7th May, 2025 13:00
Wonder Workshop by John Dove and Molly White black cotton ‘Wild Thing’ T-shirt ,1970s -
cotton shirt centred with a gold, white, and red screen print of a Leopard head with satin appliqued tongue, gold lettered, ‘Wild Thing’, further embellished with multi-colour rhinestones throughout the text and in the eyes of the leopard, screen-printed to inner back collar, ‘Wonder Workshop’ in green, unlabelled, approx. size S.
Wonder Workshop was founded by artists, John Dove and Molly White who started the label in 1971. Their T-shirts portrayed the flamboyance of the early 70’s and their hand-printed designs had a major influence on T-shirt graphics and musicians such as Marc Bolan, Lou Reed, Mick Jagger, and Paul McCartney who were photographed wearing their T-shirts such as ‘Pin-Up Girls’ and ‘My Baby Loves the Western Movies’ .
John and Molly began to mix their own inks, and in 1970 they had managed to achieve the technique and colours needed to print on black t-shirts, they used this to produce ‘Wild Thing’. The leopard design was originally made in 1968 by John Dove, it then was printed and adapted to become the design it is today with the help of Molly White, and Jimi Hendrix’s version of 'Wild Thing' became the inspiration for the wording at the bottom of the design.
Provenance:
The Collection of Ceril Campbell, celebrity stylist, TV Presenter, motivational speaker, life coach, author, and independent celebrant.
Ceril Campbell grew up in Chelsea, London, and hung out with ‘the Chelsea crowd’, who at that time included Mick Jagger's brother Chris, Jane Birkin's brother and Marianne Faithfull, Patti Boyd, and others. On Saturdays, whilst still at school, she worked on the Kings Road in boutiques, such as Mr Freedom and Jean Machine, whilst studying fashion design. In the late 1970s Ceril was F.U.’s creative designer for the fashion chain’s flag ship stores in Bond Street and Knightsbridge.
Sold for £850
Wonder Workshop by John Dove and Molly White black cotton ‘Wild Thing’ T-shirt ,1970s -
cotton shirt centred with a gold, white, and red screen print of a Leopard head with satin appliqued tongue, gold lettered, ‘Wild Thing’, further embellished with multi-colour rhinestones throughout the text and in the eyes of the leopard, screen-printed to inner back collar, ‘Wonder Workshop’ in green, unlabelled, approx. size S.
Wonder Workshop was founded by artists, John Dove and Molly White who started the label in 1971. Their T-shirts portrayed the flamboyance of the early 70’s and their hand-printed designs had a major influence on T-shirt graphics and musicians such as Marc Bolan, Lou Reed, Mick Jagger, and Paul McCartney who were photographed wearing their T-shirts such as ‘Pin-Up Girls’ and ‘My Baby Loves the Western Movies’ .
John and Molly began to mix their own inks, and in 1970 they had managed to achieve the technique and colours needed to print on black t-shirts, they used this to produce ‘Wild Thing’. The leopard design was originally made in 1968 by John Dove, it then was printed and adapted to become the design it is today with the help of Molly White, and Jimi Hendrix’s version of 'Wild Thing' became the inspiration for the wording at the bottom of the design.
Provenance:
The Collection of Ceril Campbell, celebrity stylist, TV Presenter, motivational speaker, life coach, author, and independent celebrant.
Ceril Campbell grew up in Chelsea, London, and hung out with ‘the Chelsea crowd’, who at that time included Mick Jagger's brother Chris, Jane Birkin's brother and Marianne Faithfull, Patti Boyd, and others. On Saturdays, whilst still at school, she worked on the Kings Road in boutiques, such as Mr Freedom and Jean Machine, whilst studying fashion design. In the late 1970s Ceril was F.U.’s creative designer for the fashion chain’s flag ship stores in Bond Street and Knightsbridge.
