DipaliZ Unisex Pocket Tee Soft Airlume Cotton T-shirt

Watermelon artwork printed small at pocket placement is the whole of the design on this DipaliZ unisex tee. The shirt is made from 100% Airlume combed and ringspun cotton and printed using direct-to-garment inks. The motif is a watermelon, the fruit's green rind, pink-red flesh and dark seeds rendered as a compact chest-sized graphic rather than a full-width print. People who prefer an understated graphic, and shoppers who recognise the watermelon as a widely circulated cultural symbol, are the ones this listing speaks to.

Product details

• Material: 100% Airlume combed and ringspun cotton
• Style: unisex pocket tee, with the artwork printed at pocket scale rather than across the chest
• Neckline: crew neck
• Print method: direct-to-garment (DTG) printing
• Colours: Black, White, Dark Grey Heather, Deep Heather, Navy, True Royal
• Sizes: S, M, L, XL, 2XL
• Printed to order, one garment at a time
• The fabric, the six colourways and the S to 2XL size run given here are drawn from this listing's own material record and its variant options rather than from a generic size guide.

The story behind this design

The design, titled Decolonize with a watermelon, works with a single piece of fruit: a watermelon slice whose green rind, pink-red flesh and scattered dark seeds do all the colour work on an otherwise plain shirt. Keeping the image at pocket scale is the point, since the small placement lets the motif sit quietly on a Navy, Black or Deep Heather tee instead of dominating it. The watermelon has circulated for years as a recognisable symbol in Palestinian solidarity imagery, and the artwork here presents that motif plainly, with no slogan artwork or additional text described in this listing.

Frequently asked questions

Q: What does the watermelon artwork show?
A: The print is a watermelon, drawn with its green rind, pink-red flesh and dark seeds, and it is printed at pocket size on the chest rather than as a large front graphic.

Q: Which colours and sizes are available?
A: The tee comes in Black, White, Dark Grey Heather, Deep Heather, Navy and True Royal, in sizes S, M, L, XL and 2XL.

Q: What fabric is this pocket tee made from?
A: It is cut from 100% Airlume combed and ringspun cotton and finished with a crew neckline in a unisex cut.

Q: Does buying this shirt make a donation to any cause?
A: This listing makes no donation claim beyond the DipaliZ tree-planting promise stated at the end of this page. The shirt is sold as a piece of printed apparel.

Q: How is the design printed onto the cotton?
A: Direct-to-garment printing is used, which applies the ink into the fibres of the finished shirt, giving a flat print rather than a raised transfer.

Care

• Machine wash cold, inside out, with like colours.
• Tumble dry low or hang to dry.
• Do not iron directly on the printed area.
• Do not dry clean and do not bleach.

Original DipaliZ artwork, brand new, made as a print-on-demand garment and shipped worldwide.

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