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A Marvellously Honest Approach to Daily Chaos
On those days when you're less majestic swan and more mildly panicked duck, this gloriously soft t shirt is rather perfect. It's cosy, witty, and possibly the most stylish way to say 'I'm coping... just about'.
Why Choose Our Life Is Hard Organic Cotton T Shirt?
Organic Cotton Comfort: Beautifully breathable and fabulously soft. Like being hugged by something that has done a mindfulness retreat and now believes in composting.
Oversized With Intent: Loosely structured for maximum comfort, yet expertly avoids that 'wearing a curtain' effect. Ideal for loafing with grace.
Flattering Longer Cut: Designed to drape rather nicely while covering enough to make you feel vaguely put together, even with cereal in your hair.
Quietly Witty Design: Minimalist text brimming with British understatement. Offers solidarity in sartorial form.
Product Details:
Material: 100 percent organic cotton
Care: Wash inside out, iron inside out, try not to cry into it
Size Guide: XS – Chest 94cm, Length 68cm; S – Chest 100cm, Length 70cm; M – Chest 106cm, Length 72cm; L – Chest 112cm, Length 74cm; XL – Chest 118cm, Length 76cm
Gift Potential: Rather good for birthdays, existential moments, or Wednesday mornings before 9am
Snap It Up Before It Sulks Off
Remind the world that life can be hard, but your wardrobe doesn’t have to be. Add to cart before it becomes the t shirt you wistfully tell stories about.
SHIPPING + RETURNS
THE RATHER IMPORTANT BITS
This rather lovely piece ships directly from our brand partner - we work with independent brands who are absolutely brilliant and work frightfully hard to create beautiful things.
SHIPPING DESTINATIONS
Now, here's the thing - our wonderful brand partners ship to lots of different places, but not all of them can ship worldwide.
Some are brilliant at international shipping, others prefer to keep things closer to home.
At checkout, you'll see exactly where this particular brand can send your goodies.
We're terribly sorry, but shipping costs do vary rather wildly depending on where you are in the world. The exact figures pop up at checkout - no nasty surprises!
RETURNS
You have 14 days to return items.
Now, we absolutely adore our brand partners - they work incredibly hard and we do try to support them as much as we possibly can. So I'm rather afraid we have to pass the return postage costs back to you. Frightfully sorry about that!
🌍 PLEASE CHOOSE THOUGHTFULLY:
Our wonderful partners put their hearts into everything they make.
Ordering multiple sizes to try at home is rather hard on our planet and makes things jolly difficult for these brilliant independent creators.
When in doubt, do ask us first!
PAYMENT
We're frightfully modern and accept all the usual suspects:
Visa, Mastercard, American Express, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Shop Pay
SECURE AS HOUSES
Everything's properly encrypted and secure - your details are safer than the Crown Jewels!
All prices in lovely British pounds £ GBP, though international chaps will see converted prices.
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Sostter began, as all good ideas do, with a lively conversation and a shared sense of frustration. Why had the world of independent design become so serious, so samey, so… beige? Where was the spark, the imagination, the sheer joy of discovering something that made you stop and stare?
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