring of the Frankie Goes to Hollywood song \u201cRelax,\u201d in 1984, label owner Paul Morley printed \u201cFRANKIE SAY RELAX\u201d on t-shirts. It has become something of an graphical inspiration in recent years, with block letter tees becoming all the rage. Morley has said that the design was based on Katharine Hamnett\u2019s t-shirts\u2014like \u201cCHOOSE LIFE,\u201d also on this list.<\/p>\n<h3>2. Vote for Pedro<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9444\" src=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\nWildly popular after the cult hit movie Napoleon Dynamite was released in 2004, the Vote for Pedro shirt has since gained mass appeal. While it\u2019s a relatively simple design on a white\/black ringer tee, the movie created quite a visual imprint during <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BiAwpYIkRmU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Napoleon\u2019s famous dance scene<\/a>. The shirt has been created by many stores for resale, but those looking to make their own can use the font \u201cCooper Black\u201d to get that authentic look.<\/p>\n<h3>1. I \u2665 NY<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9443\" src=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/12-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/12-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/12.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\nIn an almost eureka moment, designer Milton Glaser sketched \u201cI \u2665 NY\u201d on a napkin in the 1970s. The logo was used to promote tourism in New York, at a time when the city was plagued with crime and losing visitors. The New York State Department of Economic Development owns the trademark to the logo, and it\u2019s still used to promote NYC and New York State. The classic font used is American Typewriter. The t-shirt has become one of the most worn t-shirts of all time\u2014and our most iconic!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Say what? You love t-shirts too? What about iconic sayings t-shirts? You might be a fan of our 100 most iconic t-shirts of all time list, so now we\u2019ve taken a closer look at our list and broken them down by genre. From 90s brands to quirky movie characters, our most iconic sayings t-shirts have something for everyone, and might even inspire you to create a saying tee of your own. 20. 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