A tee that behaves like an heirloom — only friendlier.

If you have ever texted "I'm fine" while being extremely not fine, this ghost already knows. It floats dead centre between the two halves of a heart that clearly did not make it, eyes stencilled into a flat X, halo dripping paint like even the afterlife couldn't be bothered to keep its shape.

Wearing it says you have made peace with being a little theatrical about heartbreak, and you would rather joke about the ghost than talk about the reason for it. It is graffiti-stencil style: hard edges, spray-can overspray, drips that look accidental but aren't. That register reads as street and slightly delinquent rather than sincere, which is the whole point. Nobody who is actually fine wears a dripping halo. People who get it will clock it fast; everyone else will just see a gold ghost and move on, which is fine too.

If earnest heart-eyes stuff is more your speed, this one is going to feel like a lot; go find something softer. Still here? The gold is a proper varsity gold, warm enough to sit next to navy chinos, raw indigo denim or a charcoal sweater without going murky. Underneath the joke it is 210 GSM ring-spun cotton, printed in water-based ink cured low so the spray-texture flexes with the fabric instead of cracking into a plastic sheet after a few washes.

Give it a few wears and it stops being the sad-ghost shirt and turns into the one you reach for on days you'd rather laugh about it than explain it. 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