Editorial note: This publication and Quirky Cotton Collective share an owner. The shirt says TWEEDLE DEE across the chest, and then, underneath, in the same blocky lettering: I’M WITH DUM. To the left of that second line sits an arrow, pointing left. That is the whole design. Two lines of text, one arrow, no illustration …
The first thing I notice is the soil line. On the shirt, four root vegetables — a carrot, a radish, a beet, and an onion — sit in a row, each with a face, each with its roots drawn down into the dirt. The words LET’S ROOT FOR EACH OTHER AND WATCH EACH OTHER GROW …
The shirt reads TWEEDLE DUM across the chest, then I’M WITH DEE below it, and a small arrow points to the right. That is the whole design. No illustration of a round belly or a propeller beanie, no Carroll quotation, no distressed texture pretending to be a vintage circus poster. Just two lines of text …
The first thing I notice is the string of lights. It runs across the top of the design like a garland tacked over a doorway, and the words hang beneath it: FORCED FAMILY FUN, in red and white lettering, the kind of blocky festive type that could have been lifted from a drugstore greeting card. …
The first thing I notice is the nose. Not the round eyes, not the smile — the nose. On the orange jack-o’-lantern face printed on this shirt, the nose is a heart. A small, symmetrical, unmistakable heart, sitting right where a carved triangle would normally go. The eyes above it are perfect circles. The mouth …