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Collage Overshirt

Internet Relic

Internet Relic

Throw it over a plain tee. That's the whole idea.
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Internet Relic — Early Internet & Classic Meme Culture Collage Overshirt

The Internet Relic is a hand-collaged overshirt built from the wreckage of early internet culture — before TikTok, before the algorithm, before irony ate itself. Rage faces, troll grins, dead-eyed existential classics, and the chaotic visual grammar of the lawless chatrooms and comment threads that shaped a generation's sense of humour. From a distance it reads as a dense, considered graphic layer. Up close it's the pre-algorithm internet, preserved in textile. Looks like art school. Feels like 2009 Reddit.

This one is for people who were online before it got optimised. Who remember when memes spread through forums and image boards rather than feeds. Who still have specific, vivid memories of things they saw on the internet fifteen years ago that nobody else in the room has ever heard of. Every reference in the design was chosen from that specific era — the original meme generation, the formats that became standardised, the images that defined a particular kind of humour that still hasn't been replicated. Some you'll recognise immediately. Some you'll clock slowly, the way a memory surfaces. Some will make you laugh before you've even worked out why.

Throw it over a plain tee and wear it open. The Internet Relic does the rest — it's the humour layer for seasoned shitposters, meme historians, and anyone who feels a specific kind of nostalgia for the internet before it knew what it was.

Hand-collaged. Not prompted. Made to order.

Also in the internet culture range: 90s Tech Stack — every device and gadget from the decade before one smartphone replaced all of it. Or Conspiracy Theorist — rabbit-hole culture and 50+ references from the paranoid corners of the internet.

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How To Wear It

A Collage Overshirt is a layer, not a shirt replacement. You throw it on open, over a plain tee — not buttoned up instead of one.

Plain tee → throw it on open → done. That's the whole idea, and once it clicks, everything else about the product makes sense.

Dense, busy patterns don't want to be buttoned shut — they need room to actually be seen. Close it up and you're wearing a very busy shirt, not an overshirt. Worn open, it reads as a layer. Buttoned to the top, it reads like a kid dressed by his mum.

Pair it with whatever you're already wearing — jeans, chinos, shorts, doesn't matter. The overshirt does the work. You don't have to try.

Product Features

  • A Collage Overshirt — worn open over a plain tee, not instead of one
  • Hand-drawn references packed into every corner — the longer you look, the more you find
  • Designed to be stared at for far too long
  • Looks great with sunglasses and a complete disregard for subtlety
  • Relaxed fit — comfortable, not sloppy, with a little stretch so it moves with you | Full sizing guide here
  • Poly blend fabric — lightweight, mild stretch, and built for layering | Full fabric breakdown here
  • From Europe? EU Compliance info here

Care Instructions

  • Cold machine wash — no heat, no drama
  • Hang dry — comes out smooth, no ironing needed (tumble dry low also works)
  • Do not bleach — obviously
  • Skip the iron if you can — if you must, low heat with a cloth over the top
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