Vintage Queen

The vintage Queen T-shirt, featuring the band’s name above a line of small, ornate, cherub-like figures dressed in jester, winged, and harlequin costumes, is a rare design likely related to the artwork for the 1984 single “It’s a Hard Life” or the general aesthetic of their 1984 album, The Works. “It’s a Hard Life” notably featured a music video where the band members wore elaborate, colorful costumes inspired by Italian opera, including Freddie Mercury as a flamboyant, high-collared jester and Brian May as an Elizabethan court figure, which parallels the theatrical, rococo style of the characters on the shirt. Though this single and album marked a return to their hard-rock roots after their experimental Hot Space phase, the associated visual elements maintained the band’s signature opulence and theatrical flair, celebrating the playful, larger-than-life personae that defined their stage presence and cemented their status as rock royalty.

Size 75x56cm
Condition 9/10 (Pin Hole)