Forget fan mail. What better way to show your favorite pop icons some love than wearing 'em on the front of your shirt? Deer Dana, the brainchild of design duo DANA VERALDI and KEVIN TEKINEL, has taken some of the most eminent influencers of our generations and illustrated them in a celebratory collection of T-shirts.
Founded in 2008, this New York-based duo has created quite a wave in previous seasons with their burgeoning line of unisex tees. Working out of their Soho studio, Dana and Kevin, in lieu of expanding to full, head-to-toe looks with their designs, have found a strong niche among street culture and the tastemakers who influence it the most. The tees have been spotted and name-dropped by everyone from Orlando Bloom to Jay-Z to Justin Bieber.
"We draw people we are inspired by," the designers told us. This season, making special guest appearances are Prince, Bill Murray, Carmelo Anthony, David Lynch, and the lips (and famous mole) of Cindy Crawford. "Overall we consider the people we draw our ideal dinner guests." To be a fly on the wall at that party...
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Raf Tee in white. Photo by Eric Chakeen
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Dana was a freshman in college with Melo, where her love for the baller first blossomed. The CARMELO ANTHONY TEE was created with the basketball enthusiast DAVID SCHNAPPER.
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"The BILL MURRAY TEE was made for our friend/artist CURTIS KULIG's pop-up shop in LA. His favorite movie is What About Bob? so we felt it was fitting to make this tee as our contribution to his shop." — Dana Veraldi Photo by Curtis Kulig
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"The PRINCE TEE was made originally for TORY BURCH's Spring 2009 collection. Prince had just started to wear her tunics, which we were thrilled about, so we created this shirt to commemorate him."![]()
"Kevin loves David Lynch, so we designed this TEE with his name in the Twin Peaks font and colorway."
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Founded in 2008, this New York-based duo has created quite a wave in previous seasons with their burgeoning line of unisex tees. Working out of their Soho studio, Dana and Kevin, in lieu of expanding to full, head-to-toe looks with their designs, have found a strong niche among street culture and the tastemakers who influence it the most. The tees have been spotted and name-dropped by everyone from Orlando Bloom to Jay-Z to Justin Bieber.
"We draw people we are inspired by," the designers told us. This season, making special guest appearances are Prince, Bill Murray, Carmelo Anthony, David Lynch, and the lips (and famous mole) of Cindy Crawford. "Overall we consider the people we draw our ideal dinner guests." To be a fly on the wall at that party...
Shop all Deer Dana here
Raf Tee in white. Photo by Eric Chakeen
Dana was a freshman in college with Melo, where her love for the baller first blossomed. The CARMELO ANTHONY TEE was created with the basketball enthusiast DAVID SCHNAPPER.
"The BILL MURRAY TEE was made for our friend/artist CURTIS KULIG's pop-up shop in LA. His favorite movie is What About Bob? so we felt it was fitting to make this tee as our contribution to his shop." — Dana Veraldi Photo by Curtis Kulig
"The PRINCE TEE was made originally for TORY BURCH's Spring 2009 collection. Prince had just started to wear her tunics, which we were thrilled about, so we created this shirt to commemorate him."
"Kevin loves David Lynch, so we designed this TEE with his name in the Twin Peaks font and colorway."