Kurt Cobain's 'Suicide' Shirt and More Shocking Teen Fashion
Sex, drugs, and alcohol are no laughing matter — unless you work at companies that market clothing to teens. In that case, everything is fair game. Even suicide. This week, an Indiana woman launched a Change.org petition demanding that ecommerce sites eBay and Etsy remove baseball shirts imprinted with the late Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain’s 1994 suicide letter. As of Thursday, the petition had acquired almost 400 signatures from people accusing the brand of glamorizing mental illness and suicide to “impressionable minds.” And while both retailers have removed the item, a screen shot of the shirt — worn by seemingly underage models — can still be viewed on various sites. Sadly, suicide shirts aren’t the most offensive clothing items for teens. Here are 5 more examples.
