Children Decorate Shirts for T-shirt Wearing Contest

Friday 21st of September 2007 02:48:47 AM

T-shirt wearing contests are nothing new as many hopefuls try to wear as many t-shirts as possible in order to attain a little fame and bragging rights. Each year, people from all over the world put on as many t-shirts as they can in order to break world or regional records. Breaking the world record of 164 t-shirts, Charlie Williams from Buckhurst Hill, UK, managed to put on 224 printed T-shirts last weekend and raised money for a local school and cancer research at the same time.

The event, hosted by, Richard Parrot, the owner of a local t-shirt printing company located in Woodford Green, UK, was created as a way to help raise money by selling the shirts Williams wore to break the record. "We thought it would be a bit of a laugh and raise money for charity. Half the money will go to the school and the rest will go to children's cancer charity CLIC Sargent. We hope to raise a couple of thousand pounds,” said Parrot.

Children from St. Antony’s Roman Catholic Primary School designed the shirts and were proud that they will be used to raise money for their school. "It took me two days to make. I had to plan it and out and get a teacher to draw a sketch for me,” said one student, Jessica Lemis, about her experiences.

As for the wearer of the shirts, Charlie Williams was happy to do his part for charity. "I felt like my knees were going to buckle under about 50kgs of T-shirts, but I always thought I'd do it,” said Williams.

(c)Moritz Menzel, www.sxc.hu