This is from the late ’70s, early ’80s. I don’t know who did it, but it’s Warhol’s colors. Andy went out every night. If I had this on and saw him, I would’ve asked him to sign it.” For a recent exhibition celebrating 40 years of Blondie at the Chelsea Hotel Storefront Gallery, selections from Debbie Harry’s T-shirt trove, many featuring her portrait, were displayed alongside photos and band ephemera. “They’re memories,” says Harry of her well-worn shirts, “and I’ve been saving them for a long time.” If I was in Houston or Dallas I was going around to junk stores and found a Texas shirt. I can’t swear I did it, but it would’ve been cool to have worn a Texas shirt for a Texas show.” That’s Keith Haring. I saw it and said, ‘I’ve got to have that.’ I don’t know what he meant by it. We had mutual friends, but we weren’t buddy-buddy.”

This design is from the ’70s. The original was found in a sporting-goods shop. We never knew what kind of team it was. It’s one of the first shirts Blondie shirts are really up to my or the band’s approval. A lot of ideas come our way. This is a remake of old artwork related to ‘Cautious Lip,’ from our second album.” This is a redo of a very old shirt that our first manager came up with. There was confusion about Blondie. Since I was blonde, it sort of had to be stated that we were a group.” Call Me’ is a single we did with Giorgio Moroder in 1980. When you’re young and don’t have dough, you find shirts secondhand. I wish I’d saved more of them, but they melt away.”We did our first real U.S. tour with Iggy. David Bowie played keyboards. When we share a bill with a band, we swap shirts. This one’s kind of rotted.”