I had a flashback today in regards to Hypercolor t-shirts, one of my favorite clothing items from the 80’s next to jelly sandals.  A friend of my Mom’s apparently invented them and she is now living the good life somewhere in Hawaii.  Lucky.

Anyway, I did a Google search on Hypercolor and to my amazement found that Hypercolor is back!!!  American Apparel offers a hyper spinoff with a unisex tee ($34), and bodyfaders.com has tank tops in a rainbow of changing colors ($24.95). But the most updated version is Puma’s sneakers ($65) — if, of course, you don’t mind your hot, sweaty feet dictating the color of your kicks.

Read about the return of Hypercolor (and it’s various spin-offs) in this LA Times article: Click Here

“Anyone who was around for the ten seconds that Hypercolor t-shirts were popular will undoubtedly appreciate the obscurity of this reference and how far I had to dig to pull this article out of my ass.

For those of you who don’t know, Hypercolor t-shirts were a novelty garment that was popular in the late 80’s and early 90’s. The shirts we supposed to change color when exposed to heat - which meant that touching them would leave an imprint of your hand. However, the reality was that these things would only really change color when exposed to something a little warmer than body heat - like a hair dryer for example.

Hypercolor t-shirts were also easily damaged when washed. The heat from the washer and dryer would often render the shirts useless after only a few cycles.

If you were smooth enough, the one thing that Hypecolor shirts could have been good for was coping a cheap feel. Unfortunately, I was far from smooth in jr. high so I would have never thought to entice girls to touch me because I had a Hypercolor shirt on.”

Taken from: NerdApproved.com