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Six Feet Of Dirt Would Look Good On You Sweatshirt

Six Feet Of Dirt Would Look Good On You Sweatshirt

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A threat phrased as a compliment. The line borrows the shape of something flattering and finishes somewhere else entirely, and the whole effect depends on the reader getting all the way to the end — which is why it is printed large, in dark type, on the two palest grounds in the range.

The Darkest Thing Here

This is the one design in the range that is genuinely mean rather than self-deprecating. Everything else confesses to something about the wearer; this one is aimed outward. That makes it excellent among people who talk this way to each other and badly misjudged anywhere else, and it is worth being honest about which of those rooms you are buying it for.

Two Colors, Both Chosen For Legibility

Athletic heather and white — the shortest color run in this range, and the reason is the joke. A punchline that only works when it is read in full needs maximum contrast, and dark type on a pale ground gives that. On a dark sweatshirt the same line would be a shape at ten paces, which is exactly the distance at which someone decides whether to read it.

Fit And Sizing

A unisex crewneck cut roomy through the body, running Small to XXX-Large. Take your usual size for the relaxed line the photographs show; if you sit between two sizes, the smaller one is the better pick here, because the cut already adds room and a size up starts to read as borrowed. There is no hood, so it goes flat under a coat rather than bunching at the collar.

The White One Needs More Care Than It Looks

White fleece is a different proposition to a white t-shirt. The brushed inner face holds soil and lint in a way a flat jersey knit does not, so a white crewneck greys sooner than a white tee washed the same way. Wash it with whites only, cool, and turned inside out — inside out matters twice over here, because it protects the print and puts the brushed face where the drum cannot rub it.

Tone, Contrast And Pilling

Is it too much for a gift? For most people, yes. This is a shirt to buy for someone whose humor you have already tested, not one to take a chance on.

Why no dark colorway? Because the design needs to be read rather than recognised. Dark ground and light type would look better and work worse.

Will the fleece pill? All brushed fleece does eventually, and it starts where the fabric rubs — under the arms and at the sides. Cool washing and a full drum rather than an overloaded one delays it considerably.

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