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A week or so ago I met with Christopher Muther from The Boston Globe to talk about the line. We met up at JP Licks in Brigham Circle to discuss DPM for an article he was doing on local t-shirt designers. He mentioned I would be one of 5 featured for the article.
Next thing I knew I was hanging out with Jason Dove, their resident photographer, to take some photos of Dance Party Massacre, and of myself too! It was really awesome meeting up with them. They were great guys and I appreciated them taking the time to talk with me.
And now the article is up in TODAY’S Boston Globe! There is a blurb on the top left of the front cover (featuring our Something’s After Us design) with an article on DPM and myself on D5. Be sure to check it out in person or go to the links below.
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/fashion/articles/2008/07/24/fit_to_a_tee/
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/fashion/gallery/shirtdesigners?pg=10
*UPDATE*
Scans are now posted below! Just click on the thumbnails for bigger images.
Let’s get it going,
Alex
DANCE PARTY MASSACRE
The connection between dance parties, T-shirts, and campy 1980s slasher flicks may seem about as random as the link between a Rob Schneider movie and the Oscars, but it makes perfect sense to 24-year-old designer Alex Dakoulas.
“You go to a dance party, and everyone there is young. You watch slasher films, and they’re all about young people having fun,” Dakoulas explains. “They don’t think they’re doing anything wrong, and then they get killed for it.”
The concept behind Dance Party Massacre, which features tees with images such as a knife through a high-top sneaker and the infamous “Halloween” hockey mask, was cemented during Dakoulas’s senior year at the Massachusetts College of Art. In his studio apartment, he hosted screenings of horror movies, followed by dance parties. He’s quite clear that he’s not trying to make scary horror tees. Dance Party Massacre shirts are bright, hip party shirts that just happen to be inspired by the art on boxes of old VHS slasher tapes. Dakoulas, who works as a sneaker designer at Converse, wants to get the gore on the shirts, but he doesn’t want to scare away potential customers.
“My friends want to support me,” Dakoulas says. “But at the same time they’re always asking ‘Can’t you make something without blood on it?’ “
