STORY

This is my ████. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My █████ is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me, my ████ is useless. Without my ████, I am useless. I must ███ my ████ true. I must ████ straighter than my █████ who is trying to ███ me. I must ████ ██ before ██ ████ me. I will…

My ████ and I know that what counts in ██ is not the █████ we ████, the noise of our █████, nor the █████ we make. We know that it is the ███ that count. We will ███…

My █████ is human, even as I, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a ███████. I will learn its weaknesses, its strength, its parts, its accessories, its █████ and its ██████. I will keep my █████ clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other. We will…

Before ███, I swear this creed. My █████ and myself are the █████████ of my ███████. We are the masters of our █████. We are the ██████ of my life. So be it, until there is no █████, but peace! ████.

INSTRUCTIONS

To wear, cut the bottom hem open at your desired length. The fabric will roll inwards 5—10mm. A hemming stitch is not required.

To clean, warm machine wash and lay flat to dry. The tag says don’t bleach, but it probably won’t ruin the shirt—sometimes stains are just really hard to get out.

To change colour, boil in a natural or synthetic dye bath. I recommend leaves, bark, galls, or nuts—gathered from your favourite space in nature—or Procion MX.

To print, silkscreen directly on fabric. For suggestions and artwork, please mail dave@clark-robertson.com

To pattern, use acrylic paint mixed with a fabric medium and apply desired design with a brush. Once dry, warm iron to set.

To repair, hand stitch holes, rips, and tears.

To dispose of (assuming that you’ve tried everything above first), bury 100mm below the surface of the earth. Stop and take stock of the moments in your life shared with this shirt.

MATERIALS

Organic Cotton Body and Ribbing
Cotton Shoulder Patches
Linen Tape at Neck
Biodegradable Thread (Organic Cotton & Tencel)

SIZE CHART

Size: Shoulder Width / Width at Bottom / Body Length (Uncut) / Sleeve Length / Sleeve Opening

1: 42.5cm / 47.5cm / 72.0cm / 18.0cm / 14.5cm

2: 43.0cm / 50.0cm / 72.5cm / 18.5cm / 15.0cm

3: 44.0cm / 52.5cm / 73.0cm / 19.5cm / 15.5cm

4: 44.5cm / 55.0cm / 73.5cm / 20.0cm / 16.0cm

5: 45.0cm / 57.5cm / 74.5cm / 20.5cm / 17.0cm

MADE IMPERFECTLY BY IMPERFECT HANDS