MoWax Merchandise
Designer | Swifty |
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Year | 1994 |
Type | T-shirt |
Material | 100% Cotton |
Designer | Will Bankhead and Ben Drury |
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Year | 1996 |
Type | T-shirt |
Mo' Wax Merchandise 1994-1997
The original Mo' Wax Merchandise range was created and sold by Swifty, and included three t-shirts and a record bag. Also available were Swifty and Straight No Chaser t-shirts. These were all advertised for sale in Straight No Chaser Magazine[1]. The t-shirts sold for 16 pounds, and were available through mail order[2].
In 1996 a new MoWax Merchandise Catalogue was released, featuring four new designs by Will Bankhead and Ben Drury, a new record bag design and a slipmat (not pictured). Each includes a MWM (MoWax Merchandise) catalogue number, eg. MWM001T for the first t-shirt design.[3]
The box design also featured on the Faces Z compilation which was released in 1996, and its design is credited to Ben Drury.[4]
Gallery
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Advertisement from Straight No Chaser #20 page 52
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Advertisement in 1994 issue of Straight No Chaser
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DJ Shadow wearing UNKLE T-shirt
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Record Bag 1994
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Record Bag 1994
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Record Bag in The Face January 1994
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Early MoWax Tshirts in Swifty's Book
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Postcard advertising T-shirt
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MoWax Merch Catalogue 1996
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Box Tee Front
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Box Tee Back
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Box Tee sleeve detail
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Record Bag 1996
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Review of 1996's record bag in Mix Mag April 1997
MWMT001
Year | 1995? |
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Type | T-shirt |
Another design was also available and has the catalogue number of MWMT001[5], this design is undated and features a tag with the following text: "Screen Stars by Fruit of the Loom, Printed in USA."[6] A white version and dark blue version appear to have been released,[7] with an eBay listing for the dark version claiming the user received it as a promo from Mo' Wax in the 1990's and that it was never on sale to the public.[8]
Two versions of the white t-shirt have appeared online with the same designs but slightly different tags. Both tags mention Screen Stars as the creator.[9][10] For clearer versions of the tags as featured on other t-shirts, see Minor Thread on Flickr.[11][12]
Fruit of the Loom was a USA based T-shirt company which operated during the 1980's and 1990's.[13]
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MoWax T-shirt MWMT001
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MoWax T-shirt MWMT001
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Back of MWMT001
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Front Design of MWMT001
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Back Design of MWMT001
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Alt Tag of MWMT001
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Dark MWMT001 Tee Front
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Dark MWMT001 Tee Back
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Front Detail Dark MWMT001 Tee
Mo' Wax T-shirts 1998+
Designer | Ben Drury |
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Year | 1998 |
Type | T-shirt |
In 1998 Mo' Wax signed a new partnership with XL Records/Beggars Group, and new merchandise was produced. T-shirts here don't have a specific date, and while they are presumed to have been produced between 1998-2003 this hasn't been confirmed. Some of these t-shirts were released in bags with a MWT logo. Some of the t-shirts were restocked in 2004 via the Mo' Wax Mailorder website, including "MWT 001 - Mo'Wax Clockwork Orange", "MWT 002 - Mo'Wax Multi-Color", "MWT 003 - Mo'Wax Japanese", and "MWT 004 - Mo'Wax Block", with each available for £13 online and each order also came with a Mo' Wax bag. Unfortunately some of the images are no longer available, and it's unclear if the "wire logo" t-shirt is MWT 002, or another design, while there don't appear to be any images of MWT 003.
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MWT001 image from Mo' Wax Mailorder
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MoWax Wire Logo Front (bagged)
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MoWax Wire Logo (bagged) - Back of bag
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MWT004 image from Mo' Wax Mailorder
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MWT 004 - MoWax Block Logo front (bagged)
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MWT 004 - MoWax Block Logo (bagged) - Back of bag
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MWT 004 - Bag detail
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MWT 004 - MoWax Block Logo Tag
See Also
External Links
Images of Tshirts on MoWax Discography
Advertisements and early MoWax / Unkle images
Screen Stars by Fruit of the Loom on Flickr
Stars by Fruit of the Loom on Flickr
References
- ↑ http://rackraider.blogspot.com/2014/04/mowax-stuff.html
- ↑ https://talesfromtheracks.wordpress.com/2016/06/19/straight-no-chaser-the-jazz-messenger/
- ↑ https://www.mowaxdiscography.com/postcards--flyers.html
- ↑ https://www.discogs.com/Various-Mo-Wax-Recordings-Presents-Faces-Z/master/114475
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/Bb8UCwbgC7k/
- ↑ https://www.ebay.ie/itm/MO-WAX-T-SHIRT-MWMT001-RARE/283535984448?hash=item42040fc740:g:41UAAOSwyy5dHIF8
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B-X0a4BJ-09/
- ↑ https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/MO-WAX-PROMO-T-SHIRT-ORIGINAL-1990s-VINTAGE-BACK-PRINT-trip-hop-James-Lavelle-/174225941166?nma=true&si=npX8NIoiyxXtrMolvUMlmCGsZYw%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
- ↑ https://www.ebay.ie/itm/MO-WAX-T-SHIRT-MWMT001-RARE/283535984448?hash=item42040fc740:g:41UAAOSwyy5dHIF8
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/Bb8UCwbgC7k/
- ↑ https://www.flickr.com/photos/minorthread/34018085565/in/photolist-TQ4zED
- ↑ https://www.flickr.com/photos/69605165@N06/42989148691
- ↑ http://www.defunkd.com/blog/2010/01/30/screen-stars/