Vintage 1998 Essence Fest T-shirt
size: XL
condition: 9/10
22” P2P
31” Length
What began as a one-time celebration became a cultural institution.
In 1995, ESSENCE magazine commemorated its 25th anniversary by launching the first ESSENCE Music Festival in New Orleans. Originally conceived as a single weekend event, the festival brought together music, culture, community, and Black excellence on a scale rarely seen before. The response was overwhelming, drawing tens of thousands of attendees from across the country and transforming what was intended as a one-time celebration into an annual tradition.
A preserved artifact from the moment a magazine became a movement.
We sourced the past.
Then changed its composition.
Vintage fabrics—broken in by years of wear—restructured with hand-placed rhinestones, embellishments and custom dyeEvery piece is a different outcome.
Same formula.
Unrepeatable results.*hand wash or dry clean only*Vintage 1998 Essence Fest T-shirt
size: XL
condition: 9/10
22” P2P
31” Length
What began as a one-time celebration became a cultural institution.
In 1995, ESSENCE magazine commemorated its 25th anniversary by launching the first ESSENCE Music Festival in New Orleans. Originally conceived as a single weekend event, the festival brought together music, culture, community, and Black excellence on a scale rarely seen before. The response was overwhelming, drawing tens of thousands of attendees from across the country and transforming what was intended as a one-time celebration into an annual tradition.
A preserved artifact from the moment a magazine became a movement.
We sourced the past.
Then changed its composition.
Vintage fabrics—broken in by years of wear—restructured with hand-placed rhinestones, embellishments and custom dyeEvery piece is a different outcome.
Same formula.
Unrepeatable results.*hand wash or dry clean only*
