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Celebrity Slogan T-Shirts Make a Comeback
Celebrities are bringing slogan T-shirts back into fashion, wearing shirts with messages that range from political to playful.
Actress Ayo Edebiri wore a shirt criticizing AI, while Ethan Hawke was seen in a “Dump Him” design that echoes one Britney Spears wore in 2000.
Designer Conner Ives helped fuel the trend with a “Protect the Dolls” shirt responding to attacks on transgender rights.
“Dolls” is an affectionate term for trans women rooted in queer ballroom culture.
Profits from the shirt went to TransLifeline, a nonprofit organization.
Ives later released more slogan designs, and celebrities have also worn message shirts at film events and on red carpets.
More celebrities may wear the style as interest in Ives’s designs continues.
Celebrities are wearing slogan T-shirts with political, cheeky and personal messages, many made by hand or by independent designers.
Ayo Edebiri wore a shirt criticizing artificial intelligence, while Ethan Hawke was photographed in a “Dump Him” shirt.
Designer Conner Ives helped drive the trend with his “Protect the Dolls” shirt, whose profits went to TransLifeline.
Slogan shirts have also appeared at film events and on red carpets, including shirts worn by Alexander Skarsgård and Zendaya.
- Who
- Celebrities including Ayo Edebiri, Ethan Hawke, Pedro Pascal, Troye Sivan, Tilda Swinton, Alexander Skarsgård and Zendaya.
- What
- Celebrities are wearing slogan T-shirts with political, cheeky and other messages.
- When
- The article was published on November 9, 2026, and describes examples from 2024 through 2026.
- Where
- The trend has appeared at film events, on set, at New York Fashion Week and on the red carpet.
- Why
- The shirts express political views, humor or other messages; Conner Ives made “Protect the Dolls” in response to attacks on transgender rights.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Britney Spears famously wore a “Dump Him” shirt following her breakup with Justin Timberlake.
Ayo Edebiri criticized AI’s environmental impact in an Instagram post.
Conner Ives made the original “Protect the Dolls” shirt the night before his runway show.
Ives released three slogan shirts: “AI Betrayed Me,” “I Work Nights” and “Bring Back Shame.
- Article publication
- November 9, 2026
- Protect the Dolls” shirt
- Profits went to the nonprofit TransLifeline
- Conner Ives
- American-born, London-based designer
- Dump Him” shirt
- Ethan Hawke wore it on the set of “The Lowdown” in Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Lick My Worm” shirt
- Alexander Skarsgård wore it to a “Wicker” screening
- Bring Back Shame” shirt
- Modeled by Hari Nef at New York Fashion Week
What people are saying
This shit is cooking the planet!!!! And our brains!!!!
Do Not Talk to Me About AI. I Will Kill Myself.
Dump Him
Lick My Worm