John Lennon Music T-Shirts

John Lennon T-shirts feature his peace slogans, self-portrait and motifs inspired by New York, where he lived from the early seventies. Most have a unisex fit, and many designs also come in a more fitted women's version. Alongside classic short-sleeved T-shirts, you'll find baseball T-shirts with a 3/4 sleeve and the Self Portrait design in a Snow Wash finish from the Wash Collection range. The print is always on the front, and sizes run from S to 2XL, with some designs going up to 5XL.

Which songs and events do the T-shirt designs recall?

The Give Peace A Chance design takes its name from the song Lennon recorded with Plastic Ono Band in a Montreal hotel room in 1969 during the bed-in peace protest. The War Is Over slogan comes from the campaign in which Lennon and Yoko Ono put up large posters in cities around the world in December 1969. Shine On quotes the chorus of the 1970 song Instant Karma!, while Imagine Peace draws on the 1971 album Imagine. The Live In New York City design takes the title of the album from the 1972 concert at Madison Square Garden.

Unisex, women's or baseball T-shirt?

A unisex T-shirt has a straight, looser fit, so it is worn by both men and women. A women's T-shirt marked Ladies or Womens in its name is narrower at the waist and shoulders and shorter in length, so it follows the shape of the body more closely. Baseball T-shirts have a white body and black 3/4 sleeves, and you'll find them with the Give Peace A Chance and Toronto Peace Festival designs.

The T-shirts come from licensed merchandise manufacturers Rock Off and Hybris, whose cut dimensions differ slightly. The same size letter therefore doesn't necessarily mean the same width across two T-shirts. You can pair your T-shirt with a hoodie from the John Lennon Music Hoodies page.