This piece pays tribute to Television, perhaps the most mythicized band to emerge from the ‘70s New York punk scene. Founded by Tom Verlaine and Richard Hell, a pair of East Coast boarding school dropouts whose Tom Sawyer meets Clockwork Orange-esque backstory included them running away from their prestigious school and being arrested for arson down Wouth. The pair's heroin chic, good-boy-gone-wild aesthetic was key in defining the scene's visual lexicon. Their sound was sui generis, germinating from Verlaine’s love of psych rock and jazz, and metastasizing within the dimly lit walls of CBGB into a free-form punk style quite unlike anything seen before. They were lovers of the French Decant poets: Charles Baudelaire, Arthur Rimbaud, and Paul Verlaine - the latter of which Tom borrowed his namesake from. True to their favorite poet’s work, Hell and Verlaine’s lyrics were both grotesque and romantic, channeling a sense of worldliness that felt nearly-incompatible with the pair’s youth: “the world is just a feeling you undertook.”

This coat displays the artwork from their debut album “Marquee Moon” on its breast pocket, and the album’s title on the reverse. The sewed on patch and mismatched buttons give it a DIY feel, as if hand-made by a super fan.

Condition: 9/10. No significant flaws.

Tagged size: 3

Shoulder: 20in

Pit to pit: 22.5in

Length: 34in

Sleeve: 25.5in