This is from the late ’70s, early ’80s. I don’t know who did it, but it’s Warhol’s colors. Andy went out every night. If I had this on and saw him, I would’ve asked him to sign it.” This is a redo of a very old shirt that our first manager came up with. There was confusion about Blondie. Since I was blonde, it sort of had to be stated that we were a group.”

That’s Keith Haring. I saw it and said, ‘I’ve got to have that.’ I don’t know what he meant by it. We had mutual friends, but we weren’t buddy-buddy.” For a recent exhibition celebrating 40 years of Blondie at the Chelsea Hotel Storefront Gallery, selections from Debbie Harry’s T-shirt trove, many featuring her portrait, were displayed alongside photos and band ephemera. “They’re memories,” says Harry of her well-worn shirts, “and I’ve been saving them for a long time.” Call Me’ is a single we did with Giorgio Moroder in 1980. When you’re young and don’t have dough, you find shirts secondhand. I wish I’d saved more of them, but they melt away.” If I was in Houston or Dallas I was going around to junk stores and found a Texas shirt. I can’t swear I did it, but it would’ve been cool to have worn a Texas shirt for a Texas show.”Blondie shirts are really up to my or the band’s approval. A lot of ideas come our way. This is a remake of old artwork related to ‘Cautious Lip,’ from our second album.” This design is from the ’70s. The original was found in a sporting-goods shop. We never knew what kind of team it was. It’s one of the first shirts

We did our first real U.S. tour with Iggy. David Bowie played keyboards. When we share a bill with a band, we swap shirts. This one’s kind of rotted.”

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