Fire Island Pines — Souvenir Sweatshirt with Vintage Print Effect (1984)
In 1984, Fire Island Pines stood as one of the most important seasonal refuges in queer America—a place where the city dissolved into dunes, decks, and shared summer rituals. The Pines was a self-contained world of parties, performances, and late afternoons that bled into long nights, where artists, professionals, drag legends, and downtown regulars came together in a rare space of openness and belonging.
Souvenir sweatshirts from the era were worn as both keepsakes and uniforms, carried back to the city when summer ended. They marked time spent in a place where friendships, romances, and chosen families were formed under the sun and along the boardwalks.
