Tokyo Toilet Tee Shirt?

April 27, 2024 7:04 AM

Trying to find a better version of the Tokyo Toilet tee shirt from the film "Perfect Days" that what is available on Etsy?

My wife just loved the movie Perfect Days by Wim Wenders (I as well) and I would like to find a Tokyo Toilet tee shirt for her birthday. I looked around on the films gorgeous website as well as the Shibuya Tokyo Toilet website but could not find anything. I wound up ordering one from Etsy, but as I had feared, it is poor cheap screen print and I thought there might be something better out there that I have yet to find.

posted by silsurf to Clothing, Beauty, & Fashion (3 answers total)

Possibly the Etsy shirt in question. Which appears to be derived from the maintenance staff uniforms (image) and are a design by NIGO who is famous for their streetwear clothing. The movie was recently released and does look rather charming.
posted by zenon at 8:31 AM on April 27

If you have any local crafter friends who might have a Cricut or a Silhouette, this would be a quick and easy HTV (Heat Transfer Vinyl) project. HTV would be bold, crisp, and have a lot more "pop" than most screen prints.
posted by xedrik at 9:45 AM on April 27

This is just an aside, but I am reminded that when I lived in Japan, there was a department store in the Ginza (Matsuya Ginza, IIRC) that had a prominently placed public bathroom, with a massive sign over it reading THE TOILET OF THE GINZA.
posted by adamrice at 10:33 AM on April 27