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There is a fashion trend afoot in the 02138. It’s hotter than Ray-Bans and hotter than Tory Burch loafers. It’s a T-shirt trend. I was first confronted with it the other day as I groggily stumbled to Peet’s for an early morning coffee. Typing an e-mail as I walked along, I nearly collided with a boy in a white T-shirt that read “HIV-Positive” in big, purple, block print. I looked up at him and mumbled some apology...
...Harvard Trademark Program, with an official Orwellian mandate to “protect and control” Harvard’s brand identity across the world, show up to work each day to ensure that, Heaven forbid, no street vendor in Dakar or Dot sells an unlicensed T-shirt with our sacrosanct insignia on it. The Harvard name does not merely signify unrivaled academic power—it signifies the registered trademark of unrivaled academic power, full rights reserved to the President and Fellows of Harvard College...
...fact, the T-shirt compels us to ponder why, 25 years after the disease was first publicized and 11 years after the discovery of life-saving treatment, millions the world over still bear the burden of infection alone and without hope. It forces us to consider how the global response to one of the greatest crises of our time has remained so tepid that each year the pandemic continues to claim five million new infections and three million more lives...
...POSITIVE” T-shirt, then, is an intentionally provocative rebuke to inaction. It battles the silence, apathy, and stigma that impede awareness, prevention, and treatment measures. Today, it is an internationally recognized symbol worn by people who are HIV-positive and HIV-negative alike, including renowned figures such as Nelson Mandela. In a bold display of solidarity, the wearer proclaims the need for each of us to act “positively” to fight the pandemic regardless of our HIV status...
...simple sportswear shapes, Costa brings a refined sense of color and an appreciation for innovative fabrics. He opened the show with a passage of skinny, high-waisted pants in shades of chalk, pale pink and putty and then punctuated a crisp, natural palette with two drop-dead simple organza T-shirt dresses in grass green and - what else? - sky blue...