Lucky Clover Tee

A lucky clover tee for the one day everyone dresses green

A grinning figure in a green coat and buckled hat, gold coins spilling out of a pot, a rainbow arcing behind and HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S across the top with You always look good in green closing it below. The lucky clover tee is the one piece here that belongs to a single date in the calendar, and it commits to it completely.

Saint Patrick's Day is the largest costume event in the Western year that does not involve a mask. Everything about it is prescribed — the colour, the shamrock, the pot of gold, the exaggerated grin — which means a graphic either honours the whole set of conventions or looks like it missed the point. This one takes them all and draws them in a rounded, chibi-adjacent style rather than the usual cartoon register.

The details hold together better than the subject suggests. The coat has proper fabric folds, the coins are individually drawn rather than stamped from one shape, the rainbow is banded cleanly instead of blurred, and the type sits on a curve that follows the arc. Sparkle marks scattered across the panel keep it from feeling static.

It comes in white, black, medium jungle green, apricot, slate and piggy pink. Green is the obvious answer and the only tee in the collection offered in it. White is the brightest and reads as a poster. Black turns the golds metallic. Apricot, slate and piggy pink are for anyone who wants the joke without wearing the uniform.

Made in 240 gsm cotton. Saturated greens and golds sitting side by side need a surface that will not let them bleed into each other — the density of the fabric is what keeps the boundary clean. Oversized cut, dropped shoulder, crew neck. Take your usual size, or size down for a closer fit.

• Type: Oversized graphic tee
• Material: Heavyweight cotton, around 240 gsm
• Print: Back print — leprechaun, gold and rainbow, 'HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S'
• Fit: Oversized, drop shoulder, crew neck, short sleeves
• Sizing: True to size for an oversized look — size down for a closer fit
• Colours: White, black, medium jungle green, apricot, slate, piggy pink
• Wear it with: Denim, easy sneakers