About 50 young artists and musicians sporting ironic T-shirts and thrift-shop clothes were deep in thought - heads down, colored pencils poised, eyes focused on the sheets of paper they'd been given.

Young post-collegiates in ironic T-shirts and forklift drivers in sincere ones.

The opening drew a primarily male audience sporting ironic T-shirts and faux hawks.

Sometime in the late 90's, after the ironic heavy-metal T-shirt and the snap-front cowboy shirt were co-opted by the mainstream.

A Map Those seeking that perfect ironic, eccentric, limited-edition T-shirt will find it at Threadless.

There were retro sneakers, ironic T-shirts and shaved heads.

The "Sleeperblokes" themselves were reported to be highly amused by the phrase, and even produced an ironic "Sleeperbloke" T-shirt to go with Louise's "Just Another Girl Fronted Band" T-shirt, both of which sold well.

A recent addition to the J. Press line of icon-emblazoned neckties is one with skulls and crossbones, not a nod to Yale's secret society but a wink to the new customer who has a closet full of ironic T-shirts.

At Dom Knigi Sankt Peterburg you can buy ironic Soviet T-shirts and matrushka dolls.

C Map Purveyors of ironic T-shirts that are good to give or keep as mementos of Běijīng.