Authenticity checks out: Fine print w/ Q Productions TM & 1995 date, Single stitch, on a Sof Tee by Tee Jays. From everything I've read, it's original.
Here’s where it gets interesting: I’ve seen this front graphic only once before—but on a version with memorial text printed on the back (dates, tribute phrases, etc). Mine doesn’t have that.
I have two theories right now: Was this design released before her death, then re-used for the memorial version? Or could mine be one of the original shirts printed before March 31, 1995? I found this in Osaka — which explains the mending — so no original owner to confirm my theories.
But that’s what makes this one so wild to me. It could’ve been sold while she was still alive, or right after, before the memorial text started showing up on later runs.
Long live La Reina.
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