Who wants to buy a shirt soaked in petrol?
I'm joking, but there's a point in there: plenty of people sell shirts in jars/bottles, etc., and having it stick out the top is just a common form of presentation. The link to molotov cocktails won't necessarily be obvious unless you can somehow make it explicit.
The other part is, would you want to? I don't know. I'd be concerned about offending customers (I know it will offend some people... the only question is whether or not they'd be customers anyway). When it comes to terrorism, people can't take a joke. Controversy can be harnessed, but I'd be concerned this one would just be more trouble than it's worth. Who wants to argue with a trade show operator about whether or not you should be allowed to do what you're doing?
That said... make some prototypes. I'm skeptical it could be worth the cost or the grief of actually doing, but it might be one of those little things that sets your brand apart. Maybe it'll look tasteful, but visually interesting. With things like this... you've got to try it and see what happens - even if it's only setting up a few on your kitchen table and seeing what your friends think. Take things out of the realm of ideas, get physical.
I'm joking, but there's a point in there: plenty of people sell shirts in jars/bottles, etc., and having it stick out the top is just a common form of presentation. The link to molotov cocktails won't necessarily be obvious unless you can somehow make it explicit.
The other part is, would you want to? I don't know. I'd be concerned about offending customers (I know it will offend some people... the only question is whether or not they'd be customers anyway). When it comes to terrorism, people can't take a joke. Controversy can be harnessed, but I'd be concerned this one would just be more trouble than it's worth. Who wants to argue with a trade show operator about whether or not you should be allowed to do what you're doing?
That said... make some prototypes. I'm skeptical it could be worth the cost or the grief of actually doing, but it might be one of those little things that sets your brand apart. Maybe it'll look tasteful, but visually interesting. With things like this... you've got to try it and see what happens - even if it's only setting up a few on your kitchen table and seeing what your friends think. Take things out of the realm of ideas, get physical.
