The designer Conner Ives hoped to do some good with his “Protect the Dolls” T-shirt. Worn by celebrities, and sold out online ...

It was 11 p.m. the night before Conner Ives’s runway show. The designer and his small team were holed up in his London studio, where several unfinished garments still needed their attention.

The T-shirts were dreamt up by the US fashion brand Praying, hailed by Vogue as “the fashion industry’s most perverse viral hit”. The slogan is a take on the controversial 2009 quote by ...

Still, perhaps your T-shirts could use an upgrade. Slogan tees can be risky, often reading lame or try-hard. And the look tends to skew younger. But with a little digging, you can certainly score ...