The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/10/17/taylor-swift-inadvertently-sets-off-frenzy-for-monterey-bay-aquarium-t-shirts/Taylor Swift donned a vintage Monterey Bay Aquarium t-shirt in her recent theatrical release. The aquarium is now offering that retro t-shirt again, or rather, 16 different versions of the shirt, plus coffee mugs, magnets, and tote bags. If you’re enough of a hardcore Taylor Swift fan that you went to her “release party movie” Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl when her new album dropped this month, you might have noticed her wearing a certain beat-up old drab vintage t-shirt. And through a whimsical series of events, that shirt has now raised more than $2 million for the Monterey Bay Aquarium in less than 48 hours.Image: Mon
Taylor Swift Inadvertently Sets Off Frenzy for Monterey Bay Aquarium T

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