Wear the Archive · Oversized Tee · After Martin Kristev ‘The Rocket’ – Moscow Olympics 1980

Five rings. Five donuts. One year that changed everything.

The print on this tee is drawn from Martin Kristev's award-winning 1980 Moscow Olympics poster — a design that transformed the official Games emblem into a rocket taking flight, with five vivid Olympic rings arranged like a countdown beneath the exhaust plume. We've reinterpreted that motif: five rings, five donuts, 1980 — a quiet, knowing nod to the year, the event, and the era.

Made for those born in 1980, shaped by it, or simply drawn to the graphic language of a moment when sport, politics, and space-age ambition collided on a single poster. Worn oversized, worn with intent.

The Artwork

Artist: Martin Kristev (Мартин Кристев) Republic of Bulgaria
Source: Original 1980 Soviet Olympic Poster — 2nd Prize, "Poster for the Olympics-80" competition, Moscow 1979
Publisher: Izdatelstvo Plakat, Moscow
Event: XXII Summer Olympic Games, Moscow 1980

The Garment

• 95% cotton, 5% elastane
• Fabric weight: 8.85 oz./yd.² (300 g/m²)
• Heavyweight cotton-spandex blend with a medium soft feel
• Oversized fit — structured and substantial
• Blank product components sourced from Mexico

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