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Photo (from left): Marko MacPherson; Liam Goodman; Marko MacPherson
Prabal Gurung used to shred them as a teenager, Holly Fulton covered hers with cameo brooches, and Thakoon Panichgul still has a habit of scribbling all over his with a black Sharpie. For many designers, customizing their first white tee was a sartorial rite of passage. “We used to customize all our clothes when we were in college together,” says Sophie Buhai of her Vena Cava co-designer, Lisa Mayock. “It was the genesis of our working relationship.” With that spirit of creative resourcefulness in mind, Vogue.com asked some of our favorite designers to make over a classic white Hanes T-shirt for spring 2011. See the slideshow above.
Read Lynn Yaeger's piece on "The Rise of the $1000 T-shirt."