Leather Man Clone Horizontal — Art by Dom “Etienne” Orejudos
The story
One figure. Repeated. A pattern that becomes a language.
This hand silk-screened bandana takes a single leather icon by Dom "Etienne" Orejudos and multiplies him across the field — transforming a portrait into a system, and a system into a declaration.
Featuring imagery from the Dom 'Etienne' Orejudos Collection, Leather Archives & Museum, Chicago.
The design works in three registers at once: the bandana as a queer signaling object, the clone as a late-70s archetype of hyper-masculine identity, and Etienne's illustration as an archival touchstone. Together, arranged by The Haunted Disco into a repeating field, they produce something that reads as both ornament and code — the kind of image that once moved through bars, zines, and underground spaces carrying meaning for those who knew where to look.
Printed in small batches in New York City. Bold line. Tonal restraint. One figure, endlessly authoritative.
- Hand silk-screened on 100% cotton
- Printed in NYC in small batches
- Black permanent acrylic ink on colored bandanas
- Image area: 17" × 17"
- Full bandana size: approximately 21" × 21"
- Slight variations in ink density and fabric size are inherent to hand printing and indicate authentic, human-pulled production
- Ultralight cotton weave that softens noticeably after the first wash
