Pirate Fantasy Bandana — Art by Dom “Etienne” Orejudos

This limited-run bandana presents an iconic nautical scene by Dom “Etienne” Orejudos, whose muscular sailors and pirates helped define the visual language of twentieth-century underground queer illustration. Rendered with his signature balance of strength, drama, and compositional control, the image channels the romance and danger of seafaring myth through the lens of archival erotic art.

Featuring imagery from the Dom ‘Etienne’ Orejudos Collection, Leather Archives & Museum, Chicago.

The central illustration is framed by an original KB4THD border created exclusively for The Haunted Disco, designed to echo traditional maritime graphics while giving the composition a crisp, contemporary structure. The result merges three visual traditions: classic sailor fantasy, the bandana as a historic object of queer signaling, and Etienne’s linework as a museum-attributed record of leather-culture imagination.

Individually hand silk-screened in New York City using permanent acrylic ink, each piece preserves the sharp contrast and graphic authority of the original drawing while allowing subtle variations that mark true human production. Whether worn around the neck, flagged from a back pocket, or displayed as wall art, the bandana functions as both accessory and collectible fragment of queer visual history.

Available in multiple colorways, each version quietly references the coded language of dress and placement that once structured recognition and desire in cruising culture.

Details

• Hand silk-screened in NYC
• 100% cotton bandanas
• Permanent black acrylic ink
• Custom KB4THD border
• Image area: approximately 17" × 17"
• Full bandana size: approximately 21" × 21"
• Ultralight cotton weave that softens after the first wash
• Minor ink and fabric variations reflect hand-pulled production