"I was Lord Kitchener's valet" shirt

[Lily K.Chadwick]

Hi,

I was recently excited to find one of the union jack shirts produced for "I was Lord Kitchener's valet" and sold to the original owner in 1966/67.
It's still got its label, but sadly in an incredibly faded state. I was wondering if it would be of any use for me to make a sketch of it(the details are just about visible), for the label resource, or if anyone(more technologically able than myself) would be able to enhance the photo I've included into visibility?

Kind regards, Lily

 

[Pinkcoke]

That's a pretty cool shirt! If you can take photos of the label from several angles (I find the light reflects off the area that was printed at a certain angle) we can try and enhance it in photoshop or the like.

 

[Lily K.Chadwick]

Pinkcoke - Thanks! That'd be great, I'll be sure to take a few more photos tomorrow(would it be best for the photos to included none of the surrounding fabric?)! As far as I can make out, the label includes the Union Jack, with the name of the shop below.

 

[Pinkcoke]

don't worry about cropping it, just get the angle so the writing is visible. A wonky visible label is better than a straight invisible one

 

[Sartorial Eloquence]

If you have a scanner, maybe a scan of the label might be worth a try?

P.S. After messing around with it a little I tried negativising it in the hope that details might become more visible, which might have worked for the Turin Shroud but didn't help much here...

...though it did cause a spooky face to appear!

 

[Lily K.Chadwick]

Thanks to you both for your replies! Here go more photos, hopefully these will be slightly more readable than the previous one and stop the appearance of any more little creepy faces

 

[Pinkcoke]

Best I could do was improve it a little: So it's a union jack flag with I was lord/kitchener's/valet underneath?

 

[Rue_de_la_Paix]

Good work, Melanie.....I tried to sharpen it a bit more in my program, and this might look a bit clearer and I think I can see it now......

 

[Lily K.Chadwick]

Thanks so much Melanie and Barbara, I though it was a bit of a long shot to get it cleared up, but you've managed it! It is indeed a Union Jack with this below: "I was lord
Kitcheners
Valet"
Thanks again for your help,
kind regards,
Lily ​