The Portrait Tee

Our first shirt features an illustrated portrait from NYC artist Louie Chin. The portrait was taken of Graziella at her kitchen table in 2014, the year before she passed. In the moment, I felt bad taking photos of her. Now that she’s gone, I cherish them and wish there were many more.

This shirt will quickly become a favorite in your rotation.

Made from 6.1oz, 100% ring spun cotton / pre-shrunk

Artwork by Brooklyn based Louie Chin (@loubot)

About Louie:

Born and raised in New York, Louie Chin is an illustrator whose work includes commercial and editorial content, as well as individual commissions. He has created illustrations for a variety of publications and projects, including The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Nike, and the children's books, Bodega Cat (Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection 2020) and Don't Ask a Dinosaur. Working with both traditional and modern media, such as watercolor, gouache, and digital art software, his biggest influences and inspirations come from comics, movies, and his daily observations of life in NYC.

Shirts screen printed in Sunset Park, Brooklyn by @ampersandprintco

Front logo/type created by Brooklyn based, Taiwanese-American artist and designer Kaarina Mackenzie (@kaarinamackenzie)