The summer 2024 t-shirt is here. Spotted during the premiere of Luca Guadagnino's new film, "Challengers". Worn by Zendaya and Josh O'Connor. But the history of the now cult slogan tee dates back to the 60's...

A photo from the mid-1990s shows John Fitzgeral Kennedy Jr. playing frisbee with his beloved German shepherd, Wolf. I'm wearing a t-shirt that says "I Told Ya" . Very similar to the one seen in Luca Guadagnino 's new film, <a href="https://www.lofficielibiza.com/culture/challengers-film-by-luca-guadagnino-zendaya" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Challengers"</a>, worn by <a href="https://www.lofficielibiza.com/fashion/zendaya-challengers-fashion-tashi-duncan-style-tenniscore" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Zendaya </a>and Josh O'Connor. It went viral on the internet and on social media in just a few hours.

Zendaya, Josh O'Connor, Luca Guadagnino and Jonathan Anderson in a collage of images posted on Instagram by Loewe's creative director himself (via Instagram @jonathan.anderson)

Story of a t-shirt, from the 1960 US elections to Guadagnino&#39;s film

When the Kennedy presidency was inaugurated in Washington on January 20, 1961, everyone present was given a pin bearing a slogan that became instantly famous. "I told you so" - "I told you so". Kennedy won those elections by a very narrow margin, about 100 thousand votes separating him from his challenger Nixon.

A frame from the film "Challengers" by Luca Guadagnino (Courtesy Warner Bros)

The motto on the pin is almost a sigh of relief for him and his electorate. So much so that it became an emblem of that electoral cycle and among the best-known symbols of the US political world. The slogan went viral again in the 1990s, when JFK's son, the beautiful and paparazed John John, started wearing a slogan tee that referred to the motto used by his father.

John F. Jennedy Jr. wearing the "I Told Ya" t-shirt (via Instagram @jonathan.anderson)

Jonathan Anderson and the fascination for old money style

But why did <a href="https://www.lofficielibiza.com/fashion/jonathan-anderson-fashion-designer-creative-director-life-story" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jonathan Anderson</a>, creative director of <a href="https://www.lofficielibiza.com/ibiza/paula-s-ibiza-2024-loewe-new-campaign-spring-summer-2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Loewe</a> and JW Anderson and costume designer of "Challengers" , choose to edit the "I Told Ya" t-shirt worn by John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr? Tennis has always been the sport of choice for the aristocratic elite and the Kennedys are the very symbol of the so-called old money aristocracy. Posh and low profile at the same time.

"I Told Ya", the Loewe t-shirt seen in "Challengers" is already the icon of summer 2024

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