Port & Company brand has been chosen for our James Yale wearable art T Shirts. These are high quality 100% cotton medium weight t-shirts in Lavender Dust color, built for everyday comfort and durability. These feature a rib-knit, crew neck collar. Washing instructions from Port & Co suggests turning garment inside out and wash with like colors.

The bookmark, which is included with this order, contains this text:

There was a synchronicity through the years of people contacting Yale out of the blue for commissions. One of those connections came after Chris Stein and Debbie Harry of the band Blondie showed John Lennon some of James’ illustrations.

“I’ll never forget the telephone call. At the time I was running around with a bunch of pranksters. We were all fond of English accents and Monty Python. We did a lot of pranks. One day, the phone rang. He said he was John Lennon. ‘Sure you are,’ I said, and I hung up on him. The phone rang again. I hung up again. Finally, on the third call, I said ‘If you are John Lennon, sing something.’ He did. I knew it was John Lennon because my friends couldn’t sing.”

Lennon asked Yale to create an illustration he planned to give to members of Paul McCartney’s band Wings. The image, a woman with dragonfly wings.