A tee that behaves like an heirloom — only friendlier.

Some people announce they're dreading Monday. This shirt just bites down and gets on with it. The mouth is drawn in glossy pop-art bronze, lips parted just enough to clamp a live cartridge between the teeth, green tip catching the light like it means it.

Wearing it says you've stopped waiting for things to feel easier and started doing them anyway, teeth gritted, no complaints filed. It's gallows humor with good lighting, the kind of graphic that gets a laugh from the person who gets it and a slightly worried look from the person who doesn't. That split is the entire point. It works on a body that's about to sit through a bad meeting, run a hard mile, or sign papers nobody wants to sign, and it works exactly as well hungover on a Tuesday.

If comic-book gloss and a mouthful of ammunition isn't your idea of a good morning, go find something in calm or minimal instead, before this one talks you into something. Still reading? The tan behind it runs warm and matte against the shine of the lips, and it plays well against slate blue shirting, washed denim, or a pair of olive cargos without turning the outfit into a costume. Printed with water-based ink cured low, so the gloss on those lips stays flexible instead of cracking the first time you fold the shirt wrong.

Wear it enough times and biting the bullet stops being a saying and starts being a Tuesday. Pick your size above.

• Fabric
  100% ring-spun combed cotton, single jersey knit
• Weight
  210 GSM — mid-weight with structured drape
• Fit
  Classic regular fit; runs true to size with a generous shoulder
• Print
  Water-based direct-to-garment, cured at low temperature
• Neckline
  Ribbed crew, reinforced with double-needle stitching
• Origin
  Fabric sourced in North Carolina; printed in the USA
• Certification
  OEKO-TEX Standard 100 inks and dyes