Father Shirt

The Exxpedition Round the World voyage departed on Tuesday 8th October in the newly equipped sea vessel, Father Shirt. We were proud to appear on the list of official event suppliers. 10 women set sail and will be joined by over 300 others along the way – over 10,000 applied to be part of the collective crew. So far, more than 30 different nationalities are represented.

Father Shirt, hoodie, sweater, longsleeve and ladies t-shirt

There is a logo on the front of the t-shirt but the main design is on the back, so I will focus on that Father Shirt. The white and red colors look good on the back and the composition of the design works. The content of the design, however, has no meaning for me and therefore doesn’t interest me. It might spark a conversation but if I were wearing it and someone asked me about it I would just say that I don’t know what it’s about.

OK, I’ll be direct here. I don’t understand the design. I have a feeling it’s just garbage with no real meaning (feel free to enlighten me). I live in Japan where they love to put English text on t-shirts. The meaning is not important but rather how the words look or even in some cases what the individual words mean. If I had seen someone wearing this in my neighborhood, I would have just thought to myself “there we go again with the nonsensical English t-shirts”.