Equally rare is when you discover "a little slice of Heaven" to call
your own.
Heaven: The Supermarket of Pop Culture debuted on the exciting eve of
the
1980s, but unlike most retail establishments, the Los Angeles phenomenon
truly helped define the most dazzling decade through its outlandish
style,
celebrity appeal, retro flair, and cachet with some of the most
iconoclastic
creatives of the era. The galaxy of stars that shopped at Heaven
included
a varitable who's who in music, art, and film: Elton John, Tina Turner,
Tim
Burton, Mick Jagger, Rosemary Clooney, Andy Warhol, Cary Grant, Hugh
Hefner, Sarah Vaughan, George Harrison, Donna Summer, Sharon Stone,
Brooke Shields, Bette Midler, Bruce Vilanch, Lily Tomlin, Pee-wee
Herman,
Divine, Dustin Hoffman, Lauren Bacall, Sammy Cahn, Anne Bancroft, Rip
Taylor, Suzanne Somers, Todd Rundgren, Little Richard, Diane Keaton,
Jane Fonda, Blake Edwards, Cher, Ray Bradbury, Morgan Fairchild, John
Ritter, Linda Blair, Tommy Chong, Mary Wells, Journey's Steve Perry, The
Monkees' Mike Nesmith & Micky Dolenz, Queen's Freddie Mercury... plus
The Bangles, The Go-Go's, Cheap Trick, Devo, and Hollywood's original
scream queen, beautiful Fay Wray, star of the 1933 classic film King
Kong,
to name just a few dozen! By 1983, Heaven expanded to 25 stores across
the USA, Japan and Australia. Southern California was home to 6 of them.
Heaven's unusual and trendsetting wall of graphic tee shirts drew the
most
notable artists of the day to the wonderfully, jam-packed variety store,
which
served as much as an avant-garde gallery as the hippest "in" place to
browse,
grab a bite, and check out the leading edge of whimsical, witty and
wondrous
wearables. Heaven was first to create signature shirts for celebrity
characters
Pee-wee Herman, Divine, Elvira and Little Richard, who were Heaven
friends.
Since its inception, April 1979, actress and fashion icon Brooke Shields
was
a close, lovely Heaven friend. Brooke modeled Heaven shirts for Heaven
ads,
and it was her favorite L.A. store. Brooke loved Heaven's graphic tee
shirts.
Martin Mull, actor, musician, and painter, designed images for Heaven
tees.
Bruce Vilanch, writer-actor extraordinaire, was a Heaven friend and
devotee.
Bette Midler, a very, cool Heaven friend, created amusing greeting cards
for
Paper Moon, the groundbreaking and highly influential, art card company
in
partnership with the '80s pop culture emporium. Heaven had fantastic
fans
and fabulous friends. Most of its loyal customer base clearly understood
and
appreciated the concepts and ideas that shaped the successful retail
space.
And that's why the trendy tees continually sold out. Heaven was very
lucky!
Those popular tee shirts have been sought after by collectors since
Heaven's
heyday in the Neon Decade, but finding the sort of fashion-forward tees
seen
at the store has been a challenge in recent years.
Until now: The mastermind behind Heaven, Paper Moon greeting cards, and
the Grammy-winning, Ultra-Lounge music series is unveiling a hip line of
tees
that take cheeky inspiration from B-movies, strange advertising, crazy
comics,
creepy carnivals, kooky beatniks, kitschy poodles, spooky skulls, odd
tattoos,
wicked hot rods, 1920s magic, '30s cartoons, '40s pulps, '50s exotica,
'60s TV,
big-eye paintings, cheesy sci-fi, silent film goddesses, groovy mods &
rockers,
werewolf bikers, bizarro clowns, jazz hep cats, robot monsters, space
cadets,
cool celebrities...plus more pop culture graphics than you could ever
imagine!
Welcome to WonderWorx ~ Boutique Graphique Unique ~ Modern Vintage.
New name. New decade. New art. The Supermarket of Pop Culture is back!
Serving Tee Since 1973. Creating incredible tee shirt graphics for 50
years!!
Classic & Current ~ Timeless & Timely ~ Where Yesterday Meets Tomorrow.
WonderWorx is a pop culture playground with a touch of weird and a touch
of
wild, a touch of vintage and a touch of modern, a touch of mystery and
lots of
history. There's nothing like it! A variety pack of curiosities,
wonderments and
plenty of fun and funny, this broad, extensive tee shirt collection is
an eclectic
mix of interesting words, clever sayings, compelling images, and amazing
art.
Whatever your lifestyle, social movement, tribe, subculture or
community...
WonderWorx creates irresistible shirts for you and yours, and everyone
else!
Check out some of the bright, brassy, and bold tees now, casual clothing
that
boasts just the right combo of quirk and cool and more than a heaping
helping
of sheer Heaven. That's some kind of wonderful! That's WonderWorx! ~
Wow!
It's "time for tee" at WonderWorx, where every wearable work of art is a
body's
best friend! And, as the old saying goes..."The Coolest Shirts On Planet
Earth!"
WonderWorx ~ The Gallery of Tee ~ The Art of Fashion ~ Suitable for
Framing.