Rock Climber + Belayer Vintage Blend V-Neck T-Shirt

The Ann Arbor T-shirt Company is composed of about 48 artists, screen printers, art techs, logistics professionals, embroiderers, and support staff, all operating out of Ann Arbor, Michigan. We've got company soccer and kickball teams, catered employee lunches, a 401k match, and quarterly company parties around town. While we believe in treating our employees with respect as a matter of course, it makes business sense, too. Happy people make better shirts - cooler art, better prints, more exacting quality control, etc. From top to bottom, our people are proud of the product we produce, and can't wait to share it with you.

We proudly design, print, and embroider the majority of our products completely in our Ann Arbor, MI factory! The Ann Arbor T-shirt Company grew from a dorm room project between two friends at the University of Michigan. Our workers receive fair wages, healthcare, 401k matches, and meals. Machines, inks, and most inputs are U.S. sourced, and shirts mostly made of U.S. cotton. Producing in-house keeps quality up and prices low.

Our products are unique because we love giving people fun ways to express themselves and strike up conversations with their neighbors. The fabric type is 4.4 oz., 100% airlume combed and ringspun cotton, 32 singles. The care instructions are machine wash. The closure type is pull-on, and the neck style is v-neck.

This design was drawn and screen printed (silk screened) with pride by our skilled illustrators and printers in Ann Arbor. If you're ever in the area, stop by for a free tour and see how we make your apparel! The fit of this shirt is unisex and modern, slightly tapered to be a little less boxy than the old style of mass-market t-shirt. Most people wear the same size in our shirts as they do in all of their others, but you might go one size larger if you're on the fence. It is pre-shrunk, but like any high-cotton product, will still shrink slightly in the wash.

The fabric is a combed and ringspun, 30/1 fine jersey knit on 100% cotton. It has been treated with a mineral wash for a vintage, faded effect. These are mid-weight shirts - a bit lighter than your mass-market, thick gym class t-shirts, but substantial and not see-through. It's a nice balance between comfort and durability.

We use QCM screen printing inks, manufactured in Pineville, North Carolina. These are high-quality inks - vibrant and durable, and highly crack resistant. Some of our designs are intentionally faded or cracked (see product photos), but our inks always "do what they are told" by our printers. We use top-of-the-line printing presses and ovens (to properly cure inks) made by M&R in Roselle, Illinois. QCM has been one of the most forward-thinking ink manufacturers in the industry, going phthalate-free over ten years ago - way ahead of the curve. They're also CFC-free and rated as carcinogen-free by the state of California.

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