Its success launched rhinestones as a major T-shirt fashion and by 1973 they were selling thousands of shirts under their Wonder Workshop label." Designed as a tribute to Jimi Hendrix, it featured a roaring Leopard head with the words WILD THING underneath and was pirated from America to Brazil to become the first global T-shirt hit. "John Dove and Molly White started out mixing all their own inks and in 1970 worked out how to print on Black T-shirts - commercially produced inks which did this, only became available in 1975 - and used the technique for the WILD THING T. In "The T-Shirt Book" (Ebury Press 1988) Alice Hiller writes: For the first time since the 70s John and Molly recently custom-made one each for Steve and Glen for the forthcoming Pistols world tour Glen obviously couldn't wait - he's wore his for the Camp Freddy show!" Sid wore one when he was a 17-year-old living in Hackney and Jonesy sported versions on stage in LA and London last year. Wonder Workshop, and originally appeared on the likes of Iggy Pop on The Stooges' masterpiece Raw Power, Marc Bolan on the T.Rex album The Slider and The Sweet on Top Of The Pops. The SEX PISTOLS newsletter: "The snarling leopard's head print was designed in the early 70s by John Dove & Molly White for their label Paul Gorman's 'The Look Presents' and Wonder Workshop designers John Dove and Molly White collaborated with the Pistols fan-site to produce a custom-made edition of Wild Thing T-shirts from the original screens and patterns. To celebrate the GOD SAVE THE SEX PISTOLS' tour (members Sid Vicious, Steve Jones and Glen Matlock have all sported the infamous Wild Thing shirt).
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