Before punk had rules, The Runaways were already breaking them — and Joan Jett was right at the center, guitar slung low, leather jacket on, daring anyone to tell her how a girl was supposed to sound or look. In the mid-1970s, the band exploded onto the scene as teenage hell-raisers playing loud, fast, unapologetic rock in a world that barely made space for women with amplifiers.
This replica tee recreates the kind of simple, bold shirt Joan herself wore: “The Runaways — Joan Jett.” No frills, no apology — just name, band, and attitude. The kind of shirt that wasn’t merch as much as armor, worn onstage, backstage, and out in the world as a declaration.
For queer fans, punks, outsiders, and anyone who ever found power in volume, Joan Jett became an icon of defiance and self-definition. She didn’t wait to be invited in — she kicked the door open and turned the amp up.
