The shirt, showing the back view of a topless red-headed woman with braids and straw hat, prompted tut-tuts on Prince Edward Island in 1995 because she could be seen as a grown-up Anne of Green Gables. But nowhere does the artwork claim she is actually Anne Shirley and the shirts weren't being sold as a licensed Anne of Green Gables product, so there was nothing stopping Anne Putnam and artist Dale McNevin from producing and selling them. Flash forward to 2020 and they're doing it again — thanks to a recent Throwback Thursday segment on CBC's Island Morning last week marking the 25th anniversary of the tempest. Today a controversy from the mid-90s that involved a T-shirt and what some people say looked a lot like a topless Anne of Green Gables. And just like last time, she didn't request a licence from the Green Gables Licensing Authority, though she did give them a heads-up.

Source: CBC News August 27, 2020 18:11 UTC