LSD Made Me A Prostitute: The Tabloid Tee Drop
1970’S madness. That's the vibe with my latest piece—the LSD Tabloid Tee. Pulled straight from the chaotic underbelly of 1970s scandal sheets and remade for extreme comfort. Limited to 100 units per color in light mauve and light violet. No fluff, just raw subculture on 100% cotton. Wear something that means more—or don't.
The Inspiration: Diving into 1970s Tabloid Chaos
Picture this: The 1970s, a decade where the world was unraveling post-1960s haze, and tabloids were the megaphone for it all. These weren't your polished broadsheets—they were compact, bold, and unapologetic, cramming sensational headlines into half-sized pages for commuters and rebels alike. In the UK, Rupert Murdoch flipped The Sun into a full-color beast in 1969, spiking circulation to millions with topless Page 3 girls and erotic serials like The Love Machine. Over in the US, supermarket rags like National Enquirer went color by '78, peddling UFOs, Elvis ghosts, and LSD-fueled freakouts to housewives dodging economic slumps.
Tabloids thrived on exaggeration—blurring fact and fiction to hook the masses. Headlines screamed about psychedelic scandals, wife-swapping punishments, and teachers gone wild, all while pushing populism and privacy invasions. It was the era of "checkbook journalism," paying sources for dirt, and underground alternatives like Village Voice mixing anti-war rants with punk edge. This raw energy? That's what we bottled for the LSD Tabloid Tee—a fictional scandal nodding to the decade's wildest trips, without the actual fallout.
Vintage "Famous Crimes" tabloid cover.
Breaking Down the Tee
Ultra-soft, medium-weight 100% cotton tee, screen-printed in LA with a vintage tabloid scandal that never happened. Light mauve or light violet—both cut for an easy unisex fit.
Fabric: 100% combed cotton, 5.3 oz
Fit: True to size, slightly relaxed
Print: Discharge ink (soft hand, no peel)
Care: Wash cold, hang dry.
Not pre-shrunk, so size up one if you want that lived-in feel after the first wash.
Limited to 100 units per color—no restocks. All sales final, but hit us up at hello@theselloutishere.com for defects.
Styling It Out: The SellOut Fits
Throw it on with my piped or cargo pants—mauve for those hazy daytime vibes, violet when the night's calling. Layer under a jacket with your fave boots, or keep it simple with shorts and Vans or Chucks for gigs. It's pretty versatile chaos hehe: mauve for understated edge, or violet to amp the scandal.
Behind the Print
Small-batch and printed in LA to stay true. Getting the discharge ink just right took tweaks—wanted that semi-faded, authentic hand without the crackle. The headline? A mashup of '70s excess, fictional but felt. No big production lines here; just us channeling the underground press that flipped the script on mainstream noise.
Grab It Before It's Gone
If this speaks to you, snag the LSD Tabloid Tee now—$39.99. Drop a comment: What's the wildest headline you'd wear? Follow @thesellout on IG for more drops, and sign up for alerts. Wear the rumor. Own the trip.
