The Sock Was Twelve Dollars: Dog Owner Gift Tee

A dog swallowed a sock. Everyone who has been through that knows what the next sentence is and roughly how many digits are in it, and nobody ever says it out loud. This shirt does not say it either. It gives you the price of the sock and stops there.

A stranger reads a grumble about the cost of clothing. Designer socks, a laundry mishap, somebody being dry about a receipt. They land on ordinary consumer irritation and they are sure, which is exactly why it works as a gift.

Set as an itemized account with SEE ATTACHED INVOICE beneath it, in a quiet serif at a modest size. The understatement is the whole design, so there is no dollar sign styling and no exclamation anywhere on it.

Bought by the partner or the sibling who was standing there when the bill got paid.

What it is

• Unisex softstyle tee, 4.5 oz/yd² (153 g/m²)
• 100% ring-spun cotton in the solid colors. Sport Grey is a 90% cotton, 10% polyester blend, and Dark Heather is 65% polyester, 35% cotton
• Double stitched neckline and sleeves, side seamed, tear away label
• Sizes S through 3XL
• Fourteen colors. Seven light ones printed in near black ink, seven dark ones printed in cream

Where it comes from

Custom printed in the USA. Every shirt is printed here, one at a time, on a soft cotton blank woven overseas.

Nothing is printed until you order it, so nothing sits in a warehouse and nothing gets thrown away.

Getting it to you

Free US shipping on orders $45 and up. Under that it is a flat $8.00. We make it after you order it, which takes 2 to 5 business days, and it then takes 3 to 4 business days to reach you from a US facility. Most orders arrive in 5 to 9 business days. You get a tracking number by email as soon as the label is created.

Care

Machine wash cold, inside out, gentle cycle. Tumble dry low or hang dry. Do not iron the print.

The Natural colorway

Natural has small dark speckles through the fabric. That is the undyed cotton showing, and it is expected rather than a fault.